CloudSizer Public Cloud Sizing and Comparison Tool Wins AIIA Merit iAward

7th July 2011

SYDNEY - Ideas International (IDEAS, ASX:IDE) received a Merit Award for its new CloudSizer tool at today’s NSW State iAwards presentation. The iAwards are designed to honour both companies and individuals at the cutting edge of technology innovation in Australia.

CloudSizer is a tool designed to help users map their physical server setup with potential public cloud workloads, in a meaningful way that users can relate to.

Receiving the award from Matthew Mason Cox MLC, in the ‘Tools and Infrastructure’ category Stephen Bowhill, CEO of Ideas International commented “We are delighted to have won this award considering CloudSizer is a brand new product”. Mr. Bowhill went on to say, “CloudSizer is an exciting new research area for our company in a market segment currently generating a lot of attention.”

“We look forward to adding new areas of functionality to this tool for complete TCO analysis, as well as looking at a mass market model for enabling non-enterprise clients to benefit from the analysis.”

Contact IDEAS
Stephen Bowhill, +61 (0)2 9472 7701
stephenb@ideasinternational.com

AboutIdeas International (IDEAS)

IDEAS provides Enterprise IT Research, Insight, Analysis and Tools to computer suppliers and consultants (IT Sellers) and large corporates (IT Buyers). The company’s research focus areas include: servers; storage; software; services and cloud. IDEAS is a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:IDE) and has been in business for over 25 years. IDEAS hosts users in over 100 countries and maintains offices in the US, EMEA, and Asia Pacific.

www.ideasinternational.com