Not so long ago, leading-edge tech innovation was the domain of large enterprises, corporations and government departments – companies that could afford the high capital expenditure required with its long-term return and payoff.
Back in 2009, the NSW government commenced a process to identify a vendor to build two data centre sites in the state – one in Sydney and one in the Illawarra region. However, this process is potentially becoming another Steven Bradbury moment, awarding the prize to the last person standing.
The US economy has not always been the global economic powerhouse that we know today. Until the mid-19th century it was relatively small – about the same size as Italy’s economy at the time. So what changed? And how did it change so quickly?
