By Ken Liu (from the Taiwan Economic News.) “Taipei–Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and Inventec Corp. yesterday announced cooperation on four cloud-computing projects, including establishing a cloud-computing equipment laboratory, developing cloud-computing equipment for end-user market, and setting up an online store offering content applications. Also, the two companies decided to work with Skycloud Technology (China)...
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From GlobeNewswire. “BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 29, 2010 — OPNET Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of high definition application and network performance management solutions, today announced a new service for clients and partners to ensure successful migration of applications to cloud computing environments. OPNET’s Cloud Readiness Performance Assessment offering controls the risks associated with such...
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By Ashok Bindra (from TMC.) “A lot is being said about cloud computing. To separate reality from hype, market research consulting firm Management Insight Technologies, on behalf of CA Technologies, recently conducted a survey of North American and European IT professionals. The study found that large enterprises are exploring the benefits of cloud and...
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By Zatni Arbi (from the Jakarta Post.) “The year 2010 was a cloudy year for most of Indonesia. However, the towering clouds of hot ash gushing from the country’s most active volcanoes bear no relationship to the cloud computing model eagerly touted by many IT vendors over the past few years. Cloud computing represents...
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By Dileep Athavale (from the Times of India.) “PUNE: City-based entrepreneurs, aided by talent and coexistence of the old and new economy businesses, will see Pune claim a major share in India’s advances in information technology in the new year. Observers and industry watchers forsee a marked rise in innovation-driven IT growth in the...
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By Chris Preimesberger (from eWeek.) “IBM has a big new international project on its agenda as of Dec. 22. Big Blue is going to show the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) how best to migrate wildly disparate computer systems to cloud computing, and the plan is for NATO to, in turn, take that information...
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From the Times of India. “The proportion of Asia Pacific enterprises viewing cloud computing as relevant to their businesses has doubled to 83 percent over the last 18 months, reveals a survey by VMware Inc. According to the survey results, 76% in India want to virtualize and adopt cloud computing in the next 18 months, which is the...
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From Chicago Sun-Times. “The Computer Information Systems program at College of DuPage will offer three new classes starting in January that deal with cutting-edge mobile technology and cloud computing applications. The program developed the credit classes in response to demand for curriculum addressing emerging technologies and the power built into mobile devices. “The goal...
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By Kirk Ladendorf (from StatesMan.com.) “Dell Inc. underscored its commitment to the health care market Wednesday when it said intends to buy a provider of archiving technology for health care records and medical images. Dell will buy InSite One Inc., an 11-year-old company based in Wallingford, Conn., which claims to be the leader in...
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From CBR. “Data centre management services, including monitoring, back up and recovery, and database and middleware management HP Enterprise Services UK has been awarded a five-year outsourcing services contract valued approximately $400m by BP International. Under the agreement, HP will provide global data centre services that enable BP to standardise and consolidate its hosting...
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