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Parallels offers automation software to make hosting and as-a-service providers more efficient, and there's more to come.

Leading Australian managed services and cloud computing provider, Brennan IT, is bringing Microsoft Hyper-V to its cloud platform following the recent $1.5 million upgrade of its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform as it gears up to meet what it says is rising demand for its cloud services.

Storage and data management solutions provider, NetApp has expanded its global partner network through which its cloud services are delivered, claiming a doubling in size over the past six months as 20 new additional partners come onboard.

Australian managed services specialist, Virtual Ark, is using recently raised funding of $1.6 million to broaden the global market reach of its cloud application management platform, which is now available to companies in Australia as well as the US.

Australians' summer holiday habits are causing a delayed local rollout of Kaspersky's latest cloud security update.

Infrastructure-as-a-Service adoption is growing in leaps and bounds as an increase in cloud computing users and the number of local data centres drive awareness of the benefits of infrastructure from the cloud with Australian enterprises.

Adoption of cloud computing in Australia is accelerating at a rapid rate, but it seems that a hybrid approach combining on-premise and cloud deployment is favoured by many Australian enterprises apparently still recluctant to devolve control of all applications to the cloud.

CA Technologies used its CA World event to announce multiple new or extended cloud solutions. They included a new approach to deciding which applications and services are best suited to cloud deployment, and a marketplace for cloud applications and hosting services.

Telstra is offering virtual servers to large and small businesses from $200 per month, claiming the potential to save SMEs thousands of dollars.

Some of the biggest security mistakes made when adopting cloud computing can be avoided by taking a few simple steps.

Datacom has announced plans to build a new tier 3 data centre in Hamilton following the success of its bid to be a preferred supplier of cloud and data centre services to the New Zealand Government.

IBM has announced a set of cloud services and software aimed specifically at its enterprise clients. Company officials described SmartCloud as "public cloud for the enterprise".

Interested in the cloud model but want to keep your processing onshore? Data#3's IaaS offering allows that.

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Pacnet - the submarine cable operator turned cloud computing provider - has chosen Australia as the first country get its Virtual Private Server (VPS), the company's first infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering.

SoftLayer Technologies, a US based provider of cloud, dedicated, and managed hosting services - named by Australian market researcher firm Longhaus as a leading offshore cloud provider in Australia - has entered the Asia Pacific market with the opening of a data centre in Singapore and network points of presence in Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

Macquarie Telecom's 'click wrap' cloud service provider subsidiary, Ninefold, has announced that its cloud storage service - claimed to be the first of its kind in Australia - is now out of public beta and in full production.

Residential builder Simonds Homes has outsourced its IT service desk to Corporate Express Managed Services.

Telstra and Australian transaction software company, Mercurien, have signed a MoU to investigate and develop local cloud-based transaction applications for the transport sector: for toll-road use, congestion and traffic-flow management.

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