Thanks for the comments. It seems very weird that hardware and software companies are merging. It used to be that the biggest companies got to participate at this level.
Now even Larry Ellison says he may want a semiconductor company to augment his Sun acquisition. (can you say AMD?)
Having one throat to choke may stiffle innovation, but the fact of the matter is innovation has a way of moving around these walled gardens. It happened for Linux and social media. It will happen again.
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Multi-tenant clouds assure security for clients, but not necessarily for their ideas. Here's one thing you should discuss with your cloud provider before you sign on.
All the recent hoopla about cloud security overlooks an important point, which is that it's not strictly a cloud problem. The linkage of online services into cooperative chains creates the risk, and only biometrics and federation of providers can save us.
Less than a year ago, we were debating whether private or public cloud would prevail. Private cloud now appears to be a clear favorite. The reason? Organizations of all sizes are getting comfortable with cloud, and vendors are providing solutions that make the adoption of private cloud straightforward and less risky.
65% of CIOs are on board with cloud, but 55% are still thinking about it. Risk is the major barrier to entry. Cloud purveyors can help to address this by providing turnkey cloud solutions targeted at specific vertical industry markets.
Security issues are all over the media today, along with condemnation of hackers who "create" them, but the sad truth is that only one enterprise in eight says it would submit to a public security audit. We need to get serious about this issue as we head into the cloud era.
Cloud services bring great benefits to IT, but they also force revisions to IT practices. One area where cloud services are having an impact is disaster recovery and business continuation.
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