Cloudy with a chance of success
08 May, 2013 by Alan Perkins*, Director of Technology and Product, Asia Pacific, RackspaceThe cloud gives unprecedented opportunities for IT to adapt to rapidly shifting business priorities.
Robot brains that live in the cloud
08 April, 2013Robotics researchers are set to revolutionise how robots ‘think’, by mining the now-familiar model of cloud computing.
Asia Cloud Forum update
25 March, 2013The Asia Cloud Forum, an online media portal, has been created to represent the interests of enterprise users, governments, telcos, vendors, policy makers and others with a stake in the development of cloud computing in Asia.
What about on-premises computing?
01 March, 2013 by Matthew Oostveen*, Research Director, IDC AustraliaWe have been mesmerised by the large migration that’s been taking place as organisations move their workloads from on-premises deployments to off-premises. What happens to what remains behind?
Is the cloud making you lose sleep?
07 February, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaWhile there’s much focus on the impact of cloud technologies on enterprise IT, are we thinking about disaster recovery, backups and other essential services delivered by IT?
Asia Cloud Forum created
19 December, 2012The Asia Cloud Forum, an online media portal, has been created to represent the interests of enterprise users, governments, telcos, vendors, policy makers and others with a stake in the development of cloud computing in Asia.
The role of cloud in enterprise service delivery
30 October, 2012 by Stephen Withers‘Cloud’ has become a pervasive part of the IT vocabulary - but how big a role will it play in enterprise service delivery? Stephen Withers speaks to a panel of senior IT executives drawn from the user and analyst communities and found there was a broad consensus.
How to avoid a disaster when moving to the cloud
30 October, 2012 by Carrie HigbieWith all the hype about clouds, 2011 was a year of education. The term 'cloud' is overused and has been sullied by the sheer variety of definitions used in the industry.
Think: Education Group saves $500k annually with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
25 September, 2012 by Andrew CollinsThink: Education Group, an Australian private education company, has implemented a virtual private cloud, enabling a printing project that is set to save the company $500,000 annually.
SAP’s NSW Trade & Investment deal a proof point for cloud
17 August, 2012The success or failure of a recent agreement between NSW Trade & Investment and SAP, which will see the government department deploy SAP’s Business ByDesign SaaS (software as a service) ERP solution, will be an indicator of the future of cloud services in Australia, according to Ovum.
UltraServe Cloud Machine public cloud infrastructure
09 August, 2012UltraServe has announced the next generation of its Cloud Machine service. The service builds on its range of Managed and Hosting Services and public and private cloud computing solutions.
Citrix CloudGateway 2 unified store solution
08 August, 2012Citrix has announced the availability of Citrix CloudGateway 2, its unified store solution. Featuring MDX mobile technology, the product offers a single unified point of control for all mobile, web, SaaS and Windows apps and data, across any mix of corporate and personal devices.
Kyocera Cloud Connect links multifunctional printers to Evernote
27 July, 2012Kyocera Cloud Connect, from Kyocera Document Solutions, is an application that bridges Kyocera’s products to cloud service provider Evernote, enabling scanning and printing of files in Evernote directly from most Kyocera multifunctional product control panels.
EMC and Brocade collaborate with VSPEX Proven Infrastructure cloud computing
11 May, 2012The EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure combines Brocade cloud-optimised networking technologies with EMC unified storage and next-generation backup architecture. VSPEX’s modular design enables customers to specify their choice of server, network and virtualisation technologies within a pre-validated framework.
The dangers of Google Drive and Dropbox in the enterprise
08 May, 2012 by Andrew CollinsWhat happens when a well-meaning employee inadvertently shares your company’s financial records with the world? That’s a reality organisations could face if they ignore their employees’ use of consumer cloud storage services like Google Drive and Dropbox.
