The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the creation of a Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Working Group in the EU chaired by the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), to seek solutions to improve the security, development of cloud systems that respond to the challenges of cloud development in Hong Kong. The possibilities…

To be officially launched in October, Fujitsu says that the new project will use remote field sensors all over Japan. A cloud-based platform will be provided in order to help Japan’s old farms. Named as “Akisai”, the service will combine data from various network cameras and sensors in order to monitor humidity, rainfall, moisture, and…

Traditional IT projects have followed a “Define-Design-Develop-Deploy” mindset, where most or all of the computational resources were owned, operated, and maintained by the developing organization. Cost estimates for system acquisition were often wrong, and virtually always unrealistically low.  Some of the reasons for the inaccurate forecasts included: Changing requirements; cost increases from system production changes;…