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Hong Kong PolyU's CIO contrasts Office 365 with Gmail

Prior to adopting Office 365, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University IT team considered various options for migrating its email to a cloud-based service. Gerrit Bahlman, PolyU's CIO, explains why the IT team favored Office 365 over Gmail.
by: Carol Ko 16-Oct-2012

HK PolyU deploys Office 365 to 38,500 staff and students

To modernize its email systems and collaborative applications, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University adopts Microsoft's Office 365 to replace its four legacy email systems. With Office 365, PolyU can now move to a more mobile world and achieve a greener campus.
by: Carol Ko 16-Oct-2012

Peeping Googler scandal opens cloud security can of worms

Disgraced Google site reliability engineer David Barksdale was fired after parents complained to Google that he was harassing their teenage children. An internal investigation revealed that he had viewed personal messages in the youths' Google accounts for an extended period of time.
by: Carl Brooks, Technology Writer, SearchCloudComputing.com 17-Sep-2010
Google Apps gets US government certification for security
Google has received the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification and accreditation from the US government for its Google Apps office productivity suite, including Gmail.
by: SearchCloudComputing.com staff 28-Jul-2010

Gartner: 10% of email accounts will be cloud-based by 2012

Through 2012, wireless email products and services will be interchangeable, shipping in large volumes at reduced prices. Wireless email will be highly commoditized and on any device, said Gartner
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 07-Jul-2010