Cloud Computing and its security
Hi, I am sorry that I am a little new to this forum, and can sound like a noob. I wanted to know what are the primary security threats that the cloud is now facing and what methods have been applied to either solve or avoid them. I was hoping to get an answer which [...]
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| March 31, 2012 2:00 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud computing security, Cloud Security, Cloud Services
Hi, I am sorry that I am a little new to this forum, and can sound like a noob. I wanted to know what are the primary security threats that the cloud is now facing and what methods have been applied to either solve or avoid them. I was hoping to get an answer which [...]
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| March 31, 2012 2:00 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud computing security, Cloud Security, Cloud Services
CloudSystem
I’m curious to get peoples’ take on HP’s CloudSystem. Anyone using it?Thanks.
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| March 31, 2012 8:29 PM
Cloud Computing, CloudSystem, HP
I’m curious to get peoples’ take on HP’s CloudSystem. Anyone using it?Thanks.
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| March 31, 2012 8:29 PM
Cloud Computing, CloudSystem, HP
Open IT Forum: What would you like to see from VMWorld 2011?
IT Knowledge Exchange is hitting the desert sands once more to bring you live coverage from VMWorld 2011. Let us know what vendors you’d like explored, what tracks you’d like covered, and what general information you’re looking to see coming from the conference. You can leave your requests in the discussion section below or tweet [...]
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| March 31, 2012 7:31 PM
Cloud Computing, Conference coverage, Open IT Forum, Virtualization, VMware, VMworld, VMworld 2011
IT Knowledge Exchange is hitting the desert sands once more to bring you live coverage from VMWorld 2011. Let us know what vendors you’d like explored, what tracks you’d like covered, and what general information you’re looking to see coming from the conference. You can leave your requests in the discussion section below or tweet [...]
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| March 31, 2012 7:31 PM
Cloud Computing, Conference coverage, Open IT Forum, Virtualization, VMware, VMworld, VMworld 2011
Open IT Forum: Are cloud SLAs a thing of the past?
I read this article that questioned if cloud SLAs are dead, and I was curious what the IT community had to say about it. It seems that SLAs are the only way to ensure that the enterprise can get what it needs out of cloud providers, and get what it needs in the case of [...]
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| March 31, 2012 6:59 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Open IT Forum, SLA
I read this article that questioned if cloud SLAs are dead, and I was curious what the IT community had to say about it. It seems that SLAs are the only way to ensure that the enterprise can get what it needs out of cloud providers, and get what it needs in the case of [...]
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| March 31, 2012 6:59 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Open IT Forum, SLA
New Cloud Service Providers
Hello. Do you have, or know where I can find names and services of new/startup cloud services providers? Thank you. Tim Haag
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| March 31, 2012 4:50 PM
CEM, Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, CRM management, SaaS and cloud computing
Hello. Do you have, or know where I can find names and services of new/startup cloud services providers? Thank you. Tim Haag
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| March 31, 2012 4:50 PM
CEM, Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, CRM management, SaaS and cloud computing
Security in Cloud computing
Can you please elaborate on the most pressing security issues that cloud computing faces, and its solutions that are being considered to handle them Regards.
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| March 31, 2012 1:22 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud computing security, Open IT Forum, Security
Can you please elaborate on the most pressing security issues that cloud computing faces, and its solutions that are being considered to handle them Regards.
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| March 31, 2012 1:22 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud computing security, Open IT Forum, Security
Open IT Forum: What should I ask my cloud storage vendor?
Off-site storage is nothing new, but cloud storage is often seen as a different beast. What questions do you suggest companies ask their cloud storage vendor? Leave your suggestions or questions you wished you’d asked in the comments section, and we’ll share 75 Knowledge Points with you!
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| March 31, 2012 7:20 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud storage, Open IT Forum, Storage management, Storage performance
Off-site storage is nothing new, but cloud storage is often seen as a different beast. What questions do you suggest companies ask their cloud storage vendor? Leave your suggestions or questions you wished you’d asked in the comments section, and we’ll share 75 Knowledge Points with you!
