Cloud News, Resources and Information
A prototype system allows companies that use cloud computing services to confirm that their data is safe from others using the same service provider. It can detect with 80 percent accuracy the presence of unauthorized processing on the same server; the rate of false positives is 1 percent. The system will notice both attackers and inappropriate data sharing.
Craig Gentry is creating an encryption system that could solve the problem keeping many organizations from using cloud computing to analyze and mine data: it’s too much of a security risk to give a public cloud provider such as Amazon or Google access to unencrypted data.
With what appears to be limitless storage options, for many the cloud is an attractive proposition. It offers savings to organisations looking to cut down the premium space they need to store data centres, and it can increase efficiency with data and applications shared over the internet. However, with questions still remaining over its security, how can organisations best utilise this exciting resource?
When you board an aeroplane you’re asked to buckle your seat belt and listen to an important safety announcement. The same is true before you propel your data down the runway and jet it into the cloud.
So, what’s in our safety demonstration:
Marketo yesterday announced the appointment of Fergus Gloster as its managing director of Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA). Gloster will be in charge of revenue generation for the cloud computing company’s European operation, which includes sales, marketing, customer success, and renewals. He also will put together the Marketo EMEA team and oversee operations, including all revenue-generating activities.
Cloud hosting startup NephoScale wants to give users an on-ramp to the cloud with a free Cloud Computing and Storage Starter Package to lower the barrier of entry to the cloud and provide cloud newcomers a way to test drive cloud services.
Every year, Technology Review selects the 10 emerging technologies we think have the greatest potential to transform the world. Judging by Web traffic and by newsstand sales of the printed magazine, it is one of our most popular recurring features. But while readers like the 10 technologies, I don’t know if they always understand our choices.
The network has long been king at Interop, the tech conference that will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011. But networking "has fallen behind" over the past couple of years as a new emphasis on cloud computing and virtualization has taken hold, says Interop general manager Lenny Heymann. But now it’s time to put the focus back on the network.
New Zealand has been named as a safe destination for data management after a European Union (EU) report found its data protection law meets international best practice.
A working party said that data management in the country was in line with European requirements in terms of providing an adequate level of data protection, meaning it is a safe destination for businesses to send personal data for processing.
The findings of the report, which do not offer a formal legal binding, will open doors for businesses in New Zealand, according to privacy commissioner Marie Scroff.
The open source OpenStack cloud project is out with a new release this week codenamed ‘Cactus.’
We all know that the cloud can provide cheaper storage than in-house infrastructure, but is it better?
Of course, there are numerous ways to quantify "better," but from an operations standpoint, it wouldn’t hurt to know exactly what you’re getting and what you’re giving up when you sign on the dotted line.