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• Coalition NBN plan provides certainty: Macquarie Telecom

  Macquarie Telecom has said the Coalition’s NBN announcement is “great news” for businesses because it brings certainty that there will be an NBN if there is a change of government.

• Macquarie Telecom to host Intersect supercomputer

  Macquarie Telecom (ASX: MAQ) has signed a deal to host Intersect’s high performance computing (HPC) system called Orange in its Intellicentre 2 (IC2) data centre in Sydney.

• Macquarie Telecom prepares for the NBN

  Macquarie Telecom has increased its core network bandwidth capacity by 10 following upgrades this year, driven by demand from the NBN and cloud.

• Sydney data centres withstand heat wave

  Despite temperatures in Sydney hitting 45.8 degrees Celsius on 18 January, data centres in the area did not encounter any power failures or heavy demands on cooling infrastructure, say operators.

• Vodafone, iiNet and Macquarie oppose Adam Internet sale to Telstra

  Telstra rivals have condemned the Australian telecom giant’s proposed acquisition of Adam Internet as a move that will reduce telecom competition.

• Macquarie Telecom to open $14M security data centre 'Bunker'

  A $14 million Canberra security data centre dubbed the 'Bunker' by Macquarie Telecom (ASX: MAQ) will be opened in mid-2013 to help protect government Internet gateways.

• Top 10 Influential: Australian data centres, Cloud expansion

  While data centres and Cloud computing are not new kinds of technology, they did generate plenty of stories during 2011 as operators began to turn fresh ground for new data centre sites while faced with the Gillard Government’s incoming Carbon Tax.
  

• Australia to become APAC Cloud hub?

  The dream of Australia becoming an Asia-Pacific Cloud computing hub could become a reality, but hinges on having a well-designed regulatory and policy environment and overcoming cost challenges, a new report argues

• Fujitsu, Maquarie Telecom onboard AGIMO data panel

  The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has added a number of Greenfield facilities to its data centre facilities panel, including Fujitsu and Macquarie Telecom.

• Hosting boosts Macquarie Telecom full year results

  Growth in hosting revenue has helped Macquarie Telecom (ASX:MAQ) record a 70 per cent year-on-year increase in net profits after tax to $17.7 million for the year to 30 June 2011.
  

• Macquarie Telecom pens NBN deal

  Macquarie Telecom (ASX: MAQ) has become the latest telco to sign a trial agreement the NBN Co, beginning a program to take advantage of the National Broadband Network (NBN) once it becomes operational.

• Verizon and Mac Telecom join telco services panel

  Macquarie Telecom and Verizon Australia are the latest in a slew of telcos to be appointed to the Australian Government Information Management Office’s (AGIMO), telco service panel, with just “one or two” more to be announced.

• Telco Cloud buying guide

  With vendors, data centre providers and services outfits making a mint in the swirling Cloud market it was always a question of time until telecommunications companies would jump on the bandwagon.
  

• Cloud on call: Should you go with a telco for Cloud? (Part 2)

  If telcos can jump the cultural hurdle and truly get to grips with Cloud computing, Macquarie Telecom's Aidan Tudehope says the advantage lies in already having an understanding of the processes and procedures and scaling methodologies that come hand in hand with Cloud.

• Cloud on call: Should you go with a telco for Cloud?

  With vendors, data centre providers and services outfits making a mint in the swirling Cloud market it was always a question of time until telecommunications companies would jump on the bandwagon.