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ISACA put out a paper on 29th Oct, 2009, titled " Cloud Computing: Business Benefits with Security, Governance and Assurance Perspectives " While somewhat short, this paper is a must read for senior IT and business folks, as it shows that cloud computing still fundamentally requires work in...
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HP's CEO, Mark Hurd, took the stage today as a keynote speaker at Gartner's Symposium . Out of the gate we see the headlines such as " HP's Hurd dings cloud computing, IBM " (CNET) and " HP's Hurd: Cloud Computing Has its Limits " (Seeking Alpha). Leaving aside the...
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A couple months ago I was engaged in a podcast hosted by Dana Gardner with BriefingsDirect . Alongside Tim Van Ash and David Spinks, also from HP, we discussed cloud security challenges for successful enterprise adoption. The podcast is up, and you can listen here , or you can view the full transcript...
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There is currently a lot of attention being focused on Cloud Computing, but what does this mean in practical terms? HP's definition of Cloud Computing is in terms of globally available, scalable, and flexible services, which can be subscribed to on a pay per use basis. Given this definition, the...
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The cloud is a means by which global class, highly scalable and flexible services can be delivered and consumed over the internet through an as-needed, pay-per-use business model. This is one of HP's core definitions for cloud computing. For more approaches and definitions you can look at the Jericho...
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Craig Balding offers some great commentary for " Assessing the Security Benefits of Cloud Computing ". As I referenced in my last post " Cloud Security - Key Risks for Cloud Computing ", folks love lists, and Craig includes a list of "Seven Technical Security Benefits of the...
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The cloud is a means by which global class, highly scalable and flexible services can be delivered and consumed over the internet through an as-needed, pay-per-use business model. This is one of HP’s core definitions for cloud computing. For more approaches and definitions you can look at the Jericho...
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In my post " Virtualization - Rethink Virtualization in Business Terms ", I said - "[Virtualization is] a huge field with a great deal of market(ing) opportunity, AND a great deal of expectation..." Its true when you consider virtualization and the resultant requirements in terms...
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So, what's missing today? Many things, especially as we look towards the approaching clouds. I have been editing this entry for a while now, but an article came up this week that made me reference it over some of my own thoughts, as it nicely aligns with my thinking. The article was in this months...
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With all the hyper-growth in virtual computing you expect a level of competition between the vendors, but be aware of the trade-offs you make when choosing one vendor over another. Is VMWare truly ahead of the crowd with their vSphere offering, or in reality does Xen offer the broadest level of integration...