Cloud Security: A Comprehensive Guide to Secure Cloud Computing
Product DescriptionWell-known security experts decipher the most challenging aspect of cloud computing-securityCloud computing allows for both large and small organizations to have the opportunity to use Internet-based services so that they can reduce start-up costs, lower capital expenditures, use services on a pay-as-you-use basis, access applications only as needed, and quickly reduce or increase capacities. [...]
Amazon updates Cloud Drive and Cloud Player with unlimited music space, free storage for Amazon MP3s, iPad web player (Todd Haselton/BGR)
Todd Haselton / BGR:Amazon updates Cloud Drive and Cloud Player with unlimited music space, free storage for Amazon MP3s, iPad web player — Moments ago Amazon announced that it has made a number of enhancements to its Amazon Cloud Drive and Cloud Player services. First — for a limited time — anyone who signs up [...]
Microsoft to make inbound data transfer free on Windows Azure cloud (Mary Jo Foley/All about Microsoft Blog)
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:Microsoft to make inbound data transfer free on Windows Azure cloud — Microsoft plans to tweak its Windows Azure pricing, come July 1, to make the platform more attractive to users who want to migrate lots of data to the cloud. — The change, announced on June 22, [...]
Will the Attack on the IMF Compromise Cloud Computing? – Yahoo Finance
The hackers carried out the attack using a method known as “spear phishing”, where an individual is tricked into opening a phony email link carrying a virus. The infiltration had utilized sophisticated code designed specifically to attack the IMF.
Cisco Displays New Cloud Data Center, Touts Efficiency (Derrick Harris/GigaOM)
Derrick Harris / GigaOM:Cisco Displays New Cloud Data Center, Touts Efficiency — Data Center Hall in Cisco’s new green data center. — Cisco today took the covers off a new Allen, Texas, data center that will serve as the foundation for Cisco’s private cloud computing effort, which it calls Cisco Elastic IT Services.
Dedicated Hardware Now Available in Amazon’s Cloud (Mikael Ricknäs/PC World)
Mikael Ricknäs / PC World:Dedicated Hardware Now Available in Amazon’s Cloud — Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers can now run their cloud applications on hardware dedicated to them, the company said on Monday. — Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) uses virtualization, based on a customized version of the Xen hypervisor …
Netflix Embraces Amazon’s Cloud For Critical Services (J. Bonasia/Investor’s Business Daily)
J. Bonasia / Investor’s Business Daily:Netflix Embraces Amazon’s Cloud For Critical Services — On Aug. 11, 2008, Netflix (NFLX) tech managers detected a “database corruption event” that caused their DVD shipping system to fail. The firm’s official blog blamed a “key faulty hardware component.”
Securing the Cloud: Cloud Computer Security Techniques and Tactics
Product DescriptionCloud computing harnesses the power, storage capacity and various software applications of the Internet and provides these to businesses as a service. It takes the place of an overabundance of hardware, software licenses and infrastructure, saving time and startup, as well as, maintenence costs. As companies turn to this burgeoning technology to streamline and [...]
Amazon cloud can help hack WiFi networks: expert (Jim Finkle/Reuters)
Jim Finkle / Reuters:Amazon cloud can help hack WiFi networks: expert — (Reuters) – A security researcher says he has figured out a quick and inexpensive way to break a commonly used form of password protection for wireless networks using powerful computers that anybody can lease from Amazon.com Inc over the Web.
The Cloud OS (Paul Buchheit)
Paul Buchheit:The Cloud OS — My recent remark about the future of ChromeOS generated a surprisingly passionate response. Some said that my prediction was obvious and boring, but others disagreed, arguing instead that I am ugly and “don’t get it”. I won’t disagree with either side …
