Tassie NBN fibre tender worth $3 million
The National Broadband Network fibre request for tender issued last week by Tasmanian state-owned energy company Aurora is for an estimated $3 million purchase, new tender documents revealed this week.
The National Broadband Network fibre request for tender issued last week by Tasmanian state-owned energy company Aurora is for an estimated $3 million purchase, new tender documents revealed this week.
Queensland state-owned energy supplier Stanwell Corporation this week revealed plans to build two new Tier 3 datacentres; plans that should be upgraded, according to one analyst.
The CSIRO is cutting over 500 jobs, closing multiple sites, and stripping back its research in the wake of the latest federal budget, which slashed more than AU$111 million over four years from the research organisation’s funding.
The Victorian government has forked out AU$6.65 million to hold on to the supercomputing facility that sits at the heart of its Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, and is collocated with IBM's Research Collaboratory.
The Australian datacentre industry contends with some of the highest power costs in the world.
Victorian electricity provider Jemena has unveiled a new web portal where customers can monitor their electricity usage via their smart meters.
Western Power is looking to install 10,500 smart meters as part of a four-year smart grid trial.
David Berlind bemoans Dell's lack of supporting documentation for the vendor's claims that it can save enterprises $200 per server a year with more energy efficient servers. Berlind isn't the only one with gripes.
Tech companies and telco providers have increased in trust over the last year in Australia, with credibility in these sectors climbing to the top of the industry scale in spite of the Snowden revelations impacting in both industries.
The government should appoint a national task force to look into deploying IT systems for smart cities, transport, communications, energy, health, water, and natural disaster prediction, the committee said.