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Regional Cloud Computing debate threatens to slow adoption in the Middle East

Peter Job, Founder and CEO of UK/Dubai-based Intergence compares Cloud opposition to the UK's 19th century 'Red Flag Acts' which limited motor cars to a maximum 6km/h: without their repeal, the internal combustion engine and the motor car would never have survived," he says.

14 February 2012 (Dubai United Arab Emirates): The IT industry is being transformed by cloud computing and 2012 is predicted as the year this technology becomes mainstream as the market for public cloud computing is set to reach US$5.8 billion by 2015 (source: Frost & Sullivan). But the key challenge according to Peter Job, Founder and CEO at Intergence, an independent IT infrastructure technology company operating in the UK and Dubai, is how to optimise and fine tune an organisation's infrastructure to best take advantage of the new technology.

Peter Job explains: "Before jumping into the cloud, organisations must take a look at their current assets and review how they can be optimised. Taking a new approach and carrying out a full health check prior to taking the leap to the cloud will save time and money by starting to plan a cloud migration strategy."

Intergence has embraced the cloud for all of its internal IT systems and used this to fast track the development and spin-out of Real Status, the world's first true cloud visualisation and analytics engine. Real Status's product Hyperglance enables businesses to take advantage of revolutionary "clear view" technology that enables "fly-by-wire" views into the cloud. This enables infrastructure managers to make informed business decisions and measure cloud efficiency and integrity.

IT Optimisation Consultancy is one of Intergence's key strengths and the company works with many of the UK's leading blue chip and FTSE 100 businesses, and increasingly with UAE based organisations active in banking/financial services, hospitality and higher education. Job continues: "Once a cloud migration strategy has been implemented and the business requirements have been quantified, technology decisions can be made on the benefits to the business.

"If intelligent decisions are made on the basis of 'what you can't see you can't measure', a cloud manager will need help with automation and visibility. Cloud hygiene based on good business and technology practice will ensure that all businesses considering cloud implementation will realise the true business benefits."

Peter Job concludes: "If the UK's Red Flag Act had not been repealed in 1896, the internal combustion engine and the motor car would never have survived. The Red Flag protagonists lost the argument in the same way that the Cloud sceptics are currently moving. The old arguments about security and business ROIs being unproven are becoming rather tired."

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About Intergence Systems
Intergence Systems (www.intergence.com) is a leading independent IT Optimisation Consultancy, headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with a regional office in the Middle East (Dubai, UAE) and was founded in 2003 to address the growing requirements of clients demanding high-level impartial expertise in networks and IT. Our close relationship within the Cambridge academic community enables us to innovate in partnership, rapidly incorporating the latest technology advances into our products and services.

Intergence operates over two distinct lines of business; people and performance. Our expertise and knowledge within the field allows us to resource the right people in the right place, getting your IT projects completed quickly and hassle free. Utilising world first products and professional optimisation services, Intergence has a clear and common purpose- to improve performance and extract more value from your IT infrastructure.

Issued on behalf of Intergence Systems by WPR.

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Jonathan Walsh
WPR, Dubai
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