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			<title>Lollaksi launches ‘White-Label Personal Cloud’ Services for smartphones &amp; tablets to MNOs/MVNOs… - PrepaidMVNO</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/lollaksi-launches-‘whitelabel-personal-cloud’-services-for-smartphones-tablets-to-mnosmvnos…</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Lollaksi, a provider of ‘White-Label Personal Cloud’ services has now made its portfolio of Enterprise Cloud Solutions available to Hutchison MVNO’s enabled via MVNA x-Mobility.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>NTT buys Solutionary to strengthen managed security play - Fierce Telecom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NTT is acquiring Omaha, Neb.-based Solutionary, a pure-play managed security services provider, to expand its cloud-based security service portfolio throughout its worldwide footprint. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:00:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Broadening its reach - TelecomAsia.net</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[VADS CEO Ahmad Azhar Yahya outlines the company’s growth strategy and how it is leveraging TM’s network connectivity in and outside of Malaysia    Show Daily: What markets is VADS targeting?    Ahmad Azhar Yahya: VADS Berhad is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia. Our main activities are value-added services, IT services and business process outsourcing (BPO). Our target market varies according to our service offerings. For VAS such as managed security and managed network services, the services are targeted toward the enterprise and government segments as they can be bundled with their connectivity services. These markets are also the target groups for our BPO business due to the level of customization required for such services.    For the SME/SMB market, we offer bundling of cloud-applications and software with connectivity (e.g Office 365).    What are your plans for expanding outside of Malaysia?    We have already expanded our presence to serve the increasingly dynamic needs of our MNC customers that have operations beyond Malaysian shores. Physically, VADS has set its footing in Indonesia since 2008, where we have two contact center delivery sites in Jakarta and Yogyakarta.    In 2012 we opened our data center in Hong Kong, and we are currently looking at investing in mega data centers in Malaysia, which would cater to the needs of the local and regional market.    Our parent company TM has an extensive reach across the globe, and we have the opportunity to leverage that reach to expand our business. VADS also has regional reach via our partnership with technology providers and global ICT companies.   ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:25:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Cloud office systems user base hits 50M in 2017: Gartner - TelecomAsia.net</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/cloud-office-systems-user-base-hits-50m-in-2017-gartner</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There are currently about 50 million enterprise users of cloud office systems, which represent only 8% of overall office system users, excluding China and India.     A report by Gartner however predicted that a major shift toward cloud office systems will begin by the first half of 2015 and reach 33 % penetration by 2017.     “Despite the hype surrounding migration to the cloud, big differences in movement rates continue, depending on organizations&#039; size, industry, geography and specific requirements,” Tom Austin, VP at Gartner, said. “While 8% of business people were using cloud office systems at the start of 2013, we estimate this number will grow to 695 million users by 2022, to represent 60%.”   Although email remains the world’s primary collaboration tool, others, such as team sites and communities are growing in importance. Nonetheless, email is typically pivotal in decisions to move — or not move — to cloud office systems. Gartner estimates that by the end of 2014 at least 10% of enterprise email seats will be based on a cloud or software-as-a-service model. This figure will rise to at least one-third by the end of 2017.   In addition, there has been a substantial expansion in the number of devices people use to access cloud office systems in recent years. In 2007, when the cloud office system market first appeared, typical individual users would employ just one device to access their enterprise&#039;s office systems. In 2013, that number has soared.   Gartner estimates the typical knowledge worker now employs up to four devices — for example, mobile phone, media tablet, personal PC and enterprise PC — to access their organization&#039;s office system capabilities in a single week. This explosion in the number of devices per user could drive some organizations to cloud office systems as they can reduce the IT burden of software installation, maintenance and upgrades of locally installed office software.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:25:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Most firms have security concerns over cloud file sharing: report - TelecomAsia.net</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/most-firms-have-security-concerns-over-cloud-file-sharing-report</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Research has indicated widespread concern over maintaining control of files, in addition to tightened information security and privacy regulations have fuelled a rush to block access to cloud-based file sharing applications such as YouSendIt.   Conducted by research firm Hurwitz and Associates and commissioned by Dropbox rival Intralinks, the study revealed that many IT departments remain unaware of the extent to which employees are sharing content using consumer-targeted cloud applications.   