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With all the talk about cloud computing, a number of questions have arisen about how secure the cloud really is. Personally, I’m not that concerned. If implemented properly, cloud security may actually be better for cybersecurity if but for one reason: we’ve been down this road before.

While some may argue with the specifics, cloud computing is a modern version of the mainframe services that businesses flocked away from a decade or two ago. Now, in a reversal, many are moving to the "cloud," i.e. moving control of their computing efforts from an internal local function to a centralized computing location.

So as companies and the government ponder security in the cloud, it would be worthwhile to look back before recreating a new security regime. Mainframes, in many ways, were inherently secure. There was centralized control and the main challenges were managing user accounts and access control. These are easy challenges, especially in an distributed network environment when a mainframe has to assess whether users are who they say they are — identification and authentication tools are critical…

DynamicOps, pioneer of the Operations Virtualization(TM) platform that enables unified cloud automation and management, today announced that Networks Product Guide, a leading technology research and advisory guide, has named DynamicOps as a finalist for the 7th Annual 2012 Best Products Award in the "Cloud Computing" category. These industry and peer awards honor achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners will be announced in Las Vegas on May 8, 2012.

"It’s an honor to be named a finalist by Network Products Guide for this industry and peer award," said Rich Bourdeau, VP of Marketing, DynamicOps. "This further validates the need for a solution that enables fast deployment and easy management of private and hybrid clouds, and the unique value that DynamicOps brings to the market."…

IT professionals in educational institutions and government agencies need to be confident that the data they move to the cloud will be secure and that the systems safeguarding that data are reliable. At the Cloud Computing in the Public Sector Conference, to be held in Miami on April 16-17, Infinitely Virtual CEO Adam Stern will explore how public sector organizations can ensure high-level security and reliability as they increase their investment in cloud-based IT operations.

Infinitely Virtual is a leading provider of virtual server cloud computing services and a strong proponent of advanced security and backup in cloud computing systems…

Heirloom Computing, the Silicon Valley software company with a mission to enable existing applications to seamlessly participate in cloud computing infrastructures, today announced the availability of its ELPaaS platform.

Developers can start using ELPaaS today for free by signing up at www.elpaas.com. With ELPaaS, developers can create a fully-managed development and deployment environment in just a few minutes. ELPaaS uses Heirloom’s Elastic COBOL IDE (www.elasticcobol.com), which can run "as-a-Service" or on-premise, to quickly package, publish & deploy applications to their choice of target clouds…

Cloud Computing is on everybody’s lips these days and we are bombarded with geek arguments telling us why we should use this technology to run our businesses. Many of us wonder what it’s all about, this cloud computing?

The answers are often not compelling. Why do I need 600 trillion megabyte storage and what is it anyway? My answer to these numbers — who cares?

Here are a few reasons to think about business cloud computing:

Start Your Business in 60 Seconds. That is how long it takes to sign up to business cloud computing providers. Another 10 minutes later and you’ll be sending out bills or quotes using your own domain name…