“We are now seeing a number of organisations trying to back out of their cloud choice, due to unforeseen high costs.”

CenturyLink is looking to expand its current Australian reseller base following the launch of its cloud platform into the Australian market.

"In this digital landscape, organisations need new methods to secure and govern the corporate cloud perimeter."

A recent report has shown the rapid uptake of ‘green’ data centers will continue into the future.

Disaster recovery expertise and management are core competencies any organisation should handle well, particularly as technologies evolve and adapt.

Nxtra Data and CenturyLink have partnered to serve Indian enterprises with their advanced hosting and managed IT services, Nxtra Data reports.

"By reassessing its approach to people, processes, and technology, an organisation can overcome challenges and move to the cloud successfully."

Building relationships and developing a mature distribution channel in Australia is a key focus for and a ‘win-win’ for CenturyLink and its partners.

Enterprises with limited resources may face technical and infrastructure challenges when implementing big data analytics solutions.

"In order to get the most out of cloud computing, it's imperative for companies to identify which vendors and providers are the right fit for them."

Avnet is serving up new opportunities for resellers after signing as the first in-country distributor for CenturyLink Cloud services.

CenturyLink has continued its regional expansion with the launch of a CenturyLink Cloud node in Sydney.

"While big data can be powerful, it needs to be available at all times. If it fails, revenue could take a hit."

CenturyLink added 14MW of critical capacity at eight data centers last year, with plans to increase capacity in four data centers in H1 2016.

"As confidence in cloud technology grows, the distrust from organisations is fading, but there are still a number of issues to address."

"The emerging threat landscape can be an enormous drain on internal resources."

CenturyLink has received the management and operations stamp of approval from the Uptime Institute for its SG2 and SG8 Singapore data centers.

"IT professionals are under increasing pressure to get the most out of IT in support of new business needs, while also holding down IT costs."

"CenturyLink Government Cloud combines the power of the VMware cloud with our carrier-class network and secure data centers."

Businesses who are transitioning to big data environments need to consider what a daunting undertaking the change can be.

"Businesses can still obtain a full spectrum of technology despite the gaps in Australia’s IT talent pool.”

“These organisations face perceived rather than real barriers to moving to a hybrid IT model.”

The introduction of data lakes is one of the most significant changes to enterprise data warehouse technology, according to CenturyLink.

Businesses need to identify which areas are not performing optimally and decided whether to supplements in-house capabilities with external expertise.