Cloud usage shooting up in Asia Pacific

Businesses across Asia Pacific are currently embarking on a “rapid cloud take-up,” according to technology experts in the field.

Cloud-based applications are rapidly becoming the “service mode of choice for many big Australian businesses,” science and technology correspondent Jake Sturmer reported for Radio Australia.

Global private cloud spending on the up, research finds

The growing interest in public cloud-based solutions has also sparked a new focus on the private cloud.

CIA signs major cloud deal with Amazon

Amazon could be set to develop a cloud computing system for the CIA, new reports suggest.

Google ramps up cloud computing efforts

Tech giant Google is going head-to-head with rivals Microsoft and Amazon by pushing forward to enhance its cloud computing services.

Cloud infrastructure efficiency boosted by new research

A new technology development, designed by computer scientists based in California, could boost the efficiency of the cloud computing infrastructure dramatically.

New business start-ups boosted by the cloud

Cloud-based computing is helping new businesses get off the ground, as well as bringing myriad positive benefits to existing organisations, new research has found.

Shell pushes cloud computing into mainstream

The largest company in the world by revenue has introduced cloud computing at 'multiple levels' of its operations, highlighting the ever growing importance of the concept to large scale corporations.

Poor mobile coverage forcing firms to rethink telecommunications

New figures from YouGov have revealed that many businesses across the UK are suffering from poor mobile coverage and are seeking an alternative telecommunications solution.

Cloud computing 'key platform' for applications, expert says

One of Microsoft's senior researchers has confirmed the importance of cloud computing to the technology sector, saying that it stands to be the 'key platform' for most applications over the next 10 years.

New cloud computing algorithms to improve computing, says expert

An IT expert has outlined the way in which new cloud computing algorithms could help to make computing networks more ecologically friendly and more efficient.