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Mandarin Oriental's Single Cloud migrates 5K users to Office 365

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
Rob Forsyth, Sophos
Trust marks for cloud emerging; due diligence vital
Even as trust marks for cloud services are being established, companies using such services need to ask their providers critical questions about where their data is stored, who has access to it and whether it’s stored on shared servers.
Khoo Boo Leong 01-May-2012
Jim McNiel, FalconStor
FalconStor shifts AP HQ to S’pore, drives Bluestone vision
FalconStor is poised to increase penetration into Asian markets it currently operates in even as it fleshes out Bluestone, its vision for service-oriented data protection, according to the company's president and CEO Jim McNiel.
Khoo Boo Leong 01-May-2012
Sash Mukherjee, senior market analyst, IDC Health Insights, Asia/Pacific
Cloud for healthcare in APAC -- more than image archiving
What are the current cloud-based healthcare initiatives in APAC? How can "community clouds" assist collaborative healthcare? What are the common "compliance stamps" recognized in different APAC? And what are the misconceptions about cloud models that healthcare organizations have?
Carol Ko 30-Apr-2012
Cao Guoying, deputy dir-general, liaison office of The Central People's Gov't
Chinese government official: Is cloud HK's next advantage?
The long-term development of a city does not solely rely on its present advantages. A Chinese official asks: Will Hong Kong remain as a financial and logistics hub in 10 or 20 years' time? Where should Hong Kong position itself when other Chinese cities are catching up? What cloud services should it focus on?
Carol Ko 27-Apr-2012
Steve Durbin, Information Security Forum
3 things you can do to minimize cloud outsourcing risks
As the cloud outsourcing industry continues to mature, businesses are becoming aware of the impact that bad security can have on their business. Steve Durbin, global VP of the Information Security Forum suggests 3 keys to minimizing risks.
Khoo Boo Leong 26-Apr-2012
ReadySpace's David Loke and Parallels' SE Asia director Gurpreet Singh Ahuja
Asia SMBs vary openness towards cloud adoption
Managed hosting provider ReadySpace in an interview said Singapore is an easier market to penetrate because the government has full support on cloud services. Hong Kong SMBs, which used to focus more on low cost solutions, are now more willing to pay more for cloud services and pursue the options.
Carol Ko 24-Apr-2012
Acclivis center aligns with holistic DR, business resilience
Acclivis is leveraging on cloud technologies to facilitate more holistic DR. This will be a starting point for business resilience, which is critical, as two in three organizations in the Asia Pacific would have less than half of their systems running when faced with a disaster, according to IDC.
Khoo Boo Leong 17-Apr-2012
Mike Denning, CA Technologies
Transparency by cloud provider essential in new normal
Organizations using a cloud provider have every right to demand transparency of what that provider is doing to secure its information – from the security measures of the data center itself to the systems security architecture and best practices.
Khoo Boo Leong 13-Apr-2012
Errol Rasit, principal analyst, Gartner Research
Cloud: Lots to overcome before price is differentiator
According to Gartner, Amazon's updated rates will force its competitors to prove service differentiation, which could manifest into much lower cost services for more customers or more high quality services.
Enterprise Innovation editors 10-Apr-2012
Daniel Kwong, Citic Telecom CPC
CiticTel CPC grows robust enterprise-grade cloud service
Can an off-premise, opex-model enterprise-grade hybrid or private cloud service give enterprise IT the same reliability, control and security typical in a traditional data center? Citic Telecom CPC believes its IaaS has made that a practical reality.
Khoo Boo Leong 10-Apr-2012