Category: News

Grazed from Inquirer Technology.  Author: Raquel P. Gomez.

People are only just starting to understand new technological trends such as virtualization and cloud computing, when along comes a phenomenon called “Big Data.”

That trend doesn’t really focus on burgeoning content or data encouraged by all those cloud activities. Big Data is all about tools and processes that allow organizations to manage and analyze very large data sets that yield insights from which the business may profit…

Grazed from Federal Times.  Author: David Blankenhorn.

With the advent of cloud technology, the archaic model of information technology asset acquisition based on the "I have a new application, so I will acquire a new, dedicated server" men-tality will need to give way to the concept of applications not being tied to specific servers. Cloud computing is based on the premise that IT is managing elastic and pooled IT resources and services from which agencies can rapidly procure IT services, scale them up or down as needed, and release them when finished…

Grazed from eQuick News.  Author: Jessie Taplin.

Q1. What iѕ Cloud Computing? (Slightly obvious but onе whісh wе should reаllу start with)

A. Cloud Computing is, іn basic terms, computing over thе internet. It аllоwѕ yоu tо access your e-mail, documents, software, even yоur desktop оn line, so іt’ѕ likе having a virtual computer. This means уou can work from anywherе – yоur office, уour home, а hotel, a cafe, basically anуwhere thаt hаѕ an internet connection…

Grazed from Federal Computer Week.  Author: John Edwards.

The high-profile security breaches the Defense Department has suffered in the past couple of years highlight the wide range of threats it faces — from the disgruntled soldier who gave secret documents to WikiLeaks to the state-sponsored hackers suspected in the recent theft of 24,000 files related to new weapons systems…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author:  Maureen O’Gara.

Out to get its share of the shrinking federal gravy train, Amazon Web Services Tuesday came up with AWS GovCloud, which it claims is safe enough for Washington and its legion of contractors to run "more sensitive" workloads on by resolving at least some of the regulatory and compliance issues that have restrained them from using the cloud before…

Grazed from Sys Con Media.  Author: Maureen O’Gara.

After shedding its stealth cocoon back in the spring when it announced it got a $13.2 million A round, two-year-old Nutanix finally launched its Google-like Complete Cluster on Tuesday.

It’s supposed to make virtualization simple and cheap…

Grazed from Financial Times.  Author: Daryl Plummer.

Governing cloud computing is like herding a group of cats; you think you’re in control until one of them decides it’s time for you to pet it, feed it or suffer its wrath.

Cloud services, like cats, are hard things to control. This is mainly because the service provider has all the power, and the service consumer has much of the risk. But there are ways to approach governance in the cloud that yield good results, instead of just hairballs and claws…

Grazed from Network World.  Author: Dave Keams.

There were a couple of announcements made at last month’s Catalyst conference that I meant to draw to your attention but other things got in the way. Both are relevant to enterprise cloud-based computing so I’ll talk about both today…

Grazed from Government Computer News.  Author: Editorial Staff.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to develop resilient cloud services that would continue to operate and support military objectives despite being hit by a cyberattack, according to a report by InformationWeek.

The project, called the Mission-oriented Resilient Clouds (MRC) initiative, aims to ensure the military cloud infrastructure is secure and able to withstand an attack capable of taking pieces of the network out of commission.