Giving the government the ability to control or even shut down the Internet would scare away organizations moving to the cloud Pending federal legislation called the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010, aka Senate bill 3480, would grant the president of the United States the power to cut Internet access in a …
Overcoming Cloud Computing’s buzz
Report: Breaches in the cloud illustrate need for stronger authentication As organizations increase their reliance on cloud-based services, collaboration tools and enabling users to access networks, the number of security breaches is on the rise. A new study by Forrester Research shows that more than half of the 306 companies surveyed (54 percent) reported a …
Cloud is changing the future of outsourcing
Gone are the days when CIOs demanded their shareholders underpin massive technology investments in ERP and infrastructure. Those investments have been made, and most CEOs intend never again to make capital outlays of that ilk on technology. Enter the Cloud. This is driving a new inflection point in the provisioning of business services, that goes …
Single Sign On : a necessity on the Cloud
The purpose of this topic is to explain why SSO appears as a necessity on the Cloud. First of all, there is a huge diversity of applications on the cloud, and firm employees may use a variety of apps for their jobs (Infrastructures, platforms, Softwares). Unfortunately, using a lot of apps implies using a lot …
Cloud computing for SME : do not fear security
While each organization should weigh the pros and cons of what assets to move into the cloud on a case-by-case basis, Steve Hanna of the non-profit Trusted Computing Group says that small to medium-sized organizations will likely benefit from an increase in security posture after making the transition. …“In some cases, the cloud can actually …
