Tag: Cloud Computing

Telstra has detailed plans to invest significantly in cloud computing over the next five years, to better support growing demand from Australian businesses of all sizes for cloud services.

Optus has launched a range of cloud services, designed to assist small and medium businesses in managing their communications, collaboration and marketing.

Named World IPv6 Day, June 8 is an awareness day to acknowledge the trillions of new IP addresses now available after the previous version—IPv4—began to show its limitations.

Business travel represents the second largest controllable cost for companies. But are you keeping control of what your staff are spending on trips?

Australian adoption of cloud computing is growing, according to a report conducted by growth specialists Frost & Sullivan.

The State of Cloud Computing in Australia: 2011 report showed that 43% of Australian enterprises had adopted cloud computing in some form or another, and indicated that 41% of IT decision makers said cloud computing would be a priority in the near future.

Thinking of reasons to switch to the cloud? I bet risk of flood wasn’t top of your list. Brisbane’s Gilkatho Coffee used cloud computing to keep operating when their business was 2.6m underwater.

HP today announced that Google Cloud Print users can print directly to any HP ePrint-enabled printer from any Google Cloud Print supported app on any computer or smartphone. HP’s portfolio of web-connected and cloud-aware printers for home and business are the first to support Google Cloud Print out of the box.

A quick poll by Dynamicbusiness.com.au found many SMEs are already embracing Google Apps including email, calendar, office applications, instant messaging, collaboration and video conferencing. A new offering from Optus and Google may help more SMEs take advantage of the benefits.

You’ll have no doubt heard about ‘Cloud Computing’: having your data and applications at the other end of ‘the cloud’, available over the internet. Consider the following five tips before launching your business into ‘the cloud’: