How the Cloud Will Displace Human Trust
Author: Mike Gault
Hard to believe that Microsoft’s cloud storage service, SkyDrive, came out of beta testing way back in 2008, yet it is just starting to get some significant media attention the last 12 months or so. Read more
Protecting Sensitive Information in the Cloud
Author: David Canellos
Gartner recently published a report that highlights a trend that we have been experiencing over the past few years, namely, the growing number of enterprises wrestling with cloud data security, cloud compliance, and cloud data residency issues associated with storing and processing sensitive information in SaaS cloud applications. Gartner estimates that by 2016, 25% of enterprises will secure access to cloud-based services using what they term a Cloud Access Security Broker platform and that these platforms will reduce the cost of securing access by 30%. Based on what we have seen from our clients, I think the cost savings are a low estimate. Read more
Mobile Development Platform AnyPresence Debuts with Strong Enterprise Ties.
Author: Anthony Myers
More and more enterprise companies are cluing into the importance of mobile app development platforms and ecosystems, and new player AnyPresence just might have the right mix of security and agility for many businesses.
AnyPresence just raised over US$ 5 million in funding for its push into the enterprise, but because its founders are former SAP and Oracle executives, there is already plenty of familiarity with what businesses are likely to need. Read more
HP Delivers Innovations to Power Cloud Computing
Author: FINCHANNEL.com
The FINANCIAL — HP announced new virtualization software solutions that simplify, automate and secure the movement of virtual machines and data in cloud environments, providing clients with increased agility for addressing dynamic market opportunities. Read more
A pulse check on enterprise cloud computing’s net effect on IT jobs
Author: Karen Goulart,
For CIO George Reed, having the right enterprise cloud computing skills in his data center is a matter of life and death. No, really.
Reed is the CIO of Seven Corners Inc., a privately held global travel insurance provider in Carmel, Ind. Each day any number of the company’s 220,000 policy holders around the world could be calling on Seven Corners through its Web portals for help in a crisis. That’s in addition to the 15,000 medical providers and eight insurance carriers who knock at the insurance provider’s portal doors. All of them have to be able to securely access what they need, anytime from anywhere. Read more
Microsoft Rolls Out Major Update of SkyDrive Cloud Storage
Author: Chris Preimesberger
Hard to believe that Microsoft’s cloud storage service, SkyDrive, came out of beta testing way back in 2008, yet it is just starting to get some significant media attention the last 12 months or so. Read more