Box.net bumped up security and synchronization on its content management and sharing platform and teamed up with Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Mobility for pre-installation deals at its BoxWorks user conference in San Francisco.
Stephen Lawson | 29 Sep | Read more
One of Canada's largest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democratic_Party">political parties</a> is using cloud-based Salesforce.com in the U.S. to store information about voters and interact with them, but worries that U.S. government snoops could peek at sensitive information under U.S. law prompted the Canadian party to use a strong encryption approach.
Ellen Messmer | 27 Sep | Read more
Security software firm AVG sought to put some more bones on the launch of the new version of its security software product in Prague this week, with the company focusing on mobility and industry initiatives to collectively tackle security threats.
Antony Savvas | 09 Sep | Read more
If your company suffered a data breach, would you know what to do to comply with state, federal and local law? Start-up Co3 Systems is offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application to tackle that unhappy task, tracking how a corporate data-loss incident is handled.
Ellen Messmer | 08 Sep | Read more
The major security vendors have a strong presence at VMworld 2011, VMware Inc.'s [NYSE: VMW] annual user conference. And it's not surprising, given that security remains a top-of-mind concern for many enterprises considering embracing cloud computing.
Jeff Jedras | 02 Sep | Read more
Imagine what would happen if all the Google engineers turned rogue and held the world’s Gmail accounts to ransom. Or if aliens attacked earth and wiped California off the map.
Georgina Swan | 22 Aug | Read more
Some older assumptions about <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> -- such as firewalls are needed for perimeter defense, and we'll all make do with reusable passwords and browser-based SSL connections provide great security -- were once again ripped apart as we heard this week from several individuals who say they simply don't agree.
Ellen Messmer | 20 Aug | Read more
More enterprises will shift data into the Cloud as the service becomes more secure and physical data continues to be compromised, according to Google Apps US director of security, Eran Feigenbaum.
Hamish Barwick | 18 Aug | Read more
Amazon introduced a new cloud service aimed specifically at the United States government this week. Although the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/238276/amazon_boosts_web_services_security_for_government_agencies.html">Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud</a> is targeted at government agencies, there are also some valuable lessons for private sector businesses and IT admins to learn about cloud servers and data storage.
Tony Bradley | 18 Aug | Read more
Another <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/681894/amazon-s-cloud-failed-how-can-your-cloud-be-better-">Amazon cloud-services outage</a> occurred on Sunday, August 7th in a Dublin, Ireland data center. This one occurred due to a lightning strike that hit a transformer near the Dublin data center. It led to an explosion and fire that knocked out all utility services thereby leading to a total data center outage. Amazon had its only European data center located there.
Gregory Machler | 16 Aug | Read more
This is a continuation of the <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/686312/cloud-architecture-questions-to-ask-your-provider-for-reliability">previous cloud deployment article</a> where I created architectural questions that enable a consultant to understand what products are used to support a corporation's top 10 critical applications. Once these product lists are created, it is much easier to map private or public cloud products that can support these same applications.
Gregory Machler | 11 Aug | Read more
Cloud computing seems simple in concept, and indeed, simplicity of operation, deployment and licensing are its most appealing assets. But when it comes to questions of compliance, once you scratch the surface you'll find more questions than you asked in the first place, and more to think about than ever before.
Jim Buchanan | 09 Aug | Read more
For all the talk of Cloud computing, the governance issue remains, for many enterprises, the great unknown. Cloud computing inevitably impacts business processes, making governance vital to managing risk and adapting to take advantage of new opportunities.
Georgina Swan | 08 Aug | Read more
Security, as any vendor will tell you, has proven to be one of the biggest inhibitors for people wanting to adopt public Cloud technology.
Hamish Barwick | 05 Aug | Read more
Vendors come and go and so do organisational requirements. So, what happens when you want to shift your data to another Cloud provider?
Hamish Barwick | 05 Aug | Read more