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A day ahead of the closing of bids for a massive US Department of Defence cloud contract, WikiLeaks has published the locations of Amazon's data centres which, it claims, have been a closely held secret until now. Amazon is a frontrunner to win the US$10 billion contract.

Mutual financial company Australian Military Bank has gone live with the Infosys Finacle banking solution to drive its digital transformation program.

Listed Australian data centre provider NEXTDC (ASX: NXT) has  been named a data centre ‘champion’ in analyst firm Frost & Sullivan’s Frost IQ Matrix in the 2018 Australia Data Centre Providers report.

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Listed Australian data centre provider NEXTDC (ASX: NXT) has  been named a data centre ‘champion’ in analyst firm Frost & Sullivan’s Frost IQ Matrix in the 2018 Australia Data Centre Providers report.

​Sydney’s Interconnection Bandwidth expected to more than quadruple by 2021, contributing to Asia-Pacific’s rapid growth rate surpassing United States and Europe

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Sydney is leading the way in the Asia Pacific region with interconnection bandwidth for the city expected to more than quadruple by 2021, representing a compound annual growth rate of 48% from 2017 to 2021 compared to 44% CAGR from 2016 to 2020 as predicted last year.

Microsoft has released an overview of the problems suffered by its Azure cloud platform beginning on 4 September, saying that the investigation would continue and a detailed analysis would be released later.

Lenovo's Data Centre Group has been working with the Barcelona Supercomputer Centre to explore how AI can improve the accuracy of retinal disease scanning, with AI, deep learning and the future of AI in the enterprise also beneficiaries.

Data centre operator NextDC has reported revenue of $161.5 million for the full year 2018 — a 31% increase on 2017 revenue of $123.6 million — on the back of what the company says is a “booming demand” for data centre infrastructure in Australia.

Data centre operator NextDC’s B2 Brisbane data centre has received Tier IV Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability from Uptime Institute.

Interconnection and data centre company Equinix is expanding its International Business Exchange data centre in Perth, to meet what it says is strong demand for a digital interconnection hub on the west coast of Australia.

Data centre provider NextDC has appointed former Vocus senior executive Adam Gardner as its new head of Products as it continues to pursue an “aggressive” growth strategy in the Australian market.

Global data centre operator Equinix has more than doubled revenues in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, over the past five years, as revenues in the region climbed from US$363 million in 2013 to US$849 million in 2017, according to the company’s latest financial report.

Telecommunications and data centre provider Macquarie Telecom has announced the expansion of its existing Macquarie Park Intellicentre to a 43MW campus as part of its ongoing data centre consolidation and development.

Data centre provider NextDC has launched its new corporate social responsibility program, committing the company to improving local communities through four core charities and community giving programs.

By Nicki Pereira, CTO. 

There is no doubt that cloud computing is the most cost-efficient and reliable infrastructure for your business. Many organisations have experienced these benefits, clearly evident with the explosive growth cloud services have seen in recent years.

Data centre company Digital Realty has become the official naming rights partner for the Western Sydney Academy of Sport’s netball development program.

Global data centre solutions provider Digital Realty is expanding dedicated, private access to the IBM Cloud in 15 major metropolitan areas, including Melbourne and Sydney.

Interconnection and data centre company Equinix has announced plans for the rollout of its Cloud Exchange Fabric capabilities across the Asia Pacific which it says will help Australian businesses establish interconnection and networking capabilities with the South East Asia region.

Data centre provider NextDC has launched direct connectivity to Google’s cloud platform from its S1 Sydney data centre.