Archive for April, 2010

Hosting.com Releases Cloud Security Executive Report

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Hosting.com’s 2009 Cloud Computing Trends Report addressed Security as the top obstacle that cloud providers needed to address. Over the past year, security measures for cloud hosting users have improved dramatically due to advancements in network, microprocessor and virtualization technologies.  They later discussed the sources of confusion as they apply to IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) implementations and then outlines the practices and technologies available to keep clouds safe in the areas where they do have unique vulnerabilities.  This will continue to be huge to protect cloud users.

“Clients demanding high levels of application security or regulatory compliance utilize Hosting.com’s Cloud Dedicated solution (single tenant) to store sensitive applications and records and utilize Cloud Enterprise for additional compute resources for non-sensitive assets. Our migration expertise and integrated platforms allow clients to create hybrid hosting solutions to meet their specific business and security needs,” said Hollobaugh.

Read Hosting.com’s Cloud Hosting Security Article

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Microsoft to Open Cloud Computing Research Center

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Microsoft announced on Monday it will open in June a cloud computing services research center in collaboration with Taiwan’s economic ministry, according to a report by FocusTaiwan.

“We’ve been having several meetings with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and I guess what I could announce here is we are well underway with launching something called the Microsoft Software and Services Excellence Center,” says John Kalkman, vice president of OEM engineering and services at Microsoft.

According to the article “The company is looking to launch the cloud center around the time of Computex, the world’s second largest information and communications technology trade show annually held in Taipei.”

Full Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Center Article

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The Planet Joins Linux Foundation

Monday, April 19th, 2010

The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux.  Today The Linux Foundation announced The Planet as its newest member. The Planet is a global leader in IT hosting and will participate in community initiatives and projects that support enterprise Linux.  The Planet is also growing in the cloud hosting arena to compete with larger IT cloud providers such as Rackspace and Amazon Ec2.

“Our new Server Cloud, which is in beta with more than 500 customers, has been developed on the KVM hypervisor included in the Linux kernel,” said Duke Skarda, vice president of IT and Software Development for The Planet. “KVM is the future of Linux-based server virtualization. As we continue to evolve and enhance the platform, our goal is to access the Linux development community to gain vision and insights on emerging technologies. More than 80 percent of our 20,000 customers and partners rely on Linux platforms to manage their hosting operations, so our membership directly supports their work.”

Full Linux Foundation Cloud Article

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