SAP co-chief executive Jim Hagemann-Snabe's recent comments about the company's low expectations for profit from the UK cloud industry have been misconstrued and are "not true" of the firm's actual goals, VP of cloud strategy Sven Denecken ...
Secure email providers Lavabit and Silent Circle have formed a partnership they call the Dark Mail Alliance, with the intention of creating a secure email service that can thwart government surveillance. According to security news site ...
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The idea that cloud computing providers could suffer as a result of the US National Security Agency's (NSA) policy of obtaining data from web companies as part of its Prism surveillance programme is a "red herring", argues Bobby Soni, chief ...
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The rapid rise in adoption of cloud technology will lead to a major shortage of IT professionals with the right mix of skills that companies require to architect, deploy, build and manage software in the could, a cloud computing expert has ...
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Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras SA), one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, has emphasised that the tapping of its systems by the US National Security Agency (NSA) is a result of political, and not technical issues. The NSA has ...
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Frank Baitman, the CIO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was at the Amazon Web Services conference here praising the company’s services. His talk was on the verge of becoming a long infomercial, when he ...
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Businesses are adopting cloud-based services mainly to speed up innovation and cut costs,often overlooking the security risks of this new delivery model. But security is not the only thing that is being overlooked by eager adopters of ...
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The double-dip recession is offsetting some of the concerns associated with cloud-based services as the global cloud industry is set to be worth an extra $2.2bn before the end of the year, according to KPMG. Concerns around security, ...
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The industry has welcomed the European Commission's (EC's) ambitious cloud computing strategy but insisted more efforts are needed in areas of cloud standardisation, security and data protection if the EC'sforecasts are to be met. The ...
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Judy Klickstein is a cloud believer. As CIO of Cambridge Health Alliance, a midsized healthcare provider just outside of Boston, she's excited about the efficiencies cloud computing can bring to her organization. Outsourcing management of ...
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Selecting cloud service providers could become easier, thanks to changes made today to the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) code of practice. In 2010, CIF published a the code to promote the adoption of cloud-based services. It previously ...
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Meaningful cloud computing standards are crucial to improve the maturity of cloud-based services and bring increased flexibility, security and interoperability, but too many competing standards could wreak damage, warned the Cloud Industry ...
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Global Leader in Enterprise Mobility Management Maps Out Security Considerations for Cloud Services PHILADELPHIA,PA,July 30,2012/24-7PressRelease/--Fiberlink,the global leader in software-as-a-service(Saas)solutions for both secure mobile ...
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Taipei City Major Hau Lung-pin recently said the city government will work hard to help a joint venture recently signed between Chunghwa Telecom Co.,Ltd.,and Rhythm&Hues(R&H)to develop cloud for animation and visual effect(CAVE)in ...
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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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