Cloud data needs to be tracked to ensure security
Cloud service providers should layer their infrastructure to better protect their data and alleviate security concerns, according to Imperial College London lecturer Dr Peter Pietzuch, who was speaking at a Westminster eforum event yesterday.
Pietzuch told delegates at the event, Cloud computing – security, market development and prospects for the g-cloud, that the current security model for the cloud is not transparent enough, meaning software developers that want to deploy their applications in the cloud do not have enough knowledge of that provider’s security…
Arcades, holograms, cloud computing the future of gaming -Square Enix CEO
The Tokyo Game Show kicked off today with a keynote address on the future of gaming industry from three of Japan’s leading video game industry figures. Square Enix CEO and Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association chairman Yoichi Wada, Sony Computer Entertainment worldwide studio president Shuhei Yoshida, and Sony Computer Entertainment senior vice president Yoshio Matsumoto took to the stage in the Makuhari Messe convention centre this morning to speak about evolving business models in the industry and the need to create new gaming experiences as the gaming audience continues to grow and diversify…
Cloud computing service sees big increase across world this year
With its popularity seeing a big increase in large, small and medium companies, cloud computing, specifically software-as-a-service, has grown over 20 percent across the world this year and will continue its huge growth over the next four years, according to a new Gartner study…
Cloud Computing: Zetta Raises Another $9 Million
Grazed from Sys Con Media. Author: Maureen O’Gara.
Zetta, the three-year-old enterprise cloud storage service provider, has picked another $9 million from its backers Foundation Capital and Sigma Partners.
This third round brings total investment to $31.5 million…
How to Build a Turnkey Private and Hybrid Cloud
Grazed from CIO. Author: Garima Thockchom.
The hype around cloud computing is hard to ignore and as each vendor is trying to put the word "cloud" in front of all its products, enterprises are finding it extremely difficult to sift through the noise and really find which products work best specifically for their data center…
Seven Signs of Cloud in the Corner Syndrome
A lot of IT organizations are in a rush today to be seen doing something about cloud computing. Most of that pressure is coming from the corner office, which has become convinced that the path to lower IT costs is through the cloud…
Cloud Computing Recipe: 1 Part Tech, 9 Parts Process
I recently participated in a meeting of Intel’s Enterprise Board of Advisors (EBOA) Data Center Working Group. During the call, one of the members—from a very large, multi-national company headquartered in Europe—mentioned that in their experience, cloud is more a change in process than a change in technology…
Consumer Cloud Infiltrating Business, Creating Opportunties?
Cloud computing services have captured consumers. From commercials during Monday Night Football ordering viewers "to the cloud" to tech giants like Apple pulling the curtain off of its iCloud service, which is sure to be a massive consumer hit, consumers can’t escape the cloud.
And as the consumerization of IT continues to unfold, these consumer-focused cloud services will likely make their way into the business world — like it or not. Much like Apple (NSDQ:AAPL)’s iPhone and iPad infiltrate businesses, and the continuing onslaught of smartphones and tablets breaking through enterprise walls, cloud apps aren’t too far behind…
Spiceworks to Speak at ITEXPO Austin on the Top Reasons SMBs Need Not Fear the Cloud
Tomorrow at ITEXPO Austin, Spiceworks(TM) manager of IT Marketing Nicole Tanzillo will join executives from Broadview Networks and Telesphere to explore the various benefits cloud computing can deliver to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). During the session, the speakers will discuss many of the concerns SMBs have about cloud-based solutions, and how they can overcome them to embrace the cloud for everything from communications to business applications and IT resources…
Two new publications provide a cloud computing standards roadmap, reference architecture
Grazed from PhysOrg. Author: PR Announcement.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing reference architecture and taxonomy. Together, the documents provide guidance to help understand cloud computing standards and categories of cloud services that can be used government-wide.
These documents, along with others from NIST and NIST working groups, will be incorporated into the NIST U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, expected to be published in November, 2011…