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Yearly Archives: 2010
Enterprise Security Requirements: Is Cloud Computing There Yet?
In David Linthicum’s article “Leveraging Cloud Computing for Business Continuity” in the Summer 2010 edition of Disaster Recovery Journal he argues that in many instances cloud computing is not a fit due to specialized requirement of the applications. He states that … Continue reading
Private Cloud: Outsource or In-source?
While private clouds are generally preferred by mid-size and large enterprises because they meet the security and compliance requirements of these larger organizations and their customers, different organizations will look differently on whether to build their private cloud internally, or to host their private cloud with a trusted managed data center partner. Continue reading
Public Cloud or Private Cloud?
“Cloud computing” is still used to mean a lot of things to a lot of people. When it comes to slicing up the cloud taxonomy a little further, there’s still quite a bit of confusion between the public cloud and private cloud computing. Continue reading
How to Migrate a MySQL Database Using mysqldump
While researching solutions to the many daily problems we face I came across an interesting and useful SQL tool. There are many conventional ways to backup and restore a Mysql database using a multitude of methods that are equally effective. … Continue reading
The Next Killer App for the Cloud: Business Continuity
In the Summer 2010 edition of Disaster Recovery Journal an article “Leveraging Cloud Computing for Business Continuity” by David Linthicum speaks to the fact that DR for the cloud could become the next “killer app”. Leveraging cloud computing resources as a … Continue reading
Six Questions to Ask your Potential Server Colocation Data Center Provider
When you’re choosing a place to colocate your servers, obvious factors like geographic location, redundancy level, and pricing are primary drivers. But don’t forget to ask about the services and features that can make the day-to-day reality of colocating your … Continue reading
The Six Benefits of Cloud Computing
I recently attended Internet Evolution’s webinar on cloud computing where the benefits of cloud computing were defined as leveraging economies of scale in computing. This makes a lot of sense. Rather than build your infrastructure one hardware server at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cap-Ex Free IT, Cloud Computing, data center security, Internet Evolution, NIST
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Protecting your Personal Data Integrity with Drive Encryption and Password Vault
Spam and Scam mail is much like telemarketing of the last twenty years in the fact that they are equally annoying, frustrating, and disruptive. The precision of automated and impersonal marketing that makes telemarketers such a pain has drifted into … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology Tips
Tagged drive encryption, KeePass, password vault, TrueCrypt
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Business Value of Cloud Computing: Where Does Initial Capital Expenditure Fit?
In the 5/17/10 InformationWeek article “5 Steps To Smart SaaS Operations” by Michael Healy, the article speaks to the 5 SaaS pitfalls and how to avoid them. In the dollars and sense section of the article, he says, “if you … Continue reading
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Tagged Cap-Ex Free IT, Cloud Computing, cloud ROI, private cloud
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Guide to Becoming PCI Compliant: Protect Cardholder Data
Online Tech brings you a new series on PCI Compliance by Adam Goslin, Co-Founder of High Bit Security, a full service security company specializing in Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Compliance and Penetration Testing. PCI compliant hosting is important … Continue reading
Posted in PCI Compliance
Tagged card holder data environment, encryption, PCI compliance, pci compliant hosting, PCI DSS, SSL
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