Cloud funds used as bait

Small and medium enterprises in Thailand can look forward to funds worth 200 000 to 400 000 baht to adopt cloud computing, according to the deputy director general and CIO, department of industrial promotion, says Future Gov.

Veerapol Srilert, deputy director general and CIO, department of industrial promotion, ministry of industry, said to Future Gov Asia Pacific: “We want to promote the use of cloud computing to them because it helps solve many problems.”

“With cloud computing, the IT investment cost is low because there is no need to invest in a server and the enterprise resource planning solutions or applications can all be hosted on the cloud.”

RSA, the security division of EMC, is targeting the SME space with RSA Authentication Manager Express, bringing enterprise-level authentication research to businesses of any size, reveals eChannel Line.

The then and there 24 months are critical for anybody interested in cloud-based services for SMEs, says Matt Bramson, Inphonex chief marketing officer, reports TMCNet.

Perhaps the obvious trends are the move from TDM to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol); ubiquitous broadband; and a shift to the cloud for delivering applications.