Category: Asia
IDC projects Asia-Pacific upsurge in Cloud Services adoption in 2011
A new report by global market intelligence firm IDC projects an upsurge in the adoption of cloud services in the Asia Pacific region in 2011. The report, ‘Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Cloud Services and Technologies 2011 Top 10 Predictions: Dealing with Mainstream Cloud’ indicates that the use of cloud technologies for IT infrastructure is expected to accelerate rapidly [...]
IBM announces $38 million data center in Singapore
IBM has announced that it will build a new $38 million datacenter in Singapore to provide cloud computing solutions and services to businesses in India. The new data center is scheduled for launch in April, and will deploy IBM’s cloud services and technology portfolio, according to a statement from the technology giant. The new datacenter [...]
Microsoft to Increase China Staff to Boost Cloud Computing Presence
In an effort to boost its presence in China’s fast-growing smartphone market and strengthen its cloud computing and Internet search capabilities, Microsoft Corp., has announced plans to increase its research and development staff in China by around 10 percent this year. Ya-Qin Zhang, chairman of Microsoft’s (News - Alert) Asia-Pacific R&D Group, told the Wall [...]
IBM slated To Build Asia’s Largest Cloud Computing Data Center
International Business Machines’ ever-expanding cloud computing services will continue development in Asia. The company announced it is collaborating with Range Technology Development, out of China, to build a state of the art cloud computing data center in Langfang City in Hebei province. It will be the largest cloud computing center in Asia, says IBM. “This [...]
Asian Cloud Computing fueled by lack of legacy IT
Integrating Cloud Computing solutions with existing legacy enterprise systems is not a trivial challenge. The amount of legacy IT in the West presents an opportunity for China and other developing Asian countries to deploy Cloud Computing more aggressively, according to many discussions at a recent Cloud get-together in Shanghai that featured speakers and attendees from [...]
