hybrid cloud

Hybrid clouds and their potential to transform government services

New and emerging global risks – tepid global growth, huge volatility in financial markets, terrorism, and global warming related disasters are just some examples – pose unprecedented challenges to governments, often on short notice.
by: Damien Wong, Red Hat 21-May-2013

Essential IT investment: Outsourcing cloud services

Most finance and insurance institutions will enter the cloud computing continuum by building private clouds and consuming external non-core services such as email, collaboration tools, and ERP/CRM.
by: Bruce Dahlgren, HP 22-Apr-2013

Cloud architecture analyzed

Deciding just which components to include in a cloud implementation plays a crucial role in determining how best the cloud will serve the organization's needs.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 17-Apr-2013
Trend Micro, HDS offer cloud security solutions in HK
Besides offering IT services including IaaS, file & content service, and SaaS in Hong Kong, Trend Micro and HDS partner to offer two cloud security solutions to help simplify security operations on cloud and define policies for encrypted data access.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 05-Mar-2013
CA CloudMinder streamlines IAM for hybrid enterprises
CA Technologies’ next rollout of its CloudMinder identity and access management (IAM) solution will support social identities and additional on-premise and cloud applications such as Microsoft Office 365.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 23-Feb-2013

Prioritizing CIOs' cloud concerns in 2013

In 2013, there will be clouds that operate without requiring the connection through the internet. Cloud providers that can seamlessly operate behind the corporate firewall will become major players in true hybrid cloud implementations.
by: Mark Smith, Savvis Asia 18-Feb-2013
Red Hat acquires ManageIQ, expands open hybrid cloud solutions
Following its acquisition of ManageIQ in December 2012, Red Hat will now integrate ManageIQ's enterprise cloud management and automation technologies with its CloudForms hybrid IaaS and its open Enterprise Virtualization management solutions.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 31-Jan-2013

The cloud: Unlocking new enterprise business paradigms

The cloud is no longer an ‘if’ and ‘should’ topic but more a ‘when’ and ‘how’ topic of conversation. Most enterprises have started shifting workloads to the cloud or are in the process of doing so.
by: Guru Bharadwaj, Microsoft Services 30-Jan-2013
Microsoft launches Cloud OS, updates cloud apps management
The updated System Center 2012 enables users to centrally manage cloud-based applications and resources running in their data centers, on a hosted service provider data center or on Windows Azure.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 17-Jan-2013

Survey: 69% APAC businesses intend to adopt hybrid cloud

Findings of a new Coleman Parkes survey indicated that 69% of organizations in Asia Pacific and Japan intended to adopt a hybrid cloud delivery model. Yet they also identified the challenges they face in creating hybrid environments.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 15-Jan-2013