Virtualization technologies can help enable better security and control in cloud computing environments, RSA chief Art Coviello said today. In a keynote address at the RSA Security Conference here, Coviello struck an optimistic tone on cloud security issues. While he...
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Feb 17, 2011
Businesses seem to have accepted that cloud computing leads to lower IT costs, and it’s true that many companies experience some savings in switching to the cloud. Yet, the total cost of ownership for most is still up to 50% more than it should be. Here’s why....
Feb 16, 2011
The Obama Administration has no doubts about the benefits of cloud computing. They have touted the benefits of a cloud strategy that  can deliver as a technology solution, including speed, flexibility and cost-efficiency. They know the decision to shift to a cloud...
Feb 15, 2011
Doing business with a cloud provider necessarily means cooperating with a third party on some level in terms of data security. Sharing information does not come naturally to many security organizations, but working most effectively with a cloud provider requires a...
Feb 14, 2011
One of the most interesting things we encounter when my consulting company works with clients is their reaction to the infrastructure architectures of cloud providers. When we explain that they achieve robustness by keeping multiple copies of data on commodity...
Feb 11, 2011
Amazon.com (AMZN) Vice-President James Hamilton's schooling in computer data centers started under the hood of a Lamborghini Countach. Fixing luxury Italian autos in British Columbia while in his 20s taught Hamilton, 51, valuable lessons in problem solving, forcing...
Feb 11, 2011
San Antonio-based Rackspace Hosting Inc. reported that its profit jumped nearly 50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared with the same quarter a year earlier, the strongest showing since the company went public in 2008. Profit at the hosting and cloud...
Feb 10, 2011
EMC is betting that its VMware virtualization platform will ride a strong wave of hybrid cloud deployments to drive robust business growth in 2011. Joe Tucci, EMC’s CEO and chairman, repeatedly emphasized the company’s positioning in cloud computing during an analyst...
Feb 9, 2011
Over the course of too many years, I've said that you can't make a user interface that's too easy for users. But cloud-based software vendors have essentially done just that. System setup is now deceptively simple, and too many sales pitches tell stories of how users...
Feb 7, 2011
1. Get smart Before making a move into the cloud, get educated on the principles and definitions of cloud computing, advises Johan Goossens, head of NATO's Allied Command Transformation's (ACT) Technology & Human Factors Branch in Norfolk, Va. "We started in the...
