virtualization

Automation and the Four Phases of Data Center Virtualization

You're not going to wake up one morning and discover you're in the private cloud. Just as there required planning to create your current infrastructure, there are certain steps you need to take before changing it. This year at Interop New York, the focus on the private cloud...

How Amazon Web Services protects your data

It's true that the number of data breaches are decreasing. But as CEO of CyberRiskPartners Drew Bartkiewicz pointed out, the number of records compromised per breach is increasing. This observation seems to be the contributing factor to what Infosecurity refers to as a

Data protection and the cloud, huh!?

I just received an email from CREDANT Technologies - the data protection company specializing in encryption and related endpoint security solutions - requesting my participation in

The Interop user revolt against cloudy clouds: More solutions, less pixie dust!

I made the trek to Interop New York yesterday morning, and jumped right into my first breakout session: Measuring Cloud Performance. I know what you're thinking: More marketing mumbo jumbo on the buzz word that's lost all meaning. And there were definitely moments of that, especially with a VP of...

Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie leaves Microsoft: Is Azure another victim of Clippy?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect, would be leaving the company, making him the latest in a line of visionaries to leave the Redmond...

Will I see you at Interop New York 2010?

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Bird-watching in the Cloud: SaaS & Cloud Twitter Pros

Should you also prepare for customer no-service with cloud computing?

It's been exactly a year since I went on a rant about my experience with cloud computing and customer no-service. Here was a...

A flaw in the cloud is still a flaw: How do your SaaS apps stand up?

Call me a cynic, but I'm still skeptical when it comes to these SaaS "solutions" that are nothing more than a traditional Web application with a pretty front-end. You see, with traditional systems come traditional vulnerabilities - namely

Cloudy about cloud terminology? We can help.

According to a 2009 study done by IBM of over 1,000 IT decision...