Cloud Computing: News

Businesses need to look beyond Cloud infrastructure and focus on IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) instead of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), according to Citrix Cloud platforms chief technology officer, Dr. Sheng Liang.

Collaboration drives business results and one of the biggest trends of collaboration is the convergence of real-time collaboration and social work-life balance, according to Citrix online services chief technology officer, Dr. Bernd Christiancen.

Mobility and the proliferation of mobile devices are changing and will further change the way people work, according to Citrix Labs vice-president and office chair chief technology officer, Martin Duursma.

Citrix's partners showcased their solutions and technologies at the Citrix Synergy '13 expo. Vendor partners who displayed solutions included Cisco, NetApp, HP, Dell and Samsung. Many of the partners also detailed their solutions and how they supported Citrix's technologies.

Citrix ended its Synergy'13 conference on a high note, with a partner appreciation party that included drinks, food and a performance by popular band, Maroon 5. The band swooned the women (and some of the men) with their top hits, leaving everyone wanting for more by the end of the night. Warning - there may be one too many pictures of frontman, Adam Levine.

Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis.

Many times in discussions about Cloud computing, the hybrid Cloud – meaning a service that combines both off-site public Cloud and on-premises private Cloud computing resources – is thought of as being some nirvana state that will be the dominant architecture at some point in the future.

As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: the Cloud.

While Telstra’s restructure, announced yesterday, has attracted negative attention, the telco’s willingness to embrace the transformation is a major step in the right direction, according to independent industry analyst, Paul Budde.

ARN hosted its latest roundtable on virtual desktop infrastructure at Est. in Sydney. Attendees discussed trends and technological advancements in the VDI space and the opportunities and challenges in deploying VDI in today's environment.

Following its launch in Japan in February, information security services provider, Dell SecureWorks, is now moving into the Australian and New Zealand (A/NZ) market as part of the first phase of its Asia-Pacific (APAC) expansion strategy.

The founder of live video social network, Kondoot.com, Mark Cracknell, in partnership with Mark Smith, have launched a digital signature platform called SignForms.com.

Microsoft is making Australia a new major region for Windows Azure, with plans to enhance its Cloud services in the country by opening two sub-regions located in New South Wales and Victoria.

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Kyocera Document Solutions has upgraded its remote solution, Cloud Connect, to support Google Drive.

Australian energy retailer, AGL Energy, said it has realised cost-savings, improved cost control, and simplified email support through its move to Microsoft’s subscription-based Office 365 service, a transition which was completed in April 2012.

Adopting a social corporate strategy can lead to tangible productivity time savings, according to NewsGator Asia Pacific business development director, Cuneyt Uysal.

Enterprise social networking software vendor, NewsGator Technologies, has promoted Steven Baker to the role of Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) senior sales executive.

Brocade service provider chief technology officer (CTO) and chief scientist, David Meyer, has been appointed chair of the OpenDaylight Project Technical Steering Committee (TSC).

International channel marketing and communications company, TechnoPlanet Productions, is expanding its reach into Australia, aiming to help Australian resellers build their businesses.