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| March 31, 2012 7:20 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud storage, Open IT Forum, Storage management, Storage performance
Free IT Book: Building Applications in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book is Christopher Moyer’s Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects. “Don’t just migrate the cloud: Use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability” with this great resource. Answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Entourage, [...]
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| March 31, 2012 1:29 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Cloud storage, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
This week’s free IT book is Christopher Moyer’s Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects. “Don’t just migrate the cloud: Use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability” with this great resource. Answer one of five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Entourage, [...]
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| March 31, 2012 1:29 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Cloud storage, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Open IT Forum: In defense of cloud storage
Whether you’ve used Dropbox or your company outsources some of its data storage to the cloud, we want to hear your pros for cloud storage. Everyone knows the perceived downsides to cloud storage, but we’d love to hear practical and successful uses of this technology. Share your experiences and we’ll share 75 Knowledge Points!
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| March 31, 2012 6:02 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud computing security, Cloud Services, Cloud storage, Open IT Forum, Storage, Storage management
Whether you’ve used Dropbox or your company outsources some of its data storage to the cloud, we want to hear your pros for cloud storage. Everyone knows the perceived downsides to cloud storage, but we’d love to hear practical and successful uses of this technology. Share your experiences and we’ll share 75 Knowledge Points!
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| March 31, 2012 6:02 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud computing security, Cloud Services, Cloud storage, Open IT Forum, Storage, Storage management
Open IT Forum: What are your views on social networking platforms in your network?
I chatted with David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, last week at Enterprise 2.0, and we talked about IT’s changing attitude toward cloud-based offerings such as social networking platforms. I’d love to hear from practicing IT professionals about the impact of these platforms on the network, whether it’s security or storage. Share your opinion or experience, [...]
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| July 8, 2011 3:28 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Cloud Computing, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, Platform integration, Platform Solutions, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
I chatted with David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, last week at Enterprise 2.0, and we talked about IT’s changing attitude toward cloud-based offerings such as social networking platforms. I’d love to hear from practicing IT professionals about the impact of these platforms on the network, whether it’s security or storage. Share your opinion or experience, [...]
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| July 8, 2011 3:28 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Cloud Computing, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, Platform integration, Platform Solutions, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Open IT Forum: What’s your weapon of choice for personal or enterprise storage?
What’s your weapon of choice for personal or enterprise storage? Do you have a Dropbox, Box.net, or Mozy account? Let us know about your experience with these services: How did it affect your usage when these services changed their pricing models? How important is customer service and encryption? Share your opinion and we’ll share [...]
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| June 10, 2011 12:48 PM
Amazon, Box.net, Cloud storage, Dropbox, Enterprise content management, Mozy, Open IT Forum, Storage
What’s your weapon of choice for personal or enterprise storage? Do you have a Dropbox, Box.net, or Mozy account? Let us know about your experience with these services: How did it affect your usage when these services changed their pricing models? How important is customer service and encryption? Share your opinion and we’ll share [...]
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| June 10, 2011 12:48 PM
Amazon, Box.net, Cloud storage, Dropbox, Enterprise content management, Mozy, Open IT Forum, Storage
Free IT Book: Building Applications in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book, Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects, is Christopher Moyer’s guide to help you not just migrate to the cloud, but “use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability.” Whether you’re building a new cloud solution or adapting code that already exists, this is a [...]
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| June 2, 2011 1:35 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing books, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
This week’s free IT book, Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects, is Christopher Moyer’s guide to help you not just migrate to the cloud, but “use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability.” Whether you’re building a new cloud solution or adapting code that already exists, this is a [...]
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| June 2, 2011 1:35 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing books, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Interconnecting MPLS clouds
Is it possible to connect two or more MPLS clouds at the clients end ?
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| May 31, 2011 4:55 AM
Cloud Computing, MPLS, MPLS VPNs
Is it possible to connect two or more MPLS clouds at the clients end ?
