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By Thu Pham on February 3, 2012
Last August, I wrote a blog post discussing the federal cloud computing initiative launched by then-U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra and his Cloud-First policy developed to motivate agencies to adopt cloud computing projects and reduce overall spending and energy expenditure. On the heels of his endeavor comes a new federal mobile strategy intended to increase productivity [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud Computing, federal mobile strategy, IT consumerization, IT industry trends, mobile device security, smartphone security |
By Thu Pham on February 2, 2012
The recent government shutdown of Megaupload, a massive file-sharing service said to house a substantial amount of copyrighted media, has put into motion a series of unfortunate events and provided valuable lessons learned. Server Data Deletion Megaupload’s servers contained more than 25 petabytes (approximately 25 million gigabytes) of data storage (Mashable.com). While the data includes [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged cloud hosting, cloud storage, data centers, file-sharing, megaupload, offsite backup, servers |
By Thu Pham on January 31, 2012
Mike Klein, President and COO of Online Tech, will be speaking about cloud computing at IMPACT 2012 on February 7 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Featuring sales, marketing, finance, human resources and public sector experts, IMPACT 2012 is an informative networking conference on current economic and technology trends, hosted by Automation Alley. Klein will be speaking at a [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged automation alley events, Cloud Computing, michigan business events, michigan technology events, private cloud computing, private cloud hosting, southeast michigan business |
By Mike Klein on January 25, 2012
HIPAA – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act focuses on three key criteria for handling Protected Health Information (PHI): availability, confidentiality and integrity. This blog post focuses on availability as it applies to HIPAA applications and HIPAA data. Availability means that PHI is always available, accessible and never lost. When a patient arrives at [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery | Tagged Cloud Computing, cloud disaster recovery, disaster recovery, high availability, HIPAA compliant hosting, HIPAA hosting, it disaster recovery, managed cloud, offsite backup
By Thu Pham on January 16, 2012
To streamline IT service management and assets, the convergence of technology and processes to better meet business objectives is ideal. It also allows in-house IT teams to spend more time on other endeavors and projects for industry-specific, targeted business growth. A recent survey conducted by IDG Research Services found that more than half of IT [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged cloud compliance, Cloud Computing, cloud hosting, colocation, it disaster recovery, managed cloud computing, managed cloud hosting, managed dedicated servers, managed hosting, offsite backup, private cloud computing, private cloud hosting, remote server monitoring |
By Mike Klein on January 2, 2012
Would you pay $999 per hour for a cloud server? Apparently, Amazon’s EC2 cloud servers spiked to $999.99 per hour when their supply was recently constrained. The high bidder paid close to $1000 per hour and others got bumped off of their servers. One month’s use of the server at this price would cost a [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged amazon ec2 cloud, amazon server prices, amazon spot pricing, amazon web services, aws, Cloud Computing, cloud servers, high availability clouds |
By Thu Pham on December 29, 2011
The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) recently passed by Congress includes a section on data centers and servers, concerning the IT industry and cloud hosting providers (Section 2867). What do the provisions call for? A plan to reduce the resources needed for servers and data centers. The components of the plan include a reduction [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud Computing, cloud computing security, cloud hosting, cloud security, data center security, data centers, federal cloud computing, HIPAA compliant hosting, HIPAA hosting, HIPAA violation |
By Thu Pham on December 28, 2011
The healthcare IT market is rapidly growing and expected to continue through 2016. Here’s a look at 2012 health IT spending trends and a review of 2011. Nearly 90 percent of healthcare IT decision-makers are planning significant investments in hardware, software and other solutions within the next six months. A study by CDW IT Monitor [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged 2011 health IT trends, 2012 health IT trends, cloud computing healthcare, health IT, healthcare information technology, healthcare technology, HIPAA compliant hosting, HIPAA hosting, virtualization |
By Thu Pham on December 14, 2011
The recent hard drive shortage caused by this year’s extreme Thailand floods is said to continue its major impact through 2013, according to market research firm IDC and reported by ComputerWorld.com. The hard drive shortage is being felt around the world as IT vendors, computer system merchants and consumers are all affected. While initial recovery [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing | Tagged Cloud Computing, data center news, hard drive shortage, IT companies, IT industry news, thailand floods |
By Thu Pham on December 1, 2011
Last Chance: RSVP to attend Online Tech’s New Ann Arbor, Michigan Data Center Open House – Friday (tomorrow) 3-7pm! Aside from ongoing data center tours, refreshments and wine, you’ll get the latest on IT compliance from a Certified HIPAA Practitioner (CHP), a health IT and HIPAA compliance attorney and PCI compliance experts. Come with questions [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, Michigan Data Centers, Online Tech News, PCI/HIPAA/SAS-70 Compliance | Tagged cloud compliance, Cloud Computing, cloud disaster recovery, cloud security, HIPAA compliance, michigan data center, PCI compliance |
