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By Kevin Jackson
Late today the FedRAMP Program Management Office released the first list of certified Third Party Assessment Organizations (3PAOs). These companies are accredited to perform initial and periodic assessment of cloud service provider (CSP) systems per FedRAMP requirements, provide eviden...
May. 14, 2012 05:41 PM EDT  Reads: 462
By Bob Gourley
Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: U.S. Army Cyber Command operational attorney Robert Clark said that the legal frameworks are not keeping pace with cyber operations and said that claims of “cyber war” do not qualify as war defined by international l...
May. 16, 2012 11:42 AM EDT  Reads: 220
By RealWire News Distribution
The Bunker, provider of Ultra Secure Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Colocation, and Outsourced IT services from within Europe's most secure data centres, is pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Bindley to the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He will be responsible fo...
May. 15, 2012 10:35 AM EDT  Reads: 391
By RealWire News Distribution
London - May 15th 2012 - Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave Assured Cloud Services Company, today announced that it has achieved certification to ISO27001:2005, the global Information Security Management System standard.With information se...
May. 15, 2012 04:36 AM EDT  Reads: 357
By Bob Gourley
On 11 June 2012 the Cyber Physical Systems Virtual Organization will be holding a symposium on Moving Target Research. In this context, think of Moving Target as meaning the creation of a dynamic attack surface to adversaries done in a way that dramatically increases the work factor re...
May. 14, 2012 07:00 AM EDT  Reads: 455
By RealWire News Distribution
FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprise is recognised for software licence optimisation capabilitiesMaidenhead, UK - May 11, 2012 - Flexera Software, the leading provider of Application Usage Management solutions for application producers and enterprises, announced today that its market-l...
May. 11, 2012 08:00 AM EDT  Reads: 615
By David Deans
Government agencies are reportedly one of the primary benefactors of managed cloud services. According to the results from a recent market study by IDC, IT decision-makers across the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) found that 59 percent of public sector respondents are confident ...
May. 11, 2012 06:30 AM EDT  Reads: 959
By Business Wire
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), on Friday announced the expansion of SAP certified solutions on AWS including SAP Business All-in-One solutions for both Linux and Windows, and expanded certification for SAP Rapid Deployment solutions and SAP Business...
May. 11, 2012 03:01 AM EDT  Reads: 839
By Cloud Ventures
Our primary activity here is matching vendors and other innovations to the best practice standards defined for Cloud Computing by organizations like NIST. For example one of the key areas that NIST highlights is offline replication. In short when you find yourself in a location with no...
May. 9, 2012 08:46 AM EDT  Reads: 487
By Avi Rosenthal
I recently read a TechCrunch article titled: The Rise of Big Data Apps and the Fall of SaaS written by Raj De Datta. I do agree with the prefix. As far as the suffix is concerned, I can only explain why Raj De Datta's opinion is wrong. I usually tend not to agree with statements ...
May. 7, 2012 06:45 AM EDT  Reads: 753
By CloudCommons 2012
A recent study revealed that the government is saving around $5.5 billion a year since the shift to cloud, according to this CRN article. The study was created from interviews with 108 federal IT managers and CIOs and was published by MeriTalk Cloud Computing Exchange. The study also f...
May. 4, 2012 03:00 AM EDT  Reads: 1,213
By PR.com Newswire
San Antonio, TX, May 02, 2012 --(PR.com)-- ZT Systems, a gold sponsor of the Open Compute Summit and leading provider of complete server and rack-level hardware solutions optimized for hyperscale data centers, today announced an initiative to develop vanity-free, cost-effective server...
May. 2, 2012 11:01 AM EDT  Reads: 491
By Tom Leyden
We’re less than two months out of the next CloudCamp. As usual that means, we’re getting some question to give our thoughts on. I have to say the questions were really good this time. So I thought I’d share them here as well. Q: Agree or disagree? – “While the I...
Apr. 27, 2012 03:50 PM EDT  Reads: 727
By CloudCommons 2012
Venture capitalists devoted $6.9 billion in 2011 to cloud startups, which is an increase of 68% over 2010, according to this InformationWeek article. Author Patrick Houston recommends that enterprises develop a rigorous process for vetting IT cloud tools and vendors now to prepare your...
