ASIMS Expands Avatar Solutions Platform Suite of Unified Communications …
NEW YORK, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — ASIMS, a leader in comprehensive network monitoring and management solutions for converged telecommunications and IT infrastructures, announced an expansion of services offered under its Avatar Solutions Platform Suite. Avatar now incorporates the benefits of cloud-based, end-to-end communications and network intelligence tools for critical Avatar, ASIMS’…
Google enterprise partner Ancoris acquires Appogee
UK-based Google Premier Enterprise Partner Ancoris has acquired Google Cloud development specialist Appogee. Ancoris said the purchase will allow the company to build out its Google Cloud Platform, Android development, and Lotus Domino migration skills. The announcement comes almost five months to the day since Ancoris bought e-learning and Google…
Public Cloud Mkt To Grow 18.5% In ’13 To $131B, Gartner Says
And you thought this whole cloud thing was just a bunch of hooey. The public cloud services market will grow 18.5% this year to $131 billion worldwide, according to a new report from the market research firm Gartner. That includes an expected 47.3% increase in infrastructure as a service or Gartner says cloud…
Evernote breached
It’s the email every Internet business dreads having to compose to its customers but last weekend Evernote became only the latest of a long list of big brands that found itself reluctantly hitting the ‘send’ button. As a precaution the company was asking its 50 million users to reset their Related…
Jive Brings Leading Social Business Platform to Companies Across Australia …
SYDNEY, Australia, March 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:JIVE), a leading social business platform, today announced the opening of new offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Australia; Hong Kong; and Singapore. Jive’s expanded presence in Asia Pacific comes as more companies recognize how social business platforms can deliver real business…
Million-message mailboxes complicate EPA’s move to Office 365
The sheer size of legacy mailboxes at the Environmental Protection Agency some of them with more than a million messages in them threatened the agency’s transition to Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud-based collaboration and communication service. EPA officials discovered that hitch as they worked with Lockheed Martin and Microsoft to move 25,000 "EPA…
NOAH Calls for Unified Communications in the Food Chain
Delegates at the National Office of Animal Health’s (NOAH) fourth food chain conference, at The Royal Society in London, were told that a recent consumer survey had found misconceptions about animal medicines in the food chain were still widespread. photo Jennifer MacKenzie Phil Sketchley, Chief Executive of NOAH, said a…
Caltex taps Office 365 to unite workforce
With over 3,500 staff spread across the country, Caltex Australia must provide adequate communication and collaboration tools for its entire workforce. The oil company’s workers span not just metropolitan areas, but remote regions as well, with workers often out and about providing fuel to customers.Caltex CIO Steve Fox. (Image: Caltex)…
Why social business initiatives fail
On March 11 in Banff, Alta., the Canadian Cloud Council’s Cloud Matters Conference will kick off with the "Business Gets Social" panel. Social Business is a disruptive force and promises to engage employees and customers in more meaningful interactions than ever before. But to have a successful social initiative, your RELATED…
Canada to Pioneer Always On Cloud Computing
An important industry forum, the Canada Cloud Network, is launching an exciting R&D program: Always On Cloud Computing. The initiative will enable Canada to become a world leader in the global Cloud computing sector. Recent downtime incidents from giant Cloud providers and lack of effective SLAs, highlight that…