In The Know: Top 5 Must-Read Cloud Stories, June 1

Talkin’ Cloud at the end of each day pulls out five must-read cloud computing stories from the news cycle for its readers to review in the morning. Today’s column features Threat Stack, Rubrik and TernPro.

Some of these stories have been gathered from Talkin’ Cloud’s article database, while others have been collected from elsewhere. If we missed something, feel free to leave a comment below. We might just add it into the mix.

Here’s today’s list of must-read cloud computing stories.

Online Training: Building A Reputation of Trustworthiness With Prospects, Customers. Far too many CSPs fail to realize that they are really the third leg of the “trust” stool, joining attorneys and accountants as trusted business advisors that are trustworthy. They fail to realize how critically important it is for them to appear trustworthy in everything they do and say, both in person and online.

Friday’s Last Word: Passportal CEO Colin Knox. Passportal CEO Colin Knox has been involved in the channel community for years, holding several roles from senior technical to operations management. He has also owned four MSPs over the course of his career. He now leads Passportal, a password management solutions provider for MSPs.

7 Cloud Must-Reads Of The Week, May 29. 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.

Cloud Monitoring Firm Threat Stack Hires New CEO. Continuous cloud security monitoring firm Threat Stack this week picked up former Lockheed Martin executive Brian M. Ahern as its new chief executive in a move that the firm hopes will amp up its growth. Launching its software in beta last November at Amazon re:Invent, Threat Stack has been on a tear over the last six months, which also saw the firm snag $5M in Series A1 funding and a technical partnership with PagerDuty to integrate with the operations performance software.

4 Cloud Computing Funding Stories You Might Have Missed, May 29. 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 Rubrik, ClearDATA Networks, Jumpshot and TernPro.

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