public cloud

HP debuts Monsoon for hybrid cloud management

HP has begun commercializing Monsoon, a cloud infrastructure management solution developed by HP Labs in Singapore for hybrid cloud environments. Meanwhile, HP moved its first public cloud services to beta last week.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 14-May-2012
Rackspace, Haylix bet on Akamai CDN differentiator
Public cloud providers constantly seek easier and more cost effective ways to differentiate their offerings and introduce new services. Content delivery network capabilities offer such an opportunity.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 11-May-2012

Cloud: Lots to overcome before price is differentiator

According to Gartner, Amazon's updated rates will force its competitors to prove service differentiation, which could manifest into much lower cost services for more customers or more high quality services.
by: Enterprise Innovation editors 10-Apr-2012

CTM launches first public cloud services in Macau

CTM will next month launch two public cloud services in Macau -- infrastructure-as-a-service and cloud-based unified communications, with plans to provide desktop virtualization and disaster recovery services in the next phase. The company will also provide private cloud services if customer need arises.
by: Carol Ko 23-Mar-2012
Biz vs IT tension worsens as public cloud adoption grows
New survey results show the high expectations for speedy, low-cost implementation of new software systems in the cloud are putting unique pressures on IT departments within the enterprise. As businesses demand for greater speed and agility, they tend to look outside the organization to provision services in public clouds.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 22-Mar-2012
CSC launches on-premise private cloud in Asia
BizCloud features CSC CloudCompute, an infrastructure-as-a-service architecture that is also deployed in the CSC cloud data centers. CloudCompute delivers compute, storage and network resources as a service to support all applications.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 16-Mar-2012

Cloud security attacks -- are public clouds at risk?

Contrary to traditional security attacks that infiltrate a corporate network, an attack of a cloud-based service hosted at a third-party location can take place completely off-premise, where gateway security that surrounds one's data center becomes obsolete.
by: Carol Ko 16-Mar-2012

Best practices of cloud-based co-location in 5 industries

Cloud-based co-location providers are in a great position to do business as they can deploy mission-critical equipment close to their users' cloud apps and development environment. Find out how cloud-based co-location can be adopted in five industries: finance, media, government, retail and telco.
by: Carol Ko 13-Mar-2012
HK gov't to adopt public cloud services, builds vendor directory
The government CIO in Hong Kong invites submissions from cloud service providers on public cloud services provisions to government bureaus and departments. Public cloud SPs can submit offers under four categories -- productivity applications, business applications, cloud IT services and social media applications.
by: eGov Innovation editors 22-Feb-2012

Japan's pet insurance company hosts Web on Savvis public cloud

Japan’s largest pet insurance company Anicom Holdings hosts its website with online purchase function on Savvis' public cloud service Symphony Public, which is delivered through Savvis’ data center in Tokyo.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 20-Feb-2012