Apr. 27, 2012 03:45 AM EDT  Reads: 1,489
By Bob Gourley
Datameer provides a big data solution that focuses on perhaps the most important niche in this growing domain, the end-user. Here is an introduction from their website: Datameer leverages the scalability, flexibility and cost-effectiveness of Apache Hadoop to deliver an end-user focuse...
Apr. 26, 2012 05:00 AM EDT  Reads: 1,024
By Lori MacVittie
Encrypting data in the cloud is tricky and defies long held best practices regarding key management. New kid on the block Porticor aims to change that. Anyone who’s been around cryptography for a while understands that secure key management is a critical foundation for any security...
Apr. 24, 2012 08:00 AM EDT  Reads: 1,412
By Gilad Parann-Nissany
Cloud security should include a blend of traditional security elements combined with new “cloud-adjusted” security technologies   Today, with enterprises migrating to the cloud, the security challenge around protecting data is greater than ever before. Keeping data private and sec...
Apr. 23, 2012 10:45 AM EDT
By RealWire News Distribution
Westcoastcloud responds to parliamentary inquiry into online child protectionUK internet security software provider Westcoastcloud has stepped up its call for the BSI Kitemark for Child Online Safety to be better promoted by Government after a cross-parliamentary committee concluded th...
Apr. 18, 2012 01:23 PM EDT  Reads: 464
By Roberto Marinello
On 16 May – 18th May, 2012, the Coordination of European Picture Agencies Stock, Press and Heritage (CEPIC) will present its annual international conference at London’s Old Truman Brewery. The global picture industry will gather in London to network and discuss the evolution of the vis...
Apr. 18, 2012 04:26 AM EDT  Reads: 487
By RealWire News Distribution
Acquisition combines deep technical expertise and excellent customer service to offer the broadest range of bespoke IT managed services LONDON - April 17, 2012 - Adapt, the independent IT managed services provider, has today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to ...
Apr. 17, 2012 06:18 AM EDT  Reads: 322
By Bob Gourley
More complete, effective, and efficient information and IT sharing across the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) is a leading goal for the Directorate for Information Management and Chief Information Office (DS), which recently released its strategic vision ...
Apr. 14, 2012 10:21 AM EDT  Reads: 704
By Cloud Ventures
As you’ll see here on the exciting Startup Canada initiative, my contribution to this hugely important initiative is to focus on what role Cloud Computing means for Canadian startup innovation. Indeed the ability to enhance and expand the volume of new startups is really the most...
Apr. 13, 2012 08:40 AM EDT  Reads: 826
By Cloud Ventures
One of the key headline themes for our upcoming white paper and workshop focused on Ontario’s Drummond Report will be ‘Social CRM for Government’. As the name suggests this describes the combination of traditional CRM (Customer Relationship Management) with the new wo...
Apr. 13, 2012 06:00 AM EDT  Reads: 1,066
By CloudCommons 2012
HP announced its HP Converged Cloud based on a ‘hardened’ version of OpenStack software, targeting hybrid enterprise deployments and pushing for a common architecture across private and public clouds as well as traditional data centers. To learn more about the components of the offerin...
Apr. 12, 2012 06:46 AM EDT  Reads: 1,236
By Cloud Ventures
One of the more powerful underlying aspects of Cloud Computing is what is called the ‘InterCloud’, referring primarily to interoperability between Clouds but also encapsulating other critical aspects like Portability. As the scope of this interoperability expands to include...
Apr. 12, 2012 04:57 AM EDT  Reads: 582
By Cloud Ventures
A very exciting report published by the Sand Hill Group and sponsored by SAP recently came out about the impact cloud has on the economy and the workforce. When it comes to cloud, most people think about companies with direct cloud investments such as hosting or hardware.
Apr. 12, 2012 04:45 AM EDT  Reads: 1,160
By Cloud Ventures
Canada’s goals for an innovation system face the same challenges as their counterparts in all other areas of government who are facing a rapidly changing world that is becoming increasingly techno-centric at a rate of accelerating change. Policies and programs that were conceived...
