banking and finance

NTT Com opens financial data center in Hong Kong

Phase two of the FDC is expected to be completed in 2015 while the two phases together provides more than 70,000 sqm of gross floor area and more than 6,000 racks in total.
by: Computerworld Hong Kong staff 04-Jun-2013

Cloud adoption barrier: Asian mentality towards bank regulators

According to Akamai's enterprise security director, the challenge in cloud adoption for Asia FSI's is their "Asian mentality": a sort of respect for the hierarchy that makes them less likely to challenge the authorities and regulators as their MNC counterparts in the West would.
by: Carol Ko 27-May-2013

NYSE extends trading network to HK, Tokyo via IBX data centers

Current and prospective customers within Equinix data centers in Hong Kong and Tokyo can now directly connect to NYSE Technologies services and access a range of financial markets, market data and post-trade services.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 21-May-2013

NZX trades dairy derivatives on BT Radianz Cloud

The New Zealand market operator NZX, which focuses on the securities, energy and agri-business sectors, now provides access to its trading and market data services to members of the BT Radianz Cloud community.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 14-May-2013

Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange trades futures on financial cloud

HKMEx joins the BT Radianz Cloud community to trade its commodity futures products and market data feeds on the financial cloud platform with 100 trading venues.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 07-May-2013

OpenText builds enterprise cloud apps around EIM core

Many business leaders and CEOs are recognizing the urgency to leverage information assets, both inside and outside the enterprise, to achieve better business decisions and performance and increase the strategic value of IT, according to research firm Gartner.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 01-Mar-2013
CloudTerrain launches document mgmt SaaS on CA cloud platform
Charging on a "pay per use" basis, the CloudTerrain document management system software-as-a-service that provides customers with a centralized repository for managing access to documents, images, video and other digital files.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 06-Feb-2013
Reval: IASB IFRS 9 change complicates accounting for FX hedges
An alternative to flawed language in a section of The IASB’s IFRS 9 amendment on hedge accounting is a win for corporates, but further complicates accounting for foreign exchange hedges, says Reval, a treasury and risk management SaaS provider.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 05-Feb-2013

Cloud predictions 2013 I: APAC cloud adoption takes off

The 10 biggest predictions about Asia's cloud adoption in 2013 include blue chips cloud uptake in Hong Kong, hosting of mission-critical apps on cloud, FSI's hybrid cloud adoption, and their impact on server shipments.
by: Carol Ko 08-Jan-2013
Myanmar Central Bank builds private cloud to improve bank operations
The Myanmar Central Bank's new cloud environment consists of a private cloud platform designed, constructed, and operated in compliance with the Alliance Cloud, a standardized cloud model certified by the DIR-led Global Alliance for User-driven Cloud Computing, as well as a desktop service that features security countermeasures.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 25-Dec-2012