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: Dell Data Center and Private Cloud Solutions By progressively transforming your data center, you can turn it into a highly-optimized private cloud that maximizes efficiency, security, and agility, while providing elastic scalability and always-on availability. Learn More In this Issue Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services INSIDER IaaS: Renting on-demand technology Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile Box to beef up IT administration features of cloud content management software Customizable cloud SLAs on the way, researchers predict 8 ways to customize Windows 8 Information of U.S. federal employees exposed 9 great open-source media apps WAN virtualization's benefits "beyond the WAN" for security, cloud computing RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver Your IT Career Roadmap This unique session is designed with you, the IT professional in mind. How can you build your personal brand, and properly design a career plan? How do you work with your staff to create a plan that retains your best talent? Come to IT Roadmap Denver for valuable information on how today's IT leaders build successful careers. Click to continue Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam -- but they claim to have discovered more than 100 such bugs over the past few months. 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 Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: Teradata Cloud Computing Models for Data Warehousing Gain better business intelligence through private cloud self service capabilities. In this whitepaper, analyst Mark Madsen explores why private cloud computing is a better choice to meet your analytical needs as business conditions fluctuate and grow. Learn more. Box to beef up IT administration features of cloud content management software Box will start letting customers test a new set of IT administration controls for its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software. 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 8 ways to customize Windows 8 The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 -- which was made available to the public to download, install, and use for free until the new Microsoft OS is officially released -- has its share of the good and not-so-good. Fortunately, you can tweak various things to make it work the way you like, particularly if you're not fond of its radically new Metro UI. Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Delivering a Greener Data Center This paper covers power utilization, intelligent power management and industry best practices for energy efficiency. Extreme Networks® takes a lifecycle approach to power efficiency, management and recycling, offering savings to our customers and promoting a greener world. Learn more. Information of U.S. federal employees exposed A hack in July last year of a computer used by third-party services provider Serco to support the Thrift Savings Plan run by the U.S. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board resulted in unauthorized access to the personal information of about 123,201 TSP participants and payees, FRTIB said Friday. Read More 9 great open-source media apps No proprietary license? No problem. Read 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
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