The research polled more than 800 IT and business executives from around the world.   Results showed that approximately 60% of employees are using consumer-grade tools for business, with 49% of organizations reporting an attempt at blocking such services, but with limited success.   Although the majority of organizations focus on preventing malicious data theft and hacking, most cases of data loss was shown to be a result of accidental mishandling and inappropriate sharing. For example, 80% of study participants reported receiving an email not intended for them, while 53% confessed to sending an email to parties other than the intended recipient. An astonishing 43% of respondents said such errors occur on a monthly basis.   Almost 90% of the organizations participating in the study expressed concerns about meeting future regulatory demands around information security in their industry, with 43% expecting they will need to change their existing policies.   &quot;The reality is most organizations have limited insight into what content is being shared, where it is being shared and who is sharing it,&quot; said John Landy, CTO Intralinks. &quot;Companies need to strike that fine balance between usability and diligent control when evaluating their collaboration strategies.   Based on the intelligence collected through these studies, this research paper advises businesses on best practice guidelines for implementing collaboration tools to ensure regulators are appeased, corporate IP is protected and employees remain productive]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Data center owners eyeing &#039;virtual machines,&#039; says study - TelecomAsia.net</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/data-center-owners-eyeing-virtual-machines-says-study</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The largest data center owners and Internet content providers like Google are exploiting virtual machines as part of their expansion plans, a new study said.       The study from market research firm Infonetics Research, delved into operator plans for data center expansion, interconnection, capacity, physical servers, virtualization, and SAN and storage technologies.      “Server virtualization has been the focus of the data center industry for several years now, and the largest data center owners and internet content providers like Google are ubiquitously exploiting virtual machines,” Michael Howard, principal analyst for carrier networks and co-founder of Infonetics Research, said. “Yet the reality is the bulk of data center owners are more pedestrian in their deployments, finding it more operationally convenient to leave many areas of their data centers alone, using server virtualization for only select applications.”     The analyst added that “But to be sure, data center owners want to increase the value of their existing data center assets—no matter the extent of server virtualization—as a means to increase revenue via cloud services, both to keep their current customers satisfied and to attract new customers.”     More operators plan to continue investing in fiber channel for their data centers, even in the face of growing usage of the newer Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) technology.   The number of data center server LAN connections is growing quickly, with 10G Ethernet connections growing the most.      The average capacity of a data center WAN connection is expected to increase more than twofold between 2012 and 2014.     While the use of virtual machines in data centers continues to grow, many servers are not yet virtualized]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Executives say data forms the crux of security in cloud - TelecomAsia.net</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/executives-say-data-forms-the-crux-of-security-in-cloud</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As more companies in Asia Pacific begin to explore or tap on the benefits of cloud computing, security remains a common concern among enterprises, especially in highly regulated industries such financial services, insurance and healthcare.   “[If you] ask the Monetary Authority of Singapore [or its counterparts in other countries] if it would allow banks to put their systems in the cloud, I’m quite certain the answer will be negative,” said Chia Wee Boon, CEO of Singapore ICT service provider and SingTel subsidiary NCS. “However, the Singapore government has put up the G-cloud. They got around the problem by defining three zones – the basic zone which is public, the mid zone and the high-security zone for data that is highly protected. The government agencies would then determine which zone they want to store which part of their data or system in G-cloud.”   But for regulators in several countries including Australia, “where there were specific references to the cloud maybe four or five years ago, those references are now gone,” said John Brand, Forrester’s vice president and principal analyst.   “The references are now back around privacy and security of data and not whether it’s cloud or not. It’s meeting the requirements for privacy and security of that data, understanding that you have control of that data and therefore, you have the responsibility for that data. How that is achieved is kind of up to [the organization].”   So, enterprises have to recognize that what really matters is not where the data resides but how the data is controlled. “I expect to see that evolve quite quickly,” Brand said. “What we haven’t had in the past is the cloud providers really mature enough to be able to guarantee those levels of security anyway. Even now, we see a complex supply chain of data center technologies. The fact that there is a data center operator doesn&#039;t mean there is a data center or facilities owner. In terms of ensuring physical security as well as virtual security, it’s still fairly complex.”   “Security is the ultimate last battlefield,” said Brand, who recently presented an NCS-commissioned study on adoption of emerging technologies in Singapore. The study polled 221 IT and business decision makers and found that only 9% of respondents plan to adopt big data in 2013 and a majority of companies cite security concerns (50%) as an obstacle to adopting machine-to-machine technologies.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>For tech firms, implementing policy is important for cloud security - TelecomAsia.net</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/for-tech-firms-implementing-policy-is-important-for-cloud-security</link>
