What do you make of the hybrid IT movement?
That’s a wide open question. From the perspective of working with consultants, I really enjoyed that environment. I could be set up almost instantly. Saves the time of rebuilding a machine with IT configurations on it. It was also helpful in keeping employees’ desktops virtual as well for later use. datacenterhelp.com
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| May 17, 2013 2:39 PM
Cloud Applications, Cloud Computing, IT architecture
That’s a wide open question. From the perspective of working with consultants, I really enjoyed that environment. I could be set up almost instantly. Saves the time of rebuilding a machine with IT configurations on it. It was also helpful in keeping employees’ desktops virtual as well for later use. datacenterhelp.com
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| May 17, 2013 2:39 PM
Cloud Applications, Cloud Computing, IT architecture
Are you surprised by the switch from second to third platform technologies?
It’s funny, I’ve never even heard of “third platform”. I’m not surprised by the numbers though. These technologies are all the rage. I suspect the reasoning behind PC and Ethernet stagnation is that many businesses already have that infrastructure in place and, perhaps, they’re not spending additional money on new technologies. But who really knows? [...]
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| March 25, 2013 1:39 PM
Big Data, Cloud Computing, It spending, social media
It’s funny, I’ve never even heard of “third platform”. I’m not surprised by the numbers though. These technologies are all the rage. I suspect the reasoning behind PC and Ethernet stagnation is that many businesses already have that infrastructure in place and, perhaps, they’re not spending additional money on new technologies. But who really knows? [...]
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| March 25, 2013 1:39 PM
Big Data, Cloud Computing, It spending, social media
Does cloud computing need to be clarified more for the public to understand?
Thanks in large part to the marketing departments at IT/security product vendors, many people working in IT aren’t even clear on what “cloud” means. The reality is, “cloud” has a different meaning to different people and I don’t know that the general public will ever have a true grasp of all the technical details. Does [...]
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| March 18, 2013 1:54 PM
Cloud Computing, cloud computing management
Thanks in large part to the marketing departments at IT/security product vendors, many people working in IT aren’t even clear on what “cloud” means. The reality is, “cloud” has a different meaning to different people and I don’t know that the general public will ever have a true grasp of all the technical details. Does [...]
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| March 18, 2013 1:54 PM
Cloud Computing, cloud computing management
How is your company handling Cloud Email Security? Sandboxing?
Good question Chris. I’ve found that the more hoops you make your users jump through, the greater the chance they’ll find a workaround. I haven’t seen any clients take the sandboxed email client approach but it’s worthy of consideration. I’d just recommend making sure you think things through first and get management on board before [...]
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| March 18, 2013 2:05 PM
Cloud Security, Cloud Services, Sandboxing, Security
Good question Chris. I’ve found that the more hoops you make your users jump through, the greater the chance they’ll find a workaround. I haven’t seen any clients take the sandboxed email client approach but it’s worthy of consideration. I’d just recommend making sure you think things through first and get management on board before [...]
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| March 18, 2013 2:05 PM
Cloud Security, Cloud Services, Sandboxing, Security
Cloud computing
Thanks for coming to ITKE Did you have a specific technical question you need an answer for? For what you have entered, you best solution to get more information would to searching the web.
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| February 11, 2013 2:05 PM
Cloud Computing, cloud computing services
Thanks for coming to ITKE Did you have a specific technical question you need an answer for? For what you have entered, you best solution to get more information would to searching the web.
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| February 11, 2013 2:05 PM
Cloud Computing, cloud computing services
How often should a company reevaluate its cloud service provider?
This is the big unanswered question about cloud computing. The reality is that most organizations are not evaluating their cloud providers at all. That’s a dangerous approach. You absolutely need to be asking the tough questions up front and then making sure they keep their promises moving forward. Periodic and consistent is the best approach [...]
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| February 6, 2013 9:05 PM
cloud, cloud provider
This is the big unanswered question about cloud computing. The reality is that most organizations are not evaluating their cloud providers at all. That’s a dangerous approach. You absolutely need to be asking the tough questions up front and then making sure they keep their promises moving forward. Periodic and consistent is the best approach [...]
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| February 6, 2013 9:05 PM
cloud, cloud provider
ERP data safe
Thank you for visiting ITKE. We are happy to help you with solving specific IT questions, but need as much information as possible to do so. Let us know about the problem you are trying to solve, how you are approaching it and what work you’ve done so far, and we can help guide you [...]
