Secure Cloud Computing

Cloud Expo Silicon Valley $800 Savings here! Like other desktop-centric technologies such as anti-malware, PC tune-up utilities (disk de-fragmentation, registry cleaners, junk removers, etc.) have primarily been a localized technology that relied on the user installing software on the computer to analyze and resolve problems that affect performance. This session will introduce a new approach that takes PC tune-up and security strategies to a new level utilizing the power of the cloud as a means of delivery. In his session at the 7th International Cloud Expo, Ryan Sherstobitoff, Chief Corporate Evangelist at SafeKidZone and CEO of ForwardK, will introduce new methodologies to use the intelligence of the community and the power of the cloud to accomplish computer maintenance at a lower total cost of ownership than traditional desktop technologies. Explore Cloud Expo ... (more)

The Top 250 Players in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem

In the run-up to the next Cloud Expo, 7th Cloud Expo (November 1–4, 2010) being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley, it's time to give my earlier list a complete overhaul. Here, accordingly, is an expanded list of the most active players in the Cloud Ecosystem. I have increased it from the 'mere' 150 I identified back in January of this year, to 250, testimony – as if any 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 ... (more)

Cranium Solutions Offers Cloud-Based Security Assessment Service on GoGrid

Cranium Solutions, Inc, the creator of ASAP (Automated Security Assessment Program) and a provider of end-to-end automated Security Assessment solutions, on Thursday announced the release of its cloud-based Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Test services to GoGrid customers, based on its unique virtual portal delivery technology. The Cranium Solutions ASAP service is now available through the GoGrid Cloud in the form of a Partner GoGrid Server Image, enabling GoGrid customers to instantly deploy the portal and begin running complex security testing of their systems in the ... (more)

New Unisys ClearPath Solutions Propel Clients into the Cloud

Unisys Corporation on Thursday introduced the first in a planned series of managed cloud solutions for its ClearPath family of mainframe servers. ClearPath Cloud Development and Test Solution is a "platform as a service" (PaaS) solution. It extends Unisys strategy for delivering secure IT services in the cloud and sets the stage for delivery of further ClearPath Cloud solutions in the near future. "With the ClearPath Cloud Solutions, Unisys enables ClearPath clients to leverage a new, cost-efficient business model for use of IT resources," said Bill Maclean, vice president, Clear... (more)

Storm Clouds – Disruptive Technologies Creating the ‘New Normal’

Cloud Expo Silicon Valley $800 Savings here! As much as information technology has changed in the last 10 years, the next decade promises even more significant change. And as cloud technology becomes more prevalent, IT enterprises will be driven to reconsider the status quo around just about everything we know including Physical Infrastructure, Virtualization, Automation, Service Management, and Security. Cloud technology and virtualization of virtually everything means rethinking the economic models around physical infrastructure, the emergence of a new class of providers as wel... (more)