Author: David

February 3, 2011 Off

Permanent General Moves E-Mail Archiving to the Cloud

By David
Grazed from Insurance and Technology.  Author: Anne Rawland Gabriel.

During a routine business continuity review in mid-2008, Permanent General Assurance Corp. determined that its e-mail safeguards were insufficient. "Our disaster recovery strategy for 600 e-mail users was performing time-consuming daily and weekly tape backups," recalls Ernie Clapp, Permanent General’s manager of network services. "We needed to modernize our strategy as well as update our archiving policies to address the new e-discovery landscape."

February 2, 2011 Off

Dell releases Ubuntu-powered cloud servers

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author:  Joab Jackson.

Dell has released two servers in the US that have been customized to run Ubuntu-based cloud services, the company announced Wednesday.

Dell has outfitted its PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers with Canonical’s Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), an implementation of the Eucalyptus private cloud software that runs on the Ubuntu Server Edition operating system.

February 1, 2011 Off

Mozy’s to remove unlimited cloud storage offer

By David
Grazed from ComputerWorld.  Author: Lucas Mearian.

Facing consumers with an appetite for cloud storage that has increased 50% over the past year, the world’s largest consumer online storage provider said on Monday that it will no longer offer unlimited storage and will increase fees for the limited online storage it’s now selling.

While Mozy may be among the first to change its pricing model for consumers, one industry analyst said most other providers will soon be forced to follow suit.

February 1, 2011 Off

Verizon to buy cloud provider for $US1.4 billion

By David
Grazed from IT Wire.  Author: Stephen Withers.

An agreement between Verizon and Terremark will see the communications company make and offer for all the latter’s shares for $US19.00 per share, a premium of35% above the previous closing price.

Three shareholders (with a total of 27.6% of Terremark shares) have agreed to tender their holdings, and the deal has the unanimous support of the Terremark board. The offer will run from February 10 to February 17.

February 1, 2011 Off

SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS: A security checklist for cloud models

By David
Grazed from CSOOnline.  Author: Mark O’Neill.

How does security apply to Cloud Computing? In this article, we address this question by listing the five top security challenges for Cloud Computing, and examine some of the solutions to ensure secure Cloud Computing.

February 1, 2011 Off

Master data management ‘makes information more effective’

By David
Grazed from Experian QAS.  Author: Neil Hill.

Improved efficiency and opportunities for analysis are just two of the reasons why a company might benefit from master data management, according to one expert.

Madan Sheina, lead analyst at Ovum, explained how a strategy might take some time and effort to introduce, but the rewards include more control over an enterprise’s operations, the Computing website reports.

The expert points out that some decision makers might not understand exactly what is required from data management tools, but the chance to deduplicate and remove old information is not one to be missed.

January 31, 2011 Off

NIST guide tackles security challenges of public cloud computing

By David
Grazed from Government Computer News.  Author: William Jackson.

Cloud computing is an increasingly popular but evolving paradigm that presents challenges to security along with its promises of greater efficiency and flexibility. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has proposed guidelines for addressing these challenges, together with a concise definition of cloud computing.