Gartner: Don't trust cloud provider to protect your corporate assets

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	Gartner: Don't trust cloud provider to protect your corporate assets When a family with a baby buys a new car, they don't buy a car seat from the vehicle manufacturer: There is specialized equipment to handle the family's most sensitive asset. John Pescatore, a Gartner vice president and security analyst, says cloud security can be thought of in a similar way: Users shouldn't rely on their cloud service provider's security features to protect their most critical data. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fortinet Next-Generation Security for Enterprise Networks Since the concept of a 'next-generation firewall' was introduced several years ago by Gartner, many network security vendors have introduced their own next-generation firewalls to address this product category - but with varying results. View Now In this Issue Cisco all but kills Cius tablet computer Customizable cloud SLAs on the way, researchers predict Microsoft clarifies Ballmer's claims of massive Windows 8 adoption WAN Virtualization's benefits "beyond the WAN" for security, cloud computing INSIDER IaaS: Renting on-demand technology Take me out to the ballgame, with 4G Education group: Schools need 100 Mbps per 1,000 broadband users Pictures of solar-powered aircraft beginning milestone flight Broadband Stimulus Grants Seen as Political Flashpoint Microsoft Goes on the Defensive RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver IT Roadmap Denver: New Sessions Including: Unified Communications and VOIP, Mobility Strategies, The New Enterprise Network in the Era of the Cloud, Risk Management, Applications Strategy, Reducing IT Cost and Increasing Efficiencies, Analyzing Your Customers for Business Intelligence, and more. So register now and get ready for an all new IT Roadmap in 2012: Click to continue Cisco all but kills Cius tablet computer Cisco is slowly killing off its Cius business tablet less than a year after it started shipping. Read More Customizable cloud SLAs on the way, researchers predict Service-level agreements and legal standards for cloud offerings will become more customized to individual customers and vertical industries as the cloud market continues to mature and providers look for ways to differentiate their offerings, researchers at the University of London predict. Read More Microsoft clarifies Ballmer's claims of massive Windows 8 adoption Reports earlier this week that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicted unprecedented sales of Windows 8 were wrong on multiple counts, Microsoft and independent analysts agreed. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Accelerate Document Processing and Wow Your Customers Learn how intelligent imaging and BPM solutions, coupled with pragmatic best practices and methodology, can improve productivity, lower cost, increase accuracy, reduce cycle times and lower overall risk. Learn More WAN Virtualization's benefits "beyond the WAN" for security, cloud computing Last time, we covered the network benefits of WAN Virtualization. Here, we look at how WAN Virtualization delivers benefits "beyond the WAN" to the security and computing sides of the enterprise IT shop. Read More INSIDER IaaS: Renting on-demand technology Putting your faith in the cloud can be a risky endeavor. A survey from earlier this year showed that of 600 large companies, only 27% were using public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service. Read More Take me out to the ballgame, with 4G Ever been to a sports game and tried to send a text message, upload a photo to Facebook, or send a tweet about that awesome play that just happened? If so, you may have been left frustrated by the overcrowded network that prevented that all-important message from making your friends jealous. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sourcefire, Inc. Sourcefire FireSIGHT: Context-Aware and Adaptive Security Learn why Context-Aware and Adaptive Security is the key to effective protection today. View Now Education group: Schools need 100 Mbps per 1,000 broadband users Schools in the U.S. will need broadband speeds of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students and staff members by the 2014-15 school year in order to meet a growing demand for Web-based instruction and a skyrocketing number of student-owned Web devices, according to a new report by a trade group representing state education agencies. Read More Pictures of solar-powered aircraft beginning milestone flight We've collected some Reuters photos taken yesterday of the sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse readying for takeoff from an airfield in Switzerland. The plane made it successfully to Madrid early this morning and will now be prepped for the first transcontinental flight powered solely by the sun. You can see the pictures here. Read More Broadband Stimulus Grants Seen as Political Flashpoint Lawrence Strickling, the lead administrator of the agency doling out stimulus money for broadband deployments, urges grant recipients to amplify success stories as program faces political persecution in election season. Read More Microsoft Goes on the Defensive It seems Microsoft can survive anything, even the post-PC shift. But recent anti-competitive tactics and petty fees reveal a nervous company. Read More
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