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Anaplan CEO: What makes us smarter than Microsoft's Excel?

How may a business data modelling/ planning SaaS be useful to Finance, Sales and Operation with varying operation cycles? What is "hyperblock architecture?" What makes Anaplan's CEO think his software surpasses Microsoft's Excel and Access?
Carol Ko 06-May-2013

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Tata Steel deploys cloud communications platform
Aiming to reduce the company's overall IT operating costs, Tata Steel decided to move to an enterprise-ready cloud communications platform. Microsoft and capgemini are helping the firm to migrate to cloud.
by: Antony Savvas, Computerworld UK 28-Aug-2011
Wading your way through the multi-faceted Asian cloud
Migrating to the cloud is not a simple task as others might think. It requires a good implementation strategy, a significant IT infrastructure in place, and the right cloud vendor partner.
by: Amit Sinha Roy, Vice President, Global Enterprise Solutions, Tata Communications 21-Aug-2011
How do I use the cloud?
Companies today are still uncertain how to effectively use cloud to benefit and help business growth. Two regional CIOs from an Asian bank and a global manufacturer raise the key questions.
by: Michael Conlin, HP Strategist, CTO, HP Enterprise Services, 15-Aug-2011
Pacnet to open new data center in Hong Kong
To meet increasing demand for data center and cloud services in Asia-Pacific, regional carrier Pacnet is expanding its hosting and colocation infrastructure. It will open a new data center facility in Hong Kong slated to start operation in December.
by: John Tanner, telecomasia 05-Aug-2011
AWS Direct Connect available in Equinix data centers
Equinix customers can now connect their customer owned and managed infrastructure directly to Amazon Web Services via AWS Direct Connect, establishing a private network connection that can reduce network costs, increase throughput, and provide more consistent network performance than Internet-based connections.
by: Asia Cloud Forum 05-Aug-2011

Cloud legal issues III: Data privacy laws in Asia

What are the different data privacy laws in force today? Can the Chinese government seize customer data which resides in a cloud data center in Hong Kong? What actions can firms take to protect their corporate data from government seizure, such as in the name of 'terrorism?'
by: Carol Ko 03-Aug-2011

Amazon extends Start-Up Challenge worldwide

One week after M-Dot Network won last year's AWS Start-Up Challenge, it raised more than $1 million in angel funding and fielded calls from more than 30 interested VCs. In April 2011, the company obtained further funds after being acquired.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 01-Aug-2011
C&W, Glasshouse help firms reduce CO2 with cloud pact
Australian companies will get additional help in easily migrating to cloud based services through combined consulting expertise and hosting services offered by the partnership of Glasshouse Technologies and Cable & Wireless Worldwide.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 30-Jul-2011
S Korea's Dongbu CNI targets SMBs with cloud service platform
The South Korean IT service provider will provide SaaS for various applications, including real-time transportation management system (TMS) service, server-based computing, IT service management (ITSM), and enterprise portal and energy analytics.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 27-Jul-2011

Forrester: China's cloud market crowded with MNC, local players

While the booming cloud infrastructure investments at provincial and city levels in China have exceeded $8 billion, the cloud business still operates on a public-private partnership model -- meaning MNC cloud SPs have to either focus on MNC end users, or to work with local partners.
by: Carol Ko 26-Jul-2011