Apr. 9, 2012 09:12 AM EDT  Reads: 956
By Kevin Jackson
NJVC®, one of the largest information technology solutions providers supporting the U.S. Department of Defense, and Gravitant®, a provider of cloud brokerage and management solutions for IT enterprises, announce a new strategic alliance. Under the terms of the partnership, the two comp...
Apr. 4, 2012 12:15 PM EDT  Reads: 549
By Cloud Ventures
Last year on our Open Government webinar Andy MacLeod of Cisco presented on G-Cloud, the UK program to adopt Government Cloud Computing, providing an initial basis for our G-Cloud section in GovCloud.info. (Join our GovCloud Linkedin networking group here).
Mar. 31, 2012 06:00 PM EDT  Reads: 1,261
By CloudCommons 2012
Download our iPhone app New: Download the This Week in Cloud iPhone app. Now it’s even easier to get your weekly cloud news and perspectives. Cloud News In a bid to make i...
Mar. 31, 2012 03:00 PM EDT  Reads: 1,381
By Lori MacVittie
Remember the Liberty Alliance? Microsoft Passport? How about the spate of employee provisioning vendors snatched up by big names like Oracle, IBM, and CA? That was nearly ten years ago. That’s when everyone was talking about “Making ID Management Manageable” and leveraging automation...
Mar. 30, 2012 08:00 AM EDT  Reads: 1,463
By Cloud Ventures
Our next upcoming best practices white paper is going to be called ‘Cloud Computing and the Drummond Report‘ – A special feature on how Cloud might be employed to help realize many of the cost-saving goals recommended.
Mar. 30, 2012 06:45 AM EDT  Reads: 1,854
By RealWire News Distribution
Provision of rapid-fire business analytics and social measurement optimization forms the bedrock of new partnershipSlough, UK - March 30th, 2012 - Actian Corporation today announced that it has signed a strategic partner agreement with FlyingBinary, provider of disruptive analytics and...
Mar. 30, 2012 05:01 AM EDT  Reads: 552
By Cloud Ventures
The recent Drummond Report publication, which predicted financial gloom for Ontario unless fiscal restraints were employed, has been followed by a strong budget response cutting and curtailing in various ways. With the objective of our upcoming white paper Cloud Computing and the Drumm...
Mar. 28, 2012 10:09 AM EDT  Reads: 350
By Lori MacVittie
The first hit’s cheap kid … Recently Ben Kepes twitterbird started a very interesting discussion on cloud bursting by asking whether or not it was real. This led to Christofer Hoff twitterbird pointing out that “true” cloud bursting required routing based on business parameters. That ...
Mar. 28, 2012 08:00 AM EDT  Reads: 1,435
By Cloud Ventures
One headline topic for our upcoming Drummond Report white paper is going to be ‘Cloud Hubs and Brokers’. Specifically we’re going to look at the Canadian market potential for this trend, given of course Drummond is focused on Ontario. This is a topic started here by A...
Mar. 26, 2012 07:54 AM EDT  Reads: 459
By RealWire News Distribution
Picking up another prominent award, Meltwater Group is honoured by becoming a certified Top EmployerLondon, 26th March - Meltwater Group, one of the world's leading Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, has been certified by the CRF Institute as one of Britain's Top Employers for 201...
Mar. 26, 2012 05:01 AM EDT  Reads: 656
By Cloud Ventures
For this blog I thought I would repeat the same main message as the previous blog, with the main idea of this one to be to suggest the idea that ‘Cloud 2.0 = Red Tape Reduction‘. The idea that the only benefit of Cloud Computing is to move your existing app from point A to ...
Mar. 23, 2012 07:34 AM EDT  Reads: 658
By Avi Rosenthal
On March 19th I participated in STKI Summit.
Mar. 23, 2012 05:03 AM EDT  Reads: 540
By Cloud Ventures
The main objective of our projects like the Drummond Report and Cloud analysis, is to focus on the relationship between the technology and the desired outcomes in terms of business transformation. The Drummond Report is another political exercise focused on the growing public sector d...
Mar. 23, 2012 05:00 AM EDT  Reads: 1,513