Security In The Cloud – Maintaining A Secure Environment One of the most prevalent points brought up by skeptics of cloud computing is the integrity of the security for said systems. Different reservations are held against different models of cloud computing, in particular for public clouds. The mere fact that public clouds host environments for multiple organizations and further supply the ability to accommodate multiple tenants for each group give the perception that information stored on such system may be accessible to anyone. The effectiveness of the security of a cloud system relies on several different factors. First and foremost,
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Security In The Cloud – Maintaining A Secure Environment
by cloudtweaks on January 24, 2013
in Backups, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Guest Writers, IT, Security, Storage, Technology
Top 25 European Rising Stars 2012 – LunaCloud
by John on January 11, 2013
in Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Rackspace, Startups, Storage, Technology, Top 10's
Top 25 European Rising Stars 2012 – LunaCloud ……Store Remotely on the Visible Side of the Moon for 2 Cents? How would it feel to work from the visible side of the moon where everything, as visible by the human eye, has stayed the same since time immemorial? At least with LunaCloud, a Portuguese cloud startup, the reality is at hand, for one can deploy remotely and still be sure that the data is visible, not mentioning cheap. If cloud means hardware, infrastructure or servers, then one can understand what LunaCloud is all about. It thrives on managing data machines,
Is Cloud Computing A Threat To Older Tech Companies? Part 1
by cloudtweaks on January 7, 2013
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Microsoft, Rackspace, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends
Is Cloud Computing A Threat To Older Tech Companies? Part 1 Almost exactly a year ago, The Informational Data Corporation (IDC) made some pretty bold predictions regarding the development of a new high-tech industry in the convergence of social networking, and cloud-based computing and data storage. IDC suggested that many industry giants may scramble to maintain relevance in 2012, while some startups would gain leadership positions – part of the technology industry’s fastest transition ever. Today’s major big players may be in trouble if they don’t prepare for change. Spending on the new technologies will reach nearly $700 billion, or
Top 25 European Rising Stars 2012: Nektoon AG
by John on December 26, 2012
in Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Reviews, SaaS, Startups, Storage, Technology
Top 25 European Rising Stars 2012 – Nektoon AG ……Nektoon AG: The Take-it-all Elastic Notebook? Nekton AG is a Swiss startup that operates under its trademark of the Memonic website. Its repertoire of products combines note taking-based and bookmarking-formulated software, syncing all into a cloud environment. The program helps to attach, mark, clip and save pictures, wordings, passages and edits on any authorized piece of literature or art on the web. It might sound an easy account but it takes a bookmarking wizard to isolate the mumbo-jumbo that the World Wide Web serves its surfers, everyday. One also needs high
Top 25 European Rising Stars 2012: Audriga
by John on November 23, 2012
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Lists, SaaS, Security, Technology
Top 25 European Rising Stars: Audriga ……..Audriga says It’s Time to Stop an Email Clog via Its Migration SaaS The German startup, Audriga has not many peers in a business that many have thought does not exist. According to Gartner, transferring an email with all its contents requires $18. Now one considers what it amounts to when an entity not only transfers its staff’s, personal and corporate emails, but does away with one host for another domain provider without losing its data stream. Mind-boggling sums are already forming in the head. Audriga says that it stems the billowing tide of
Solving Problems On The Cloud Part 2: PaaS Adoption Rates Lag Behind SaaS, Again
by don on November 20, 2012
in Amazon, Backups, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, IT, SaaS, Storage, Technology, Trends
Solving Problems On The Cloud Part 2: PaaS Adoption Rates Lag Behind SaaS, Again Continued From Part 1 In the 1920s Gestalt Psychologists developed the concept that by reimagining a difficulty one could solve a problem. This meant restructuring a problem’s components by recasting one’s mental picture. Perhaps this is what’s needed when it comes to PaaS. With advent of the personal computer, the business dynamics of the cloud have long since moved away from its original expectations, but its return to the original vision may arrive sooner than we think. The idea then was a handful of networks running the
How Cloud Computing Companies Make Their Data Centers Hacker-Proof
by Robert on November 13, 2012
in Backups, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Security, Technology, Trends
How Cloud Computing Companies Make Their Data Centers Hacker-Proof Cloud computing naysayers have long cited security and privacy as their number one concerns. While more and more companies are adopting cloud services, many corporations and small businesses are still hesitant to embrace the cloud because of concerns about lax security and hacker attacks. Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon claim to have extremely strong security and have never reported a major security breach. But smaller companies like Dropbox and Zappos have, but the breaches were typically due to internal programming bugs. The question is, should consumers believe that their data
Playing In The Clouds: A Gamer’s New Paradise
by cloudtweaks on October 16, 2012
in Cloud Computing, Computing, Gaming, Host, IT, Technology, Trends
Playing In The Clouds: A Gamer’s New Paradise Long ago and far away, the home game of Pong brought families together around the television that up until then was only accomplished by a celebrity’s death, a monumental speech, or the moon landing. From there, the game console industry began to grow by leaps and bounds. Soon enough, names like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Super Mario became commonplace. As the gaming and game hardware technology advanced, possibilities opened up that could never been imagined—such as multiplayer games, networked gaming, and team conferencing. Cloud gaming, the greatest innovation since World of Warcraft,
