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How to demystify the cloud and data centres for customers
|Our CEO @David Tudehope recently featured on The Today Show to explain where the cloud lives and how it works. While it may be obvious to those in the business, the interview did reveal some simple ways we can explain the workings of the cloud to the...
How the push for sustainability is driving data centre innovation
|Sustainability is becoming an undeniable business imperative. Public and shareholder pressure is driving corporations to take a more active role in reducing their environmental impact and to operate in more sustainable ways. What’s more, corporatio...
Colocation: Delivering resilience in a changing world
|In a year of such rapid change, enterprises have developed a laser focus on business resiliency. For some IT departments’ resiliency was already a cornerstone of their digital transformation roadmap. But for many it was the sudden changes brought o...
Macquarie Data Centres announces 10MW customer contract win with leading corporation
|Sydney, 11 November 2020 – Macquarie Telecom Group Limited (ASX: MAQ) is pleased to announce that its Macquarie Data Centres business has entered into a contract for the provision of approximately 10MW of capacity (IT Load) at its Macquarie Park Da...
The next frontier of gaming
|Outside of the data centre industry, gamers are one of the few groups of people that understand the importance of low latency, lag and server locations. They know all too well how a minute delay in the delivery of packets can completely ruin their ex...
Macquarie Data Centres tops out hyperscale-ready facility in Sydney North Zone
|Demonstrating Australia’s resilience throughout the coronavirus pandemic Intellicentre 3 (IC3) Data Centre facts and figures: AU$85 million – stage 1 investment for IC3 build 43MW – size and scale of Macquarie Park Data Centre Campus once IC3...
How data centres became as important as water and energy
|Technical real estate has kept businesses alive during the pandemic with global digital dependency being greater now than ever before. Those of us who work on the frontlines of technology, and certainly within the data centre industry itself, have al...
How AI and IoT in the data centre work to optimise your business
|With hybrid, hyperscale and decentralised infrastructure on the rise, data centres are increasing in size and complexity. The role of data centre managers is becoming broader and more complex, too. These days, operators are required to run weightier ...
Growing cloud use requires a new approach to security risk management
|The massive demand for cloud-based services as a result of COVID-19 – and the ongoing shift from CAPEX to OPEX – has driven a huge uptick in the number of platforms and systems an enterprise has to deal with. It’s also increased the volume of d...
Data security considerations for the new normal
|The global pandemic has thrust us into an era of increased digital mobility, remote work and education. It’s encouraged so many businesses to take the leap towards the cloud or to spin up virtual desktops and VPN access to ensure business continuit...