The challenges of cloud security

Did anyone really expect Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to sit idly quiet while rival VMware (NYSE: VMW) talked up its new hybrid cloud services unit, a major turn in focus for the virtualization kingpin? VMware’s new hybrid cloud offering will allow its customers to migrate their cloud services to a public cloud, saving money in the move through shared equipment.

Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: StrategyThe Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Fujitsu Laboratories of America have formed the Big Data Working Group to "address the need for collaborative research and solutions to today's big data security challenges."

Organisations migrating mission critical applications to the cloud should also take the time to review their security arrangements, and separate identity management from cloud services provision according to ActivIDentity, a credentials management specialist.

Learn how to maintain trust and control in virtualized environments. How can you ensure that your sensitive data is protected in virtualized environments? How will you demonstrate the compliance of your cloud deployments?

As cloud computing moves data and services from local systems to remote centres, the question of security for organisations must be addressed. A research paper published in the International Journal of Services and Standards suggests that a cloud-free security model is the best way forward and will circumvent the fact that cloud service providers are [...]

Oracle Solaris, one of the most widely deployed UNIX operating system that delivers critical cloud infrastructure with built-in virtualization, simplified software lifecycle management, cloud scale data management and advanced protection for public, private and hybrid cloud environments, is now at version 11.1.

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The cloud services market for solution providers just got more interesting today thanks to AVG Technologies.

The cloud is supposed to make IT administration easier by centralizing computing in one (virtual) place. But what happens when the data centers on which the cloud is built become too expansive to manage easily? Tier 3, which develops cloud solutions for the enterprise, seeks to resolve that issue with a new feature it’s calling Cloud Server Group Management.

GlobalOne, a technology consulting firm specialising in cloud-based systems for enterprises, has hired the former application development team of Vodafone Australia, and its head Doug Maloney, to form a new unit that will offer professional services for building, deploying and maintaining mobile cloud apps for both consumer and enterprise environments.