Cloud security is a top concern for chief security officers. In almost any enterprise, cloud migration is a given fact and recent attacks have proven, yet again, that data security is a critical component in any cloud migration strategy.
Below are four tips, specific to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud security.
When moving to the cloud, companies have the natural tendency to look for security solutions from their cloud provider of choice. IaaS providers are very good at managing storage, computation resources, and virtual machines, but in most cases they can’t provide data security solutions that are as secure as if you were to manage them yourself.
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Predictions for Cloud Industry Growth in 2015 By @Solgenia_Corp [#Cloud]
The end of the year typically brings about a frenzy of news, reviews and forecasts about the next year, and rightfully so one of the top industry predictions for 2015 relate to the Cloud.
According to IDC, “the global cloud market, including private, public and hybrid clouds, will hit $118 billion in 2015 and crest at $200 billion by 2018. If the market shows that much growth next year, it will mean a 23.2% rise over the $95.8 billion market it reached in 2014.”
Industry analysts and pundits have speculated about the major growth areas of the cloud in 2015 and a majority of the predictions relate to hybrid cloud and security. These no doubt are key areas in the cloud, but are not the only factors that will lead to growth. The cloud is a complex framework and an industry that is driven by multiple drivers and has multiple complex pieces of framework that make it work. To understand the overall growth of the industry it is important to look at all the factors that affect the cloud overall.
The Five DevOps Blogs You Need To Read By @XebiaLabs | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]
With so much great content on the web and so many people writing about DevOps, I am sure you have heard of either some of these blogs or the brilliant minds running them. This very short list includes some of the most popular and interesting DevOps blogs we could find. Whether you are just starting out in the industry or a 10 year veteran, you need to start reading these immediately.
Convergence: Catalyst to Transform Scientific Research | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
A new transformative research approach is gaining global attention and adoption. The scientific opportunities enabled by convergence-the coming together of insights and approaches from originally distinct fields-will make fundamental contributions in our drive to provide creative solutions to the most difficult problems facing us as a society. This convergence provides power to think beyond usual paradigms and to approach issues informed by many perspectives instead of few.
Announcing @B2Cloud to Exhibit at @CloudExpo New York [#Cloud]
SYS-CON Events announced today that B2Cloud, a provider of enterprise resource planning software, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
B2cloud develops the software you need. They have the ideal tools to help you work with your clients. B2Cloud’s main solutions include AGIS – ERP, CLOHC, AGIS – Invoice, and IZUM
Two Looks at Cloud Readiness In Asia
I had an interesting discussion recently with a key person at the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA), a consortium based in Singapore. The group is funded by companies such as Cisco, Microsoft, HP, EMC, Equinix, NetApp, several global and regional telcos, and many others.
The ACCA, in its words, provides a forum “to collaborate on the requirements of the Asia market from within, with expertise born of local knowledge.” The organization, through the activity of its members, aims to “accelerate the growth of the cloud market regionally by helping remove obstacles and leveraging opportunities.”
Among its activities is the annual publication of a region-wide Cloud Readiness Index. The report integrates and weighs from several sources, in ten areas: Data privacy, international connectivity, data sovereignty, broadband quality, government regulatory environment and usage, power grid and green policy, intellectual property protection, business sophistication, and data center risk.
Japan Leads The Way
Japan is the most highly ranked country among the 14 nations surveyed, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea. A middle group includes Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Rounding out the results are China, Indonesia, India, and Vietnam.
The report delves into detail about how it derived rankings in each category, what each nation is doing well and less well, and how each nation can continue to improve. Bandwidth is a big issue, something that is improving with more submarine cables (which deliver 98% of the region’s bandwidth) coming online, and various national commitments to bringing broadband connectivity (as much as 100Mb) to a regional population that includes almost half of the people on earth.
