Cloud Vendors Push US Congress For More Data Protection
One of the biggest concerns regarding Cloud Computing is about the privacy of data on third party servers. Along with data thefts that could happen due to bad security policies of the vendors, there is always a threat from overzealous governments trying to use their authority to take anyone’s data out from the third party [...]
Research Shows Increased Cloud Adoption But Concerns Remain
Mimecast, a provider of cloud-based email security, continuity, policy control and archiving, released the results of a survey sponsored by them. As it is always with any vendor sponsored research, one should take it with a grain of salt. However, it does offer some insight into cloud adoption in US and UK. I will highlight [...]
Cloud Computing Outside the US
Information Week has an article that talks about the difference between the US and European Cloud Computing markets. The article points out to some numbers given by The 451 Group’s William Fellows The 451 Group’s William Fellows in a “Cloud Outlook 2010″ Webcast, says that 57% of spending on cloud computing is done in the [...]
Will Government Alter The Cloud SLA Game?
One of the key parameters in the push to accelerate enterprise cloud adoption is the SLA (Service Level Agreements). It is an important requirement before enterprises can even think of jumping into the cloud. After a slow start, companies are coming out with SLAs for their services but it is still a messy affair with [...]
