South Korea's LG Electronics said on September 30 it had signed a partnership deal with Microsoft on cloud computing and virtualisation, hot IT technologies aimed at helping business cut costs.
Under the pact, LG will introduce monitors integrated with Microsoft software. The monitors will function as virtual computers, allowing multiple users to run programmes off a single standard PC, LG said. Virtualisation refers to technology that allows one computer to perform the work of many machines.
LG and Microsoft will also team up to introduce monitors for cloud computing, a technology that allows users to access data and software over the Internet.