CloudCentral is proud to announce that we are the major event sponsor for this month’s AIIA Canberra Managers Forum featuring Bruce Thompson, Chief Knowledge Officer of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

Our sponsorship of this months event has major significance as CloudCentral is set to announce several new service offerings focussed on Big Data, Analytics and Open Data.

Big Data, Analytics and Open Data are obviously highly topical subjects right now, with the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) recently releasing their Big Data issues paper.

CloudCentral is looking to address the current gaping hole for Big Data, Analytics and Open Data cloud solutions in the Australian marketplace. We look forward to releasing more details on our strategies and services over the coming weeks.

Event Details

• When: Tuesday 28th May 2013 11.30am for 12.00pm (sharp) start. 2pm finish
• Where: Federal Golf Club, Red Hill Lookout Road, Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
• Contact: Emma Steil (aiiacbr@arinex.com.au)
• Registration: http://www.aiia.com.au/events/event_details.asp?id=320164

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CloudCentral is proud to announce that we’re sponsoring the Linux.conf.au 2013 Canberra Open Cloud Meetup Drinks.

Everyone is welcome to attend to catchup and discuss the latest trends in Open Cloud Computing, including OpenStack, CloudStack, and more.

CloudCentral is sponsoring the event with a $250 bar tab, see you there!

Location: The Uni Pub, London Circuit, Canberra City ACT
Date/Time: Tuesday 29th of January @ 7pm
Register: http://www.meetup.com/Canberra-OpenStack-Users-Group/events/101660772/

From the team @ CloudCentral we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We look forward to providing continuing service to our valued customers in 2013 and beyond.

Rest assured that our dedicated support team will be available 24×7 over the Christmas / New Year period including Christmas day, New Years Eve and New Years Day. We trust that Santa and his Elves will ensure that no emergencies occur and you’ll be able to rest easy!

Best Regards,

Kristoffer Sheather
Founder & CEO and The CloudCentral Team

Special Offer: Santa gives you FREE access to The New CloudCentral Cloud!

Santa has brokered a special deal to provide you with FREE access to The New CloudCentral Cloud (our powerful new high performance open cloud platform) until the 31st of January 2013.

The New CloudCentral Cloud is situated in the new NextDC C1 enterprise data centre located in Bruce, ACT, Australia providing you with the peace of mind of an ASIO T4 physical security and Tier-III Australian data centre facilities with guaranteed data sovereignty.

CloudCentral’s Elves, directed by Santa have engineered our new platform on top of the open standards CloudStack based, Citrix CloudPlatform cloud management platform. Also featured are the the latest high-performance Intel Xeon processors, enterprise-grade Oracle ZFS storage, and high-speed Juniper 10-gigabit networking.

The New CloudCentral Cloud is arguably the most advanced enterprise-grade open cloud platform in Australia and has been selected to host Australian Government services under the terms of the Australian Government Data Center as a Service (DCaaS) Multi Use List (MUL) for cloud and cloud-like services.

Contact santa@cloudcentral.com.au today for more information and your free cloud account. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Note: Free access to the New CloudCentral Cloud offer expires 31st January 2013.

A presentation by Richard Elling, CTO of Dey Storage Systems, and Cloud Central advisor at the recent ZFS Day:

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Check out the rest of ZFS day at http://zfsday.com/zfsday/

AIIA July Canberra Managers Forum & 2012 ACT iAwards Presentation

Guest Speaker: Susan Monkley – Group Manager of the Technology Solutions Group at DEEWR

The Federal & ACT Committee of the AIIA is delighted to have the Group Manager, Technology Solutions Group, at the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations, Ms Susan Monkley, address the upcoming Canberra Manager’s Forum July luncheon.

Following a distinguished 20 year career in the Public Sector across all of the largest service delivery Department’s, Susan now heads up the Technology Solutions Group responsible for Architecture, Infrastructure, Applications, Applications Development, IT Procurement and Web Accessibility.

Susan has a strong track record, and interest in, Business Transformation which strategically supports DEEWR’s emerging and growing role as a Lead Agency in the provision of various services in a Whole of Government context.

In her address, Susan will touch on all of these topics, provide an update on DEEWR’s current plans as well as shed some light on the exciting and challenging future role DEEWR will serve in the Whole of Government space.

Susan will also touch on many of the overall challenges facing Government today including efforts to encourage more women in ICT.

2012 ACT iAwards Presentation

The 2012 iAwards honours both companies at the cutting edge of technology innovation as well as leading professionals across the industry. Most importantly, the iAwards honours the achievements of home-grown Australian innovators.

Take this opportunity to join the iAwards host organisations and sponsors and connect directly with leading stakeholders in smart technology as the ACT winners are announced. The ACT winners will go on to compete in the esteemed 2012 National iAwards being held in Melbourne on 9 August 2012.

Cost

Single Tickets

Members: $100 ex GST ($110 inc)
Non – Members: $120 ex GST ($132 inc)

Sponsored Tables (Table of 8):

$1180 ex GST ($1298 inc)

Full Event Details & Bookings: http://www.aiia.com.au/events/event_details.asp?id=243300

CloudCentral is proud to announce that we are exhibiting at CeBIT 2012 with support from the ACT Government.

Don’t miss the No.1 business technology event of 2012. CloudCentral would like to invite you attend the CeBIT Sydney 2012 Exhibition on May 22 – 24 2012. Please come by and visit us at stand M15.

Use this promotional code cloubqj51 to claim your complimentary business pass and save $99. Register for your free event pass at http://is.gd/cccebit2012 now to reserve your place.

We’re proud to announce that we’re sponsoring and attending the DevOps Down Under 2011 event that’s being held in Melbourne on Friday the 22nd – Saturday 23rd of July.

Check out the event details here – http://www.devopsdownunder.org/

We’ll be attending the event, so please come and say hello if you’re there!

CloudCentral is proud to announce that we’ve stepped up to the plate as the platinum sponsor for CloudCamp Sydney 2011 #2.

CloudCamp Sydney 2011 #2 is being held on the 21st of July 2011 at SMSA Sydney, full event details can be found online at http://www.cloudcamp.org/sydney/2011-07-21

We look forward to meeting our customers, competitors, industry analysts, and everyone else at the event

Today I delivered a presentation about open cloud standards, what they are, and why they matter.

Please take a look at our slide deck and feel free to send us any questions, comments and other feedback you might have.

We have also announced that we are launching our OpenStack Compute API for our cloud compute service. This makes Cloud Central the first provider in Australia to implement an open cloud standard, and also the first OpenStack API compatible cloud in Australia!

Check out the sides here: