Use of Cloud Services, Mobile Gadgets Raise Security Concerns
Grazed from Adotas. Author: Kristi Carter.
Just about everyone has seen advertisements for cloud computing services and most people can even recognize the blue cloud-shaped symbol that symbolizes it. However, not many people understand how it works. In a nutshell, cloud computing is a complicated infrastructure that allows end-users to sync and organize their personal data (movies, contacts, emails, etc.) with multiple devices.
In essence, your personal cloud (a computing service model that is protected by a firewall and only available to a select number of users in an organization) connects to a public cloud (a computing service model that provides service to the general public or anyone on the web). Companies like Azaleos, a managed service company, realize that these connections can be vulnerable to attacks and have developed systems to secure private clouds so no one can gain access without your permission…
In order to gain the flexibility and efficiency of virtual environments, organizations are migrating IT operations from on-premise, hardware-defined application silos to virtual, software-defined cloud computing platforms. Today, however, IT departments are struggling to manage the scope, scale and complexity of inflexible storage infrastructures in data-driven enterprise. The migration to the cloud, and its agility, elasticity and reliability can best be achieved through software that abstracts out hardware resources, pools it into aggregate capacity, and enables automation to allocate resources as needed by applications.
Efficiency, automation, and availability are some of the key benefits of cloud computing. However, many organizations may not be able to take advantage of these benefits due to concerns with regulatory compliance and security risks such as provider access to tenant data.
Designed to address the operational challenges businesses face in building, operating, staffing and measuring a high-functioning IT organization, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, at VMworld® 2012 today announced new Cloud Ops Intellectual Property (IP) and advisory, transformation and education services. VMware’s Cloud Ops IP helps IT transition to a new operating model for cloud computing that promises to accelerate delivery of new business value and innovation.
Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced release 2.2 of the Unisys Secure Private Cloud Solution. The new release strengthens the solution’s automated cloud management capabilities with an exceptional level of protection to help clients address a persistent concern: how to secure critical business information in a cloud environment.
VMware (VMW) is set to join OpenStack, a cloud computing software project that was spearheaded by Rackspace Hosting (RAX) and space agency NASA. More than 150 companies have joined the OpenStack software initiative, which freely licenses open-source programming code for software that runs servers in data centers.
Maginatics on Monday at VMworld 2012 in San Francisco rolled out MagFS, a software-based storage platform that combines on-premises storage with cloud storage and supports a variety of endpoint devices such as PCs, tablets, and smartphones.
A10 Networks™, the technology leader in Application Networking, today announced the aCloud ecosystem initiative based on its AX Series Application Delivery Controller (ADC) platform. The aCloud initiative consists of a combination of AX ADC form factors and management tools for Cloud Service Providers, enabling them to create elastic pay-as-you grow environments and billing infrastructures.
LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled its next-generation V-Series zero client cloud monitor (model CAV42K), which adds the Teradici Tera2 chipset, putting it at the forefront of cloud computing performance. During this week’s VMworld 2012 global virtualization conference (booth 939), LG is demonstrating 10 cloud monitors, highlighted by the new V-Series.
Savvis, a CenturyLink company (NYSE: CTL) and leader in global cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced details of its new Savvis Enterprise Cloud Ecosystem Program, which brings additional flexibility to Savvis’ enterprise cloud computing environment through partnerships with innovative cloud technology providers.