Who’s Afraid of the Cloud? In a previous article, A Brave New Cloud Computing World: How do You Transition From Traditional IT to Cloud Computing? I have started to discuss how the cloud has a massive impact on the IT infrastructure industry and services. Of course, the shift towards computing as a service means great changes for the industry and the professionals working within it, and especially for the enterprise IT infrastructure sector. Recently, I have been reading a very interesting piece of research from the Info-Tech Research Group called “Is the Cloud the End of Infrastructure?” and the title
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US Cyber Command Chief Gives Cloud Computing Security His Vote of Confidence Even as cloud computing advances by leaps and bounds, security concerns remain. This issue has been addressed time and again by me in several articles. Even supporters of the cloud maintain that unless these problems are resolved, universal adoption will remain a dream. Here are some older articles dealing with security on the cloud: 1. What Bromium’s Funding Means for Cloud Security 2. Health Care’s Reservations about Cloud Computing 3. Are Cloud Computing Service Providers Shirking Responsibility On Security? 4. What Effect Will the Epsilon Data Theft have on Cloud Computing? 5. Which
Akamai Appoints Frederic Moraillon as Asia Pacific Japan Marketing VP Frederic Moraillon takes on new role at Akamai to drive branding, marketing, and lead generation activities in Asia Pacific Japan. SINGAPORE – November 16, 2011 – Akamai Technologies Pte. Ltd. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing userexperiences on any device, anywhere, has appointed Frederic Moraillon as Vice President of Marketing for Asia Pacific Japan (APJ). Based in Singapore and reporting to Sanjay Singh, Vice President for Asia Pacific Japan at Akamai, Frederic is responsible for driving overall branding, field marketing and public relations functions
Best Cloud Computing Apps You’ve Never Heard Of This article’s title may arguably mislead you. Cloud connoisseurs will express familiarity with one app featured here. And even your grandmother has heard of yet another. But no matter where you are in your grasp of cloud computing, you should find something new here to inspire you – maybe even warm your heart. Amanda/Zmanda. Let’s start with its name: we can’t think of any other app whose title arrested our attention as quickly as this did. Maybe it’s the A-through-Z allusion therein, or its gentle rhyme: whatever the source of its attraction
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Top 5 Fresh New Ways to Use Cloud Computing Hype about the cloud continues to rage. But equally furious is the demand to know how exactly to implement its assets. Here are a few ideas on how to wield cloud computing, from crumbs to canines. Save money on Europe. To be honest, this is a task limited to fairly big players in business. Europe has been slow to welcome cloud computing into its protectionist climate. This holds especially true in the European Union, where private information of individuals is held under a digital lock and key. Such legal boundaries chafe
