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Grazed from Network Computing.  Author: Neil Roiter.

An overwhelming majority of organizations, 90%, use encryption for data security and systems authentication, according to a survey of security practices conducted on behalf of enterprise key and certificate management firm Venafi. Moreover, the survey showed strong overall security programs in the majority of organizations.

In terms of overall security practice, well over half the organizations surveyed have formal management policies and procedures in place in all eight areas designated by the survey: change, patch, vulnerability, encryption key, IP address, server traffic, network and configuration management.

Grazed from Network Computing.  Author: Steve Wexler.

A new non-profit organization has been created to drive open standards in cloud computing. Launched at the OSCON 2011 Open Source Convention, the Open Cloud Initiative (OCI) published the Open Cloud Principles (OCP) document to ensure user freedoms without impeding the ability of providers to do business. Open for review for the next 30 days, the OCP calls for "multiple full, faithful and interoperable implementations," with at least one of which being open source.

Grazed from Forbes.  Author: Ray Wang.

An early investor in SnapLogic, Gaurav joined as CEO in 2009 when he saw the tremendous potential for the company’s cloud and on-premise integration products, strategy, and unique business model. Gaurav has spearheaded the rapid growth of the company and manages its financing, products, strategic relationships, and operations…

Grazed from ZD Net.   Author:  Eliot Muir.

Despite widespread adoption of cloud-based solutions by most industries, the healthcare industry has been slow to embrace cloud computing. While this slow adoption is partially due to concerns about safeguarding confidential patient information and compliance with key regulations such as HIPAA, many healthcare IT departments are simply burdened with outdated legacy systems and feel overwhelmed with the prospect of supporting yet another standard or protocol.

If these obstacles can be overcome, cloud computing solutions can bring tremendous benefits to healthcare organizations as well as help them improve patient care and reduce overall healthcare costs.

Grazed from CRN.  Author: Andrew R. Hickey.

CA Technologies’ recent cloud assault has given way to a host of new products aimed at service providers and enterprise cloud users, many taking pieces from the multiple cloud-focused acquisitions CA has made in the past two years.

CA’s massive cloud push was kicked into high gear Wednesday with the launch of 10 new and enhanced cloud-specific products, and a new partner program for service providers to get them fully immersed in the cloud game.

Grazed from CRN.  Author: Andrew R. Hickey.

A consortium of cloud and academic leaders released a set of recommendations this week that it says will aid the transition of the federal government to cloud computing technologies.

The group also released a buyer’s guide with recommendations and best practices for federal government agencies making the move to the cloud.

Grazed from Computer Weekly.  Author: Adrian Bridgwater.

Previously famed as a darling of the ‘box-shifting desktop’ market, Dell appears to be putting its boldest foot forward yet in the cloud solution space. This week sees the company launch what the company says is the "first available" cloud solution offering based on the OpenStack platform.

The launch of the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution is being presented as a major play on the road to further advancing the adoption of the OpenStack open source Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) technology.