7 Cloud Must-Reads of the Week, Jan. 2
Every Friday Talkin' Cloud rounds up the top cloud computing stories of the week for our online community of channel partners. Here's what you might have missed while you were at work.
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7 Cloud Must-Reads of the Week, December 13
Every Friday Talkin’ Cloud rounds up the top cloud computing stories of the week for our online community of channel partners. Did we forget to include one of your favorite articles from the week? Send an email to Talkin’ Cloud Executive Editor CJ Arlotta at cj.arlotta [at] penton.com to let him know. If he doesn’t get back to you right away, bother him some more — and more.
Leveraging IT Distributors for Cloud
The cloud — the most ambiguous, overhyped and overused term in the IT industry. It’s like a modern day Wild West where it is so hard to discern the difference between the tiny firms based in a foreign country and the reputable, reliable and trustworthy ones we would want to entrust our reputation to. It is nearly impossible for most of us to determine the firms you can trust, what products actually work and what providers are properly capitalized to the point where we can trust them with our clients. We simply don’t have the staff of accounting, legal and technology experts to do a detailed analysis of firms and offerings — and then keep up with the market to ensure the best solution now remains the best going forward. Add to that the never ending temptation for businesses to “cut us out” of the mix and go direct, and you have a situation where MSPs and VARs are facing many tough and risky decisions just when our businesses and profits are returning to normal levels.
5 Cloud Computing Funding Stories You Might Have Missed, Jan. 2
Each week Talkin’ Cloud compiles a list of cloud computing financing stories for readers who might have missed the news earlier in the week. This week’s column features funding news from FXiaoKe, Geekdom Fund, Scaled Inference, Qubole and Hive.im.
Rackspace Adds Kevin Costello to Board of Directors
Rackspace has added Kevin Costello, the former president of Ariba and a software-as-a-service (SaaS) veteran, to its board of directors.
10 Most-Read Cloud Computing Stories of 2014
What did Talkin’ Cloud’s readers pay most attention to this year? We went back through our archives to pull out the most-read cloud computing stories of 2014. Did we miss one of your favorite stories? Let us know in the comments section below.
Most IT Security Pros ‘Guarantee’ Customer Data Will Be Safe Next Year
Antivirus software company ThreatTrack Security recently found that the majority of IT security professionals said they’re “optimistic” of their organization’s ability to stop data breaches will improve in 2015.
Public Cloud Outages Fewer in 2014, But Azure Suffering
Are your customers concerned about public cloud service outages? For the most part, they shouldn’t be, as most major cloud providers improved their uptime levels during 2014. Of the major cloud providers, though, Microsoft Azure had the worst track record.
Employees With Execessive Data Access Privileges Pose Threats to Organizations, Study Says
A new Ponemon Institute study on corporate data revealed that employees with excessive data access privileges are a growing risk to organizations.
The study, titled “Corporate Data: A Protected Asset or a Ticking Time Bomb?,” showed that employees with excessive data access privileges represent a growing risk to organizations. However, study researchers also found that despite this danger, many organizations provide unlimited corporate data access to the majority of their employees.
Employees With Execessive Data Access Privileges Pose Threats to Organizations, Study Says
A new Ponemon Institute study on corporate data revealed that employees with excessive data access privileges are a growing risk to organizations.
The study, titled “Corporate Data: A Protected Asset or a Ticking Time Bomb?,” showed that employees with excessive data access privileges represent a growing risk to organizations. However, study researchers also found that despite this danger, many organizations provide unlimited corporate data access to the majority of their employees.
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