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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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Big data and the cloud: Analysis catalysis
By 2015, Intel predicts that there will be 15 billion connected devices while Cisco expects over 3 billion connected users driving growth of global data center IP traffic by 33% annually through 2015, surpassing 4.8 ZB per year, more than 3 times the amount in 2011.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 29-Jan-2013

Fujitsu launches senior care software-as-a-service in Japan

Fujitsu's new social SaaS assists institutions that provide aid to the elderly, such as home healthcare and nursing services, local and non-profit organizations, and also lifestyle businesses.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 23-Jan-2013

Ovum: Cloud will take 5 more years to mature

Research company Ovum predicted that cloud computing will need another five years to mature, see the emergence of a cloud ecosystem in 2013, and witness the monetization of data into a resource by vendors and enterprises in the next 12 months.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 18-Jan-2013
EMC-IDC study: Less than 1% of world’s data analyzed
Despite the unprecedented expansion of the digital universe due to the massive amounts of data being generated daily by people and machines, IDC estimates that only 0.5% of the world’s data is being analyzed.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 15-Jan-2013

Cloud predictions 2013 III: Cloud meshes with big data, analytics, DR

In the next 12 months, big IT forces like big data, data analytics and disaster recovery will become closely intertwined with cloud computing. For example, many organizations will approach cloud service providers for big data solutions.
by: Carol Ko 14-Jan-2013

Australian students develop stethoscope in cloud

By connecting a stethoscope to a cell phone, a community health worker or unskilled administrator can transmit diagnostic information into a cloud service. The software then analyzes a patient's breathing for patterns that indicate the earliest stages of pneumonia or asthma.
by: eGov Innovation Editors 24-Dec-2012
Seagate debuts HDD for growing 24/7 video applications
Cloud-based video surveillance for security is poised to radically alter the on-site digital or network video recorders and analog camera-dominated video surveillance market, according to analysts at research firm RNCOS.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 19-Dec-2012

HDS shares top data trends, regional focus for 2013

The explosive growth of data will continue to be the biggest concern for the IT industry in 2013 as big data creates challenges and opportunities, according to Hitachi Data Systems vice president and CTO, Hu Yoshida.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 19-Dec-2012
Cloud Power 2012: Salesforce.com named Up and Coming in Communications/ Collaboration-as-a-Service category
Besides "following" the people, documents, business processes and application data that employees find relevant for them, the Salesforce Chatter platform can connect with ERP systems and other customer applications outside of Salesforce, making any application important to your business social.
by: Computerworld Hong Kong staff 06-Dec-2012

Cloud Power 2012: Microsoft named Vendor to Watch in Communications/ Collaboration-as-a-Service category

Office 365 is Microsoft's cloud-based Office applications suite that integrates Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync with Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel applications to deliver a unified communications experience.
by: Computerworld Hong Kong staff 06-Dec-2012