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Elastichosts: HK and Sydney make sense as a pair

CEO of London-based Elastichosts explains why Hong Kong was picked as its new Asia data center location, why it chooses Equinix's data center facilities, and how its existing customers can leverage its cloud services for scalability, hosting support and server migration.
by: Carol Ko 19-Mar-2013
Elastichosts enters APAC with Equinix HK data center
By housing its infrastructure in Equinix's network-dense IBX data center, Elastichosts can directly interconnect with the major networks to reduce latency and offer greater redundancy and faster connection speeds to its customers.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 13-Mar-2013
NEC, Fujitsu complete optical submarine cable system in Asia
The ASE is a 7,800 km high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that extends across Japan with Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 19-Feb-2013

The future of network management, thanks to the cloud

The installation of computing as a service, or cloud computing, over a network is becoming increasingly conventional. It is allowing businesses of all sizes to get their applications up and running faster, with easier manageability and less maintenance.
by: Doug Hibberd, SolarWinds 05-Feb-2013
ChinaCache expands content, app delivery on Equinix HK data center
By deploying Equinix's IBX data center in Hong Kong, ChinaCache helps Asia Pacific companies access data and applications from China, and supply data and application-intensive services to China.
by: Asia Cloud Forum 23-Jan-2013
CITIC Telecom CPC, Palo Alto Networks launch managed firewall services
With the partnership, CITIC Telecom CPC launched its managed firewall services to address the increasing complexity of security threats brought about by mobile devices proliferation in a corporate environment.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 16-Jan-2013

Global network operators, from sea to cloud

High-capacity, high-availability, in-flight data security, and performance-on-demand are four key design requirements associated with global networks that deliver cloud-based services.
by: Brian Lavallée, Ciena 15-Jan-2013

4 best practices for reducing risk in the cloud

Planning for availability, disaster recovery, security, and performance can help enterprises avoid disruption to their business and customers while getting the most benefit from the cloud. Here are four best practices for reducing risks in the cloud.
by: Linda Hui, F5 Networks 19-Dec-2012
Dimension Data launches network assessment service
Available globally, the Network Optimization Assessment involves technical interviews, and deploying an appliance on the client's network for a defined period of time -- typically seven to 14 days -- to collect data and a wide variety of information about the network.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 13-Dec-2012
NTT Com to launch network, IaaS services in Vietnam
Targeting at MNCs, NTT Com and VNPT's joint venture will combine its new network services with existing services including data center, cloud computing (IaaS, mail and web hosting) and system integration.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 13-Dec-2012