Verisign urges careful check of cloud security

Lessons from operating in the cloud; Microsoft to give away $15K in prizes for Azure developer contest Cloud Security NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Belden Wired + Wireless: Smart Planning for New Network Infrastructures Important considerations are needed in planning combined wired and wireless networks to optimize performance and reduce costs. When installing or upgrading a structured cabling plant, IT departments can achieve significant time and money savings by determining and integrating their Wireless LAN (WLAN) requirements right from the start. Spotlight Story Verisign urges careful check of cloud security SAS 70 - the auditing standard used by CPAs to evaluate the processing of transactions - is emerging as one of the key ways to evaluate cloud service provider security. Read full story Related News: Greenplum spins 'Enterprise Data Cloud' vision Data warehousing vendor Greenplum on Monday rolled out its "Enterprise Data Cloud" initiative, a long-term product and methodology strategy meant to further the idea of "self-service" data warehousing. Lessons from operating in the cloud It's been an interesting learning experience using Amazon's EC2 computing cloud. I was showing a friend who I frequently seek technical council how EC2 resources are managed using the ElasticFox and S3 Organizer FireFox plugins. He was quite shocked at the granular, low level you're dealing with in bringing up instances from saved images (AMIs), attaching volumes, local steps that need to be performed (such as when attaching dynamic volumes), and requirements to bundle images to persist data on any local drives. Microsoft to give away $15K in prizes for Azure developer contest Microsoft has announced a "CloudApp" contest that will award $15,000 in total cash prizes to folks who build the "coolest" cloud apps running on Windows Azure. Deadline for submissions is June 18. The contest will ask for submissions in both .NET and PHP applications. and be judged by RedMonk analyst Michael Cote and Giga OM blogger, Om Malik . The developer community will be asked to weigh in and vote on a winner too. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Windows 7 + Windows Server 2008 We found 5 things to love and 5 things to hate about Microsoft's latest operating system versions. Open-source management Here are nine management apps that won't break the bank. Successfully Detecting Network Threats Better understand your business and security risks by continuously knowing who is on your network, what data they are seeing, and which actions they are taking with that data. Get the real-time activity correlation and analysis and network threat detection you need. Read Now   June 09, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES New DOS attacks threaten wireless data networks 2009's summer smartphone blockbusters Cisco's take on 4G: It's all about video Juniper claims first with 100G Ethernet CIOs: Your networks have already been compromised T-Mobile net reportedly hit by hacker/extortion attack Bing vs. Google vs. Yahoo: Feature smackdown FTC shuts down notorious ISP Five things we love/hate about Win 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 Nvidia overcomes bad graphics chips Mastering UC: An SMB Example In this live webcast, Jason Snook, IT director for Mindwave Research, will describe why his small-to-medium size business took the leap into unified communications. He'll talk about how UC has measurably improved Mindwave's bottom line, while providing superior business communications for both the company's customers and home-based workers. Join us for this timely webcast. Inbox too cluttered? Take our survey to help us improve how IT professionals get the information they need. Click to take our survey Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to security.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com