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Kristen Verdi in
Cloud-based Security, Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, Threats from the Cloud, Virtualization
Sep 8th, 2010 |
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In this 30-second video, Todd Thiemann, Sr. Director, Data Protection Marketing, talks about all the buzz around the Trend Micro SecureCloud public beta at the VMWorld Conference in San Francisco, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2010. Click “Read More” button for the link to the short video.
click to view Trend Micro SecureCloud public beta :30 video
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Todd in
Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud, Virtualization
Aug 31st, 2010 |
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Pop the champagne corks! Trend Micro announced the public beta of Trend Micro SecureCloud – an exceptionally cool new offering that you can take for a test drive today. We can finally talk openly about a technology and business approach that addresses cloud security and data governance issues that have been confronting the industry (see blogs from Richard Stiennon, Trend Micro’s Steve Quane here, and Andy Dancer here).
A big hurdle to cloud computing adoption has been securing and controlling data in the public cloud. SecureCloud is a huge step forward enabling enterprises to govern...
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John in
Cloud-based Security, Privacy, Compliance and Identity, Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud
Aug 25th, 2010 |
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The noise about cloud computing is getting louder as the year goes on (Yankee Group: Infrastructure as a Service now a bona fide cloud strategy, Nimbula: ‘Cloud computing’ start-up wins $15M from Accel, Sequoia, Ready or not, cloud is coming) . Usually fads of the IT industry fade quite quickly after the press and analysts are unable to find more newsworthy angles. Further, while enterprise customers are saying public cloud use is two to three years away, they are busy increasing virtualization penetration and planning private clouds.
As a security company Trend Micro has invested heavily...
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Jon N in
Securing the Cloud, Virtualization
Aug 23rd, 2010 |
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Service Providers have not had much choice when it comes to choosing a hosted email platform to offer their customers. The major players in the market are of course Microsoft, with its Exchange platform, with varying versions depending on the target size of the business, and IBM with its Notes / Domino platform. Of course, for the more technically inclined email administrator, there has always been a selection of Unix-based solutions, offering various levels of functionality, ‘polish’ and support.
One of the more prominent of these Unix-based solutions is Zimbra, which offers full groupware...
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Sichao in
Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud
Jul 9th, 2010 |
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In the enterprise cloud storage space, Amazon’s S3 (Simple Storage Service) and EMC’s Atmos Online are two of the well-known cloud storage brands. We also have to mention that Microsoft (Azure) and Google (GoogleStorage) officially entered this market in 2010. Other players in the space include Symantec (Huawei-Symantec) and Cleversafe.
Atmos Online’ shutdown makes the cloud storage market become unpredictable for enterprise customers. The real reasons are anyone’s guess. In the small business and consumer market segment, online storage such as Humyo is a good solution for customers with...
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Andy in
Secure Data Centers, Securing the Cloud
Jun 30th, 2010 |
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In March the Cloud Security Alliance published “Top Threats to Cloud Computing V 1.0” to help organizations better understand the risks of cloud computing and to consequently make more informed risk management decisions when adopting cloud strategies. In that document the CSA outlined seven threats and suggested steps for remediation.
At Trend we have traditionally embraced a layered approach to security, and cloud security is no different. Each layer alone is valuable but not impenetrable; together the layers form effective protection. Mimicking this traditional layered approach for...
Posted by
Todd in
Securing the Cloud
Jun 13th, 2010 |
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As I read different blogs, IT industry analysts and media, I see contradictions galore. Some articles position cloud computing as more secure (like this one) while other journalists highlight new security challenges (here, here, here and here). The concept of the cloud is still emerging and fallacies around cloud computing abound. Below are the five myths that I encounter most frequently while listening to conversations about cloud computing:
1) Virtual private clouds provided by Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) players are as secure as internal datacenters
“Virtual private clouds”...
Posted by
Justin in
Secure Data Centers
May 20th, 2010 |
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Java, and other languages, gave us platform independence long ago. Application writers could ignore the underlying operating system (to a large extent) and focus on the work at hand. While this reduced the need for OS and architecture-specific code, the underlying operating system still required a lot of care and feeding.
Recently, Platform as a Service took over management of the underlying operating system and infrastructure, but early PaaS offerings required moving your application and data out to a service provider and risking lock-in.
Last month VMware announced a partnership with Salesforce.com...
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Todd in
Securing the Cloud, Virtualization
May 17th, 2010 |
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Citrix Synergy in San Francisco was an exciting place to be this week – beautiful weather and lots of cool VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) technology. I was hoping to learn more about cloud & what’s going on when XenServer, but most of the focus was VDI.
Lots of enterprises are dipping their toes into the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) waters and looking to overcome the security challenges posed by VDI environments (maximizing guest OS density, scheduled scan “storms” hammering servers, the 8 AM problem when lots of VDI images fire up simultaneously and receive pattern...
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John in
Cloud-based Security
Apr 26th, 2010 |
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With Cloud computing at front and center stage of IT conversation, a sub group, Software as a Service (SaaS) Security, has benefited from the tailwind. Infonetics Research recorded growth of 70% in 2009 and IDC in their Worldwide Security as a Service 2009-13 Forecast predicts a market of $2B this year. Last September Larry Ellison of Oracle ridiculed cloud computing. I think unless there is a fundamental shift in attitude it is going to be very hard for traditional software vendors to fully commit to the new model.
It reminds me a bit of 5-6 years ago when security appliances started to hit the...
