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CDNs offer telcos higher-margin opportunities

CDNs have become the perfect delivery vehicle for fixed and mobile operators, particularly in Asia, to attract higher-margin revenue, create new revenue streams and improve their customers’ experience while saving cost.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 20-Feb-2013
IDC predicts 7 million cloud-related jobs in 2015
According to IT hiring managers, the biggest reason they failed to fill 1.7 million open cloud-related positions in 2012 is because job seekers lack the training, certification and experience needed to work in a cloud-enabled world.
by: telecomasia.net staff writer 23-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

IDC: 2013 last call for CIO transformation

“2013 will be the last call for CIO transformation,” said Sandra Ng, vice president of IDC Asia Pacific’s Practice Group at the recent Asia-Pacific ICT 2013 Top 10 Predictions Forum. “The KPIs for IT departments and CIOs are beginning to change."
by: Khoo Boo Leong 19-Dec-2012

IDC: Private cloud adoption will remain slow in 2013

Although cloud developments are taking place, they need a stronger focus on inter-agency collaboration to truly deliver services from a citizen-centric perspective, said Frank Levering, research manager, IDC Government Insights.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 12-Dec-2012

BMC hands IT service delivery control to users

Public cloud computing services have paved the way for non-IT staff to circumvent their IT organizations in search of faster IT support and problem resolution. Indeed, Forrester has reported that just 35% of business decision-makers say IT provides “high quality, timely end user support.”
by: Khoo Boo Leong 05-Dec-2012
IDC's 2013 top 10 social business predictions
IDC expects CIO inertia and misconceptions about social media and consumerization to create problems down the road as they continue to stall or make the wrong choices about both.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 04-Dec-2012
IDC predicts: Cloud to become default sourcing option by 2014
By 2014, IDC predicted that cloud services will become an everyday sourcing option for the CIOs and LOB managers. This forces change on both the infrastructure vendors, the owners of business intellectual property and cloud users.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 30-Nov-2012

IDC: Cloud, mobility, digital content are crucial for telco transformation

In the next few years, cloud services will have a vertical focus where technology, business processes and services will be uniquely tailored to the specific industries.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 23-Nov-2012
IDC: China's doubling GDP boosts Third ICT Platform
The recently concluded 18th China Communist Party Congress in Beijing saw the outgoing President Hu Jintao outlined the nation's ICT roadmap for the next decade, with cloud computing, internet of things, big data mining and a smart city system included.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 17-Nov-2012