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Tiger Airways picks Office 365 for email, collaboration
Tiger Airways is providing Microsoft Office 365 cloud-based communications and collaboration tools to its more than 1,000 employees. The solution encompasses cloud-based professional email, secure file sharing, video conferencing and instant messaging.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 07-Aug-2012
US study: SMBs expect data privacy from cloud providers
SMBs are rapidly adopting cloud computing to boost efficiency and cut IT costs. Yet they continue to express concerns about privacy in the cloud.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 25-Jul-2012
Samsung adopts Azure for Smart TV infrastructure
Samsung, which provides Smart TV service in 120 countries around the world, is adopting Windows Azure cloud technology to manage its Smart TV infrastructure.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 03-Jul-2012

Partners bolster PT XL Axiata's cloud push

With more than 50% of end user organizations in Indonesia either actively searching and/or planning to adopt public cloud services within the next 12 to 24 months, PT XL Axiata, a telecom and data services company, is poised to seize opportunities in the cloud computing space.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 26-Jun-2012
Microsoft to acquire Yammer for US$1.2b
Launched in 2008, Yammer provides a standalone private social network service for corporate users on cross devices, including iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry and Windows.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 26-Jun-2012
SolarWinds eases hypervisor choice for private clouds
SolarWinds is giving organizations the flexibility to manage one or both VMware and Hyper-V hypervisors as they build out a foundation for private cloud.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 12-Jun-2012

HK manages social service volunteers on cloud

Customized from Microsoft's cloud-based CRM system, the new Volunteer Management System helps NGOs in Hong Kong to manage their social services cases online, and promptly screen and match volunteers with the intended service recipients.
by: Carol Ko 05-Jun-2012

Microsoft moving ops to cloud-bound ERP app

Microsoft is gradually moving its lines of business to its own Dynamics AX solution, which will evolve as an enterprise cloud service offering in its next major release.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 05-Jun-2012

Survey: Hong Kong NGOs unprepared for cloud

In Hong Kong, one-third of NGOs are deploying some form of cloud solutions, with email and file storage/sharing being the most common ones. But close to 50% of surveyed NGOs revealed the lack of comprehensive security protection.
by: Carol Ko 31-May-2012

HK Mulitex Group secures corporate face on cloud

To establish a corporate face for email, Hong Kong-based manufacturing and trading company Mulitex Group migrates its corporate email system to the cloud for enhanced data security and scalability.
by: Carol Ko 24-May-2012