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Cloud Security: Fears And Challenges

by cloudtweaks on August 28, 2012

in Backups, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Computing, Host, How to, IT, Performance, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends

Cloud Security: Fears And Challenges Recent studies have shown that more than 60% of IT managers admit to security as the main stumbling block to their integration of cloud computing, with data protection and a perceived lack of regulation being their chief concerns. In another global study by IBM that involved more than 500 IT managers, it showed that 77% of businesses fear that cloud computing will necessitate privacy trade-offs, and 50% feared data breaches. Another 23% fear that cloud computing threatens corporate security. But really, the challenges facing cloud computing can be categorized into three; data protection, user authentication

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Is My Public Cloud Too Public? Part 3

by cloudtweaks on May 18, 2012

in Backups, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Host, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends

Is My Public Cloud Too Public? Part 3 Continued From Part 2 Backup and Recovery The backup and recovery policies and procedures of a cloud service may be superior to those of the organization and, if copies are maintained in diverse geographic locations, may be more robust. In many circumstances, data maintained within a cloud can be more available, faster to restore, and more reliable than that maintained in a traditional datacenter. Under such conditions, cloud services could also serve as a means for offsite backup storage for an organization’s datacenter in lieu of more traditional tape-based offsite storage. Data

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