			<description><![CDATA[IT departments supporting a wide array of Internet connected devices may have to migrate from application- or OS-specific security policies to network policies that can extend to many types of devices, according to Joy Ghosh, vice president of Asia Pacific for Extreme Networks.   “Network-driven policies are more suitable for the mobile world as they can be applied to both people and their individual devices, so regardless of where a user logs into the network or what they are using to access it, they can be supported securely,” says Ghosh.   However, a security policy is only as strong as the discipline and creativity of the IT personnel who are tasked with creating and enforcing it, Ghosh emphasizes. “Therefore, close watch must be kept on all the possible threats that face the campus and cloud, from configuration errors, to rogue employees to careless wireless users sharing passwords or devices with others.”  Consistent experience As mobile users seek better experience when accessing applications from any device, anywhere and any time, it’s also about securing the applications by keeping consistent policy. “We don’t write the policy on the device,” says Manny Rivelo, executive vice president, service provider and security solutions at F5 Networks. “We write it for the application wherever they are in the cloud or in the enterprise’s own data center.”   “No matter where the application is and no matter where the user is, we can authenticate the user and authorize the user based on policy,” adds Rivelo. “Policy can be what device they&#039;re using, what application or resource they’re going to, their username and password, what time of day it is, and their endpoint’s virus patch update, among many other things. The policy could range from granting them access to the all applications to no access.  ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Clouds revenues less than 5% for global firms: study - TelecomAsia.net</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/clouds-revenues-less-than-5-for-global-firms-study</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cloud-related hardware, software and services revenue represented only 1% to 4% of total revenue in 2012, a recent study said.       The study from Strategy Analytics said this trend is based on an analysis of a sample group of global ICT providers including CSC, Dimension Data, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Orange, and SAP.     By 2015, these %ages will rise to 5% to 9% of total revenue according to Strategy Analytics.     Mark Levitt, director of business cloud strategies research at Strategy Analytics, said, “Despite all the attention paid to clouds, cloud products and services still contribute only a tiny portion of total revenue for most IT software, hardware and service providers.  It will take 5-10 years for significant cloud-related provider revenue and customer savings to be realized.”    “Now is the time to make the right decisions regarding what business cloud market segments, strategies and partners to pursue.  Otherwise, cloud computing could turn into a bubble and bust for many providers,” Andrew Brown, executive director of enterprise research at Strategy Analytics, added.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:01 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title>CenturyLink enhances cloud solutions with acquisition of AppFog - TelecomAsia.net</title>
			<link>http://www.telecomyou.com/newscenter/news/centurylink-enhances-cloud-solutions-with-acquisition-of-appfog</link>
			<description><![CDATA[CenturyLink has enhanced its Savvis Cloud suite through the acquisition of AppFog, a platform-as-a-service provider used by more than 100,000 developers who have deployed more than 150,000 applications.   The acquisition adds AppFog&#039;s PaaS capabilities, which are specifically tailored to software developers, to the already-extensive Savvis Cloud product catalog.   AppFog currently offers public cloud capability via www.appfog.com. AppFog&#039;s reach will be extended by adding its public cloud PaaS to the savvisdirect online channel, as well as offering private, dedicated deployments to Savvis&#039; enterprise clients.     “AppFog leads the way in Platform-as-a-Service capabilities and continues to see strong adoption in the developer community,” said Jeff Von Deylen, president of CenturyLink&#039;s Savvis organization. “Combining AppFog&#039;s market-leading Platform-as-a-Service capabilities with Savvis&#039; industry-leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud services and CenturyLink&#039;s global network will enable developers to securely and reliably operate and connect the applications they build and deploy.”     CenturyLink acquired the Portland, Ore.-based AppFog for an undisclosed price.     Offering multiple programming languages and interoperability between public and private cloud environments, AppFog delivers a reliable, scalable and fast platform for deploying apps in the cloud.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:01 CDT</pubDate>
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