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• Ninefold providing Cloud services for ilab incubator

  Australian Cloud computing and storage company Ninefold has signed on to provide free Cloud services to participants in technology incubator ilab's Germinate program.

• Optus Business to debut new Cloud, mobility services

  Optus Business has revealed plans to expand its portfolio of Cloud computing and enterprise mobility offerings.

• CeBIT 2012: NSW Cancer Council begins Cloud journey

  Faced with growing data and outdated infrastructure, the not-for-profit organisation, New South Wales Cancer Council, made the decision to move some of its business functions to a private Cloud in early 2012.

• CeBIT 2012: CHEP deploys Cloud to improve company integration

  Pallet and container supplier, CHEP, is nearing the end of a worldwide deployment of a hybrid Cloud designed to speed up system integration with company acquisitions.

• Brocade outlines its SDN approach

  Brocade this week said it added hardware-based support for the OpenFlow software-defined networking (SDN) API and protocol to its NetIron and MLX series 100Gbps routers as part of a broader SDN strategy.

• Australians concerned about personal data drifting offshore: OzHub

  Offshore storage of our personal data and our ability to retain control over it have been marked as concerns for Australians using cloud services, according to a poll commissioned by the industry coalition OzHub.

• Does standardized interoperability in data center fabrics matter?

  Despite interoperability trials and demonstrations involving alternative data center fabric standards, a non-standard fabric technology is said by proponents to be at the front of the pack.

• Licence fees, consulting boost TechnologyOne half year results

  Licence fees and consulting services contributed a total of $65.1 million to enterprise software company, TechnologyOne's (ASX: TNE), half year results for the year ended 31 March 2012.

• Migrating to the Cloud

  Last chance to register to attend Computerworld's Live Webinar, tomorrow May 15 @ 10.30am AEST, featuring Forrester's Tim Sheedy, Senior Advisor, CIO Group who will share the latest insights, trends and Cloud research and conduct a frank discussion about what you should think about in assessing your move to the public, private or hybrid Clouds.

• HP has all the ingredients for software defined networking, almost

  LAS VEGAS -- HP says it has all of the necessary orchestration tools for its software defined networking strategy - the big question is, will it build its own controller?

• HP: SDNs are key to Cloud deployment

  LAS VEGAS: Software-defined networks (SDN) have the capability to provision applications in minutes instead of months, and speed deployment into the cloud, according to the head of HP Networking.

• Cisco offers API to fight call fraud

  LAS VEGAS -- Cisco this week at Interop 2012 released an API for its branch routers designed to enable third-party developers to write applications to enhance the security of phone calls over the router network.

• Intel-McAfee developing cloud-security strategy

  Intel, which last year acquired McAfee for its security expertise, today described work it is doing to provide enterprises with a way to secure data stored in public or hybrid cloud environments.

• Interop puts software-defined networking in limelight

  The potential game-changing technology that surrounds software-defined networking (SDN) will be center stage at Interop next week with high-profile product introductions, technology demos and information sessions all set to roll.

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  Cloud to add $3b to Aus economy: KPMG

  A new report by accounting firm KPMG takes a look at the Cloud in Australia and estimates more than $3 billion could be added to the nation’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) in 10 years, as well as drive growth of start-ups and small businesses.