Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Cloud ComputingGlobal cloud and IT services provider Rackspace will offer local organisations the opportunity to use an Australian hosted version of its services from the end of the year – but warned would-be clients to expect to pay more because of high local bandwidth fees.
Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Cloud ServicesAny lingering scepticism about cloud computing has evaporated with almost six out of ten local organisations now using cloud services in some form or another, and almost two out of three organisations recognising that to ignore cloud services is to risk competitive disadvantage.
Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Cloud ComputingFujitsu is spending “tens of $millions” upgrading its Malaga data centre in order to offer Western Australian prospects a locally based instance of its cloud services, and also provide clients around Australia with access to a second geographically remote instance of the local cloud in order to reduce risk.
IT hosting and cloud computing provider, New York Stock Exchange listed Rackspace Hosting, has brought to Australia and New Zealand its zero cost Rackspace Startup Program that provides free cloud hosting and support services to local incubators that want to encourage their startup companies to use the cloud computing model of IT service delivery, and has named Sydney-based Pollenizer as its first
Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Cloud ServicesIBM is now offering access to its SmartCloud Enterprise+ cloud service out of a data centre in NSW, ratcheting up competition among the slew of other local cloud service providers including major players such as Fujitsu, HP, Telstra and CSC.
Featured | Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Cloud ServicesCompetition in the Australian market for cloud-based contact centre services is set to intensify with local player, Engage, to be acquired by US-based LivePerson, a $US157m per year company with over 8000 customers including IBM. HP and Microsoft.
HP has finally entered the Australian cloud market – two years after it first offered cloud services in Europe, and following in the tracks of front runners such as Fujitsu, Telstra, Accenture and Optus. It also confirmed that it had earmarked $119 million to build a new local data centre which will in the future underpin many of its cloud offerings.
Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) has launched a Partner Leadership Council that features 10 of its top cloud computing channel partners. The council includes VARs, MSPs, systems integrators, digital marketing agencies, and e-commerce experts that are resell Rackspace’s services and/or leverage Rackspace data centers.
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Cloud ServicesCloud provider Rackspace now offers a complete SharePoint service, building on the expertise the company gained with the acquisition of SharePoint911.
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