PaaS

Rackspace, Haylix bet on Akamai CDN differentiator
Public cloud providers constantly seek easier and more cost effective ways to differentiate their offerings and introduce new services. Content delivery network capabilities offer such an opportunity.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 11-May-2012
Red Hat announces PaaS strategy and roadmap
Open source solutions provider Red Hat announced its platform-as-a-service strategy OpenShift, an open cloud application platform that is said to provide a consistent environment for both public cloud and on-premise data center usage.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 10-May-2012

HiSoft charts Asia South growth from Singapore

Dalian-based HiSoft Technology International Limited, a provider of outsourced IT and R&D services, has gained International Headquarters status in Singapore. The Singapore base will be its springboard for expansion into the ASEAN and Oceania markets,
by: Khoo Boo Leong 07-May-2012

Movideo commits US$4m in APAC video SaaS delivery

Australia-based Movideo signs a four-year technical alliance with Microsoft to deliver its online video service on Azure. The company's CEO talks about how online video is delivered and consumed in Asia, the strongest business model for online video delivery, and his first steps taken to enter the Chinese market.
by: Carol Ko 02-Apr-2012
Movideo forges global cloud-based strategy on Windows Azure
Going by a four-year technical alliance with Microsoft, Australia-based Movideo migrates its online video platform to Windows Azure from open source Java stack to tap the global online video market, which is forecast to exceed US$10 billion by the end of 2014.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 27-Mar-2012
Ovum: Big data, security, cloud to become IT "super themes" in 2012
"Big data" analytics, security and cloud will be the three biggest drivers of technological change in 2012, Ovum said. Other predictions for 2012 include the growing enterprise use of social media, convergence of selected SaaS CRM & marketing services, and the consumerization of IT.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 20-Dec-2011

CITIC Telecom CPC attains VMware vCloud Powered status

CITIC Telecom CPC's latest cloud computing solution series, SmartCLOUD, achieves VMware vCloud Powered status. Upcoming cloud solution launches include vFabric cloud developer platform, desktop virtualization, dynamic resource planning, and SaaS targeting at verticals.
by: Carol Ko 15-Dec-2011
IDC: Strong government adoption of SaaS-PaaS mix in 2012
IDC Government Insights predicted that in 2012, mature governments in APAC will significantly invest in Infrastructure-as-a-Service to prepare for the "cloud era"; there will be a strong mixed adoption of SaaS and PaaS between the public and private sector.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 05-Dec-2011

IDC: Telcos to win big from cloud in 2012

IDC's top 10 predictions for the telecomms industry in 2012 suggest there are ample business opportunities for telcos: low latency networks, network and bandwidth optimization, storage and analytics-as-a-service, personalized cloud services and wholesale IaaS.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 23-Nov-2011

CA: PaaS to rise and offer specialized industry content

CA Technologies’ Chief Technology Architect Trevor Bunker predicted that in the next three years, private cloud will grow exponentially, public cloud adoption will stabilize or even decrease, whereas Platform-as-a-Service will increasingly be adopted in new innovate business models.
by: Carol Ko 15-Nov-2011