Hosted desktop provider Let’s Operate has launched a new total cost of ownership (TCO) calculator that allows SMEs to compare the actual cost of their current traditional IT with that of implementing cloud computing.
13.Mar.2013 09:56
Cloud-based personal organiser Evernote has confirmed that it has discovered and blocked suspicious activity that it deems an organised and co-ordinated attack. The news comes just after Apple, Facebook and Microsoft revealed their networks came under attack from hackers.
04.Mar.2013 11:19
The public cloud services market is forecast to grow 18.5pc in 2013 to reach US$131bn worldwide, up from US$111bn in 2012, according to Gartner.
04.Mar.2013 10:57
Global spending on hosted private cloud services will be more than US$24bn by 2016, IDC has predicted. The sector will grow at a compound annual rate of 50pc a year over the next four years.
01.Mar.2013 14:48
IT and business decision makers have expressed their contempt for ‘cloud washing’ – the over-selling and over-promoting of cloud services as well as poor service delivery – leading to a potential reputation crisis for the tech sector overall.
28.Feb.2013 13:55
Cloud software provider Marketo is making its award-winning software suite multilingual as it sees increased customer adoption in Europe.
26.Feb.2013 11:19
Dublin-based electronic payments processing firm OmniPay has won the 2013 ‘Information Award’ at the Merchant Payments Ecosystem (MPE) gala awards in Berlin.
21.Feb.2013 13:27
Galway ICT companies Computer Troubleshooters and CloudStrong have formed a strategic cloud partnership that will see CloudStrong be the dedicated cloud services supplier for Computer Troubleshooters.
21.Feb.2013 09:54
One of the world’s largest mobile operators Telefónica Digital has selected technology made by Irish technology company FeedHenry to enable a one-stop-shop for creating, managing and securely integrating mobile apps hosted in the cloud.
15.Feb.2013 10:50
In what must be a surprise to telcos, data centre and managed services providers, organisations are changing tack and are bringing their data back in-house, according to new research from Oracle.
04.Feb.2013 11:35
Dropbox services 100m users saving 1bn files a day, but it faces stiff competition from the likes of iCloud, SkyDrive, Box and Google Drive. As well as introducing useful features, like document previews, Dropbox is enhancing how users can view and share images as it begins to see these things not just as files but as users’ content.
31.Jan.2013 13:01
Consumers juggling busy households, hectic work schedules and family responsibilities may welcome Office 365 Home Premium, which has been designed to help them be more productive from virtually anywhere.
29.Jan.2013 14:28
The issue of trust will tower over the matter of struggling to manage the exponential growth in data and will define the cloud age and the consequent explosions in social media, apps and big data, the ITLG Global Technology Leaders Summit in Cork heard today.
22.Jan.2013 17:43
YouSendIt Inc has acquired Found Software, an app firm that makes it easy to search for files and documents across your Mac and cloud services on one simple search platform.
15.Jan.2013 14:31
Irish open-source software company Enovation, which specialises in enterprise content management, has forged a partnership with US content management player Alfresco, which manages more than 4bn files and documents in the cloud and on mobile devices.
15.Jan.2013 10:50
In a blend of technological nous and savvy online marketing, Amazon has turbo-charged its CD business with a new service called AutoRip that gives music buyers free MP3 versions of the CDs they’ve purchased online. But is it really helping its CD business or is it a clever ploy to bring entire generations of music lovers into the cloud?
11.Jan.2013 11:14
#OI2Dublin - Interview with Intel researcher Chris Woods on the future of the cloud (video)
A walk ‘inside’ the cloud - Microsoft’s Dublin data centre
More small businesses are adopting cloud computing in Ireland - Microsoft/Amárach Cloud Index
Strong CIO and high-profile IT pros are key to cloud migration
