Cloud Security Services Can Reduce Malware
Cloud technology can be harnessed to make it less profitable—or at least less lucrative—to develop and distribute run-of-the-mill malware, Eugene Kaspersky, the CEO of Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, told eWEEK. If developers are forced to add sophisticated features to develop malware that can’t be easily thwarted, it also raises the bar on who can enter the malware business.
Of the more than 20 million pieces of malware detected by Kaspersky Lab every year, a significant portion of them are considered "typical." They are often created using readily available tool kits or just re-skinned versions of existing malware.
Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform Powers EmblemHealth Mobile Apps
Government Community Cloud – Best practices
The Community Cloud is one of the NIST Deployment Models, and is critical to the adoption of Cloud Computing, as it finds the balance between addressing customers data privacy concerns and leveraging Cloud-enabled economies of scale.
Google App Engine Cloud Availability Plummets, Sparks Outages
Google (NSDQ:GOOG) App Engine, the search giant’s cloud development platform, suffered a massive performance hiccup on Thursday when availability dropped and knocked some user Web sites off line.
Where’s Microsoft’s Plan to Win in the Consumerization of IT Age?
Take a look at the companies that have made major progress in the technology industry in the past few years and you’ll notice a pattern. Apple and Google both emphasize simplicity and a go-to-market strategy that emphasizes consumer markets. In an age when the consumerization of IT is the reality and the Consumer Electronics Show is the biggest technology trade show around (not the now defunct COMDEX), it’s pretty clear that consumer markets are a clear pathway into the enterprise.
VDI as a Utility in the Cloud
One of the problems that IT organizations have with anything to do with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is its complexity. While the promise of VDI is appealing, the cost of deploying it and managing it scares off a lot of IT organizations.
The cloud and the incredible shrinking office
Those in the know say that cloud computing will fundamentally change the way we office creatures work.
“I am slightly too young to remember the workplace before the arrival of the PC,” says Jacqui Thomas, director of Comms at the UK and Ireland chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance. “But cloud is the same kind of game changer.”
Adrian Steel, head of infrastructure at the Royal Mail, also sees big changes ahead, especially once cloud matures.
Is Cloud killing off The Office?
A decade ago businesses in the UK looked very different to how they do today – just look at the BBC’s ‘The Office’, which first aired in July 2001. Many of us had big, bulky desktop PCs, an agonisingly slow internet connection and a desk phone that looked like something out of the 80s.
Laying the Groundwork for Cloud Migrations
To say that the cloud is the latest technology to hit the enterprise is something of an understatement. In reality, it’s a technology that will completely remake the enterprise from the ground up, effecting major changes in everything from systems and infrastructure to business processes and staffing.
Clearly, this kind of change won’t be easy. And probably the most daunting aspect of the cloud is ensuring that data, and data accessibility, is maintained as the shift occurs.