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Revera first NZ company to provide private infrastructure for Microsoft's public cloud offerings
By Computerworld staff | Auckland | Tuesday, 24 July, 2012 | 3 Comments
Microsoft has announced it will collaborate with local hosting company Revera to provide its public cloud systems on Revera's private cloud infrastructure in a hybrid cloud service that Revera has named "Homeland Collaboration".
Microsoft New Zealand managing director Paul Muckleston said in a media statement that the new service was part of a global initiative to provide localised communications and collaboration services.
“Revera has been a strong Microsoft partner for many years and was an early adopter of Microsoft System Center and Windows Server with Hyper-V," said Muckleston. "They have the right experience and skills and their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capability is mature and proven.”
Revera general manager Robin Cockayne said that Homeland Collaboration is aimed at "organisations seeking a sovereign-safe cloud computing environment for essential business services and communication."
Revera said it was "building a three year roadmap for enterprise-worthy hybrid cloud services" including forthcoming 2013 versions of Microsoft’s Office , Exchange, SharePoint and Lync3 products.
Cockayne said Revera expected to launch a service portal, with beta clients, "within months".
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"Homeland Collaboration".
"Homeland Collaboration" is a very unfortunate choice for a name.
Beyond the not forgotten Nazi use of the word, the more current use under the Americian's Homeland Security implies a government interest inthe venture and the spectre of all that association implies. I would have thought it the venture might wish to suggest the privacy of data stored and not associate teh idea with government monitoring of communications. Here's a hint, Avoid the names White Elephant and Edsil too.
Posted by Anonymous at 7:44:00 on July 28, 2012
Beyond the not forgotten Nazi use of the word, the more current use under the Americian's Homeland Security implies a government interest inthe venture and the spectre of all that association implies. I would have thought it the venture might wish to suggest the privacy of data stored and not associate teh idea with government monitoring of communications. Here's a hint, Avoid the names White Elephant and Edsil too.
Posted by Anonymous at 7:44:00 on July 28, 2012
"Homeland Collaboration".
There's a far broader use of the word than the heavily political one you suggest dominates it's use. Homeland - "A state, region, or territory that is closely identified with a particular people or ethnic group." We're kiwis and are entitled to having a homeland too, I'm sure that's the desired intent of meaning - not the obscurely negative regime twist you seem obsessed with...
Posted by Anonymous at 16:11:01 on July 29, 2012
Posted by Anonymous at 16:11:01 on July 29, 2012
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