Features

Under the "One Single Cloud Service" project title, the 28-hotel group unifies its communication and collaboration systems using Microsoft Office 365, enabling US$300K-500K cost reduction per hotel over four to five years, and saving 20 IT man hours per month per hotel.
Carol Ko 10-Apr-2013
Global thought leaders and experts gathered at Trend Micro’s CloudSec 2012 event in Singapore mid-August to not only discuss strategies for securing the cloud but also offer insights into how cloud computing will evolve.
Khoo Boo Leong 29-Aug-2012
Despite the cloud computing hype in America and Europe, a study by Bangkok-based Geoprise Technologies shows that the Asia Pacific region hasn’t reached the peak of the technology hype curve quite yet.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 29-Aug-2012
Carat Cheung, winner of Miss Hong Kong 2012
Microsoft addresses some common concerns about the voting platform set up behind the Miss Hong Kong 2012 voting application: why it couldn't auto-provision more server capacities, the intricacies of building a truly scalable application, and more.
Carol Ko 29-Aug-2012
Glenn Heppell, Outsourcing/Cloud Lead, Accenture Australia
Vertical services allow service providers to differentiate their cloud offerings on business-oriented solutions as opposed to core infrastructure, thereby shifting the conversation to one centered around business value rather than pure cost avoidance.
Telecom Asia staff writer 22-Aug-2012
In the near future mobile, social and cloud technologies may collide to create “the perfect storm”, an unusual convergence of forces that enables new waves of applications such as info-gratification on the go – where consumers can access information about real world objects they see simply by pointing their smartphones at them.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 22-Aug-2012
Joanne Steinberg and Boudewijn Pesch, Tekelec
Cloud computing is producing a couple of hurdles as well as a growth opportunity for mobile carriers. With cloud-based applications and data, smart mobile devices and nearly ubiquitous high-speed access, subscribers are able to consume content anywhere at any time.
Khoo Boo Leong 21-Aug-2012
Gigi Cheah, Partner and Jeremy Tan, Associate, Asia IP & Technology Group, Norto
What are some of challenges policymakers face when drafting data protection laws? Is it a problem if data privacy laws disregard "data" as "assets? And why is it a challenge for policymakers to factor in industry-specific regulatory and compliance requirements?
Carol Ko 15-Aug-2012
Social intelligence from SAP and Oracle
SAP and Oracle have outlined comprehensive cloud strategies. An area of focus for both vendors is to combine their respective industry and business process expertise with cloud solutions to deliver social and collaborative capabilities.
Khoo Boo Leong 14-Aug-2012
Layout of the Asia Submarine-cable Express
With an investment of US$430 million, the 7,800 km long Asia Submarine-cable Express is constructed 3,000m below sea level and circumvents the Bashi Channel south of Taiwan -- a known hotpot for earthquakes and typhoons.
Carol Ko 14-Aug-2012
Cloud cost forecast
For companies planning cloud deployments, creating accurate cost models and forecasts across the ever-growing number of cloud providers and choices can be overwhelming. Businesses are also leveraging more than one cloud provider so accurate management of cloud costs becomes more complex.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 14-Aug-2012