Can local cloud providers successfully compete with the global players?
How well can local cloud providers compete with global players? Indications from clients are that they have a very good chance. Continue reading →
View ArticleProprietary vs open source cloud computing: a provocative look
A provocative look at the proprietary vs open source debate in cloud computing from Gen-i strategy manager Paul Quickenden. Continue reading →
View ArticleNew Zealand: The Land of the Long Green Cloud….?
Gartner has just released a report on sustainable computing that looks into the use of energy efficient technologies and low-emission electricity for data centres. They predict that just as labour...
View ArticleHas NZ come to grips with the cloud computing opportunity?
In the first ever Cloudcamp I attended, I made the statement that unless New Zealand got to grips with cloud computing, the country’s 34 000 ICT professionals were in significant trouble. I also put...
View ArticleUnderstanding of the value of cloud maturing
IDC’s Hybrid Cloud 2015 conference in Auckland this week demonstrated that service providers, vendors and notably businesses are becoming clearer on what value the cloud can provide, now and for the...
View ArticleCan cloud computing help business achieve greater productivity?
With central government elections just around the corner, expect to hear increased discussion about respective parties’ ideas to increase New Zealand’s productivity specifically gross domestic product...
View ArticleNZ Cloud Code of Practice draft released
Cloud computing is a major growth area in New Zealand and represents a significant opportunity for users and providers of technology both domestically and globally. It is good for NZ Inc, enabling...
View ArticleCloudU – grow your cloud knowledge free
I have the pleasure of sitting alongside cloud commentator Ben Kepes on the creation of the NZ Cloud Code of Practice steering group. Whilst on this, he told me about the cloud education programme,...
View ArticleFuture broadband event round-up
Good morning, great to see you all here! #futurebb So began the recent Commerce Commission event on the future of fibre and broadband in NZ. The conference ran over two days, starting with a lineup of...
View ArticleCisco’s Dr Pepper offers glimpse into the zettabyte age
If there was ever any doubt that we are entering the age of the ‘zettabyte’, then Dr Robert Pepper’s presentation at the recent Future with High Speed Broadband conference dispelled it. Pepper is...
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