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NZX trades dairy derivatives on BT Radianz Cloud

The New Zealand market operator NZX, which focuses on the securities, energy and agri-business sectors, now provides access to its trading and market data services to members of the BT Radianz Cloud community.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 14-May-2013
Symantec survey: Rogue clouds behind rising costs
Enterprises and SMBs are experiencing escalating costs tied to rogue cloud use, complex backup and recovery, and inefficient cloud storage, according to Symantec Corp’s recent Avoiding the Hidden Costs of Cloud 2013 Survey.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 05-Feb-2013
Reval: IASB IFRS 9 change complicates accounting for FX hedges
An alternative to flawed language in a section of The IASB’s IFRS 9 amendment on hedge accounting is a win for corporates, but further complicates accounting for foreign exchange hedges, says Reval, a treasury and risk management SaaS provider.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 05-Feb-2013
Imperva advises on dangers of third-party code for cloud security
In its January Hacker Intelligence Initiative Report, ‘Lessons Learned from the Yahoo! Hack’, Imperva Inc has recommended specific business and technical steps to mitigate the dangers of third-party code in cloud computing.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 04-Feb-2013
Operation control center of HKEx’s new data center
HKEx opens Tier-IV data center, signs up 100 hosting service users
The five-storey, 31,400 square meter-facility consolidates primary data centers -- previously in two different Hong Kong locations -- for all of Hong Kong Exchange's markets and clearing house systems under one roof, plus most IT development and support staff.
Computerworld Hong Kong staff 01-Feb-2013
Red Hat acquires ManageIQ, expands open hybrid cloud solutions
Following its acquisition of ManageIQ in December 2012, Red Hat will now integrate ManageIQ's enterprise cloud management and automation technologies with its CloudForms hybrid IaaS and its open Enterprise Virtualization management solutions.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 31-Jan-2013
Nice launches cloud-based workforce optimization suite
By the end of 2015, more than 18% of contact center seats will be delivered by cloud-based contact center infrastructure providers, according to DMG Consulting. The number of cloud-based contact center seats is also predicted to grow by 80.2% in 2011.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 31-Jan-2013
AT&T's second internet data center in Tokyo, Japan
AT&T opens 2nd internet data center in Tokyo
Targeting at multinational companies, AT&T's second internet data center in Tokyo will serve to scale up its hosting capabilities in Japan and Asia Pacific. The new facility is said to received the AAA safety level from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 31-Jan-2013
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Digital Realty cuts infrastructure footprint with new data center architecture
POD 3.0 is said to improve the modular data center design by increasing the critical IT load delivered from the current 1,125 kW to 1,200 kW at the same cost point achieved with POD 2.0.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 31-Jan-2013
Microsoft debuts Office 365 Home Premium cloud service
The Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium cloud service is now available in 162 markets in 21 languages. For US$99.99 per year or US$8.34 per month, the service includes the latest Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access, and more.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 30-Jan-2013
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.
Asia Cloud Forum editors 29-Jan-2013