TAIPEI: Trend Micro Inc, a global leader in network antivirus and Internet content security software and services, announced yesterday that it has established an affiliated firm to put itself "in the clouds", as 2010 is forecast to be "the Year 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," Chang said, adding 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.

Chang said the new company will offer technical assistance, training courses and consultation services to potential users.

China Daily/CNA

(HK Edition 02/05/2010 page2)