South Asia

Deloitte on cloud risks I: The risks less visible

While the major inherent cloud computing risks on access security, data confidentiality, legal and regulatory compliance are typically addressed, some other risks remain less visible to the community.
by: Carol Ko 08-May-2012

Cloud for healthcare in APAC -- more than image archiving

What are the current cloud-based healthcare initiatives in APAC? How can "community clouds" assist collaborative healthcare? What are the common "compliance stamps" recognized in different APAC? And what are the misconceptions about cloud models that healthcare organizations have?
by: Carol Ko 30-Apr-2012

Asia SMBs vary openness towards cloud adoption

Managed hosting provider ReadySpace in an interview said Singapore is an easier market to penetrate because the government has full support on cloud services. Hong Kong SMBs, which used to focus more on low cost solutions, are now more willing to pay more for cloud services and pursue the options.
by: Carol Ko 24-Apr-2012

6 signs it's time to hire more IT staff

With cloud computing entering the corporate IT scene, flagging opportunities to turn capex to opex, IT leaders may wonder if this suggest opportunities to downsize the IT department and reallocate budgets to third-party cloud service providers. As you ponder on these possibilities, consider also when is it time to hire more IT staff.
by: Carol Ko 16-Apr-2012

10,000 India education bodies live on cloud

For three months, AICTE will deploy Microsoft's cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools to 7.5 million users in 10,000 technical education institutions to help reduce costs and simplify IT management.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 16-Apr-2012
Philippines Medical City takes operations to the cloud
The Medical City has become Philippines' first tertiary care hospital that uses cloud-based enterprise productivity tools for its operations, which include email, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, calendaring and scheduling, groups, intranets and video sharing.
by: eGov Innovation Editors 12-Apr-2012
Unitas Global expands APAC data center footprint on Equinix
US-based IaaS provider Unitas Global deploys Platform Equinix in Singapore and Sydney to reach cloud service providers and enterprise customers operating in Equinix data centers in APAC. In October 2011, Unitas announced to expand its private cloud hosting service in Hong Kong.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 05-Apr-2012
Huawei, Asia Pacific College open first Philippine cloud lab
The cloud lab housed at the APC campus showcases cloud technologies and enable collaborative projects in private cloud set up. The lab's first output is a 256-seat virtual desktop infrastructure now installed at APC, and now being tested for the installation of academic software for deployment in the coming school year.
by: Eden Estopace 29-Mar-2012

Singapore F&N migrates 3,000 staff to cloud-based email

Singapore's food and beverage maker Fraser and Neave migrates to cloud-based email, benefiting mobile sales and marketing representatives that need instant access to information, and collaboration tools to communicate and share ideas.
by: Enterprise Innovation editors 14-Mar-2012
Survey: 16% companies use cloud for sweeping innovation
IBM's new survey findings suggest the number of cloud-adopting enterprises will more than double by 2015. While 16% said they were already using cloud capabilities for sweeping innovation, 35% intended to use it to transform their business models by 2015.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 09-Mar-2012