Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc (華碩電腦) said on Wednesday it planned to provide cloud computing solutions for corporations with overseas software partners, a step following its already launched personal cloud services.
Tom Lin, general manager of Asustek’s server business unit, told a media briefing that the company would partner with a cloud operating system provider abroad to launch commercial solutions on data storage and backup for financial institutes, hospitals, as well as small and medium-sized companies in Taiwan.
“We will begin with private cloud services and look for opportunities in public cloud, which needs more negotiation with the government,” Lin said, adding that further details about the plan will be announced in March.
Cloud computing offers users a chance to store, share and access information anytime, anywhere. It’s being pushed by Taiwan’s government and industry players as a new and important trend in the high-tech industry.
Lin said Asustek expected its server shipments to grow 20 percent this year, higher than the forecast global average of 8 percent.
Meanwhile, the company will also emphasize the development of supercomputers this year as its second generation of supercomputers is expected to be unveiled in March at the CeBIT 2011 tech fair in Germany, Lin said.
Setting up its subsidiary, ASUS WebStorage, in 2008, Asustek has provided personal services on cloud platforms such as online storage, printing, music downloading and firewall security.
According to a survey by the Institute for Information Industry, more than 60 percent of respondents expressed their interests in Web-based storage services, while another 90 percent think file backup is important to them.
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