The cloud plays an integral role in enabling the agility required to take advantage of new business models and to do so in a very convenient and cost-effective way. However, this also means that more personal information and business data will exist in the cloud and be passed back and forth. Maintaining data integrity is paramount.
Today’s approach to security in the cloud may not be sufficient; it doesn’t focus on putting controls close to data, which is now more fluid, and it doesn’t discriminate one set of data from another. All data is not created equal and should not be treated in the same manner; a one-size fits all model doesn’t work.
In this always-connected world, protection measures in the cloud need to focus on what really matters – the type of data, how it is used, and where it goes.
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Unpredictable #Cloud Traffic Can Cast a Shadow on a Metro Network
User obsession with digital information shows no signs of abating. As users create, share, and consume content, network traffic volume goes up, growing an average of 30 to 50 percent annually.[1] The increased adoption of cloud technology has made round-the-clock access to content easy.
However, connecting users to content is not just about volume. Bandwidth is driven by applications, which have changed how, when, and where bandwidth is created, used, generated, and originated, making it far less predictable and much harder to manage. The following eight examples show how unpredictable traffic impacts the metro network.
@AppZero_Inc Now Available on AWS Test Drive [#Cloud]
AppZero, a fast, flexible way to move enterprise applications to the cloud, has announced that AppZero Cloud Edition is available to try on Amazon Web Services (AWS) free of charge, as an AWS Test Drive. AppZero’s award-winning application migration tool enables users to move server applications onto physical, virtual or cloud servers, simply, fast, and with no code changes — at the push of a button.
Henry Ford & Bezos’s Law Signal It’s Time to Ditch the Datacenter [#Cloud]
With an ear to the ground and an eye on the sky, Gigaom’s Barb Darrow chronicles the competitive factors shaping the bumpy journey that is cloud computing among the superpowers (AWS in fight of its life as customers like Dropbox ponder hybrid clouds and Google pricing). Wherever you stand on the debate over which cloud giant will reign supreme, it’s clear the economic forces shaping the market are evolving quickly.
@CloudExpo | Embrace #DBaaS to Speed Up Mobile App Development
As enterprises work to rapidly embrace the mobile revolution, both for their workforce and to engage more deeply with their customers, the pressure is on for IT to support the tools needed by their application developers. Mobile application developers are working with a massive variety of technologies and platforms, but one trend that stands out is the rapid adoption of NoSQL database engines and the use of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platforms and services to run them.
Gartner has predicted that by 2017, 20% of enterprises will have their own internal mobile app store, meaning that enterprises are deploying both commercial and custom applications to their workforce at increasing speeds. There’s no denying the massive growth in mobile applications within the enterprise.
@CloudExpo | @SovSystems and @Virtustream Partner
Sovereign and Virtustream partnered to deliver Sovereign’s SAP® BusinessObjects driven Analytics and Business Intelligence solutions on Virtustream’s xStream™ cloud management platform (CMP). This alliance will drive operational efficiencies and competitive advantage for Sovereign’s enterprise clients who will now receive the benefits of a cloud based solution including increased efficiency and enhanced security and performance.
Through this partnership, Sovereign can deploy the infrastructure required to support Analytics and Big Data projects to their customers, reducing the time IT must spend analyzing and implementing a myriad of complex hardware and infrastructure solutions typical in a traditional deployment model.
“Business leaders need access to analyze data as simply and efficiently as they access email and that requires a shift in traditional IT driven Business Intelligence projects,” said Mike Wasserman, General Manager of Sovereign System’s Government and Analytics Division. “Virtustream removes many of the complexities that typically consume IT staff and frees that time to focus on Business Requirements and enabling end users access to critical data.”
@EMCCorp «Internet of Things» Presentation at @ThingsExpo [#IoT]
An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York’s at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years’ experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of the book «Securing the Virtual Environment: How to Defend the Enterprise Against Attack,» published in May 2012 by Wiley. He formerly was responsible for security at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), the world’s largest investment fund manager. Prior to BGI he was a «dedicated paranoid» at Yahoo! and responsible for managing security for hundreds of millions of mobile, broadband and digital home products. Davi received his postgraduate academic Master of Science degree in International History from the London School of Economics.
IDenticard to Exhibit at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley
IDenticard Access Control is a leading manufacturer of integrated access control solutions to protect employees, visitors, and facilities. Owned by Brady Corporation (NYSE:BRC), a $1.15 billion manufacturer of identification products, IDenticard Access Control draws on its 30 years of experience in security software development to provide innovative products based on its customers’ requirements and the needs of the marketplace. With an in-house engineering team, IDenticard Access Control has developed a patent-pending, revolutionary physical security solution that secures and monitors server rack access at the cabinet level. The system features easy-to-use dynamic mapping and customizable reporting capabilities to identify and track who accesses server racks and specifically where, when, and for how long.
@NuoDB Demo Theater Presentation at @CloudExpo New York
As more applications and services move «to the cloud» (public or on-premise) cloud environments are increasingly adopting and building out traditional enterprise features. This in turn is enabling and encouraging cloud adoption from enterprise users. In many ways the definition is blurring as features like continuous operation, geo-distribution or on-demand capacity become the norm. NuoDB is involved in both building enterprise software and using enterprise cloud capabilities. In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Seth Proctor, CTO at NuoDB, Inc., will discuss the experiences from building, deploying and using enterprise services and suggest some ways to approach moving enterprise applications into a cloud model.
Announcing @iwNetworks «Exhibitor» At @CloudExpo Silicon Valley
Macrotron Systems is an ISO 9001:2008 registered Electronic Manufacturing Services company specializing in PCB assembly/test, ultrasonic welding, laser marking/engraving and pad printing. Operations are in Fremont, California. Macrotron offers a competitive advantage in the electronics manufacturing service marketplace from its Silicon Valley facility. Macrotron develops OEM partnerships by consistently fulfilling customer requirements for dependable and cost effective services and products. To this end, Macrotron has invested in current technology to establish itself as the ideal contract partner of the Electronics OEM customer.