Tuesday, December 15, 2009

A couple of developing country cloud computing examples

Zunia recently identified these two applications of cloud computing which I list because they are in Asia rather than North America nor Europe:
In view of the opportunities presented by cloud computing, the Thai government has started experimenting with hybrid clouds to roll out e-government services to the rural areas. Jirapon Tubtimhim, Director, Government Information Technology Infrastructure, National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre, reveals what the government has been doing and the lessons learnt...
The National University of Singapore built a private cloud to address increasing end-users’ demands. Tan Chee Chiang, Associate Director, High Performance Computing, Computer Centre, National University of Singapore, shares the university’s approach to cloud and the challenges they have faced along the way...

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