Trend Micro eyes big pie of cloud computing

Trend Micro founder and chairman Steve Chang said at a news conference that the affiliated firm, PCloud Computing, is aiming at putting forth its self-developed cloud computing operating system software in the second quarter of this year.

“Compared to Microsoft, Amazon or Google, Taiwan has started relatively late in terms of cloud computing,” said Chang.

Noting that Trend Micro has been developing cloud computing technology and relevant knowledge for the last four years, Chang said the purpose of PCloud Computing's founding is to create an open platform for cloud computing and consolidate the power of the global open-source communities to offer users more choice.

Describing PCloud Computing as a driving force behind the development of cloud computing technology, Chang said the new company will offer technical assistance, training courses and consultation services to potential users.

Meanwhile, Jenny Chen, executive cultural officer of Trend Micro, announced that her company will collaborate with National Taiwan University (NTU) to offer a cloud computing curriculum to NTU students.

Trend Micro will initially invest NT$50 million for the cloud computing talent-nurturing project, which will also include a Trend cloud computing lab to be manned by 10 lecturers from Trend Micro and 52 from NTU, according to Chen.

Chen quoted International Data Corporation (IDC), a Massachusetts-based market research and analysis firm specializing in information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology, as predicting that global investment in cloud computing and relevant technology will top US$42 billion by 2012, up from US$16 billion in 2008.

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