Monthly Archives: April 2014

New Ponemon Institute Report Explores Cloud Encryption Trends

Over half of all organizations store sensitive data in the cloud, and another 36 percent plan to do so, according to the third annual Trends in Cloud Encryption Study, which was released on Tuesday. The study, produced by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Thales e-Security, further says that of those who store sensitive data in the cloud, only half use encryption. Continue reading

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Equinix Launches Cloud Exchange to Provide High-Performance Connections to Cloud Services

Data center and colocation provider Equinix has launched a service that gives customers on-demand, direct access to multiple clouds and networks without the bottlenecks associated with accessing cloud services across the public Internet. Continue reading

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Red Hat to Buy Object and Block Storage Company Inktank for $175M

Open source software company Red Hat has agreed to acquire software-defined storage company Inktank, whose object and block storage technology helps customers scale their cloud storage to the exabyte-level on cost-effective commodity hardware. Continue reading

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Cipher Cloud Launches Tool to Monitor Shadow IT Use

Cloud data protection company CipherCloud launched a free solution called Cloud Discovery this week. The software reveals cloud application use within a network to company IT, so that it can accurately assess cloud use and risk within the organization. Along with giving away the solution for free to registered enterpriseā€¦ Continue reading

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Department of Defense Revisits Cloud Strategy to Save Taxpayer Money

The Department of Defense (DoD) says it can save money by moving to the cloud, but first it needs to set security requirements that outline the details of this move. This in contrast to previous information that the DoD had no need for public cloud services. The WHIR previously reportedā€¦ Continue reading

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