The cloud computing revolution is well underway and there are lots of benefits to be realized. According to Awesome Cloud research the industry will be worth more than $150 billion this year, compared to $46 billion just six years ago. Mirroring the general trend for SaaS solutions, cloud-based IT security systems can be an ideal fit for smaller businesses, freeing them from internal IT overhead, cutting complexity, and providing scalability.
Here are five reasons that switching to a cloud-based endpoint security system makes sense for your business.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
VASCO to Release Q1 2014 Results on Thursday, April 24
VASCO Data Security International, Inc., has announced on Tuesday that it will release its Q1 2014 results on Thursday, April 24th.
On April 24, at 10.00 am EDT/16.00 CET, VASCO will hold a conference call, which will be streamed on the VASCO website.
Mr. T. Kendall Hunt, Chairman and CEO, Mr. Jan Valcke, President and COO and Mr. Cliff Bown, Executive Vice President and CFO of VASCO, will be available on April 24 to answer analyst, investor and media questions.
Common Gotchas: Cloud Security Problems to Avoid
Cloud computing security can be a conundrum. The point of using the public cloud is to outsource certain infrastructure and application needs to third party providers, after all. How can you secure your data once it leaves your perimeter and your control? As puzzling as it may seem, there is hope.
Luckily for organizations looking to adopt the cloud, securing sensitive information outside the corporate perimeter isn’t as daunting (or as impossible) as it may appear. Technologies exist to enable cloud computing security strong enough for companies to remain in compliance while taking full advantage of the flexibility, agility, and economies of scale of the cloud. Avoid these common pitfalls for a secure cloud experience.
Jelastic Supports Key ISV Software Using OpenShift Cartridge Standard
Jelastic on Tuesday announced support for multiple ISV software packages in Jelastic’s products for enterprises, hosting service providers and developers. This support is achieved using OpenShift by Red Hat’s pluggable Cartridge standard, allowing those developers to build application interfaces only once, instead of multiple times for each PaaS/platform, and immediately achieve support for OpenShift PaaS and Jelastic Platform-as-Infrastructure.
“Jelastic is committed to dramatically simplifying the development, deployment and management of the enterprise cloud, providing full control to IT management while allowing self-management of environments and resources to developers and DevOps,” said John Derrick, Jelastic CEO.
SOASTA Introduces TouchTest Private Device Cloud
SOASTA on Tuesday announced the company has expanded its award-winning mobile functional test automation solution, TouchTest, to include local test labs of Apple iOS and Google Android smart phones and tablets. The TouchTest Private Device Cloud is a simple to manage, affordable internal cloud for mobile application testing. It provides a comprehensive platform to manage and control mobile application testing assets. With TouchTest Private Device Clouds, mobile development and testing teams can now remotely manage devices, apps and tester activity.
HP: Trying to stand out from the crowd in the DRaaS space
Back in September, Nirvanix announced to its customers that they had two weeks to move its data before the company went down the plughole.
As the enterprise cloud storage provider waved the white flag, Gartner research director Kyle Hilgendorf noted in a blog post that the analyst house’s paper on cloud exit strategies was one of the least popular in the collection.
“I suspect it is because cloud exits are not nearly as sexy as cloud deployments,” he demurred. “They are an afterthought.”
This is an issue that patently needs to change. As Hilgendorf asserted, recovery in the cloud may not be sexy, but they’re just as vital as moving to the cloud, whether it’s through natural disasters or company shutdowns.
The good news is that there are plenty of options out there, from niche providers to the big guys, such as VMware, and IBM, who added …
Real-Time Big Data: An Agile Approach
You use an agile process; your goal is to make your organization more agile. What about your data infrastructure?
The truth is, today’s databases are anything but agile – they are effectively static repositories that are cumbersome to work with, difficult to change, and cannot keep pace with application demands. Performance suffers as a result, and it takes far longer than it should to deliver on new features and capabilities needed to make your organization competitive. As your application and business needs change, data repositories and structures get outmoded rapidly, resulting in increased work for application developers and slow performance for end users. Further, as data sizes grow into the Big Data realm, this problem is exacerbated and becomes even more difficult to address. A seemingly simple schema change can take hours (or more) to perform, and as requirements evolve the disconnect between existing data structures and actual needs diverge.
Bernard Golden Joins ActiveState as VP of Strategy
ActiveState on Monday announced that Bernard Golden has joined the company as Vice President of Strategy. Named in Wired.com as one of the ten most influential people in cloud computing, Bernard has extensive experience working with organizations to help them adopt and integrate cloud computing effectively. He will help ActiveState customers apply best practices and meet their goals as they leverage the cloud with ActiveState’s Stackato® solution.
“Cloud computing is becoming the rule for enterprises,” commented Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy, ActiveState. “Organizations across the gamut of industries, CPG, telecom, banking, medical, retail, they’re ramping up cloud adoption. Those enterprises who leverage the cloud most effectively will continue to be first to market and game changers spawning entirely new types of applications made possible by a leading cloud. The Stackato solution provides the cloud governance and agility that enterprises require, alongside development, deployment and social monitoring tools for next generation innovation. ActiveState is well-positioned for continued growth. I look forward to being part of the ActiveState team and helping our customers leverage cost-savings, accelerate app deployment and innovate.”
Facilitators Announced for NGA Agile Cloud Brainstorming Event
The Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (ITAAC) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) are announcing a slate of innovative leaders to serve as facilitators for the upcoming “Agile Sourcing Environment for Commercial Cloud” brainstorming session being held in Alexandria, VA on April 23, 2014. Enjoying a great response thus far, industry participants include Boeing, Oracle, Google,SAP, Leidos and Capgemini. Government participants include the US Navy, US Army, US House of Representatives and GSA.
The Secret Sauce of Cloud Backup and Recovery Services
Cloud backup and recovery services are critical to safeguarding an organization’s data and ensuring business continuity when technical failures and outages occur. With so many choices, how do you find the right provider for your specific needs?
In his session at 14th Cloud Expo, Daniel Jacobson, Technology Manager at BUMI, will outline the key factors including backup configurations, proactive monitoring, data restoration, disaster recovery drills, security, compliance and data center resources. Aside from the technical considerations, the secret sauce in identifying the best vendor is the level of focus, expertise and specialization of their engineering team and support group, and how they monitor your day-to-day backups, provide recommendations, and guide you through restores when necessary.