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| May 31, 2011 4:55 AM
Cloud Computing, MPLS, MPLS VPNs
Risks in having multiple VPN tunnels on a firewall
If I have an ISP connection with a firewall configured to have a vpn tunnel to one of our service providers, what is the security risk in having another vpn tunnel configured to go to another partner where we do business?
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| June 29, 2011 8:27 PM
Cloud Computing, Firewalls, Juniper, Juniper NetScreen-25, NetScreen, Networking, VPN Netscreen Juniper Firewall
If I have an ISP connection with a firewall configured to have a vpn tunnel to one of our service providers, what is the security risk in having another vpn tunnel configured to go to another partner where we do business?
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| June 29, 2011 8:27 PM
Cloud Computing, Firewalls, Juniper, Juniper NetScreen-25, NetScreen, Networking, VPN Netscreen Juniper Firewall
Mdaemon Pro vs Google Apps.
What are advantage migrating from Mdaemon to Google Apps?
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| May 5, 2011 1:42 AM
Cloud Applications, Google, Google Apps, MDaemon
What are advantage migrating from Mdaemon to Google Apps?
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| May 5, 2011 1:42 AM
Cloud Applications, Google, Google Apps, MDaemon
Cloud CRM for Education
Which are the best cloud CRM applications available to meet the needs of a small college with respect to: automated lead capture, automated distribution and rotation(if rep doesn’t repond), lead updates on duplicate inquires;automated lead prioritization for represenatives, contact management, autoresponders, email/surface mail fullfillment; tracking, metic analytics, standard and customizable report
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| March 13, 2012 5:31 PM
Cloud Computing, CRM, CRM applications, CRM implementation, CRM services, CRM software
Which are the best cloud CRM applications available to meet the needs of a small college with respect to: automated lead capture, automated distribution and rotation(if rep doesn’t repond), lead updates on duplicate inquires;automated lead prioritization for represenatives, contact management, autoresponders, email/surface mail fullfillment; tracking, metic analytics, standard and customizable report
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| March 13, 2012 5:31 PM
Cloud Computing, CRM, CRM applications, CRM implementation, CRM services, CRM software
Desktop Application in cloud computing.
Can we add our desktop based application created in Visual studio 2008/2010 in cloud server(Azure) ?
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| May 25, 2011 5:14 AM
.Net 4.0, Azure, Cloud Computing, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010
Can we add our desktop based application created in Visual studio 2008/2010 in cloud server(Azure) ?
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| May 25, 2011 5:14 AM
.Net 4.0, Azure, Cloud Computing, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010
MAC in AWS
Can We get a MAC OS instance in AWS ???
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| April 29, 2011 7:09 AM
Amazon AWS, Amazon Web services, AWS, Mac OS
Can We get a MAC OS instance in AWS ???
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| April 29, 2011 7:09 AM
Amazon AWS, Amazon Web services, AWS, Mac OS
Cloud computing guide
Hi folks, I was a C# developer, and now I am doing my masters in Computer Science (speicificaly web development in Java). But I 7-8 months I wanted to work on cloud computing as a developer and I also wanted to experience most tasks in cloud computing may be with in the next decade. I [...]
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| March 21, 2011 5:22 PM
Cloud Applications, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing books
Hi folks, I was a C# developer, and now I am doing my masters in Computer Science (speicificaly web development in Java). But I 7-8 months I wanted to work on cloud computing as a developer and I also wanted to experience most tasks in cloud computing may be with in the next decade. I [...]
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| March 21, 2011 5:22 PM
Cloud Applications, Cloud Computing, Cloud computing books
How to test if I have a cloud server
I bought a cloud hosting server but the control panel looks similar to ordinary Linux hosting. How can I figure out whether or not it’s a cloud server?
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| March 11, 2011 6:24 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Cloud storage, Control panel, Linux, Linux hosting
I bought a cloud hosting server but the control panel looks similar to ordinary Linux hosting. How can I figure out whether or not it’s a cloud server?
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| March 11, 2011 6:24 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Cloud storage, Control panel, Linux, Linux hosting
