Cloud Computing’s Hidden Export Regulation Risks
Thousands of Americans export data overseas every day without U.S. government authorizations and don’t even know it. How? By using cloud-computing services, ranging from personal services like Gmail to large-scale enterprise data storage solutions. While cloud-based services have become a valuable tool for improving efficiency, outdated government regulation leaves cloud users exposed.
Here’s an example. Imagine you’re an engineer working for a small firm in Indiana that uses a cloud service for data storage. One day you realize the company’s aluminum valves, used only by U.S. customers, could be improved with a redesigned “butterfly” mechanism. You revise the design specifications on your desktop computer and click “save.” Your company’s cloud provider routes your document to its network’s least burdened location—which happens to be in India—for storage…
Citrix and IT Sligo announce IT education alliance
The Minister for Jobs and Skills Ruairí Quinn TD is launching the Citrix Academy Network at IT Sligo this afternoon. The aim of the network is to equip students from computing programmes at IT Sligo with advanced technical skills so they can pursue IT careers in areas such as virtualisation or cloud computing.
IT Sligo is the first higher education institution in Ireland to join the network. The first 25 students have recently started the course at the institute, while an additional 55 students are expected to begin the accreditation process by the end of the year…
Dell buys AppAssure to boost cloud services
Computer maker Dell Inc. said Friday it bought AppAssure, a company that specializes in remote data storage and computing, as part of Dell’s strategy to press into the field of Internet-based systems known as cloud computing.
Dell did not disclose financial terms of the deal…
Cloud Computing: Old Big Data Cozies Up with New Big Data
Teradata, once famous for massaging huge classical databases so Wal-Mart, say, could stock just so many navy blue whatevers, has teamed up with Hortonworks, the months-old Yahoo-spun off open source Apache Hadoop supporter, so they can push Hadoop-leveraging Big Data analytics together.
The old-line Big Data house already has an alliance with Cloudera, the first-to-market Hadoop commercializer, and if Teradata customers are absolutely positive they want Cloudera’s Hadoop distribution they can get it from Teradata…
A Hybrid Approach to Backup and Recovery in the Cloud
One of the biggest drawbacks to backup and recovery is that the actual process of backing up files and recovering files is time consuming. Add the expense of acquiring the dedicated infrastructure that mostly sits idle and it is little wonder that backup and recovery quickly fall off the IT priority list.
Cloud computing is supposed to solve the expense issue associated with dedicated infrastructure. But making cumbersome backup and recovery processes simpler in the context of the cloud requires a little engineering work. According to Steve Fairbanks, vice president of data management for CA Technologies, that’s what CA Technologies and Microsoft have teamed up to do…
Cloud Security Summit Announced for 2012, Tackling Concept of Identity
User identity is the next big issue in cloud computing safety according to security firm Ping Identity, which recently announced their 2012 Cloud Security Summit in Vail, Colorado. New cloud technology is quickly making legacy security programs that rely on users connecting via hardwired devices increasingly obsolete, and new solutions are needed to not only protect virtual and cloud-stored data, but help redefine the role of business IT for the future…
SMBs Occupy Forefront of Cloud Adoption
Popular opinion holds that cloud computing is a technology area dominated by large enterprises, with a few brave SMBs dipping their toes in and the rest hanging back to see how things develop this year. However, at least one set of data contradicts this belief. Recent research from hosting and cloud services software provider Parallels indicates that SMBs are actually leading the way when it comes to cloud adoption.
According to Parallels data, the US SMB cloud market grew 25% during 2011, increasing to $15.1 billion USD. In addition, SMBs on the “small” end with fewer than 20 employees are at least three times more likely to choose cloud services than on-premise services, and SMBs plan to double the amount of paid cloud applications they purchase in the next three years, with size of SMB determining which applications are critical…
Rackspace considers Australia but needs skills in the UK
Rackspace Hosting is considering setting up a data center in Australia to cater for the Asia Pacific market, but it could have some big challenges ahead with its cloud growth plans if its experience in the UK is anything to go by.
The hosting and cloud computing provider, which set up a data center in the UK last year, is now challenging UK universities to add cloud computing to its curriculum as it faces what it calls a “skills shortage” in the cloud computing space…
SunGard: Cloud Concepts Are ‘In Our DNA’
In the battle for enterprise cloud computing customers, the field includes newer companies that have pioneered cloud technology, as well as established players with deep roots in enterprise IT. And then there are companies that seek to bridge both worlds.
These include SunGard Availability Services, which has been stepping up its push into cloud services. As the leading name in enterprise disaster recovery, SunGard has a lengthy track record in handling valuable mission-critical data for America’s largest companies…
Keynotes From Box, Amazon Web Services, Bromium, Eucalyptus and Straterra Partners to Kick Off Cloud Fair 2012
Leading companies in cloud computing are slated to deliver keynotes, user case studies and hands-on tutorials at Seattle’s newest and largest cloud computing conference.
CloudFair 2012 Cloud Computing Conference and Expo will feature more than 40 sessions and 10 workshops as part of its three-day event at the Sheraton Seattle from April 17 through 19. Selected keynotes and sessions include: …