4 Principles For Hybrid Cloud Success

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:00:40 +0000

The future is cloud. At this point in it’s evolution it’s undeniable. The questions facing organizations now are “how much?” and “how fast?” How do you map out a reasonable path to a cloud deployment? Few organizations will be 100 percent cloud and most will take years to migrate existing assets from their on-premises environments….

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iCloud security: How (and why) to enable two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Michael deAgonia| Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 03:11:00 -0700

Given that so many of the details of our digital lives are either with us (on our smartphones) or easily accessible (via the web), you should be doing everything you can to protect that information and data. On iPhones and iPads, data is largely kept in a vault, sealed behind strong encryption and (hopefully) a strong password. Even if the device is lost or stolen, chances are good that encryption will keep data safe. (That vault is secure enough to frustrate even the FBI.)

Although iOS devices are designed and built to be secure, data is also stored and accessible online. With security breaches occurring routinely, your data is vulnerable to anyone in the world with an internet connection and a halfway decent browser. If a breach occurs and thieves gain access to your email and password, they can easily reset any account linked to that email, change the password, and lock you out of your own data.

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Amazon Macie and Deep Security

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:01:06 +0000

Amazon S3 stores trillions of objects and regularly peaks at millions of requests per second. By any metric, it’s massive. With unparalleled durability and availability, it’s the backbone of AWS’ data services. This morning at the AWS Summit in New York City, AWS launched a new service: Amazon Macie. Trend Micro is proud to support…

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How New Availability Expectations Change the Way Data Centers are Managed and Operated

Credit to Author: Kim Povlsen| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:19:09 +0000

According to The Atlantic’s trilogy on household spending, by 1990, at least 90% of US households had electricity, a stove, car, fridge, clothes, air conditioning, color TV, microwave and a… Read more »

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Microsoft consolidates its mobile management tools under Azure

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:31:00 -0700

Microsoft has consolidated its Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) suite of products under its Azure portal, combining its Intune mobile application management tools and its Azure Active Directory (AD) and Information Protection under a single console.

The move offers a unified admin experience aimed at bolstering enterprise mobility management efforts.

Microsoft introduced the EMS suite in March 2014, targeting businesses with strong mobile and cloud-first strategies.

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Bringing Data Center Security to Cloud Speed

Credit to Author: Justin Foster| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:00:21 +0000

Last week, while visiting the product management team for Deep Security, I asked about their latest release. They surprised me by saying the big news is that there IS a release. Confused, I asked them to elaborate… You see, when you develop software, you’re faced with many choices, one of which is deciding whether to…

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7 Technology Trends That Define Next-Generation Data Center Monitoring

Credit to Author: Victor Avelar| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:41:38 +0000

Data center monitoring methods have undergone a dramatic change over the last several years. Consider data center power and cooling infrastructure monitoring as an example. These monitoring systems handle roughly… Read more »

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Takeaways of a Data Center Guy After Cloud Computing Wins the Preakness

Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:21:50 +0000

Cloud computing, it seems, is cropping up everywhere – even in a 142-year-old horse race. Yes, in case you didn’t catch it, a horse named Cloud Computing won the 142nd… Read more »

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