How Hackers Are Getting Inside Help There are more people today aware of the security risks they expose themselves and their companies during their regular internet activities than there have ever been before. The media has made it clear to all internet users just how often and easily their online privacy is threatened and each time some of the best and most common security measures have been detailed. And yet many of the same users that do feel threatened will ignore the most basic security features just to enjoy the fun of online shopping. According to a survey by ISACA, non-profit IT association, 90%
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How Hackers Are Getting Inside Help
by Luchi on December 6, 2012
in Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, News, Security, Technology, Trends
The New Cloud Academia: What If Future Graduates Never Saw A Classroom?
by John on October 10, 2012
in Business, Certification, Cloud Computing, Computing, Education, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends
The New Cloud Academia: What If Future Graduates Never Saw A Classroom? As technology gets more personal and remote connectivity becomes more of a necessity, one-on-one coercions between people are slowly ebbing. The future may look bleak for inter-personal meetings like that between teachers and students in a typical classroom. But it holds a synergy that is highly appropriate for the contemporary hi-tech generation. One of the leading arguments that pro-micro-learning advocates cite is that the fight for mandatory education should go to what learners love most: the mobile, the computer and the social networks. This will bring even more
Mobile Technology And Globalization
by cloudtweaks on August 3, 2012
in Cloud Computing, Computing, ipad, Mobile, Storage, Technology
Mobile Technology and Globalization Mobile technology did not only improve business but it also transformed personal relationships. Technology is one of the leading factors in the evolution of globalization. But how exactly does mobile technology enable globalization? Here are a few facts. To begin with, I would like to point out something that may seem obvious but helps achieve a better understanding of the globalization process enabled by mobile devices. Today, the use of the mobile phone is closely related to the use of other modern communication technologies such as the computer, the Internet and e-mail. Technology has evolved to
Social Cloud: Oracle Continues To Expand In The Cloud
by Emma on July 18, 2012
in Apps, Big Data, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Social networks, Startups, Technology
Oracle Continues To Expand: Buys Involver Buzz Buzz We have gone through the massive cloud computing crazy rather unharmed by everything. Cloud computing is the rage when it comes to just about every aspect of business. From the personal level cloud computing has been more of just giant storage for your typical at home user. To help change this view and to expend into everyone’s living room around the globe and they have been doing this by merging cloud computing with Social media. Today’s new buzz word fraise, social cloud networking. Oracle has really jumped in feet first in this
IT 3.0 Manifesto – The Cloud Service Movement
by cloudtweaks on August 30, 2011
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends, White Papers
IT 3.0 Manifesto – The Cloud Service Movement This white paper explores how to get started with this powerful, new approach to IT collaboration and support. How did IT find itself so far removed from the essence of true service and support? Frankly, not many would disagree that IT has always been a bit distracted by shiny new technology, the nuance of process definition or the fruitless exercise of aligning IT to the business. The time has come for IT to take the good things learned during the last few decades and refocus it all on helping people. To get
Top 25 European Cloud Computing Rising Stars: BlueTeach
by kiril on March 22, 2011
in Cloud Computing, Computing, Education, Google Cloud, Lists, Social networks, Startups, Technology, Video
BlueTeach Aims To Revolutionize Person-to-person Learning In The Cloud Founded in 2009 and based in Paris, France, BlueTeach employs only seven professionals but already has a customer base calculated in thousands of users worldwide. The company self-describes its service as a knowledge sharing community in the Cloud and competes with services like eduFire and Livemocha to attract customers who are eager to gain new knowledge or provide tutoring services. The service, located at www.blueteach.com, requires only a web browser to run and no additional set-up of software or hardware is involved. Actually, it is a virtual classroom, called Eclass, featuring
Cloud Audio Platform Service 'SoundCloud' Partners with 'ThingLink'
by cloudtweaks on March 14, 2011
in Apps, Blogs, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Images, Music, Press Release, SaaS, Storage, Technology, Tools
ThingLink and SoundCloud Announce Innovative Collaboration of Technologies that adds Sound and Music to Images March 14, 2011 (San Francisco, CA) — ThingLink, the provider of image interaction tools, and SoundCloud, the fast-growing audio platform, today announced an innovative collaboration of technologies that enables anyone to add sound and music directly to their images. For the first time, it is possible to link a SoundCloud waveform player to any photo or picture, thereby connecting the subject to sounds, music and effects, voice annotations and narrations. This collaboration means that SoundCloud’s more than three million registered audio creators will be able
Information Security Professionals Need New Skills to Secure Cloud-based Technologies, Study Warns
by kiril on February 18, 2011
in Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Security, Technology, Trends
Information Security Professionals Need New Skills to Secure Cloud-based Technologies, Study Warns More than 70 percent of information security professionals admit they need new skills to properly secure cloud-based technologies, a survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan and sponsored by (ISC)2 revealed. The 2011 (ISC)2 Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS) is based on a survey of more than 10,000 (2400 in EMEA) information security professionals worldwide and some of its findings are alarming, including the fact that a growing number of technologies being widely adopted by businesses are challenging information security executives and their staffs. The widespread use of
