Data Centers
Data centers are being reinvented via virtualization, servers with better performance per watt and the increasingly popularity of cloud computing. Key vendors such as Cisco, EMC, HP, IBM, VMware and others are all pushing to make the data center more efficient. Who will be the leader in next-gen data centers?
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Inside Equinix's SY3 datacentre: photos
Datacentre provider Equinix yesterday officially launched its US$65 million SY3 datacentre in south Sydney, complementing its SY1 and SY2 centres located nearby.
How Google secures its data centers (photos)
Google has opened the doors to one of its data centers to show how it protects customer data
Photos: The world's weirdest datacentres
From Antarctic computing centres to former churches, we look at some of the most unusual datacentres around the world.
Strangest locations for datacenters (photos)
You can find datacenters in all corners of the globe, well beneath the Earth's surface, and even in churches, according to Silicon.com's Nick Heath.
Pacnet datacentre launch: photos
Asian telecommunications company Pacnet yesterday launched its new $40 million, 5900-square-foot datacentre located in the heart of the Sydney central business district.
HP builds $119m datacentre: photos
HP has officially launched a $119 million project to build a massive datacentre out in Sydney's west. Work has begun on the site, but there's a lot yet to go.
Inside Mac Tel's Intellicentre: photos
In the heart of the Sydney CBD, Macquarie Telecom houses its secure datacentre and operations monitoring facility, the Intellicentre One. Built almost a decade ago, the Intellicentre is Macquarie Telecom's flagship data operations facility, and is in the process of an infrastructure makeover.
Vic Uni's mean green machines: photos
After Victoria University opened its datacentre in Sunshine, Victoria in 2009, it has been progressively migrating its infrastructure services over from its old, inefficient centre in Footscray to the new site, and plans to ramp up the migration over the next six months.
Iconic secret government data centers in the movies
Now that the U.S. government has broken ground on America's new $1.5 billion cyber-security data center, let's look at some iconic movie data centers. Why do they always seem to go so very, very bad?
Privacy Icons: A graphical approach to online privacy
A quick look over the proposed Privacy Icons to simplify the online privacy policies.
Vocus datacentre launch: photos
Wholesale telecommunications company Vocus yesterday launched a new datacentre in Sydney which it snagged last month as part of a $5.9 million buyout of E3.
Fujitsu's Perth datacentre opens: photos
Fujitsu, in partnership with BankWest has opened its latest datacentre in Perth which the provider is calling Australia's greenest and most advanced datacentre facility.
Inside Harbour MSP's datacentre: photos
ZDNet Australia was invited inside Global Switch's datacentre facility based in Ultimo, Sydney, for a tour of the Harbour MSP suite, which houses Steam Engine's high performance computing gear.
IBM's datacentre in a box: photos
Following a glance at this innocent-looking shipping container, you'd never know it was IBM's latest datacentre.
Large Hadron Collider tech: photos
Ever wondered how it is possible to accelerate particles through a tube underground until they reach such speeds that their collision can simulate the big bang? We go behind the scenes to show you the tech behind the Large Hadron Collider.