Two separate stories have reached CloudTech HQ which show that cloud computing adoption in India is showing more than just potential. But is the hype justified?
Earlier this week it was reported that Microsoft is offering its Office 365 Personal suite to users in India for Rs 330 (£3.24) per month or Rs 3299 (£32.42) for a yearly subscription.
According to reports from New Delhi, Redmond is hoping to recruit 25 million new Indian users for cloud services, with country general manager Chakrapani Gollapali telling reporters: “Today’s consumers are seeking a more optimised experience across their phone, tablet and PC and the combined power of Microsoft devices and services provides the best experience they can have today across all these.”
Fusing Office 365 with cloud and mobile was the first item on new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s list, with the long-awaited move to bring Office to …
Two separate stories have reached CloudTech HQ which show that cloud computing adoption in India is showing more than just potential. But is the hype justified?
Earlier this week it was reported that Microsoft is offering its Office 365 Personal suite to users in India for Rs 330 (£3.24) per month or Rs 3299 (£32.42) for a yearly subscription.
According to reports from New Delhi, Redmond is hoping to recruit 25 million new Indian users for cloud services, with country general manager Chakrapani Gollapali telling reporters: “Today’s consumers are seeking a more optimised experience across their phone, tablet and PC and the combined power of Microsoft devices and services provides the best experience they can have today across all these.”
Fusing Office 365 with cloud and mobile was the first item on new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s list, with the long-awaited move to bring Office to …
The much publicised race to the bottom in cloud pricing started with Google, Microsoft and Amazon all slashing their prices for virtual machines, storage and bandwidth. In some instances, these prices reductions saved consumers between 40% and 60% on their cloud bills.
Cloud provider CenturyLink looks to become competitive with these cloud services by following suit by instituting big pricing cuts all across the board on their cloud services. CenturyLink announced their cloud pricing cuts on their blog which notes that a virtual server at CenturyLink will cost nearly 60% less than it previously did.
CenturyLink has several strategic advantages for public cloud hosting versus services such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft. CenturyLink has 56 datacenters located all across the globe. Not all of these are cloud datacenters but the flexibility that CenturyLink can provide to corporate clients gives CenturyLink an advantage that the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft …
The much publicised race to the bottom in cloud pricing started with Google, Microsoft and Amazon all slashing their prices for virtual machines, storage and bandwidth. In some instances, these prices reductions saved consumers between 40% and 60% on their cloud bills.
Cloud provider CenturyLink looks to become competitive with these cloud services by following suit by instituting big pricing cuts all across the board on their cloud services. CenturyLink announced their cloud pricing cuts on their blog which notes that a virtual server at CenturyLink will cost nearly 60% less than it previously did.
CenturyLink has several strategic advantages for public cloud hosting versus services such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft. CenturyLink has 56 datacenters located all across the globe. Not all of these are cloud datacenters but the flexibility that CenturyLink can provide to corporate clients gives CenturyLink an advantage that the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft …
The much publicised race to the bottom in cloud pricing started with Google, Microsoft and Amazon all slashing their prices for virtual machines, storage and bandwidth. In some instances, these prices reductions saved consumers between 40% and 60% on their cloud bills.
Cloud provider CenturyLink looks to become competitive with these cloud services by following suit by instituting big pricing cuts all across the board on their cloud services. CenturyLink announced their cloud pricing cuts on their blog which notes that a virtual server at CenturyLink will cost nearly 60% less than it previously did.
CenturyLink has several strategic advantages for public cloud hosting versus services such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft. CenturyLink has 56 datacenters located all across the globe. Not all of these are cloud datacenters but the flexibility that CenturyLink can provide to corporate clients gives CenturyLink an advantage that the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft …
By Nick Razey, co-founder and CEO, Next Generation Data
For those working in the fast moving world of cloud computing it is easy to take the view that the choice of data centre is irrelevant; that although it is an essential piece of the jigsaw, one data centre is just the same as another when compared to the complexities of differing IaaS and SaaS platforms.
On this basis it is assumed that all the value in the IT chain will migrate to the cloud providers leaving data centres to earn meagre commodity margins.
The data centre however is a very long way from being a commodity. A commodity typically has three characteristics; the product is the same, the quality is the same and the price is the same. And because the products are interchangeable they are usually bought and sold via efficient spot markets which exactly match supply and demand …
By Nick Razey, co-founder and CEO, Next Generation Data
For those working in the fast moving world of cloud computing it is easy to take the view that the choice of data centre is irrelevant; that although it is an essential piece of the jigsaw, one data centre is just the same as another when compared to the complexities of differing IaaS and SaaS platforms.
On this basis it is assumed that all the value in the IT chain will migrate to the cloud providers leaving data centres to earn meagre commodity margins.
The data centre however is a very long way from being a commodity. A commodity typically has three characteristics; the product is the same, the quality is the same and the price is the same. And because the products are interchangeable they are usually bought and sold via efficient spot markets which exactly match supply and demand …
Is there anything cloud can’t do? Canada is investing in a cloud biotech infrastructure that could potentially help solve one of the worst problems of humankind: cancer.
Sources say that the Canadian government has invested over $6.7m USD into infrastructure that is designed to analyse genetic data that could bring us closer to a cure. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council first began working on this project and other organisations such as Genome Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research have also signed on to help.
The official name of the project will be the Cancer Genome Collaboratory. This cloud computing facility will analyze data from over 500 patients that have specific types of cancer. Researchers believe that the Cancer Genome Collaboratory will help advance our knowledge and give doctors the tools and analytics they need in order to provide treatments …
Is there anything cloud can’t do? Canada is investing in a cloud biotech infrastructure that could potentially help solve one of the worst problems of humankind: cancer.
Sources say that the Canadian government has invested over $6.7m USD into infrastructure that is designed to analyse genetic data that could bring us closer to a cure. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council first began working on this project and other organisations such as Genome Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research have also signed on to help.
The official name of the project will be the Cancer Genome Collaboratory. This cloud computing facility will analyze data from over 500 patients that have specific types of cancer. Researchers believe that the Cancer Genome Collaboratory will help advance our knowledge and give doctors the tools and analytics they need in order to provide treatments …
Is there anything cloud can’t do? Canada is investing in a cloud biotech infrastructure that could potentially help solve one of the worst problems of humankind: cancer.
Sources say that the Canadian government has invested over $6.7m USD into infrastructure that is designed to analyse genetic data that could bring us closer to a cure. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council first began working on this project and other organisations such as Genome Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research have also signed on to help.
The official name of the project will be the Cancer Genome Collaboratory. This cloud computing facility will analyze data from over 500 patients that have specific types of cancer. Researchers believe that the Cancer Genome Collaboratory will help advance our knowledge and give doctors the tools and analytics they need in order to provide treatments …