Cloud-Computing Risks: Due Diligence And Insurance
Presently, there is heavy pressure to migrate company data to the cloud. Individuals already shift a large amount of their data to “the cloud” in the form of family photos, vacation videos, contact information, and music. Shifting sensitive business information to the cloud, however, brings with it more complex considerations. Should a company be sending information to a third-party cloud site that hosts data for other businesses? And just what specific information is being sent: customer information? Trade secrets? Employee health information?
Those selling cloud-computing services point to the numerous advantages of cloud computing, including claims of cost savings and enhanced data security. There has been some debate regarding the accuracy of these claims, especially involving promises of heightened data security. It is important to recognize that individuals, small businesses and large institutions opting for cloud computing give up something very important: direct control and oversight of the stored or processed information…
Connecting the Next Big Wave of Cloud Computing Infrastructure
Aquantia, the leading developer of High Speed Ethernet connectivity solutions for cloud computing and large scale data center deployments, announced today it will be joined by Cisco and Intel to present on a panel titled "Connecting the Next Big Wave of Cloud Computing Infrastructure" at this week’s Ethernet Technology Summit 2012 in San Jose, California. The panel will be held at 10:00am, on Thursday, February 23, as part of the Tutorial T1-2A: Ethernet and Cloud Computing (Emerging Technologies Track).
The panel will bring together experts in the areas of high-speed physical layer interconnect technologies and system-level architecture. The panelists will review the trends underlying the upcoming shift in cloud computing infrastructure from 1 Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet. They will provide insight into choices for connectivity that Data Center administrators and planners will have at their disposition. As the next generation servers based on Romley platform are massively deployed, 10GBASE-T, in particular, is projected to play a critical role as a ubiquitous interconnect technology between servers and switches…
2X Software Wins the TMCnet Cloud Computing Excellence Award for 2X Application Server XG
2X Software, global leader in virtual desktop and application delivery solutions, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named 2X Software as a 2011 Cloud Computing Excellence Award winner, presented by Cloud Computing Magazine.
2X Software earned this industry award for the 2X ApplicationServer XG, which combines the best in application delivery and virtual desktop (VDI) management by allowing administrators to publish applications and virtual desktops from an all-in-one platform. 2X Software’s flagship product lets you experience the full benefits of desktop virtualization and improve desktop manageability, security, accessibility and performance by delivering virtual desktops and applications to Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iOS from any virtualization platform. "Recognizing leaders in the advancement of cloud computing, TMC is proud to announce 2X Software as a recipient of the first Cloud Computing Excellence Award," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "2X Software has demonstrated innovation as well as the ability to improve the security of cloud environments."…
Mid-size businesses lead the way in cloud adoption
The mid-market is leading the charge towards the adoption of cloud computing, according to the latest research from managed services provider Claranet.
According to the research, there appears to be more use of cloud services amongst medium-sized businesses, where 60 percent of those organisations reported using cloud services. This compared to fewer small-sized (44 percent) and enterprise-sized (48 per cent) organisations.
The research, conducted in November 2011, into cloud adoption rates amongst businesses in the UK, polled three hundred senior IT decision-makers to build a comprehensive profile on the UK cloud computing market…
De’Mist’ifying the Open Cloud
Openness in software and architectures is a big win for users. This truth is so widely recognized that a lot of vendors seem to favor using “open” as a sort of mantra even though they’re often not, well, open except in glancing and incidental ways. This is nowhere truer than with cloud computing.
Having an open architecture and approach when building a cloud matters deeply. Only an open cloud allows customers to manage diverse infrastructures by bringing them together under the same cloud architecture. Instead of creating a new cloud silo or forcing them to (impractically) start their IT over from scratch, an open cloud extends its benefits to their entire IT infrastructure, delivering greater efficiency and agility and putting them in control of their technology roadmap and, ultimately, the future of their IT…
HP to boost cloud investment
Over the next two to five years, 80% of enterprises in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will move mission-critical applications into the cloud.
This is according to Frank van Rees, MD and enterprise business lead at HP SA, who says the technology giant will be making big investments in cloud computing and security solutions in Africa this year.
“HP will be putting a lot of focus on cloud computing in EMEA this year. Cloud computing has passed the hype cycle, and now HP is driving the private and hybrid cloud further. Private cloud this year will be bigger than public cloud; however, we see most of the companies moving to a hybrid cloud model.”…
Francis Maude leads all-star speaker line-up at the Cloud Computing World Forum 2012
Minister for the Cabinet Office and the UK Government’s leading voice on cloud computing, Francis Maude, will be one of over 150 expert speakers presenting at this year’s Cloud Computing World Forum 2012 (http://www.cloudwf.com/) on 12 and 13 June.
Tech giant Ben Horowitz interviewed about mobility, cloud, and social networking
It’s beginning to feel a lot like 1999 again in the technology business. Facebook recently filed for an initial public offering that could value the company around $100 billion. Social networking is soaring, and upstarts such as Groupon and Zynga are going public with much fanfare. The leader, Apple, has become the world’s most valuable company.
I caught up with one of the leading venture capitalists to find out what’s behind the vibrancy in technology and how sustainable it is this time around. Ben Horowitz, who started Horowitz Andreessen with Internet billionaire and Facebook board member Marc Andreessen, says the Internet has undergone radical transformation, and the trends are just beginning to gain long-standing traction. Our interview follows, edited for clarity and length…
Cloud Computing Business Trends in 2012
Data integration and management practices are the growing trends in the new business market. This is as more and more businesses seek better ways to grow their enterprise. This is also a response to the irreversible challenges and demand for variety, storage, scalability and complexity in information handling.
As a result of these trends, more companies are migrating to the cloud strengthening their backroom in data integration and data management and laying a secure and reliable information structure. Experts say that the cloud computing trends will move towards more reliable and secure cloud-based data integration and data management cloud solutions…
GovDelivery Chosen as Cloud Computing Supplier for UK Government G-Cloud Initiative
GovDelivery announced today that they have been accepted into the UK Government’s G-Cloud programme and will be listed in the G-Cloud catalogue.
The government first proposed the G-Cloud initiative to bring a wider range of suppliers to the public sector market while increasing the flexibility of procurement contracts. The programme aims to create an online system that public sector organisations can use to find services and supplies without the restriction of lengthy contracts and complex procurement.
GovDelivery will be listed in the Software-as-a-Service category. As an international leader in government-to-citizen communication solutions, GovDelivery currently serves more than 500 government organisations, including dozens of central government agencies and local authorities in the UK…