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This Week in Cloud, May 16, 2013: The rogue cloud crackdown, IT departments are the new CSPs, Cloud failure points

Derek Stevens — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:50:00 GMT

Cloud News A survey by PMG reveals that companies are starting to crackdown on employees' use of rogue cloud services, according to this Forbes article. Compliance and security concerns are leading the drive to tougher restrictions on services like DropBox, Skype, and social media sites. A new survey by InformationWeek reveals that 40% of companies are now using cloud services and 51% of...

Cloud Computing: Regulatory Complexity Requires Systems Thinking

George Watt — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:27:00 GMT

In a recent article Peter Wayner cautions that "No one knows which laws apply" in reference to the fact that a customer may be in one jurisdiction and the cloud instance they receive may be in another. He is correct in his assertion that this can cause regulatory complexity. In fact it could be far more complex than stated in his article. The customer may be in one jurisdiction, the...

This Week in Cloud, May 9, 2013: U.K. issues cloud-first policy, Dell acquires Enstratius, OpenStack's growing pains

Derek Stevens — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:15:00 GMT

Cloud News The U.K. government announced that it plans to formally adopt a cloud-first policy, according to this InformationWeek article. As part of the cloud-first policy, government agencies will be required to evaluate cloud solutions to meet their IT needs before considering other options. Dell announced that it is purchasing Enstratius, a cloud computing startup that provides tools and...

Know Your Cloud Failure Points

Guest Contributor — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:08:00 GMT

By David Strom David Strom is an author, podcaster, and professional speaker who is an expert on networking, security, and Internet technologies. He blogs at strominator.com and can be found at david@strom.com or on Twitter @dstrom. He is the author of two computer books, and the former editor-in-chief of Tom's Hardware.com and Network Computing magazines. Part of securing your...

This Week in Cloud, May 3, 2013: AWS Certification Program, CloudStore 300% sales increase, 25% of companies in cloud

Derek Stevens — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Cloud News Amazon announced a new certification program that's intended to show a person's ability to write specifications, build, run and manage an AWS implementation, according to this GigaOM article. The certification program is targeted toward solutions architects, SysOps administrators, and developers. In March, the U.K. Government's CloudStore increased sales by 300% over the...