GCIO and Intel host Data Centre Summit

The summit was aimed at IT managers, infrastructure architects and data centre strategic planners where Intel shared its best practices for data centre design, strategy, planning, grid/utility, computing and virtualization as well as to provide an update on the Government Data Centre Reform Program.

The Summit investigated how Intel has addressed its data centre requirements, as a large multi-nation organisation.  Intel experts had flown in from Singapore and other states of Australia to attend the summit.  They talked about their new state-of-the-art facilities and how they had addressed some common data centre issues. 

The Summit was attended by staff from approximately 12 agencies and state owned corporations, small and large.  The audience included CIOs and data centre experts and there was an active and robust interchange of views between the audience and the presenters. 

For more information about the Data Centre Reform project visit the information on this program contained in the People First section of the GCIO web site at :

http://www.gcio.nsw.gov.au/people-first-the-nsw-government-ict-strategy/people-first-programs/infrastructure-consolidation

For more detailed information regarding the summit contact a member of the project team: email datacentrereform@services.nsw.gov.au  or call 9372 8195. 

The latest information, presentation slides and articles about data centres are available online from Inside NSW (www.inside.nsw.gov.au) which is a secure website for government agencies for the purpose of information sharing.  Logon details may be requested from a member of the project team at the Government Chief Information Office.