outsourcing

TNT Express adopts cloud supply chain solution BT Trace

BT Trace collects, stores, shares and interprets high volume event data about goods and assets moving along an extended global supply chain. It integrates complex information supply chain information in a single view through a customized web portal.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 23-Oct-2012
StarHub, partners offer public government cloud services
StarHub has teamed up with several technology partners to fulfill the requirements of an Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore tender for the supply of cloud services to the public sector.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 23-Oct-2012
Ovum: Cloud blurs line between BPO and BPaaS
The research firm says in the narrower context of business processing outsourcing, business process-as-a-service is a future vision that is not yet resonating with buying organizations. Most marketing messages are reminiscent of the early hype around cloud services.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 17-Oct-2012
Indosat launches enterprise-class IaaS
Indosat has launched the Indosat Cloud, an enterprise-class public cloud IaaS supporting on-demand provisioning and management of compute, storage and networking.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 17-Oct-2012

HK PolyU deploys Office 365 to 38,500 staff and students

To modernize its email systems and collaborative applications, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University adopts Microsoft's Office 365 to replace its four legacy email systems. With Office 365, PolyU can now move to a more mobile world and achieve a greener campus.
by: Carol Ko 16-Oct-2012
HK group buying site ensures 100% network uptime with managed hosting
Using managed hosting service, GoBuya.com gets 24/7/365 support and guaranteed service levels backed by SLAs. This enables GoBuya.com to reduce spend on internal IT resources and focus on its core business.
by: Computerworld Hong Kong staff 15-Oct-2012

How to sell cloud computing to CIOs and CFOs

As the Hong Kong OGCIO secures US$31.2 million to build its first outsourced private cloud, we compare how CIOs and CFOs view the business case of cloud computing, and how big organizations like OGCIO keep cloud costs under control.
by: Carol Ko 10-Oct-2012
Rolls-Royce to remotely compute from HP's data centers
Rolls-Royce will host its IT applications from HP's data centers in Singapore, the US and the UK. It will also remotely host its servers and storage in HP's facilities in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and Norway using infrastructure management tools.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 08-Oct-2012
Kansai University cuts 30% ICT costs with learning platform upgrade
By migrating its education research system to the cloud, Kansai University has consolidated its 21 servers to two with server virtualization. Together with cloud-based file storage, it has reduced 30% ICT costs, and cut power consumption by 46%.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 04-Oct-2012
US schools migrate data to cloud for big savings
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's server consolidation exercise will save local schools US$10,000-$15,000 a year, funds that can be spent on other education programs. The state also expects to save about US$1,000,000 annually on support services.
by: eGov Innovation editors 03-Oct-2012