Taiwan’s Acer launches cloud computing drive in shift from PC reliance
May 29, 2014
Grazed from Reuters. Author: Michael Gold.
Taiwan’s Acer Inc detailed its long-touted push into cloud computing on Thursday, as the struggling computer maker responds to a shrinking PC market by pitting itself against cloud leaders Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc. The world’s fourth-biggest producer of personal computers (PC) aims to start making software and offering online computing services under the heading Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC).
Acer announced BYOC with few details at the end of 2013 when the company booked a third straight loss after the global PC market shrank 10 percent. PCs have been losing out to tablet computers and sidestepped by the cloud, where users store files remotely and run applications over the internet…
"The computer is still our foundation, but BYOC is a new platform for integration, cross-compatibility and convenience," company founder and chairman Stan Shih said at a news conference…
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