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Cloud computing still a foggy idea

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
Banks and other financial services companies are among the early adopters of cloud computing but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of it, many are stuck in a haze, new research shows. In a survey of more than 300 companies covering key business sectors ...

PJC points finger at Storm model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... for the clients eventual losses. "There was something about Storm - be it their staffing and resourcing levels, their computing systems, the degree of leverage in their model... which led to an inability to receive, handle and resolve margin calls during ...

Cloud computing comes to iPhone

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
New York Stock Exchange-listed Netsuite has brought a cloud computing mobile enterprise resource planning suite to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch in Australia. NetSuite for iPhone and iPod touch is available now for free on the App Store, noted a press ...

Doom dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
... the economy. Oh no sir! Not while jobless Americans are still growing in number. Tourists could indeed find themselves computing their spending money in euros or in yens or in the Gulf Common Currency in the future. Or perhaps even in yuans. China after ...

IT dept holds key to cost cutting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Super funds and fund managers could reduce their cost base through technology after research found cloud computing can save more than $12,000 a year in electricity bills. A NetSuite sustainability impact survey and using information from a study by ...

Microsoft battles Google Docs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... application (web apps) that allows users to read and manipulate Office word and Excel spreadsheets online. But Google's cloud computing dominance could be cut short by Microsoft's more aggressive foray into the web-apps sector - starting with the launch ...

Fin services firms eye green IT

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... senior IT executives are talking about adopting a green IT strategy. A green IT strategy is designed to make a firm's computing resources more efficient by using less power and still remaining highly productive. The Symantec Corporation's 2009 Worldwide ...

Clouds still far away

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... technology. According to a new survey from Avanade Australia, around 80 per cent of Australian companies are not using cloud-computing systems, choosing instead to depend on old school internal IT systems. Meanwhile, the survey also confirmed that seven ...

Aus FMs avoid Satyam scandal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... country's growth story among local investors. "There's no question there will be collateral damage and I think other computing companies will come under increased scrutiny," he said. "I think any investors will be asking what should be the risk premium ...

Secure Computing beats hackers at own game

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
Secure Computing is helping financial services firms from inadvertently downloading malicious software without limiting the sites they can access by thinking like a hacker. The Australian Tax Office, the Royal Mint and a range of local banks are known ...