The consequences of inadequate cloud security

Cloud computing providers are making efforts to embrace security in a way that reassures their customers Cloud Security Alert NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by F5 Networks Reducing Data Center Costs Implementing virtualization solutions can improve the efficiency and availability of resources and applications, but it can also create a new set of challenges. This guide shows how businesses can realize efficiency savings and reduce costs by offloading services from the servers and optimizing the virtual infrastructure and shared storage network. Spotlight Story The consequences of inadequate cloud security By Tim Greene The phenomenon of services in the cloud is well established. Some say it will become the dominant model for network infrastructure as issues of reliability and security are convincingly addressed. Read full story Tim Greene is senior editor at Network World. 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