The company represents the latest stage in a $300 million investment in Trend's cloud computing research and development over the last four years and could see the company joining Google Chrome in the cloud operating system stakes.
Speaking late last week in Taiwan, Steve Chang, Trend Micro's founder and chairman, said that TCloud Computing will release the new cloud operating system in Q2 of this year.
"Compared to Microsoft, Amazon or Google, Trend Micro has started relatively late in terms of cloud computing", he told analysts and reporters.
Interestingly, the TCloud operating system will be open source and – says Chang – will consolidate the power of open source communities worldwide.
A report in the China Post over the weekend quoted Jenny Chen, Trend Micro's executive cultural officer, as saying that the veteran IT security firm is planning to collaborate with the National Taiwan University to offer a cloud computing curriculum to students.
With an investment of around $1.5 million, the plan is for the salaries of more than 60 lecturers to funded by Trend Micro.