Clouds Are Like Buses: Public Isn’t Always Better
Windows 8 Proves Web Apps Are the Future of Computing
The next version of the Windows OS will run on everything from phones and tablets to desktop PCs, and it will feature, front and center, apps built in HTML5, CSS, and Javascript.
Which are precisely the technologies used to build apps that run in the Web browser.
Tapping Quantum Effects for Software that Learns
Hacker attacks threaten cloud computing
The recent high-profile hacking of Google’s Gmail service and Sony’s Playstation gaming network is threatening to slow the take-off of the next big thing in the computing space – the cloud.
Computer companies will need to collaborate to work on addressing security issues to boost confidence in cloud computing, where data and software is stored on servers and accessed via the Internet, especially in the corporate space where the potential market size is much larger than the retail space…
For Many, Cloud Plans Still in Ramp-up Phase
Like a lot of folks, I’ve been trying to understand what cloud skills really are. As Laurent Lachal, senior analyst at Ovum, told silicon.com:
Don’t tell the IT guy: Rogue cloud services on the rise
Avanade, the Seattle-based technology consulting company, this week released the results of its third global survey on cloud computing — finding that more and more companies are replacing on-site servers and internal tech operations with cloud-based services.
Making the Case for Security
Major corporations have made serious mistakes with information security recently, resulting in spectacular failures to protect business and customer records. After years of warnings, why do so many businesses still fail to deal properly with this issue? Eugene H. Spafford, a professor of computer science at Purdue University who frequently advises government, law enforcement, and big companies, has some ideas. He spoke with technology journalist Brian Krebs for Technology Review.
Government denies G-Cloud cancellation claims
The Cabinet Office has denied claims the government has canned its G-Cloud project.
Nick Wilson, managing director of HP UK, is reported as saying the coalition dropped the cloud initiative in favour of a datacentre consolidation plan.
A spokesman from the Cabinet Office said: "We absolutely deny this is the case." The spokesman added he was unable to discuss whether the strategy is to concentrate on datacentre consolidation.
How can businesses be secure and successful in cyberspace?
Cybersecurity experts agree the only way for business to be 100% safe from cyber attacks is to shut down all electronic connections, but no business could operate that way. The challenge facing most businesses, in the light of growing cyber threats, is to be secure and succeed in cyberspace. So what’s needed?
Technological controls play a role, but that is not the most important element and certainly not the starting point, according to panellists who took part in a debate on the topic at the EastWest Institute’s Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in London.