New guidelines for cloud security
The Cloud Security Alliance has introduced the CSA Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), a free, publicly accessible registry that documents the security controls provided by various cloud computing providers. The goal of the offering is to give enterprise IT pros a tool to help them assess the security level of the cloud services they’re considering…
Cloud Computing: David and Goliath Rival Companies
The future is already here and cloud computing is changing shape. Over the next few years the tech industry will become an even more volatile marketplace. The disruption will come from the smaller companies that will be able to adapt faster and grow their market share at the expense of mid- and large-sized companies with the help of cloud computing. That is the pattern of recent years and it is set to continue…
OpenLogic scores $2M for new open PaaS
OpenLogic, a software vendor that helps companies better utilize open source software, is turning its attention toward cloud computing. On Tuesday, it announced $2 million in funding from Pelion Venture Partners, Red Rock Ventures, Appian Ventures, OnCorps, Highway 12 Ventures, Village Ventures and others for a new Platform as a Service offering that lets developers choose from a variety of open source components for building and running applications…
4 Critical Questions About the Cloud
Despite the ever-increasing buzz about cloud computing and its purported operational and economic benefits, insurance executives still have many legitimate questions about the value and security of the cloud computing model. Insurance & Technology has identified four of the most pressing questions — and provides some answers to help CIOs make up their minds…
The Unique Challenges of Cloud Data Security
Recently the news media have covered security breaches at a number of high profile corporate networks, web services and public cloud services. In some of the events, sensitive government and customer data has been exposed by organized groups of hackers. Cryptographic keys have been stolen and exploited to attack government and commercial sites. It has also been reported that some hackers may have used public cloud computing services to launch one or more attacks…
Astadia Announces New CloudMap Consulting Services and Methodology
Astadia, a Cloud computing systems integrator and a top Salesforce.com, Eloqua, Xactly and Informatica partner, today announced CloudMap™, a comprehensive management consulting offering that aligns business strategy, technology and adoption, enabling agile transformation. CloudMap leverages Astadia’s unparalleled global experience, completing over 6,000 engagements since 2002…
Microsoft to cut its low-end Windows Azure cloud pricing
Microsoft is continuing to make adjustments to its pricing for Windows Azure cloud-computing platform in an attempt to win over smaller developers.
Starting October 1, Microsoft is cutting the price of “extra-small compute” by 20 percent, according to an August 15 post on the Windows Azure Team Blog. Microsoft is doing away with the extra-small designation and using “small-compute hours” for all its cloud offerings (while providing those with extra-small hours with an appropriate small-compute-hour equivalent). The company also is allowing users more flexibility in how they allocate their compute hours…
Cloud Service Is a Portent for Enterprise Desktops
Grazed from Internet Evolution. Author: Sean Gallagher.
A day before the 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the personal computer, I was at a Microsoft media event in Washington. Called "The Future of Federal Work," the event was intended to show off Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud-based collaboration and productivity platform in the context of how federal agencies will use it. But the event also offered a look at how Microsoft envisions the future of business computing in general, and what place the PC holds in that future...
TransLattice Partners with Systems Integrator Lowry Computer Products
TransLattice, the distributed application and cloud computing company, today announced that Lowry Computing Products has become its latest systems integrator. Lowry is now able to offer its global customers the advantages of Lattice Computing, the deployment of applications in a geographically distributed manner, providing resilience, easy scaling and improved performance for end users at a lower cost..
Cloud Computing Boosts Virtualization Trend
There was a time, just a few years ago, when the idea of putting databases, ERP, CRM and unified communications systems in virtual environments would’ve made IT administrators break out into a cold sweat. That’s because virtualization was an intriguing but unproven concept at the time, and certainly not a technology one would stake their reputation on — or their job, for that matter…