2010 Google Faculty Summit: Cloud Computing and Software Security
Google Faulty Summit 2010 July 29, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Ulfar Erlingsson, Manager, Security Research. Software-as-a-service can provide great benefits, such as ubiquitous, reliable access to data, but cloud computing also raises new challenges and opportunities for computer security. Large-scale Web services must address both traditional security concerns, such as user authentication and key management, as well as newer issues like those raised by the need to maintain users’ privacy. At the same time, cloud computing has innate security advantages, such as its use of easily updated and malleable software, which enables instrumentation ranging from individual specialization to large-scale execution summarization. This talk will briefly outline some of these issues and potential research topics in cloud security, with examples from Google’s past and current technology efforts used to give context.
US Enterprises Becoming More Satisfied with Cloud Computing
Portland, OR (PRWEB) February 29, 2012
A new study from Cloud Industry Forum(CIF), sponsored by Rise, a premier provider of cloud computing and hosted IT services, reveals the extent of US cloud computing adoption and satisfaction, and depicts the changing business rationale for migrating to the cloud. The research will aid enterprises in evaluating current market readiness for cloud services in the US, and provides insight into primary drivers and key issues when considering cloud services as part of a wider IT strategy.
The research is based on a survey of 400 senior IT and business decision-makers in enterprises, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and public sector organizations. It examines the extent of adoption in cloud services across the US by different organizational types and sizes; primary drivers; role of IT management and leadership; services being accessed; satisfaction levels; and common issues that impede adoption.
According to the findings, the US leads global adoption of cloud services with very high levels of formal adoption and satisfaction. As a result, most organizations currently using cloud services plan to expand use to other areas of IT operations over the next year.
Cloud computing is less about technology and more about challenging the fundamentals of how we manage IT operations, and therefore, business as a whole. This latest research from Cloud Industry Forum suggests that organization size will no longer be a determinant of rate of adoption marking a unique phenomenon in business IT where it is genuinely accessible to all, said Andy Burton, chairman of the Cloud Industry Forum and CEO of Rise. Cloud computing in the US is widespread, proven and will continue to propel business enablement and transformation.
The USA Cloud Adoptions & Trends 2012 whitepaper is available for download from the Rise website at http://us.rise.co/2012-cloud-predictions/register/.
Key findings from the report include:
Awesome Cloud Computing Explained with Animation
Come learn about cloud computing in this simple to understand explanation. Please make comments and add video responses if you have a similar videos.
Visit www.thestateofcloudcomputing.com for up to the minute stats on cloud computing. “State of Cloud Computing,” is an encompassing look at the history of cloud computing and the growing cloud economy. The State of Cloud Computing video highlights the multitude of possibilities that cloud computing offers, from sharing videos and photos from anywhere in the world to storing and organizing data for remote access. Skype, Dropbox, YouTube, Wikipedia, Yahoo, MSN, Gmail, Farmville and Twitter are all referenced, and the video provides a snapshot of statistics. The fact is, unless you have been living under a rock, you are in the cloud. Cloud computing touches us in numerous ways in our daily lives. As cloud computing continues to evolve, so does our ability to express ourselves and accomplish amazing things on the World Wide Web. The conversation about cloud computing is happening around us. The three-minute video is hosted on a microsite www.thestateofcloudcomputing.com that aggregates the conversation about cloud computing across the web, including Top Cloud Computing Links, Top Cloud Computing Terms and Cloud Computing Around The Web, which pulls Tweets in real-time that are related to the cloud. Sponsored by salesforce.com, an enterprise cloud computing company, and produced in collaboration with JESS3, a creative interactive agency, the video is part of a broader family of videos, The “State of” series, which launched earlier in 2010.
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What is Cloud Computing?
Ben Kepes, Cloud Computing analyst, blogger and Curator of CloudU gives a brief introduction to Cloud Computing, the economic similarities to utility power, the efficient use of computing hardware, scalability and the ability to focus on what matters within a business using Cloud Computing.
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Cloud Computing Explained
This two-minute video give an overview of the new technology and the benefits for federal agencies.
Google Faculty Summit 2009: Cloud Computing
Google Tech Talk July 31, 2009 ABSTRACT Google Faculty Summit 2009: Global Connection: Inform and Empower Cloud Computing – What is the Next Next Thing? Presented by Alan Eustace. Each year Google hosts leading academics from universities across the globe though our Faculty Summit program. Faculty Summits are designed to provide researchers with a chance to learn more about what Google does in each region and how we support university programs, as well as provide valuable networking time for academics and engineers.
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