Securing mixed cloud environments

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	Securing mixed cloud environments Securing cloud computing environments is challenging enough, but is made all the more complicated when a mix of cloud options are employed, an approach that will become increasingly common. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Best Practices for Exadata Cell This paper describes the best practices for setting up the optimal backup and recovery strategy to protect your mission-critical data. Learn more. In this Issue The Fallout from eHarmony's Password Leak and New Details on LinkedIn's Fiasco Berners-Lee, MIT's Clark offer glimpses into the future of the Internet DARPA wants electronics with radically novel liquid cooling technology The Information Security 80/20 Rule Could insurance coverage hobble commercial space flights? Stuxnet details leaked to boost Obama, alleges McCain LinkedIn Hack FAQ: What You Need To Know Microsoft's reaction to Flame shows seriousness of 'Holy Grail' hack WHITE PAPER: Teradata Cloud Computing Models for Data Warehousing Gain better business intelligence through private cloud self service capabilities. In this whitepaper, analyst Mark Madsen explores why private cloud computing is a better choice to meet your analytical needs as business conditions fluctuate and grow. Learn more. The Fallout from eHarmony's Password Leak and New Details on LinkedIn's Fiasco Since an estimated 8 million combined LinkedIn and eHarmony passwords were dumped into a user forum notorious for password cracking, the internet has exploded with speculation, investigation, advice and occasional hilarity. Blackmail Read More Berners-Lee, MIT's Clark offer glimpses into the future of the Internet Sir Tim Berners-Lee, speaking at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Mass., Tuesday night with MIT Senior Research Scientist David Clark, said that participation in the information society must be regarded as a right, not a privilege. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks How to Choose a Datacenter OTDR This white paper helps fiber installers and network technicians understand the key parameters for selecting an OTDR. Choosing the right device not only solves this new generation of datacenter testing requirements, but also helps professionals work efficiently, and increase the reliability and value of the enterprise fiber network. Learn More! DARPA wants electronics with radically novel liquid cooling technology With increased electronic minituriztion and the density of the chips running such devices heat is a mortal enemy for the power and scalability of such systems. Read More The Information Security 80/20 Rule Over the past few months, I've been engaged in a research project on enterprise security management and operations. As part of some quantitative research, ESG created a segmentation model that divided survey respondent organizations into three sub-segments. The segmentation model broke down as follows: Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Easing the Transition to a Virtual Endpoint Infrastructure This Technology Spotlight discusses the drivers, benefits, and challenges of creating virtual desktop environments, and looks at the role EMC Global Services plays in helping companies achieve successful deployments of this important technology. Learn More Could insurance coverage hobble commercial space flights? Should the government continue to share the monetary risk of a catastrophic spacecraft accident even as the United States depends ever-more on commercial space technology? Read More Stuxnet details leaked to boost Obama, alleges McCain The Obama administration is deliberately leaking information on US cyber-attacks against Iran in order to portray itself in a favourable light to voters, Senator John McCain has alleged. Read More LinkedIn Hack FAQ: What You Need To Know LinkedIn users awoke to a nasty surprise today as word spread that hackers breached LinkedIn's servers and leaked passwords for nearly 6.5 million user accounts. LinkedIn didn't acknowledge the hack until midday Wednesday afternoon, when the company finally confirmed that a certain number of member passwords had indeed been compromised. Read More Microsoft's reaction to Flame shows seriousness of 'Holy Grail' hack Microsoft appears to agree with experts that the exploit of its Windows Update system by the Flame cyber espionage malware was a "significant" event in the history of Windows hacking. Read More
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