Sidekick meltdown is a cloud security issue

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If you would rather receive one of our other security-related newsletters or would like to unsubscribe, please go here. Thank you for reading Network World newsletters. From Sidekick to Gmail: A short history of cloud computing outages This past week's Microsoft-T-Mobile-Sidekick data loss mess is just the latest in a string of high profile cloud computing outages that have grabbed headlines over the past couple of years. Researchers advise cyber self defense in the cloud Security researchers are warning that Web-based applications are increasing the risk of identity theft or losing personal data more than ever before. Vendor group forms cloud storage initiative The Storage Networking Industry Association announce that it has formed a cloud storage initiative that will develop standardized terminology, publish white papers and use cases and create reference models for private and public cloud storage users. 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Learn more   October 13, 2009 MOST-READ STORIES Developer ups iPhone app to $40 after complaints about price House decommissions last mainframe, saves $730k Sidekick fiasco highlights need for mobile backups Sidekick users livid Compromised e-mail accounts exploited in fake shopping scam Barracuda gobbles up SaaS security start-up Purewire From Sidekick to Gmail: A history of cloud computing outages Engineers fix shortcoming of firewalls Microsoft loses Sidekick users' personal data 7 tools to ease your Windows 7 rollout Akamai and Cisco on App Delivery Akamai and Cisco have teamed up to offer a complete set of application delivery solutions addressing delivery over the Internet and private WAN. These solutions can help your organization manage application delivery challenges and provide you with optimal application performance, scalability, availability, and security. Learn more. Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. 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