Grazed from CloudTech.  Author: Wieland Alge.

You may already be familiar with the term ‘Real Time Protection’, which could just as easily be labeled ‘Cloud Protection’. Simply put, when a vendor’s research team identifies a new email threat, the characteristics of the message are sent to all affected hardware appliances straightaway, so that the malicious content is immediately blocked. This all happens far ahead of the regular update by on-premise virus signatures.

Because they are outsourced, Cloud technologies can be implemented far more flexibly; it could also be referred to as an "elastic protection". Conventional security technologies demand computing power from both onsite hardware and software. But when new threats emerge it means that much more computing power is necessary to take successful action against the threats from one moment to the next. This performance can be provided in the Cloud without having to replace or upgrade the customer’s equipment…

Grazed from CloudTimes.  Author: Sue Poremba.

Use of cloud services at home, in the workplace and in large enterprises has steadily and significantly increased. Now we are seeing a similar trend with mobile devices and cloud technology. Mobile devices are already accessing a number of cloud services, such as Dropbox, and more third-party applications utilize cloud computing technology. It is only a matter of time until the technology becomes the central force to mobile applications. Where will the future of the mobile cloud lie?

“Mobile platforms are already accessing the cloud for a lot of consumer-based services such as email, social media, online file storage and corporate communications tools. But so far, there are essentially only two players here ñ the individual or consumer, and the consumer cloud service,” said Dan Matthews, chief technology officer with IFS North America. “One of the biggest changes I think we will see in the next year or two is the entry of a third player ñ the corporate back-end system (e.g., corporate ERP, Financials, SCM and other mission-critical systems).”

Grazed from BizJournals.  Author: Lauren K. Ohnesorge.

Five years ago, Jim Whitehurst was introduced to investors as CEO of Raleigh-based Red Hat (NYSE: RHT).  Last night, following the release of Street-beating earnings, we chatted about his tenure as CEO (“I picked a great company to work for,” he laughs) and, most importantly, about what Red Hat sees for the cloud.

“I think cloud, ultimately, is about having this single fabric,” he says, adding that it should be like a highway transportation system. “It’s there. Any car can use it. Any car can drive on it. You don’t make cars too big to fit in a lane. It’s a common system.”…

Grazed from RGC.  Author: Steve Cerocke.

2012 has been a challenge and a year of recovery and change for Northern Nevada. If you are reading this, then you have survived the end-of-time hype of the Mayan calendar prophecies and probably are resigned to continue your march toward the new year. As you contemplate the beginning of a new calendar, it is a good time to review 2012 and see where past developments portend new opportunities.

One of the biggest local announcements was Apple’s decision to build a data center and office space in the region. While this is great news for our local economy, the real benefits will come from the name recognition and the diversification that this type of industry can bring. Technology-focused businesses like Apple, Intuit and Microsoft attract and develop a new type of workforce that will positively influence the economy, education and our community for years to come…

Grazed from TalkinCloud.  Author: Chris Talbot.

Cloud applications encryption is coming up again, and this time it’s two companies working together in the hopes of improving the security of cloud apps and the data contained therein. Voltage Security, which is known for its data-centric encryption and key management solutions, and PerspectSys, an enterprise cloud data protection solutions vendor, have combined efforts to create a solution the vendors promise will increase the level of security and application usability when it comes to cloud data protection.

The solution includes Voltage’s Format-Preserving Encryption (FPE) technology, which has been integrated with PerspecSys’ Cloud Data Protection Gateway product. The end solution uses Voltage’s end-to-end encryption and stateless key management technologies and PerspecSys’ cloud data protection platform. The goal is to give enterprises more control over their sensitive data—and protect it before it even leaves the corporation’s environment for processing and storage in the cloud…