Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Natalie Gagliordi.

Adobe says it processes more than six billion digital and electronic signature transactions each year through Adobe Sign and Adobe Document Cloud. So it’s no surprise that the creative software giant is backing a consortium of tech providers in a push to bring about industry-wide open standards for the way documents are signed on the internet.

Like other standards-driven initiatives, the Cloud Signature Consortium will aim to build a global network of industry contributors who will work together to create new standard specifications for cloud-based digital signatures. These specifications could then be used to build secure digital signature functionality across a range of cloud applications and mobile devices…

Grazed from CSO. Author: Editorial Staff.

Datapipe, a leading provider of managed hosting and cloud services for the enterprise, has teamed up with Microsoft to drive the ease of cloud adoption among businesses in Hong Kong and broader Asia-Pacific. Datapipe has been recognized by Microsoft as a Direct Partner in its Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Program in Hong Kong. This makes Datapipe one of only four Direct CSP Partners in Hong Kong.

Datapipe’s managed services are now available to enterprises on Microsoft’s cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and hybrid cloud across Asia-Pacific. Datapipe works closely with Microsoft and its clients to help them manage Microsoft cloud migration, deployment and management – driving up the ease of cloud adoption through its award-winning managed services…

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Nicole Henderson.

Intel is considering the sale of its cybersecurity business it acquired for $7.7 billion six years ago, according to a report by the Financial Times over the weekend, as it considers the future of Intel Security. Intel Security was formed in 2010 after Intel acquired antivirus software maker McAfee, but the cybersecurity division’s focus on personal computing no longer fits with its strategy which has shifted towards the more lucrative data center market.

The news of the potential sale has brought Intel stock down 0.79 percent to $31.30 in pre-market trading on Monday, according to a report by TheStreet. Intel Security may fetch the same amount Intel paid for the business back in 2010 as private equity interest in cybersecurity providers has grown along with the complexity and sophistication of cybersecurity threats…

Grazed from DigitalJournal. Author: Karen Graham.

Massive amounts of visual electronic data are produced during a natural or man-made disaster, and processing the information quickly and efficiently could mean the difference between life and death for survivors. Visual data is created by security cameras, mobile phones, and even aerial videos, and compiling all this data can be time-consuming to first responders and law enforcement.

The data provided can be critical in where to send emergency personnel, tracking suspects in man-made disasters and identifying hazardous substances. But one of the problems with all this data is the duplication of some of the information, while other issues revolve around the need for networking resources that often may not be available during a disaster, coupled with the bottleneck that is created by the abundance of high-resolution video streams…

Grazed from EconomicTimes. Author: Neha Alawadhi.

Indian arms of multinational technology companies have welcomed the paper on cloud computing put out by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on June 10. "A strong technology infrastructure that harnesses the power of global technology innovations is crucial for India’s growth," said a Microsoft India spokesperson. "In this spirit, the proposal set forth by Trai is progressive, as clear regulatory policies will enhance cloud adoption in India across sectors and directly contribute to the country’s digital ambition."

The paper covers a broad spectrum of issues including defining policies for cloud computing, systems and processes for information governance framework in cloud from perspectives of lawful interception, more so if it is hosted in a different country, and also whether cloud service providers should be licensed…

Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Larry Dignan.

The only certainty about the United Kingdom’s move to exit the European Union is the cloud computing ecosystem is going to see some turbulence and uncertainty ahead. Although Brexit rattled the stock markets on Friday, the fallout is just beginning. Enterprises everywhere were planning based on their exposure to the U.K. The currency hit alone is going to ding revenue for many technology companies.

Beyond that initial calculation–you can expect Brexit to be a topic on every earnings conference call in the weeks ahead–there are some real technology logistics to sort out. With that in mind, here’s a speculative stab at a few Brexit scenarios and how they may impact large cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM…

Read more from the source @ http://www.zdnet.com/article/brexit-spells-turbulence-for-cloud-computing-6-stormy-scenarios/

Grazed from Huffington Post. Author: Anuj Gupta.

Cloud computing finds its origin in the need of advanced computing infrastructure by people and organization which can be shared among them. The cloud came as a solution. It is the practice of using a network of remote Computing devices (servers) hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.

Cloud computing, often referred to as simply “the cloud,” is the delivery of on-demand computing resources—everything from applications to data centers—over the Internet on a pay-for-use basis. (www.ibm.com). The computing devices can be made available to people across the globe through world wide web or the internet hence the word cloud (also phrased as “the cloud”) is used as a metaphor for “the Internet,” and the phrase cloud computing means “a type of Internet-based computing,” where different services — such as servers, storage and applications —are delivered to through Internet…

Read more from the source @ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anuj-gupta/understanding-cloud-compu_b_10682850.html

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: Ganesh Kirti.

While many businesses laud the benefits of cloud computing, some feel less than 100 percent confident in their ability to fully secure their cloud resources. Is it any wonder? Your corporate network might link to multiple cloud services, run by different operators. Mobile users might be accessing cloud resources simultaneously over dissimilar WANs and device types. Some users and devices fall under your management domain; others don’t.

In fact, corporate data seems to be everywhere. It’s being copied, emailed, shared, and synced wherever users happen to be working. So it’s tough to know exactly where sensitive data is being stored and who has access to it. How can you successfully enforce internal policies and industry compliance mandates under these conditions, particularly when another entity now controls part of your hosting environment?…

Grazed from WhaTech. Author: Faith Rees.

The growth trajectory of Cloud has been well documented, you’d be pretty hard pressed not to be able to find a reference to the increase in adoption worldwide. Pretty much every IT vendor is vying for a place in the race to cloud adoption. We are at a unique inflection point with a mass of opportunity ahead of us as providers, vendors, sellers and enablers of IT, as consumers continue to drive us toward innovation, as we continue to strive for faster, more efficient, more effective, cheaper ways to do, well, everything! The opportunity that the cloud presents to enable, scale and efficiencies that have been previously unavailable to many is disrupting the fabric of the way we have done business to date and literally opening up a world of opportunities.

To steal a phrase from the recent Cisco report Impact of Cloud IT Consumption models “One of the clearest expressions of this cloud-driven change is the emergence of lines of business (LOBs) — human resources, sales, R&D, and other areas that are end users of IT — both as direct consumers of cloud-based services, and as ever more prominent influencers of companies’ IT agendas…

Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Andrew Froehlich.

When it comes to cloud computing options, enterprise IT departments often focus on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) or Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). That’s because, in my experience, IT professionals at large organizations think of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) as something primarily catering to small- and medium-size organizations.

But SaaS indeed can, and does, offer plenty of potential for enterprise customers, as evidenced by the 10 startups we’re exploring here. Our list includes SaaS applications for traditional organizational challenges, such as supply-chain, payroll, sales, recruiting, and company-wide collaboration…