Legal considerations affect cloud decisions

Cloud-based identity services taking on a different look as they grow; Networking in the (Thunder) Clouds Cloud Security NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by ArcSight Successfully Detecting Network Threats Better understand your business and security risks by continuously knowing who is on your network, what data they are seeing, and which actions they are taking with that data. Get the real-time activity correlation and analysis and network threat detection you need. Spotlight Story Legal considerations affect cloud decisions Legal considerations are an important part of cloud security, especially when it comes to how government agencies can demand data stored in cloud providers' networks. Read full story Related News: Cloud-based identity services taking on a different look as they grow Cloud-based identity services are starting to gain a foothold among corporate users, but the evolving architecture looks nothing like the platforms companies have been building internally, according to Bob Blakley, vice president and research director at the Burton Group. Networking in the (Thunder) Clouds With cloud federations over the Internet, QoS is going to be nonexistent. Yes, you can control QoS internally before it reaches your Internet exit point and queue the traffic outbound to the Internet, but after that it's all best effort. Harvard prof. sends wrong message about clouds Jonathan Zittrain (a law professor at Harvard University), whose perspective on information technology functionality appears to have been fixed in about 1987, attacks cloud computing and contrasts it with the bygone, halcyon days of PC-based computing August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Black Hat's best How well you remember the Black Hat conference's most notorious incidents? Wireless burning questions How much longer are you going to hang onto that Ethernet cable? And other questions. Unified Communications Information Kit Get the inside track on advanced communications and collaboration solutions from IBM with our complimentary Information Kit. Learn how to reduce your communication costs, consolidate servers, boost productivity and increase your competitive advantage. Unified Communications Information Kit   August 04, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES Fake ATM doesn't last long at hacker meet Have you hugged your SysAdmin today? Defense Department eyes hacker con for new recruits Some IT skills hot, even in down economy Nine things about botnets that will scare your pants off CEOs still getting big perks despite pay backlash Korean 'journalists' booted from Defcon 'I now pronounce you monetized' When error messages go public Why I built a Ubuntu PC out of an old carpet cleaner Vyatta Open Router, Firewall, VPN Software Vyatta delivers a full suite of advanced routing and security in a software-based network OS that scales from the branch office to the service provider edge. By combining the power and flexibility of open software with the performance and economics of standard hardware, Vyatta software and appliances easily deliver higher performance than Cisco 1800 through 7200 series routers and ASA security devices at a cost savings up to 75% or more. Learn more now. Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com