Amazon Web Services has submitted an entry to the Cloud Security Alliance's Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), a move that sheds some light into the security features of its IaaS cloud offering. The CSA launched its STAR program ...
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Brocade today announced support for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Server 2012 server operating system across all product lines, including the company’s Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) and Ethernet fabric solutions. ...
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has ratified the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), a set of protocols defining how companies can safely move data between private and public clouds. The Storage Networking ...
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The European Commission has announced a new strategy to speed up and increase the use of cloud computing, with the aim of creating 2.5 million new jobs and boosting GDP by €160 billion (£127bn) by 2020. The EC states that ...
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Digitiliti DigiLIBE 3.5 is a major update to the cloud content archiving company's premier business software platform.Working closely with customers and tracking emerging trends,Digitiliti has added a host of sharing,continuity,compliance ...
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The steering board of the new European Cloud Partnership(ECP)has met in Brussels,kicking off the process to build an EU Digital Single Market for cloud computing. The board,which aims to make the most of the public sector's buying power ...
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Network World-Extreme Networks this week unveiled 100G and 40G Ethernet modules as well as SDN application support for its BlackDiamond X8 core switch. Extreme's 100/40G XL modules are designed to help scale BlackDiamond X8 networks for ...
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At a launch event for the school's new wireless technology research center,MIT PhD student Swarun Kumar presented technology for a new autonomous vehicle that recognizes when it may be in danger of striking other cars and pedestrians. ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)has published new guidelines that underline businesses'sole responsibility for the protection of data,even if it has been outsourced to third-party cloud network providers. As more businesses ...
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The European Commission(EC)has said it will work with the US and Japan to prevent data protection regulation from curbing the uptake of cloud computing across the region. According to the EC,up to€45bn could be spent on cloud ...
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Security and data privacy are still the top concerns for UK businesses adopting cloud-based services,research shows. Security(82%)and privacy(69%)top concerns when it comes to migrating to the cloud for the third year in a row,according ...
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IBM is releasing a new version of its Connections enterprise social networking(ESN)software,which companies use to give their employees social media capabilities adapted for workplace collaboration,such as employee profiles and blogging. ...
Complaints over the past several weeks from Dropbox users whose email addresses have been targeted with spam have finally been answered by the company,which has admitted the possibility that an employee's company email was hacked,and a list ...
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Many users of cloud data services are entirely unaware of inherent security risks,and security can only improve if customers pressure providers to deliver it,Frank Coggrave,VP of sales,EMEA&APAC at Guidance Software,has told Computing. ...
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OrthoGraph has recently released the 3D version of its professional building survey software for tablets. OrthoGraph Architect 3D is designed for on-site surveying of flats,houses,and apartments on an iPad.The app enables the on-site ...
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