2nd Turkey Cloud Computing Forum - Istanbul

Working in the cloud is becoming an increasingly popular form of running a successful business. Experts say it brings significant IT cost savings, it is safe and offers many advantages to the marketplace and companies using the solution. To overcome the last resistance of still hesitant business owners, EEL Events brings you 2nd edition of Turkey Cloud Computing “Challenges, Limitations and Solutions” to be held May 2016, Istanbul, Movenpick Hotel The Forum has been organised to provide a platform for telecom customers, SMEs and large enterprise customers, cloud providers and other sector stakeholders to discuss challenges, limitations and solutions for deployment of cloud computing technology. Experienced industry experts will address issues related to data security, sharing information in the cloud, data protection and issued with reliability of the IT services provided by the cloud. Important technology trends like Big Data, enterprise cloud Infrastructure and differentiated cloud offerings will be discussed further in specialist sessions. Key topics: Cloud Computing in Turkey - trends, forecasts, challenges What are the key regulatory issues that might be restraining cloud advancements? Data centers and cloud-computing services Bringing differentiated cloud offerings to Turkey Why customers are migrating to the cloud - Business perspective and case studies Can Turkey create cloud -friendly regulations? Cloud computing and privacy law in Turkey Source >>

SAP Anywhere is in the United Kingdom.

Small business in the United Kingdom is getting a new cloud-based solution from SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) tailored to their needs as it has announced on the 2nd of March 2016. SAP® Anywhere software is a new front-office solution which incorporates user-friendly digital tools that manage e-commerce, marketing, customer engagement, inventory management and business analytics, from any mobile device or computer.  Small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) can use SAP Anywhere to build an entire website or online store, create marketing campaigns, sell the product, manage the inventory and analyze whether the business is performing successfully. They can do all of this from a mobile phone or tablet with business analytics at their fingertips. SAP Anywhere combines all of these features into a single cloud-based application, delivering a powerful solution to small businesses. "It’s a simple solution for growing companies. It’s a game changer. We believe it’s going to revolutionize our business and the industry,” said Rodolpho Cardenuto, president of global channels and general business, SAP. Partnered with technology innovators in the SME space such as Google Inc., PayPal Holdings Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), SAP offers a single solution directly integrated into its partners’ platforms. Thus users of SAP Anywhere can have one system through which they can use a leading payment system like PayPal and Google’s productivity and collaboration tools. Mark Brant, general manager, merchant services for the United Kingdom and Ireland, PayPal,said "together with SAP, we have made it easier than ever for businesses of any size to harness e-commerce and increase sales.” Scott Aubuchon, vice president, Europe Region Marketing, UPS, said “SAP Anywhere should enable these businesses to decrease the amount of time spent shipping so they can spend more time investing in and growing their business.” More information on >>

IBM's Cloud platform - IBM Bluemix will serve Indonesia

the world's fourth most populous country Indonesia has entered 5 years partnership with IBM to develop and deliver solutions on the IBM Cloud to help businesses streamline processes and improve productivity. The deal was announced on 11 March 2106 is valued at about $200 million between IBM and Indosat Ooredoo, one of Indonesia's largest telecommunications and services provider. Indosat Ooredoo and IBM will build an integrated command center to serve local clients of both companies by monitoring and managing their operations and information technology, and building IT skills and capabilities in Indonesia. IBM will also help Indosat Ooredoo transform its own IT operations, improving overall client experience and supporting the rapid development of new telecommunications services in the country. IBM & Indosat Ooredoo's subsidiary, Lintasarta, will jointly develop and deliver cloud-based solutions, powered by IBM Cloud, to help Indonesian businesses drive innovation and agility, streamline their processes and improve productivity. Indonesian clients of Indosat Ooredoo and IBM will be able to access jointly developed cloud-based solutions built on IBM's Cloud platform -- IBM Bluemix -- accelerating collaboration and automation of software delivery and infrastructure changes. “Indonesia has one of the world's most rapidly growing economies, and the use of smart mobile devices is becoming pervasive, opening up enormous opportunities for local businesses - so we are excited to be working with Indosat Ooredoo and Lintasarta to help clients tap into the power and flexibility of cloud-based solutions and digitally transform their businesses" said Martin Jetter, senior vice president, IBM Global Technology Services.  "Our customers in both telecommunications and IT services are going to benefit from this relationship through improved access to world class offerings and services," said Alexander Rusli, President and CEO of Indosat Ooredoo. "We will be able to bring a greater range of higher value services to market more rapidly, with the confidence of knowing that we are collaborating with one of the world's largest and most innovative technology companies. This landmark alliance will reshape the local market and help Indonesian customers and organizations tap into the most advanced technology available anywhere in the world." "Working together, Lintasarta and IBM will accelerate the adoption of cloud-based solutions in Indonesia, helping local organizations increase their efficiency and ability to rapidly expand," said Arya Damar, President Director of Lintasarta, an Indosat Ooredoo subsidiary that will help build the joint data center. source on >>

Cloud war continues with SAP buying Roambi.

SAP intends to bring mobile access to analytics to everyone with the acquisition of the Roambi suite of solutions and related key assets. Built on the SAP HANA platform, SAP plans to accelerate its leadership position in the cloud. SAP claims this move will bring easy-to-use analytics solutions independent of IT or line-of-business needs to SAP clients. SAP Digital Enterprise Platform President Steve Lucas said “SAP, a global leader in analytics, has completely changed the game and is now delivering a broad set of consumer-grade analytics solutions at enterprise scale across every industry and line of business. SAP aims to deliver all-in-one analytics for everyone, available in the cloud and on premise, designed to be ubiquitous and real time — something niche players in the analytics space cannot offer.” With this acquisition, SAP is giving an access to insightful analytics, especially when traveling or working remotely enabling users with tangible, easy-to-use analytics solutions that can retrieve relevant data anywhere, anytime. The new version of SAP Predictive Analytics plans to bring a new set of features such as native Spark modeling to analysts and data scientists. The features are intended to dramatically increase performance when analyzing data in Hadoop-based environments.  To help businesses get beyond limited desktop analytic tools and move to a modern, built-for-the-cloud solution, SAP is currently offering a promotion for a limited time for companies interested in switching to SAP Cloud for Analytics. For more information please visit www.sap.com/reimagineanalytics. and  http://www.roambi.it/en/