Cloud Computing: News

The next version of Oracle's database will be released in either December or January, CEO Larry Ellison said during an onstage interview at the AllThingsD conference in London.

Ingram Micro recently held its Accelerate 2012 roadshow in Sydney. It was the final leg of the roadshow's five-city tour. The event saw a vast number of resellers arriving to take advantage of the opportunities that the vendors offered. It also provided them with the opportunity to mingle over drinks and canapés.

Desktop virtualisation software vendor, Parallels, has appointed former Symantec staffer, David Dzienciol, as its Asia-Pacific sales vice-president and general manager.

When Optus TV Now was launched in July 2011, the telco probably didn’t expect to withdraw the service less than a year later. It probably didn’t predict the court case over Optus TV Now would have broader ramifications for the Cloud computing industry.

Cloud security company, Zscaler, has inked an exclusive distribution deal with WhiteGold Solutions for A/NZ.

Software vendor, Kerio hosted its 2012 Partner Forum earlier this week, using the event to encourage its partner network to adopt ‘Alternative IT’ and to share its 12-month roadmap.

Service-level agreements and legal standards for Cloud offerings will become more customised to individual customers and vertical industries as the cloud market continues to mature and providers look for ways to differentiate their offerings, researchers at the University of London predict.

Optus Business is re-branding its Cloud product line-up and adding new offerings to capitalise on opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Listed on AppExchange, Cloud SSO has been tightly integrated with Salesforce.com applications

Consumer electronics vendor, BenQ, has revised its company strategies in a bid to offer a connected digital world.

The SAP-owned business execution software company has plans to turn Australia into a Cloud computing hub for the Asia-Pacific region.

The face of the Australian enterprise is changing as a result of the shifting customer mindset and demand for value that comes with the adoption of Cloud, in unison with employee push for the consumerisation of IT, BYOD and mobility, according to Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) CIO, Michael Harte.

Making the Cloud productive requires the aid of external contributors in addition to a calculated strategy, according to Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) first assistant secretary, Glenn Archer.

EMC has announced a bunch of new initiatives and products to enable channel partners to accelerate their customers’ journey to the Cloud.

Businesses in new study were five times more likely to have decreased spending on managing security over three years.

As the technology industry focuses its attention on the CeBIT event in Sydney, Cloud provider, OS33, is using the event as a springboard to drum up interest in its expansion to Australia.

Tecala makes two appointments, Autotask enters partnership with RetailCare, CommVault respons to APAC and Latin America

Mobile technology and computer hardware will be the core investment priorities for businesses in the next 12 to 14 months, according to software vendor, Sage.

Back technology developer, IASO, has signed enterprise solutions software distributor, TrackITOnline as its first distributor for the A/NZ market.

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