Bank looks to cloud to blow away licence costs
COMMONWEALTH Bank is in high-level talks with cloud computing companies to speed up the launch of new products such as a digital-vault secure storage service for customers.
"We can then free up our resources to focus on higher value activity closer to the customer and deliver service more rapidly and cheaper."
There was still resistance from classic box providers, but if that was prolonged it could be to the detriment of vendors, he said. "That's understandable ... they're not too keen on virtualisation, grid or cloud (but) market forces will break that."
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“What I really like about the solution is that it is flexible. The per-user per month pricing helps us to plan our requirements in advance. We are also able to easily upgrade our applications when required, (we are planning on upgrading to Windows 8 for example) and IntraPower will provide the support to do this. “Most importantly, Business On-Demand helped us to concentrate on our customers. We have removed IT as a distraction and can now concentrate on our core" commented Mr. Green. Read More
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