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In search for cloud companies in the risk mitigation space

By L. Provoos

March 5, 2009
Categories : Security

Are you a software company or startup that is focused on delivering products or solutions in the cloud or SaaS space in the field of risk mitigation? Think about Jericho-style security, cloud-VPN, appliance-based solutions, monitoring/administration,...
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No more "regulatory compliance" excuses for cloud adoption please

By L. Provoos

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March 3, 2009
Categories : Security

Microsoft Online Services anounced today that GlaxoSmithKline bought a 100.000 seat license for their SaaS solution. Two interesting things here: GSK was a Lotus shop before. This is also the biggest group that Microsoft is targeting with this BPOS...
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Tech Predictions for 2009: The Year Standards Bodies wake up to Clouds

By jarnold

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November 18, 2008
Categories : Security

I've seen a lot of talk recently, including on this blog, about clouds moving from the person to the enterprise. While all agree it's a good idea, there are many road blocks to overcome. Security always gets a mention (see my previous blog entry)....
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Clean Clouds - how to secure utility computing

By jarnold

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October 24, 2008
Categories : Security

So, I can use my home broadband which gives me a reliable 10Mbps for £10 per month ... or I can use a corporate network which gives me a slightly less reliable 100Kbps for £200 per month or more ... Most corporations are don't build great IT...
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Top 5 facts on cloud computing (and why it matters)

By Denis Lafont-Trevisan

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October 7, 2008
Categories : Agile Architecture BPO Business Information Management Custom Software Development Data Governance Open Source Security Web

Last weeks were cloudy. Microsoft announced a Windows Cloud OS. Amazon announced that Windows will be supported in their Elastic Cloud. The blogosphere was full of comments on the brilliant talk of Larry Ellison at Oracle Expo where he stated that...
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Clouded opinions on The Cloud

By M. Nankman

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October 2, 2008
Categories : Security

The following headline caught my attention a few days ago when I saw my Twitter client pop it up in the corner of my screen (see, microblogging is a good thing): onsaas HEADLINE: Richard Stallman On Cloud Computing: Stupidity -...
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The hyper corrective browser

By Rick Mans

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July 26, 2008
Categories : Custom Software Development Security

I just had a discussion via Twitter about the desired behavior of browsers during an endless javascript loop (e.g. while(true){alert("test");}). One of my friends suggested that browsers should correct this kind of code. Browsers should do this in...
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A dilemma for Personal Data protection in the digital age

By B. Beal

February 13, 2008
Categories : Security

Security breaches involving personal data and the inadequacy of the controls protecting this data in many organisations was brought to the top of the news agenda in late 2007, making it something of a watershed year regarding the security of...
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