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| May 13, 2013 6:42 AM
Cloud Applications, Cloud Security, Enterprise data management
Thank you for visiting ITKE. We are happy to help you with solving specific IT questions, but need as much information as possible to do so. Let us know about the problem you are trying to solve, how you are approaching it and what work you’ve done so far, and we can help guide you [...]
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| May 13, 2013 6:42 AM
Cloud Applications, Cloud Security, Enterprise data management
What is cloud computing?
The cloud computing one of the newest concepts of the computer science, the informatics mean his reconsideration in fact.It means that your data is not on your harware,but in a “cloud”.
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| October 31, 2012 12:56 PM
Cloud Computing
The cloud computing one of the newest concepts of the computer science, the informatics mean his reconsideration in fact.It means that your data is not on your harware,but in a “cloud”.
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| October 31, 2012 12:56 PM
Cloud Computing
Cloud certification — worth it?
I’ll say this right now, if you don’t have the certs today, most places will not even consider hiring you. With that said, we have hired a few people here to help us go virtual from a contractor and the DOD required them to have their certs, and one them was Security+ as a MUST!!! [...]
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| October 9, 2012 8:17 PM
certification, Cloud Computing, Private Cloud
I’ll say this right now, if you don’t have the certs today, most places will not even consider hiring you. With that said, we have hired a few people here to help us go virtual from a contractor and the DOD required them to have their certs, and one them was Security+ as a MUST!!! [...]
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| October 9, 2012 8:17 PM
certification, Cloud Computing, Private Cloud
Are you afraid of the cloud?
“The Cloud” is a vague term, which needs to be addressed in terms of a specific project. NO! I am not afraid of the cloud but you must carefully evaluate specific projects. For example, Google Mail and others are reasonable cloud services. The IT professional will always be needed and now they have a new [...]
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| October 9, 2012 6:40 PM
Career development, CIO, Cloud Computing
“The Cloud” is a vague term, which needs to be addressed in terms of a specific project. NO! I am not afraid of the cloud but you must carefully evaluate specific projects. For example, Google Mail and others are reasonable cloud services. The IT professional will always be needed and now they have a new [...]
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| October 9, 2012 6:40 PM
Career development, CIO, Cloud Computing
Open IT Forum: What do you think of the iCloud?
I believe it will succeed, provided that it functions properly. My sister has a full range of Apple products and is greatly anticipating iCloud to synch all of her devices. Unfortunately, reviews to date have not been promising: Wired Cloudline
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| August 1, 2012 7:59 PM
Apple, icloud
I believe it will succeed, provided that it functions properly. My sister has a full range of Apple products and is greatly anticipating iCloud to synch all of her devices. Unfortunately, reviews to date have not been promising: Wired Cloudline
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| August 1, 2012 7:59 PM
Apple, icloud
Is compliance preventing you from moving to the cloud?
I do think this is something that’s holding people back. I’m a proponent of cloud services – have a lot of clients in that space. I’m just concerned because I see so many people blindly trusting cloud service providers. They say “Is your system secure?” The answer is “Yes!”, of course, and then nothing else [...]
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| January 29, 2013 10:33 PM
Cloud compliance, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing in 2010, Cloud computing security, Compliance Assessment, IT Compliance, PCI DSS
I do think this is something that’s holding people back. I’m a proponent of cloud services – have a lot of clients in that space. I’m just concerned because I see so many people blindly trusting cloud service providers. They say “Is your system secure?” The answer is “Yes!”, of course, and then nothing else [...]
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| January 29, 2013 10:33 PM
Cloud compliance, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing in 2010, Cloud computing security, Compliance Assessment, IT Compliance, PCI DSS
Interconnecting MPLS clouds
It is possible. You can connect to 2 MPLS clouds from a client end.
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| February 20, 2013 7:28 PM
Cloud Computing, MPLS, MPLS VPNs
It is possible. You can connect to 2 MPLS clouds from a client end.
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| February 20, 2013 7:28 PM
Cloud Computing, MPLS, MPLS VPNs
Open IT Forum: In defense of cloud storage
Yes, i have used dropbox at home and at work as well. The service is very good and it allows me to access, share and store my personal and confidential data on their safer model. To pass an honest feedback about their service, i would like to give High five to them because their service [...]
