private cloud

Telstra and Accenture's private cloud keeps data onshore
The two companies are co-delivering private cloud services to businesses in the ANZ, delivered via a private high speed data connection from Telstra's data centers. The service offerings comprise infrastructure, development, business processes and applications, charged on a 'pay-as-you-use' basis.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 22-Oct-2010

Gartner: private cloud takes another 2-5 years to mature

While private cloud moves into the Peak of Inflated Expectations, overall cloud computing and cloud/Web platforms are entering the trough of disillusionment, potentially waning interest as experiments and implementations fail to deliver.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 19-Oct-2010
VMware SMB private cloud program faces tough sell
VMware's new SMB-focused VMware Go program may face a tough sell, as recent surveys show that SMBs don't necessarily want open-ended, granular control over virtualized infrastructure. Instead, they prefer targeted solutions and public cloud computing offerings.
by: Carl Brooks, Technology Writer, SearchCloudComputing.com 14-Oct-2010

Verizon opens Hong Kong data center, expands APAC cloud biz

Verizon Business' new data center in Hong Kong is commissioned to support its growing private cloud business. Said to be "explicit" with where its customers' data resides, a spokesperson said: "If you opt to host your data here in Hong Kong, then it doesn't move around."
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 12-Oct-2010

SMBs still hesitant in private cloud adoption

A newly released TechTarget survey indicated that SMBs show moderate interest in private cloud technology -- just 19% said they plan to implement a private cloud solution in the next 12 months; 12% already used some form of private cloud in-house, but the rest were solidly against the idea.
by: Carl Brooks, Technology Writer, SearchCloudComputing.com 12-Oct-2010

Banks and financial institutions test cloud computing waters

Cloud computing looks attractive to banks facing a major IT crunch, but do they have the budget for such a shift? Deustche Bank, for example, is experimenting with hybrid cloud -- computing and provisioning platforms -- and internal, private cloud-style infrastructure provisioning and management systems.
by: Carl Brooks, Technology Writer, SearchCloudComputing.com 08-Oct-2010
Survey: 77% of large enterprises uses some cloud services
Results of a new Harris Interactive survey on 200+ IT leaders at large enterprises revealed that 77% of the respondents are already using some form of cloud computing services, showing an uptake of private cloud deployments.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 06-Oct-2010

Cisco, EMC and PCCW showcase real cloud in action

The three companies last week presented to the media a live demo of real cloud in action -- demonstrating automated and quick provisioning of computing resources between dispersed multiple data centers of 100km apart maximum, while achieving an undetectable 50-millisecond switchover.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 05-Oct-2010
Verizon expands global data centers for private cloud services
Verizon Business announces to expand its data centers in Australia, California and London in 2011, and to open two new data centers in two US locations in 1Q2010, as part of its US$17 billion investment committed for this year.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 05-Oct-2010
KT to build South Korea’s largest private cloud
Korea Telecom launches the country's first large-scale private cloud with Cloudscaling by consolidating 9,800 servers with plans to offer data-intensive services. KT's private cloud will free itself from manual management of virtual servers as it automates virtual machine management.
by: Asia Cloud Forum staff 05-Oct-2010