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Cloud Computing and the Asian Hedge Fund and Investment Market

Various hedge fund and investment firms have expanded their cloud computing capabilities in Asia in recent years. Through the use of private clouds, thousands of hedge fund professionals around the world have streamlined their operations, reduced their up front costs, increased their resilience, and... more

Telemedicine in Japan and Possible Cloud Computing Applications

Telemedicine literally means long-distance medicine, medicine from afar. And communications technologies have always developed alongside telemedicine. The telephone resulted in telemedical experiments being carried out through traditional telephone lines. The same happened with telecommunication sat... more

Big Data Touches Us All

In this series of articles, I have often spoken about ‘big data’ and how it is revolutionizing many aspects of our life. There are ethical issues with the management of big data and I discussed this in an earlier post. But let me relate another story. Back in 2009 much of the world was r... more

Managing Server Load: How Do Dedicated and Cloud Hosting Stack Up?

The advantages of cloud computing are visible all over the internet. Scalability, stability, resource optimization and economies of scale are some commonly cited benefits. But I can hear some server specialists saying, “So what? My services and website run fine on my dedicated server. Why should I m... more

Infrastructure-as-a-Service is Leading the Cloud Computing Race

It is an undisputed fact that cloud computing technology is experiencing rapid growth. The huge impact of cloud-based services on business performance is forcing companies to re-evaluate their concerns and move to the cloud. Recent analysis from Gartner, an IT research and advisory company, explores... more