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• Virtualised mobile devices, the missing jigsaw piece in enterprise: Ovum

  Virtualisation is the missing link when it comes to using smartphones securely in the enterprise, according to Ovum.

• University of Melbourne awarded $4 million linkage grant

  The University of Melbourne and NEC have been awarded a $4 million linkage grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

• Defence delays thin client tender

  The Department of Defence has delayed releasing a request for tender for its “Next Generation Desktops” project until January, pushing its thin client deployment back by two months.
  

• Survey: Flexibility, agility drive desktop virtualisation

  Business agility is slowly replacing cost as the factor driving most companies down the path of desktop virtualisation. According to a survey from Molten Technologies, companies are also unsure whether the drive to desktop virtualisation would be a way to simplify processes - more than half thought desktop virtualisation presented the same management challenge as their existing physical PCs.

• New free management tools from Citrix

  A new tool from Citrix has been designed to help XenDesktop users gather more detailed information about the hardware that is being used.

• Business performance will dictate IT salaries in 2011: Gartner

  IT leaders can increasingly expect to have their pay tied to the financial performance of their organisation, according to Gartner.

• Media production firm consolidates data for growth

  Sydney-based media production and distribution company, Beyond International, has consolidated its disparate data silos to better prepare it for growth and improve its business continuity strategy.

• Beyond the data centre

  Information technology sits at the top of the iceberg in respect to greenhouse gas emissions, but as the heartbeat of any business it plays a vital role in moving companies towards cleaner — and more profitable — business practices.

• Stats framework could help determine cloud security

  Companies looking to adopt cloud computing could cut their chances of being compromised by using a statistical framework to assess risk according to Runaware. Concerns about security are the main inhibitors for companies looking to adopt cloud technology, yet a simple methodology could be employed to reduce exposure said Dr Prasad Saripilli, the VP for Runaware.

• Five ways to successfully manage dynamic storage infrastructures

  Don't look now, but the data center is transforming. Seeking greater efficiencies, enterprises of all sizes have steadily evolved from application-based silos to virtualized environments. Now this evolution is taking the next leap forward as innovative enterprises move toward next-generation cloud computing models that deliver IT as a service (ITaaS) -- via both internal and external cloud services.

• ACMA builds Xen-based private cloud

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has built a private cloud in three months, choosing Citrix’s XenServer virtualisation hypervisor over the incumbent VMware ESX.

• Practices for test and development Cloud projects

  The testing and development of new applications in the cloud becomes an ideal way to provide a business justification and to ensure the right fit between the applications, the IaaS solutions, and the right IT ops protections and processes.

• Oracle expands systems management suite

  In an effort to ease the complexity of system administration, Oracle has expanded its Enterprise Manager software to include servers, operating systems, networking gear and virtual environments, the company announced Tuesday.

• Microsoft fills out Hyper-V cloud ecosystem

  Microsoft has partnered with six major hardware vendors to provide reference architectures that should help enterprises build private IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service)-styled clouds, the company announced Monday.

• Businesses still wary of cloud says survey

  British businesses are deeply sceptical about the need to adopt cloud computing technology even though nearly seven in 10 companies thought that it was going to be an important technology strand in the future.