Gartner says by 2020, a corporate "No-Cloud" Policy will be as rare as a "No-Internet" policy is today and specifically the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market is projected to continue to grow more than 25 percent per year through 2019. This surge in cloud adoption also represents a huge shift in cloud spending by IT organizations, directly or indirectly affecting more than $1 trillion dollars in Cloud IT purchases by 2020, according to Gartner. Of course, not every enterprise app and data bit will move fully to the cloud. To quote yet another study - this one by North Bridge Venture Partners and GigaOM Research - many of these deployments will be hybrid in nature. For enterprises and smaller organizations alike, it's essential to build a cloud strategy that adopts public and private cloud resources, on-premise systems, containers, and more. Research confirms... (more)

Navigating the Cloud: Security Solutions

As you navigate the cloud, you may be asking about: Securing your data outside your firewall Unauthorized visibility to your data in a shared computing environment Unintentional cloud administration errors Potential cloud providers' security expertise If you are, Unisys can provide you with the level of security and the experience you need to protect your business in the cloud. To learn about our unique patent-pending security solution, register here to view a high-level demonstration of how Unisys secures the cloud. Click Here to View This Demo Now! ... (more)

Five Big Questions About Big Data Encryption

A few months ago experts predicted 2013 would be the Year of Big Data. To a large extent, those predictions have been spot on, with Big Data investment on the rise and success stories emerging across a variety of industries from insurance to pharma to professional basketball. The Big Data narrative may be shifting though, as debate around data privacy heats up. No doubt the two topics are almost inextricably linked, as the PBS News Hour points out, but it wasn’t until late last week that the issue of data privacy became a trending topic in the U.S. Citizens can vent, politicians can banter, news media can report, but the reality is Big Data is not going to be regulated away for the sake of privacy, so it’s incumbent upon organizations that collect big data to secure it, and ensure the data never falls into the hands of unauthorized individuals. Encryption is one o... (more)

Relationship Between Risk & Continuous Testing By @Parasoft | @CloudExpo

Stickyminds' Cameron Philipp-Edmonds recently interviewed Wayne Ariola (Parasoft Chief Strategy Officer and co-author of Continuous Testing) about how Continuous Testing provides a real-time, objective assessment of the business risks associated with an application under development and allows both business and technical managers to make better trade-off decisions between release scope, time, and quality. The interview covered topics such as: The relationship between risks and Continuous Testing Common misperceptions about Continuous Testing Who should care about Continuous Testing How we are all in a new era of testing Why now is the best time in the history of software to be a tester The following is a brief excerpt from the interview... "There are basically four major points associated with continuous testing. One, is the business expectations associated with that... (more)

Apani Networks Joins The Open Group and OASIS to Augment Enterprise Network Security Initiatives

BREA, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Apani Networks, the leading enterprise network security software provider focused on securing inside the network perimeter, today announced that the company has joined two leading industry organizations dedicated to open standards for software and security. Apani has joined both the Security & Identity Management and Jericho Forums within The Open Group (http://www.opengroup.org/), as well as the Web Services Secure Exchange Technical Committee within OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org/). Apani will play an active role in helping to frame the technical specifications and priorities for each organization's security initiatives, lending its technical expertise and customer experience to support the goals of both The Open Group and OASIS. Apani will leverage its active participation in both groups to ensure that Apani's products will... (more)

Bluefire Security Technologies Supports Palm Treo 700w Smartphone

BALTIMORE, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluefire Security Technologies, Inc., a developer of security solutions for mobile devices, today announced full support of the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 700w smartphone, part of a new class of mobile device combined with broadband wireless. "With today's technology, the concept of a smartphone as a small, compact wireless mobile device that has all the usability of a PC has become a reality," says Mark Komisky, CEO of Bluefire Security Technologies. "Along with the freedom to have a PC experience while working remotely without having the PC, comes the responsibility of understanding and protecting smartphones from potential threats and vulnerabilities." Komisky continues, "Organizations should use the same security requirements with smartphones that they use with PCs or laptops." Bluefire addresses this need for security by providing produc... (more)

Fortify Software and FindBugs Launch Review of Java Open Source Software to Boost Quality and Security

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortify Software Inc., the market-leading provider of software security products, in partnership with FindBugs, the leading open source Java error detection project, has launched the Java Open Review (JOR) Project. The JOR Project, located at http://opensource.fortifysoftware.com/, invites the open source software community to submit their Java software projects for a quality and security review. The efforts are being led by qualified volunteers using Fortify Source Code Analysis (SCA), the world's most proven and widely used source code security analysis solution, and FindBugs, which is used by nearly 300,000 developers at hundreds of leading global companies to find bugs in Java code. The goal of the JOR Project is to boost the security and quality of open source software written in Java, one of the fastest growing progr... (more)

Panda Security Names Tech Data Exclusive Distributor for Latest Security-as-a-Service Offering

GLENDALE, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Security (http://www.pandasecurity.com/), a leading global provider of IT security solutions, and Tech Data Corporation , a leading IT products distributor, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement for Panda Security Managed Office Protection. Available to value-added-resellers (VARs) through distribution for the first time, Panda Security's newest security-as- a-service (SaaS) offering provides remote security protection and management for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). The partnership expands Tech Data's portfolio of Panda Security products and will extend the subscription- based service's reach throughout Tech Data's expansive reseller network. Panda Security Managed Office Protection provides VARs with a comprehensive security solution to offer its SMB customers. The new web-based subscription ... (more)

Black & Decker Provides Advanced Look at Innovative Residential Access Control Solutions at 2008 CEDIA Expo

Black & Decker, the industry leader in residential security hardware, marketing under the Baldwin®, Kwikset® and Weiser Lock® brands, is today offering 2008 CEDIA Expo attendees a sneak preview of its upcoming remote and wireless residential access control solutions. Developed for interoperability with home control and security systems, these new electronic motorized locks deliver a full range of access control features like remote locking and unlocking, door lock status notification and automatic security system arming and disarming. These solutions will be on display from Sept. 4-7 in the Black & Decker booth, #493, Main Hall, Colorado Convention Center. “As the innovation leader in the residential door hardware industry, we have a responsibility to continue to drive advancement in security and access control, and that’s exactly what we’re doing by integrating the ... (more)

MXI Security MXP Portable Security USB Devices Certified by IdenTrust

MXI Security™, the leader in superior managed portable security solutions, today announced a global partnership with IdenTrust, the only bank-centric global interoperable identity network, to provide a compelling, easy-to-use identity solution for financial institutions. The collaboration delivers a completely portable, three-factor authentication solution, for fighting identity theft, securing online transactions, and increasing customers’ trust in the institutions with which they do business. MXI Security’s leading edge zero footprint and driverless Stealth MXP portable security devices and ACCESS Identity software are certified to operate in an IdenTrust compliant manner. The joint solution goes beyond strong authentication and offers defense against man-in-the-middle attacks, by securing private keys and IdenTrust digital certificates in trusted hardware with b... (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 the various services and solutions in this round-up are in every case taken from the Web sites of the companies themselves. Omissions to this Top 250 list should be sent to me via Twitter (twitter.com/jg21) and I will endeavor to include them in any future revision of this newly expanded rou... (more)