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| August 30, 2012 8:44 AM
Cloud Computing, Cloud computing security, Cloud Services, Cloud storage, Open IT Forum, Storage, Storage management
Yes, i have used dropbox at home and at work as well. The service is very good and it allows me to access, share and store my personal and confidential data on their safer model. To pass an honest feedback about their service, i would like to give High five to them because their service [...]
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| August 30, 2012 8:44 AM
Cloud Computing, Cloud computing security, Cloud Services, Cloud storage, Open IT Forum, Storage, Storage management
What is the difference between dedicated data center and Private Cloud?What are the cost savings when opting for Private cloud over a dedicated center
Essentially there is no difference. As far as cost, it all depends on what kind of solution your organization needs. As someone who works with Dell, I would recommend the tool they provide on their site to assess your individual needs and choose the solution that will best fit your organization. <a href=”http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/cloud-computing-strategy-assess.aspx”>Check this out</a> [...]
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| June 5, 2012 5:36 PM
Cloud Computing, Dedicated Data Center, Open IT Forum, Private Cloud
Essentially there is no difference. As far as cost, it all depends on what kind of solution your organization needs. As someone who works with Dell, I would recommend the tool they provide on their site to assess your individual needs and choose the solution that will best fit your organization. <a href=”http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/cloud-computing-strategy-assess.aspx”>Check this out</a> [...]
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| June 5, 2012 5:36 PM
Cloud Computing, Dedicated Data Center, Open IT Forum, Private Cloud
Will you host Linux on Azure?
My organization will probably not host Linux on Azure initially, but will wait to see how the technology/platform plays out. For now we are running Linux hosted on VMWARE hypervisor based virtual machines with Apache, Tomcat, and Oracle based applications hosted in-house. Thanks for sharing the article/news though.
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| January 6, 2012 2:17 AM
Linux, Windows Azure
My organization will probably not host Linux on Azure initially, but will wait to see how the technology/platform plays out. For now we are running Linux hosted on VMWARE hypervisor based virtual machines with Apache, Tomcat, and Oracle based applications hosted in-house. Thanks for sharing the article/news though.
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| January 6, 2012 2:17 AM
Linux, Windows Azure
Open IT Forum: What cloud concern do you need addressed?
OK I see two issues: 1. Larger organisations being able to allow internally-hosted and supported applications and webs. This does require in-house expertise or else contracted support and development from external organisations. However it may be preferable to host the data in-house (even if at a data centre) and retain maximum control. This needs to [...]
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| December 30, 2011 6:16 AM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
OK I see two issues: 1. Larger organisations being able to allow internally-hosted and supported applications and webs. This does require in-house expertise or else contracted support and development from external organisations. However it may be preferable to host the data in-house (even if at a data centre) and retain maximum control. This needs to [...]
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| December 30, 2011 6:16 AM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
What are your favorite cloud security blogs?
It’s not really a “blog” but it’all the rest ! Very good site with an system and application online vulnerabilities checking tool ! <a href=”http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/?task=intro”></a> => http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/?task=intro The best: https://blog.cloudsecurityalliance.org/
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| December 30, 2011 6:14 AM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, Security bloggers, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
It’s not really a “blog” but it’all the rest ! Very good site with an system and application online vulnerabilities checking tool ! <a href=”http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/?task=intro”></a> => http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/?task=intro The best: https://blog.cloudsecurityalliance.org/
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| December 30, 2011 6:14 AM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, Security bloggers, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Amazon EC2 environment for my data/cloud security
You can Encrypt the data and store on Amazon S3; AWS provides encryption
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| December 30, 2011 6:11 AM
Amazon, Amazon EC2, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Cloud Services, Development Environments
You can Encrypt the data and store on Amazon S3; AWS provides encryption
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| December 30, 2011 6:11 AM
Amazon, Amazon EC2, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Cloud Services, Development Environments
Suggestions for cloud governance tools for an SMB’s hybrid cloud?
enStratus is the one you may be looking for.
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| December 30, 2011 6:10 AM
Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Cloud Services, Hybrid clouds, Performance Measurement, Performance metrics, SMB
enStratus is the one you may be looking for.
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| December 30, 2011 6:10 AM
Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Cloud Services, Hybrid clouds, Performance Measurement, Performance metrics, SMB
