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GUEST OPINION* by Nicholas Hollings, Equinix: Most enterprises understand the digital imperative but face significant challenges on the path to digital transformation, with enterprise IT refresh cycles and budget constraints partly to blame, according to Global Principal Solution Architect Nicholas Hollings from Equinix, an interconnection and data centre company.

GUEST OPINION* by Nicholas Hollings, Equinix: Most enterprises understand the digital imperative but face significant challenges on the path to digital transformation, with enterprise IT refresh cycles and budget constraints partly to blame, according to Nicholas Hollings from Equinix, an interconnection and data centre company.

Data centre operator Equinix has completed the acquisition of bare metal automation platform Packet in a deal it says accelerates its strategy to help enterprises seamlessly deploy hybrid multicloud architectures.

Telecommunications and data centre provider Macquarie Telecom has boosted revenue by 9% to $131.9 million for the half year to the end of December 2019, delivering what the company says is eleven halves of growth as it continues to invest in data centres cloud and security.

The financial sector outpaces all other industries in hybrid cloud deployments – hosting workloads in both private and public cloud – but trail others in their use of multiple public cloud services, according to a new global report.

Data centre operator Equinix has opened its fourth International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Melbourne to support the city’s smart city development and the “growing demand for digital transformation globally”.

Tasmanian communications provider TasmaNet has signed a binding term sheet agreement to sell the assets of its DC3 data centre in Hobart to Australian data centre specialist DXN.

Data centre operator NextDC has announced a Microsoft ExpressRoute connection between its S1 Sydney data centre and Microsoft Azure.

Data centre operator Equinix has appointed nine-year company veteran Guy Danskine as managing director for Australia.

Mary McHale, Financial Services Director, Equinix Asia-Pacific

GUEST OPINION: SPONSORED NEWS. The emergence and increasing adoption introduction of new digital payment methods, such as ‘buy now, pay later’ platform AfterPay and Open Banking payments platfoms that allow for real time payments like SplitPay alongside better known digital wallets like Apple Pay, are propelling Australia rapidly ahead as it moves toward a cashless, cardless society.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has deployed Juniper Networks networking solutions to increase the capacity of its data centres and technical network to adapt to increasing research requirements.

Macquarie Telecom subsidiary Macquarie Data Centres has broken ground on its new Intellicentre 3 (IC3) data centre in Sydney.

Australian-listed network as a service (NaaS) provider Megaport has announced the expansion of services to Japan, with cloud connectivity services now available in Tokyo, through multiple data centres.

Endpoint protection vendor VMware Carbon Black is to open an Australian data centre in the first half of 2020.

Data centre operator Equinix continues its Australian expansion with the opening of its eighth International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Sydney - named SY5 - with an initial investment of approximately $224 million.

New global range showcased at Data Centre World 2019 in Singapore

Sydney, Australia. Power management company Eaton has announced a global revamp of its DC power portfolio at Data Centre World 2019, with new intelligent power capabilities across the range to meet the needs of 5G networks.

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New global range showcased at Data Centre World 2019 in Singapore

Sydney, Australia. Power management company Eaton has announced a global revamp of its DC power portfolio at Data Centre World 2019, with new intelligent power capabilities across the range to meet the needs of 5G networks.

Data centre operator NextDC has launched its first micro data centre, located in Perth's CBD.

A new version of the application mobility product VMware HCX has three features that the company believes will be particularly valuable for enterprise users.

Data centre operator NextDC’s S1 Sydney data centre has been certified as a NABERS 5-star rated data centre infrastructure facility for energy efficiency.