It’s not unexpected to see the survey’s results closely follow income levels; the wealthier a nation, the more capable it should be to develop a strong IT infrastructure, and perhaps institute the freedoms of information flow and helpful governmental policies that enable continued development.
It’s fun to contrast these results with the ongoing search we’ve been doing at the Tau Institute (which was founded in Asia). We take a relative approach, adjusting for income levels and socio-economic factors such as income disparity and perceived corruption. This tends to show less-wealthy countries as performing in a much more dynamic fashion than they appear in traditional ranking systems.
Another Look at Vietnam
So, for example, Vietnam is one of the star performers in our research. It ranks among the world’s top 20 nations on a relative basis, having developed a robust IT infrastructure given its per-person income, which ranks 86th among the 100+ nations we survey.
We also have Japan and South Korea in our global top 20, however, with South Korea slightly head, showing how tremendously well these nations have developed their IT, using their ample economic resources wisely.
China and Indonesia lag in our rankings as they do in the Cloud Readiness Index. India performs better in our ranking than with the Cloud Readiness Index, Thailand performs worsse, with the Philippines and Malaysia doing well but not speactacularly so.
Several Measures
We have developed several different views of our data, measuring not only overall dynamics, but also technology-centric potential; a “Goldilocks Index” that shows whether a nation is too hot, too cool, or just right; an overall challenge index; and a look at what we call instantaneous dynamism, ie, how rapidly is each nation developing at the present moment.
That said, it’s nice to see the amount of data and work that’s gone into the Cloud Readiness Index. I would urge people in business, government, and NGOs to download the full report from the ACCA site – it’s free of charge – as a way of learning a lot about what’s going on in Asia.
With a strong infrastructure and solid policies in place, these nations can start to benefit mightily from learning more about cloud computing and how to design and deploy modern applications and services on a modern architecture.
A Look into Our Crystal Ball By @CarpathiaHost | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
At the start of a new year we have the opportunity to look ahead and think about what trends will likely shape the coming months. 2015 is poised to be transformative for government agencies and enterprises, as an increasing number of organizations look to modernize their computing environments, expand their focus on secure and compliant hosting, and meet the growing demands of an increasingly mobile workforce. What trends will we see emerge this year?
Here are the top seven predictions we see for 2015.
Announcing @LiaisonTech Named “Silver Sponsor” of Cloud Expo NY [#Cloud]
SYS-CON Events announced today that Liaison Technologies, a global provider of secure, cloud-based data management and integration services and solutions, has been named “Silver Sponsor” of SYS-CON’s 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY.
Liaison Technologies is a global data management and integration company. It provides innovative solutions to integrate, transform, harmonize, manage and secure critical business data on-premise or in the cloud. With a comprehensive array of business-to-business and application-to-application integration and data transformation services, as well as on-premise and cloud-based data security solutions, Liaison’s practitioners implement data management infrastructures adapted to each client’s specific business requirements. Headquartered in Atlanta, Liaison has offices in the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
SOASTA Adds RUM to CloudTest Solution | @DevOpsSummit @CloudTest [#DevOps]
SOASTA has combined its two testing and monitoring products into a single solution for continuous performance analysis for mobile and Web applications. SOASTA CloudTest now incorporates mPulse, the company’s Real User Monitoring (RUM) solution, which integrates complete performance data from real users to ensure continuous peak performance of digital businesses.
The ‘IT-ification’ of Business… By @ExtraHop | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]
A few years ago, there was much ado about the “consumerization” of IT, and its impact on IT operations. As a CIO, “consumerization” was an issue, but in my experience the more profoundly impactful trend has really been the “IT-ification” of business. I’ve spent the last 20 years watching as information technologies creep into every aspect of business operations, from human resources to point-of-sale systems to healthcare delivery. While we’ve been moving in this direction for a while now, I believe that 2015 is the year when organizations will really begin to understand just how strategic a weapon IT can be. Over the next 12 months, expect to see the following trends crystallize around the recognition of the strategic business value of IT.