At the RSA conference this week, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) held a half-day summit which served as the venue for the global introduction of several research projects, including research on governance, cloud security reference architectures and cloud-specific computer security incident response teams. The emphasis of the conference on cloud computing security indicates the importance…
U.S. President Obama’s proposed 2012 Federal budget included proposals to improve the inefficiencies in government data centers. The Obama administration asserted that cloud computing and data center consolidation will play a significant role in lowering IT costs. The administration plans to reduce the number of data centers by 40 percent by 2015 and move to…
It is important for businesses to find the right architecture to suit their data storage needs. The benefit of public cloud storage is that data storage is managed and controlled off-premise by a cloud service provider, without the need to install hardware within the organization. Nevertheless, major concerns revolve around transporting data or business assets…
At the RSA conference 2011 opening Keynote on February 15th, Art Coviello, Executive Vice President of EMC and Executive Chairman of RSA, presented the essential strategy on how to get organizations to trust the cloud for deploying mission-critical applications. He stressed that the cloud can meet all business processes security and compliance requirements, even the…
Forrester analysts issued a new report on Monday titled “2011 Top 10 IaaS Cloud Predictions For I&O Leaders” where they make 10 predictions about IaaS that infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals need to take into account to build a successful strategy. The report advises companies to focus on the type of private cloud to invest…
Hewlett-Packard Co. announced today that it has agreed to buy privately held, real-time analytics platform company Vertica Inc. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Vertica’s technology helps customers monetize their data at the speed and scale necessary to deliver significant value to customers and shareholders. Vertica’s customers include Internet companies such as…
Animetrics, the developer of cloud-based web service facial biometrics, announced on February 11, 2011 the release of two new application offerings, the FaceR CredentialME™ AppLock for iPhones and FaceR CredentialME AppLock for Androids. Both application offerings are based on Animetrics patented 2D-3D FACEngine® facial recognition technology, a precise technology similar to the technology used by…
Sophos, a security software company, posted a warning on its blog page (Naked Security) about a Facebook Valentine’s Day scam. Some scams currently circulating on Facebook read: “There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. Happy Valentines!” “My Valentine this 2011 is going to be [name] 🙂 See your now!.” Another…
The Cloud Security Alliance Summit will kick off tomorrow at 9am, with an opening keynote by salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff. Industry leaders including Christofer Hoff, Liam Lynch, Chief Security Strategist from eBay, and Philippe Courtot, CEO of Qualys, will also deliver an exciting lineup of presentations and panels on the future outlook for…
Mobile phone manufacturer, INQ Mobile UK, in collaboration with Facebook engineers, rolled out last week a new generation of Android mobile phones loaded with a Facebook functionality for a whole new Facebook mobile experience. The new devices will enable savvy Facebook users to connect, chat and message their friends on Facebook right from these mobile…