Cloud-First

McAfee study: 1-in-4 organisations using Public Cloud has had data stolen
McAfee’s third cloud security report finds lack of adequate visibility and control as the greatest challenge to cloud adoption in an organisation.
Analysis: What must happen beyond introducing digital policies
Edwin Yapp takes a look at the recent announcements regarding digitisation and reflects on what needs to be done to move forward.
Internet Alliance lauds PM's Cloud-First strategy
Urges the government to lower or exempt withholding-tax to incentivise cloud adoption.
If the cloud fails, are you covered?
Despite all the hype, things are not always rosy when moving data into the cloud, as failures and accidents do occur in the cloud too, writes Matthew Johnston of Commvault.
Cloud-first? It’s going to be ‘cloud-only’ for most, says Gartner
By 2020, a corporate ‘no-cloud’ policy will be as rare as a ‘no-Internet’ policy is today, according to Gartner Inc.
Developers, Microsoft wants you: CEO Satya Nadella
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is on a mission: He wants local developers to create more apps on his company’s platform, especially solutions that tackle local issues.
Asia’s public cloud spend to double, outpacing overall IT spend by 6x
Spending on public cloud services in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan (APeJ) will grow at a 22.9% CAGR from nearly US$7 billion in 2015 to US$15 billion in 2019, according to IDC.
Asia Pacific SMBs falling behind employee expectations: Microsoft study
SMBs in Asia Pacific are lagging behind their employees’ expectations to be more productive, collaborative and innovative in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, according to a Microsoft Corp study.
Aruba better positioned post-HP split
Aruba was acquired by HP, which then split into two companies, but this puts Aruba in a better position to ride the BYOD wave, argues its top exec.
App-hungry APAC enterprises increasingly going hybrid: F5 survey
Enterprise applications are increasingly being moved to the cloud as organisations embrace the ‘cloud-first’ philosophy, according to F5 Networks and its recently released The State of Application Delivery in APAC 2015 survey.
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