8 ways to become a cloud security expert

	Public cloud security remains MISSION IMPOSSIBLE | How CIOs spend their time
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	8 ways to become a cloud security expert Information about how to securely navigate in the public clouds is, well, cloudy. We asked enterprise IT folks and IT consultants what resources they turned to get educated on this particular topic. The responses can loosely be broken down into three categories: niche conferences; big conferences, and authoritative voices accessible on the Internet. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Coyote Point Systems, Inc. Multi-Site Load Balancing & Disaster Recovery Geographic load balancing enables scalability across many locations that dramatically improves user experience and up-time while also providingdisaster recovery. Coyote Point's Envoy ensures 24x7 availability and fast connections for applications deployed at multiple locations. Click to continue In this Issue Public cloud security remains MISSION IMPOSSIBLE How CIOs spend their time H-1B visa cap must go, says NYC mayor Microsoft .Net skills in demand, job site reports Beware of the iCloud Fire at NYSE data center causes temporary disruption Feds expand data center closing goal Cloud-based backup and disaster recovery services yield peace of mind OpenStack eyes 'extreme scale' in upgrade Zero-day flaws discovered in SCADA systems WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring For years, Quest Software's Foglight solutions have set the standard in Application Performance Monitoring (APM). And it's no wonder – simplicity changes everything. Only Foglight delivers powerful APM that's simple to use. Read more. Public cloud security remains MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Someday, cloud security vendors and cloud services providers will convince enterprise IT that it's safe to move sensitive data and mission critical apps from the private cloud to the public cloud. Read More How CIOs spend their time CIOs today spend a lot more time managing relationships than diving into technical work. In fact, non-technical work consumes 77% of CIOs' time, according to new survey data from the Society for Information Management (SIM). Read More H-1B visa cap must go, says NYC mayor In a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce offices, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said restrictive U.S. visa policies, like the cap on H-1B visas, are a form of 'national suicide.' Read More WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Application Performance Management In this eGuide, Network World, with sister publication CIO, offer news on the latest trends, best practices, and straightforward advice on these solutions and the challenges of managing application performance. Learn More! Microsoft .Net skills in demand, job site reports There's a shortage of .Net talent in every area of the U.S., says Dice.com. Tech professionals who regularly develop for the Microsoft framework earn about $83,000 a year, the IT jobs specialist reports. Read More Beware of the iCloud ICloud, Apple's new cloud storage service, which officially launches this week, is an iPad/iPhone lover's dream and IT security professional's nightmare. Read More Fire at NYSE data center causes temporary disruption An electrical fire on Sunday at a data center of the New York Stock Exchange in Mahwah, New Jersey, affected communications connectivity to 58 trading firms, but the exchange expects "completely normal operations" for Monday's market open. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Sybase® IQ Accelerates Advanced Analytics The market-leading column-based analytics server, Sybase® IQ offers accurate answers, scalability and speed for your advanced analytics environments. No platform is better suited to help your business analyse, compete and deliver above the competition. Read now Feds expand data center closing goal About 30% of the federal government's IT spending is being used to support data center infrastructure and the U.S. hopes to save billions down the road as it moves to consolidate its data centers. Read More Cloud-based backup and disaster recovery services yield peace of mind Data backup and disaster recovery are best practices for every business, regardless of size. Cloud services are making it easier to attain professional-level backup and DR services at a reasonable cost with little effort or expertise on the customer's part. Read More OpenStack eyes 'extreme scale' in upgrade OpenStack developers have updated the project's open-source cloud software with a new graphical interface and a unified authentication-management system. Read More Zero-day flaws discovered in SCADA systems An Italian security researcher has disclosed details about several zero-day vulnerabilities in supervisory control and data acquisition products from several vendors. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 26 helpful open source network management tools Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, configure and map their networked devices. Here are 26 examples of open source network management software tools to help you do your job. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Steve Jobs narrates "Crazy ones" think different ad in never aired clip Oracle to pay U.S. almost $200 million to resolve false claims lawsuit Steve Jobs at Apple: In pictures Huawei gunning for Cisco in the enterprise Who's who in IPv6: The companies and people leading the way Can Hotmail revamp win back GMail defectors? Windows 8 means no more widgets or start menu Feds want uber cybersecurity compliance standard 'Incremental' iPhone 4S still promises to be big seller Steve Jobs told biographer he knew his time was short
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