Chinese server provider Sugon has announced its cloud computing strategy and displayed several cloud computing products, including a cloud basic system named Cloudbase; a cloud computing operating system named Cloudview; a cloud storage system named ParaStor; and a cloud security management center named Cloudfirm.
Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has announced its eSurfing cloud computing strategy, brand, and solution, and it plans to launch eSurfing cloud devices and cloud storage products in 2012.
Taiwan-based Acer plans to acquire U.S.-based iGware for USD320M plus another USD75M for performance-based earn-out.
Chinese information technology company Hasee and the Internet video website Qiyi.com have jointly announced in Beijing that the two parties have reached strategic cooperation, and Hasee will invest CNY30 million to place advertisements on Qiyi.com.
Chinese computer company Great Wall and the world’s leading technology company IBM have jointly launched a strategic cooperation plan, under which Great Wall will adopt IBM’s cloud computing center solution to establish its corporate cloud center in China.
Kingsoft Network, the Chinese company established by the merger of Kingsoft Internet Security Software Holdings Limited and Keniu Network, has announced plans to invest CNY30 million in a project named “Cloud Shield”, and it will formally open the API of its cloud security platform to partners.
China Mobile and Microsoft have reached a deal to jointly promote the application of cloud computing technologies.
TVMall, China’s first online store based on the IPTV platform, has been launched.
Hewlett-Packard has announced that it has established a new information service center and the Chinese hub of its Best Shore global outsourcing service center in Suzhou, to provide customized information technology consulting and outsourcing services to its clients in eastern China.
Chinese video technology company Bokecc.com has announced on its official website and microblog that its new third-party service platform based on the cloud computing technology will soon be launched.
Beijing Computing Center and the Chinese server provider Dawning Information Industry Company Ltd. announced that they will work together to establish a cloud computing joint lab to meet the demands of small- and medium-sized enterprises in China.
Cloud computing has received a boost as the southern Chinese city of Foshan initiates a new program to expand its own services.
Zhongguancun Cloud Computing Industry Alliance has been set up as a measure for Beijing’s construction of a world-class cloud computing industry base.
Chinese software maker UFIDA and the international technology company IBM have announced in Beijing that the two parties will jointly establish a cloud computing lab.
Initiated by Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association, and Taiwan Information Service Industry Association, and joined by 50 Taiwanese communications service enterprises, the Taiwan Cloud Computing Consortium has been established to improve Taiwan’s competitiveness in the global cloud computing market.
Chunghwa Telecom, Trend Micro, Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute, and Taiwan’s Institute for Information Industry will jointly set up a cloud computing center and will invest NTD1 billion to establish a cloud computing company.