VMware's purchase of SpringSource could help cloud security

The cloud, brought to you by flash storage; Verizon Business to Offer Risk-Based Security Service Cloud Security NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by APC Optimizing the Data Center The Editors of Network World present this Executive Guide: Taking Virtualization Up a Notch. Read it and find out what you need to know about virtualization as it creeps into every corner of your data center. Spotlight Story VMware's purchase of SpringSource could help cloud security VMware is buying SpringSource, an acquisition that promises to tighten the relationship between the virtual environment that cloud computing relies on and the applications that run in that environment. Read full story Related News: The cloud, brought to you by flash storage Cloud computing and flash-based storage, two of the fastest-growing technologies in IT, may drive each other forward as Internet-based service providers demand faster access to large amounts of data. Verizon Business to Offer Risk-Based Security Service Verizon Business has a new risk-based suite of security tools that include cloud-and-premises-based services. Verizon's Next Generation Managed Security Services Platform is designed to compete with similar offerings from ArcSight and RSA. Twitter Breach Revives Cloud Security Fears The breach of a hosted Google Apps application used by Twitter employees has heightened concerns over the security of cloud computing systems. 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. Data in Action: Effective data management for smarter outcomes Date: August 19, 2009 Exhibit Zone 8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT to 12:00 pm PDT / 3:00pm EDT Join us for a special, complimentary Virtual Conference, offering valuable information for lowering IT costs through industry-leading performance, enhanced storage compression and improved automation. Register Now CCM for IT Compliance and Risk Management Learn from industry analysts how IT organizations are using configuration management to meet compliance requirements and instill best practices. Find out how these organizations are applying the resulting processes to enhance security and improve operational efficiency in order to increase their level of service delivery. Learn more now.   August 11, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES 10 worst video game systems of all time Do HP, 3Com value claims trump Cisco? Cyber attackers empty business accounts in minutes Review: Cisco IPS 7.0 raises the bar Storage start-ups rethink data access Cisco's Chambers under fire Five ways to get affordable certification skills Nortel CEO Zafirovski steps down Patch Tuesday has a beating waiting for Windows IBM gets $16M to bolster brain-on-a-chip tech 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. Read 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