Grazed from Network Computing.  Author: Gary Hilson.

Cloud computing is obviously here to stay, so enterprises need to balance security and availability when using private, public or hybrid cloud services that leverage multi-tenant architectures.

Forrester Research defines multi-tenant architectures as "IT architectures that let multiple customers (tenants) share the same applications and/or compute resources with security, reliability and consistent performance."

In its recent research report, "Understanding Cloud’s Multitenacy," the analyst firm concludes that multi-tenant architectures are not necessarily a less secure model. However, need to understand the type used by any service they consume, as well as their own security responsibilities…

Grazed from CloudTweaks.  Author: Florence  de Borja.

There are many issues taken for granted by companies when they move to the cloud. Aside from various technical issues, businesses fail to recognize that they’ll have to take into consideration the cultural environment of their own company. A very common problem that all businesses will encounter is the internal politics within the organization, which will tends to slow down cloud computing adoption.

Many application programmers won’t give up control of their software programs and servers because it can hamper software performance. Aside from that, these developers will reason that they will have difficulty controlling and deploying application updates. Users will resist cloud computing implementation within the company due to fear of the unknown. The internal structure of IT departments in companies and the legacy approaches to their process management will definitely bring problems to the speedy implementation of cloud computing projects…

Grazed from Hostwaway.  Author: Kevin Jensen.

If there’s one sector of technology whose future is not up in the air, it’s cloud computing.

In fact, the most recent figures suggest that this particular sector of the technology industry is going to continue to grow, providing not only cost-effective services to businesses but jobs to those in search of employment.

According to research from analyst firm IDC, public and private spending in cloud computing will increase exponentially over the next few years, boosting worldwide jobs by around 14 million…

Grazed from Forbes.  Author: Joe McKendrick.

There are several common threads running through the SIIA report, packed full with the views of 49 technology CEOs and VPs. All agree that cloud computing — converged with mobile and big data analytics — is the single biggest game-changer in this decade, both for technology providers and consumers.

Will the 2010s be remembered as the “Decade of the Cloud”? The decade is actually still young, so who knows?  It was too early to predict in 1992 that the 1990s would become the decade of the Internet, or in 2002 that the 2000s would be the decade of social media. But the signs were all around of something big in the making during those times.  And we see a new type of economy coming out of the economic hurricane that hit full-force in 2008-09…

Grazed from PRWeb.  Author:  PR Announcement.

With the recent introduction of Google Drive, cloud computing services are garnering increased attention from entities looking to more efficiently store data. Specifically, using the “cloud” is attractive due to its reduced cost, ease of use, mobility and flexibility, each of which can offer tremendous competitive benefits to businesses.

Cloud computing refers to the practice of storing data on remote servers, as opposed to on local computers, and is used for everything from personal webmail to hosted solutions where all of a company’s files and other resources are stored remotely. As convenient as cloud computing is, it is important to remember that these benefits may come with significant legal risk, given the privacy and data protection issues inherent in the use of cloud computing. Accordingly, it is important to check your cloud computing contracts carefully to ensure that your legal exposure is minimized in the event of a data breach or other security incident…

Grazed from Secure Business Magazine.  Author: Ash Patel.

The news of the discovery of advanced evasion techniques (AETs) brings to light the infinite possibility of intrusions into corporate networks and how they are able to circumvent existing security systems.

Cloud computing has been under the spotlight in recent years due to its numerous benefits, such as the reduction of management and administration costs, scalability, optimisation of resources and investments, increased efficiency and flexibility. All these can help businesses that strategically choose to entrust the management of certain applications or entire business processes to third parties…

Grazed from Information Week.  Author: Nicole Lewis.

Dell recently announced it has completed work on a high-performance computing cluster that will fuel a clinical trial for children with cancer.

The high-performance computer cluster, which was donated to the Phoenix, Ariz.-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), will allow researchers to quickly access more precise data on diagnostic images, genetic sequencing of the RNA in tumors, and genetic variations that contribute to the disease.

Dell began building the cluster in December using its PowerEdge M420 Blade Server, which supports a parallel approach to computation. With this technology, TGen can comprehensively analyze a patient’s tumor RNA profile in one day, compared to the seven days that were previously required–an important advantage in battling aggressive childhood cancers like neuroblastoma…