As part of our cloud strategy, we’ve recently released a VMware version of
our cloud security offering. It allows cloud providers using VMware, as well
as the cloud users themselves, to create an encrypted environment within
minutes, while eliminating the complexity around encryption key management in
the cloud without compromising trust and confidentiality.
During this process we’ve engaged in many conversations with the cloud
providers’ community to better understand their requirements, and equally
important – their customers’ requirements. We’ve identified some
interesting patterns with regards to cloud data security, which I thought
would be beneficial to share.
Where does it make more sense to integrate the encryption solution?
One repetitive issue we’ve discussed with cloud providers’ was the ideal
location for virtual encryption integration. In other words – wh... (more)
Xeround, the Cloud Database Company, on Tuesday announced the availability of
their database-as-a-service for MySQL applications as an add-on for the
AppHarbor .Net platform and for AppFog's PHP Fog PHP platform.
Xeround's add-on provides .NET and PHP developers using these platforms with
a zero-management, highly available and scalable cloud database solution in
just one click.
Xeround's add-on on AppHarbor and AppFog platforms provides simple one-click
integration between the applications hosted on these platforms and Xeround's
Database-as-a-Service. From the users' perspective... (more)
With hypervisors a ubiquitous component of nearly every IT deployment,
virtual appliances present a compelling alternative to traditional physical
appliances by offering a simpler and faster software deployment model. In
recent years, many data storage vendors have jumped on the “virtual
bandwagon,” offering virtual storage appliances, often referred to as VSAs,
and bucking the trend of an industry largely dominated by traditional
hardware boxes.
While virtual storage appliances may seem disruptive to the accepted model of
an integrated storage array, their attractiveness is lar... (more)
One of my favorite jobs was working in corporate development and looking at
companies to acquire back at Progress Software. We had a couple hundred
million in the bank, low single digit organic growth, margins expanding from
20% by 2 or 3% per year, and had gotten addicted to buying top line revenue
to "juice" our top line.
Corporate development got to go shopping for acquisitions, meeting with tons
of small to medium sized companies to find the next one that met our model
and fit our strategy. We called the activity around this shopping "kissing
frogs" and "turning over rocks."... (more)
Cloud Expo Early Bird Savings
A robust ecosystem of solutions providers is emerging around cloud computing.
Here, SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal expands its list of most active
players in the fast-emerging Cloud Ecosystem, from the 'mere' 100 we
identified back in January of this year, to half as many again - testimony,
if any further were needed, to the fierce and continuing growth of the
"Elastic IT" paradigm throughout the world of enterprise computing.
Editorial note: The words in quotation marks used to describe the various
services and solutions in this round-up are in e... (more)
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