Educating you on the benefits and "how to" of integrating cloud computing with your business network.

Looking for a heated debate these days?  The security of cloud computing offers just such a debate, argued passionately by highly informed IT professionals supporting the inherent security of cloud computing on one side and those arguing the inherent risk of centralized cloud computing platforms on the other.

Entering the fray is the Ponemon Institute’s study of 900-some IT executives.  Findings include a lack of proactive security evaluation by businesses using cloud computing platforms (no surprise there!) and the inconsistent security measures of various cloud providers (again, no surprise…).

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The state of cloud computing security

What’s a concerned CxO to do?  Recent developments in cloud computing seek to marry the benefits of the cloud with the security, performance, and integrity of your local network.  Intriguing?  Stay tuned!

Increasingly, cloud computing is becoming a resource more business are seeking to harness.  PCMag.com quotes cloud computing expert John Willis: “cloud technology will have a footprint in every business.” Willis even predicts the cloud’s “footprint” will be in every business by 2013.

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The cloud’s footprint

Business leaders and IT professionals alike will decide over the next few years whether the cloud’s footprint looks more like a boot in the pants or a well thought-out strategy.  How can you best leverage the cloud for your business?  Will you pick and choose cloud-based applications?  Perhaps look at private cloud computing – or even beyond that to what’s being called local cloud computing?

At CA World 2010 in Las Vegas last week, keynote speaker Bill McCracken told the 7,000 in attendance that the business world must embrace cloud computing to succeed in the future. For businesses to remain competitive, according to McCracken, they must leverage the growth of cloud computing.  “As we emerge from the global economic downturn, we have a tremendous opportunity to leap forward and embrace change, or risk being left behind.”

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CA World 2010 – the cloud is crucial to biz success

Jon Brodkin, a senior editor at Network World talks about some of the confusion around how cloud apps work and what kind of long-term impact they will have on business technology.

1. Cloud computing will put IT pros out of a job
2. The cloud is free (or at least incredibly inexpensive)
3. Cloud performance is never a problem
4. You can replace Microsoft Office with Google, or Zoho, or…
5. The cloud is easy to set up and manage
6. Security is [fill in the blank]

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