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This week media and analysts were invited to a roundtable to hear how the Curtin University of Technology (Perth, Australia) is building their cloud. Along with special guests from the systems integrator (Alphawest), telecom provider (Optus Business) and vendor partners (Cisco, EMC and VMware), the Curtin University of Technology’s CIO, Peter Nikoletatos, discussed the journey toward cloud. The Curtin University of Technology has facilities in a diverse range of locations across Asia, and more than 43,000 students and 3,200 staff and is recognised as one of the most virtualised enterprises in Australia. Already at the forefront of cloud computing adoption, Curtin is now also one of the first beta customers to sign up to Optus’ new private cloud-based service which utilises technology from Cisco, EMC and VMware and is also currently deploying an internal private cloud, based on the Cisco Unified Computing System. The common Cisco Unified Computing architecture across the University’s internal private cloud and the beta Optus Business hosted cloud service will allow the University to increase IT staff productivity and business agility through rapid delivery of services, for example, to research departments in hours not weeks.