Cloud computing ‘becoming more popular in Australia’
An increasing number of Australian businesses are turning to cloud computing services and more are expected to do so in the coming months.
"It will be a big year for [the] cloud," explained Andrew Stevens, IBM Australia’s new chief, who also states development and testing procedures will be bolstered, as will production systems, the Australian reports.
The move to cloud computing is partly due to a rise in the number of tablet and mobile devices that employees use, which bring a series of security problems that may be tackled by a remote service.
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Businesses are set to focus on purchasing cloud computing services over the course of 2011.
Formtek blogger Dick Weisinger said this is one of the key findings from a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) report, with spending on cloud applications due to increase by around 30 per cent.
This is nearly five times more than on other IT solutions, with general global spending on services set to go up by approximately six per cent this year.
Cloud computing ‘offers a great step forward for schools’
Schools could benefit from making use of cloud computing solutions, it has been suggested.
Sarah Underwood, magazine and brand editor of digital magazine ICT for Education, explained there are several advantages of using the technology for educational establishments.
"It saves them from downtime, maintenance, upgrades, it has shared costs and they don’t have to run it for themselves," she said.
Ms Underwood added that for cloud computing to be adopted by schools, it needs to be championed by the IT professionals that work for them.
ComplianceBridge Launches New Website for Cloud-Based Policy and Procedure Management Software
ComplianceBridge, Inc., a provider of web-based policy and procedure management software announced today a new website for its web-based solution TotalCompliance and a blog delivering tips and best practices for managing policy and procedure documents.
TotalCompliance is a cost-effective policy and procedure management software solution that enables organizations of any size to improve efficiency and compliance through automated publication, distribution, and tracking of policies, procedures and other business-critical documents. Organizations can leverage TotalCompliance to quickly and affordably realize the following benefits: