Securing Your ‘Data at Rest’ in the Cloud
Grazed from Computer Technology Review. Author: Gilad Parann-Nissany.
We’re all hungry for best practices and tips for securing data in the cloud and also how shared computer resources can and should work to ensure privacy and protection. The focus is on data security, especially data at rest.
Cloud computing is all about increased scalability and productivity. However, new cloud security threats such as “snapshotting” a virtual disk are emerging. These create new threats to private data, compared to when data was stored and secured between the four walls of a datacenter.
With cloud computing, multiple customers may share a single physical disk, although logically separated from each other. In theory, one can share the same physical disk with a competitor – without data crossing over. The same is true for physical servers. Equally, within a single cloud account, different projects may be sharing the same physical disks or physical servers. This virtualized approach is at the heart of cloud computing; it provides many of its benefits…
Google App Engine: What developers want at Google I/O
Most of the noise coming out of Google I/O this week will be around the company’s long-percolating infrastructure as a service plan. But many developers who have banked on Google App Engine, the company’s platform as a service, will be looking for other things.
For many, Google App Engine has seemed a sideline for the big search company, a perception some Google execs have labored to correct. Google claimed 150,000 active GAE developers going into the show, a number it will doubtless update.
Having talked with a couple of the GAE faithful, here’s a developer wish list for GAE…
Cloud Computing: Red Hat Moving to Commercialize OpenShift PaaS
Grazed from Sys Con Media. Author: Maureen O’Gara.
Red Hat is planning to commercialize its 13-month-old OpenShift PaaS later this year when it splits the widgetry into two initial tiers: FreeShift and MegaShift. Until then it’ll be available as a developer preview.
FreeShift will offer three small gears, the ability to auto-scale and access to the languages, frameworks and data stores developers like to use. It will leverage community-provided support. Developers using the OpenShift PaaS now will be able to automatically migrate to FreeShift.
MegaShift, the initial paid tier, will offer up to 16 gears, and the ability to add storage past the 1GB-per-gear limit in FreeShift. MegaShift users will get support from Red Hat. The platform fee is supposed to be $42 a month with a per-gear-an-hour fee for gears past the first three. However, Red Hat says the pricing is provisional and subject to change…
OneOps building development tools for the cloud generation
Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Tom Krazit.
The lightweight mobile or web application is the must-have computing product of our time: both consumers and businesses demand access to key resources while on the move. But the intense pressure on mobile developers to quickly design and deploy apps requires solid tools to get the job done, and that’s what OneOps, a GigaOM Structure Launchpad finalist, hopes to bring to developers.
OneOps, currently in private beta with plans to go live later this year, has designed a set of application development tools to help developers build cloud-based apps block by block, said Kire Filipovski, co-founder of the company and — like fellow founders Vitaliy Zinchenko and Mike Schwankl — a code slinger at heart…
Logicalis Expands Cloud Computing Offerings with Premises-based Private Cloud Solutions
All things IT are moving to the cloud, but not always to the “public cloud” according to Logicalis, an international IT solutions and managed services provider, which today is announcing a new Private Cloud Practice created to support premises-based, fully-customized cloud solutions. While competitive, semi-private cloud solutions offer the appearance of security and control, Logicalis Private Cloud solutions are tailored specifically for each customer’s environment and computing needs and the customer keeps control of all of the IT assets at the data center of their choosing. The company has a well-established history providing managed services, data center services and a variety of cloud solutions. It was recently named a “Top 100 Cloud Service Provider” by industry publication Talkin’ Cloud and a “Top 500 Solution Provider” by UBM Channel. The new practice will help organizations that are seeking the flexibility and expansion capabilities of cloud computing, with the security and access provided by a premises-based data center.
“For many organizations, cloud computing offers game-changing strategies necessary to increase business agility, add flexibility and mitigate risk. We help clients define and design a private cloud solution that specifically addresses the business problems they are trying to resolve. This allows IT staffs to refocus on the highest value activities and provide targeted services to their organizations,” says Kevin Gruneisen, vice president of data center solutions for Logicalis…
EasyCloud and the Revolutionary IPSaaS Technology
Grazed from PRWeb. Author: PR Announcement.
Infrastructure + Platform + Software as a Service. IPSaaS is finally here. This is the first of its kind solution that ultimately brings the cloud to the masses. Combining award winning Infrastructure and “Fanatical Support” from Rackspace with the power of Openstack and virtually unlimited amounts of Software choices, EasyCloud makes using the cloud, easy. Where other Service providers focus on a single aspects of cloud computing, EasyCloud is the only “one stop shop” on the block that gets it right. This new technology allows EasyCloud to compete across multiple horizontal markets while reducing complexity for end users and avoiding proprietary lock in.
EasyCloud IPSaaS technology allows consumers to focus on using the software they choose while eliminating the complex back-end of cloud technology. Since it is interactive with the Openstack Platform it is fully dynamic and scalable with the user’s needs. Including multiple built-in features, like “white label” in-app chat support and hundreds of other API plug-ins. Compared to custom cloud deployments, the $20 starting cost really changes the game…
Eucalyptus Launches Authorized Education and Consulting Partner Programs
Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.
Eucalyptus Systems, creator of the most widely deployed on-premise cloud computing platform, today launched the Eucalyptus Authorized Education Partner (EAEP) and Authorized Consulting Partner (EACP) Programs. The EAEP Program enables Eucalyptus partners to deliver Eucalyptus authorized training courses using Eucalyptus Certified Instructors (ECI), while the EACP Program recognizes Eucalyptus partners who have developed a high level of competency in designing and implementing Eucalyptus cloud solutions.
"These new programs enable our partners to provide value-added consulting and training services for Eucalyptus," said Andy Knosp, vice president of professional services at Eucalyptus Systems. "Customers are rapidly embracing Eucalyptus’ open approach to cloud computing as demonstrated by our enablement of 25,000 cloud starts annually. Eucalyptus partners can leverage these new partner programs to expand their portfolio of offerings and drive incremental revenue opportunities."…
Cloud Computing: Compuware Launches SpeedoftheWeb
Grazed from Sys Con Media. Author: Liz McMillan.
Compuware Corporation on Tuesday launched SpeedoftheWeb.org, a new free online cloud service that helps web application and site owners increase the speed of their most important web properties. This cloud service enables organizations to compare the speed of their website’s performance against leading competitor sites.
"With end-user expectations higher than ever, the cost of poor website performance is huge, both in terms of lost revenues and brand loyalty. End-users are showing less patience for slow-performing websites and expect their applications to perform at lightning speed. Even a slight reduction in application performance can determine if a customer will return to a website to do business again," said Alois Reitbauer, Compuware APM’s Web 2.0 and Mobile Performance Expert and author of Java Enterprise Performance. "To compete in today’s complex web environment, organizations need to ensure performance along every spot in the web application delivery chain. Using SpeedoftheWeb, businesses can see exactly how their website performs across the web application delivery chain. This helps make an organization’s website perform more competitively, drive greater interactivity, increase user satisfaction, adoption and loyalty."…
Cloud Data Encryption Provider Vaultive Launches Advantage Partner Program
Grazed from MarketWatch. Author: PR Announcement.
Vaultive, a provider of cloud data encryption solutions that enable organizations to leverage the economy and efficiency of cloud computing while maintaining the data security, control and compliance advantages of on-premise computing, today announced the launch of its channel strategy with the introduction of the new Vaultive Advantage Partner Program. The Vaultive Advantage Partner Program provides significant business development investments encouraging proven channel firms to engage clients within Vaultive’s channel-centric model.
Additionally, Vaultive has appointed Traci Blowers as director of channels to lead the company’s partner strategy and program development. Blowers previously held senior business development and channel management positions with world-class technology companies such as Binary Tree and Ingram Micro…
Metamarkets Wins Best Cloud Application Award at Cloud Computing World Series Awards
Metamarkets, a leader in Big Data analytics, today announced it has won the award for Best Cloud Application at the 2012 Cloud Computing World Series Awards. Judged by an independent panel of industry experts, the awards were presented to winners at the 4th Annual Cloud Computing World Forum on June 12, 2012, in Earl’s Court, London. Now in its third year, the Cloud Computing World Series Awards are widely regarded as a benchmark for the best of the best in the cloud computing industry.
Metamarkets gives today’s organizations a revolutionary solution that allows customers to discover insights across billions of records. Helping companies of all sizes measure campaign effectiveness, compare historical supply and demand with current inventory, and improve overall operational performance, Metamarkets’ data science-as-a-service solution helps business users use data to make better decisions. Metamarkets natively leverages cloud architecture, providing elastic scaling, lower total cost of ownership, and crucially speed at scale…