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Pertino, a virtual networking solution for the cloud era, is moving a step closer to emerging from stealth with the appointments of Todd Krautkremer as vice president of marketing and Tony Wilder as vice president of operations.

"We believe the wide-area networking (WAN) is the next infrastructure to be revolutionized by the cloud and network virtualization," said Craig Elliott, CEO of Pertino. "The way organizations commute, compute and collaborate is being transformed by the cloud and mobility, yet WANs have remained essentially unchanged for the last decade. It’s time to reimagine and reinvent business networking and we have assembled a team of proven technology leaders and innovators with experience spanning cloud, networking, mobile and security to do just that."

Grazed from PRNewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.

Splunk Inc., the leading provider of software for real-time operational intelligence, and CloudShare, the leading provider of pre-production cloud for dev and test, demos and POCs, will take the stage together at next week’s VMworld® 2012 to discuss how the Splunk App for VMware is helping CloudShare gain deep insight into its infrastructure performance, customer trends, and business metrics.

The session titled, "How a Cloud Computing Provider Reached the Holy Grail of Visibility" will take place Wednesday, Aug. 29 from 4 – 5 p.m. (PT) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Leena Joshi, director of solutions marketing at Splunk, and Elad Gotfrid, director of IT at CloudShare, will share best practices on managing and monitoring CloudShare’s dynamic SaaS environment with Splunk and the Splunk App for VMware…

Grazed from DataCenter Knowledge. Author: Rich Miller.

Joyent is ready to expand its cloud platform, and is tapping the Platform Equinix network of data centers to do it. Joyent said today that it has deployed servers in Equinix data centers in northern Amsterdam and northern Virginia, and plans to add equipment at an Equinix site in Asia later this year.

Joyent has focused on superior application speed as a key selling point and a differentiator with other cloud computing services. Deploying equipment at Equinix allows Joyent to directly connect to a dynamic ecosystem of customers, business partners and networks. By deploying its platform in close proximity to customers, Joyent said it will virtually eliminate latency for customers with high-performance mobile and web applications…

Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Barb Darrow.

NetApp is working with Fusion-io to make server-side flash a resource for storing “hot” data. The company said its Flash Accel software can boost application performance up to 90 percent in some cases.

NetApp, a leading maker of storage appliances, now wants to manage third-party storage, including server-side flash from Fusion-io. And that’s what it’s doing with its new Flash Accel software.

This is just the latest push by storage makers to reach out beyond their own islands of data center hardware to manage and administer third party products in a more holistic fashion…

Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Joe McKendrick.

There’s a lot of concern, much of justified, about the fate of IT jobs as cloud computing gains traction.At one extreme, some analysts predict much of IT will move outside the organization.

But maybe cloud means more opportunities than it takes away.

Evolven’s Syed Raza and Martin Perlin did a great job pulling together the top ways cloud computing is changing IT employment opportunities. Pulling information and analysis from various sites (including some from yours truly), Raza and Perlin paint of picture of great opportunity — not decline — for IT as clouds become the de facto form of enterprise computing…

Grazed from WestLaw Insider. Author: Daniel Garrie.

So what is cloud computing? Cloud computing is a general term for the delivery of hosting and other services over the Internet. Instead of storing data locally, the data and data applications are stored remotely, with access to the data provided via the Internet (the “cloud” in “cloud computing”).

Whatever the specific form, the singular characteristic of cloud computing is separation of the computer hardware from the service. The major advantage of a cloud computing solution is its elasticity- the consumer is charged by use, can make as little or as much use of the service as desired, and need not purchase, maintain, or upgrade any computer hardware…

Grazed from WestLaw Insider. Author: Daniel Garrie.

In my last post, we began exploring the landscape of cloud computing and several considerations that attorneys should be aware of before putting data in the cloud. In this second post in the series we will look specifically at choosing a data hosting provider, implementation, and security.

Many hosting services exist, so it is important to take the time to compare the services and security offered by each. By turning hosting duties over to a third-party, you lose control over the security of your data, as some or all of those security and protection duties devolve to the hosting company. Not all “clouds” are the same, and you should understand the security parameters and limitations of your particular cloud. This is a time when it is important to read the fine print before hitting the “Accept” button…

Grazed from WestSide Lawyer. Author: Daniel Garrie.

In the last blog post, I discussed the importance of research when choosing a data hosting provider, the potential difficulties of implementation, and cloud-computing security. In this post I will explore the implications of unsearchable cloud-based data on litigation and the worst case scenario – the unexpected exodus of your cloud operator.

Cloud-based operations have many benefits, including ease of accessibility and sharing. However, when it comes time to produce relevant information in the cloud, it is important that counsel understand that the information that sits in the cloud is not all necessarily searchable. In some instances the cloud lacks the necessary search component required to search and retrieve that data. For example, the information may be stored in a unique format proprietary to the client that is not recognized by the cloud. This in turn means that a client may find it impossible to readily access that information…

Grazed from WestLaw Insider. Author: Daniel Garrie.

In the last installment, I discussed the implications of unsearchable cloud-based data on litigation and the unexpected disappearance of your cloud operator. In this final installment on the cloud, I will discuss the privilege issues, hidden costs, and data formatting problems that may present themselves when using the cloud.

Cloud-based systems present novel privilege issues. All privileges are founded on restricted access. Should privileged information be shared with a third-party, the privilege vanishes. Usually, privilege is readily maintained because a company’s sensitive information remains in-house in the company, until it is shared with outside counsel to whom the privilege still applies as part of the litigation…

Grazed from The Lowell Sun. Author: Norm Morin.

Password security is a big issue with cloud computing.

Mat Honan, "Gadget Lab" columnist for Wired magazine, found out the hard way that cloud computing has some issues that should be considered before you put trust in the cloud. If you would like to read Mat’s detailed account of the situation, check out http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/

Mat had been depending upon the cloud to preserve and manage his data. Everything was fine until hackers decided to play with his digital presence. If Mat was only digital, he would have been completely erased…