private cloud

Building HK's first gov clouds I: In-house private cloud

In December 2011, the Hong Kong government CIO office launched the first government private cloud platform, which is hosted at the ISO20000-certified Central Computer Center to process and store mission-critical government data of the 30 government bureaus and departments.
by: Carol Ko 26-Sep-2012
ING Australia shows cloud transformation
ING Direct's "Bank in the Box" implementation, a private cloud solution which virtualizes ING Direct's entire banking platform, has been one of the most wide-ranging and significant cloud projects completed in Australia this year.
by: Lachlan Colquhoun 19-Sep-2012
Indonesian CIOs seek virtual IT, business agility
Virtualization is a hot area in Indonesia as CIOs from Jakarta discussed their keen attitude to create fully virtual environments to support changing applications and user requirements.
by: Chee-Sing Chan 31-Aug-2012
Avnet launches cloud services in Singapore
Avnet Technology Solutions, a global IT solutions distributor has launched its Avnet Cloud Services to allow resellers to enter the fast-growing cloud services market with no upfront investment.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 22-Aug-2012

Gartner identifies cloud computing as tipping technology

On the Gartner 2012 Hype Cycle, Hybrid Cloud Computing has just entered the Peak of Inflated Expectations; Private Cloud Computing has just left the Peak of Inflated Expectations; and Cloud Computing has just entered the Trough of Disillusionment.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 16-Aug-2012

How to adopt cloud computing in freight forwarding

Freight forwarders can improve the strategic IT management and their information systems through adopting cloud computing and cloud services like virtualization, private cloud, anti-virus and anti-spam software, cloud-based email and other applications.
by: Henry Huang, Hong Kong Computer Society 13-Aug-2012
Frost & Sullivan: Cloud drives hosted email adoption
Hosted email's shift to cloud computing has reduced its overall costs and enhanced disaster recovery and data protection. Frost & Sullivan estimates that the hosted email market earned revenues of US$101.4 million in 2010 and this will reach US$234.7 million in 2017.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 25-Jul-2012

IDC: Cloud adoption patterns not uniform in Asia

A higher proportion of respondents in Singapore are already using the public cloud, increasing use of the public cloud or planning to use public cloud services within the next 6 months, compared to other countries covered in the IDC 2012 Asia Pacific excluding Japan Cloud End-User Survey.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 10-Jul-2012

Japanese toy maker to host mission-critical systems on cloud

Namco Bandai Holdings constructs a cloud-based shared platform that aims to integrate accounting and other mission-critical systems, primarily SAP, as well as operating systems at Bandai Namco Group's major group companies.
by: SMBWorld Asia editors 04-Jul-2012

Telstra: The partner factor in private cloud success

Selecting the right partner can help enterprises mitigate unnecessary risks and accelerate their journey to private cloud success. Service providers like Telstra offer enterprises some help in addressing private cloud challenges.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 03-Jul-2012