-
When cloud computing first emerged, fears started to grow among IT staff that it would affect their jobs as a result of the business outsourcing functions that currently lay within their remit. That worry undoubtedly still exists but the picture isn’t as simple as ‘cloud computing equals...
Posted to
Security Web
by
David Shephard
on
May 16, 2013
Filed under:
Filed under: Cloud Computing, cloud security, Cloud, CIO, outsourcing, Access Management, BYOD, Bring Your Own Device, David Shephard, Data Leak, Security Web, IDG Connect, Microsoft Exchange, Cloud Provider, Cloud Services, IT department, Security Specialist
-
Whether it’s lifestyle or investing, taking the balanced approach often provides the best results. The same can said for cloud security. Cloud is popular because it offers flexibility of resources (including people), allows new ways to conduct business (especially collaboration) and a way to sidestep...
Posted to
Security Web
by
Kent Purdy
on
May 15, 2013
Filed under:
Filed under: Cloud Computing, Gartner, InfoWorld, Risk Management, Regulations, Consumerization, Cloud, Risk, HR Policy, Human Resources, mandates, BYOD, Kent Purdy, Bring Your Own Device, Security Web, Sophie Vanhegan, David Linthicum, Information Leaks, Budget, HR Magazine, GQ Employment Law, CIOs, Intellectual Assets
-
Compliance with legislation is mandatory for a company planning to operate in a particular territory – this includes supra-national organisations such as the EU . However, compliance with security legislation is often complex and usually expensive, involving as it does an investment in a range...
Posted to
Security Web
by
David Shephard
on
May 6, 2013
Filed under:
Filed under: Credit Card Data, Geoff Webb, NetIQ, Cloud Computing, Compliance, HIPAA, File Integrity Monitoring, SOX, regulation, legislation, PCI-DSS, IT Security, Audit, EU, David Shephard, Breaches, Security Web
-
In some ways—the identity and access management world is more abstract than art nowadays. Identity and access management are mostly services, not hardware devices. Sure - all those services are still running on hardware somewhere - no matter how "virtualized" or "cloud-based"...
Posted to
Security Web
by
Wes Heaps
on
Apr 22, 2013
Filed under:
Filed under: Cloud Computing, Cloud, SaaS, Service Providers, IAM, Identity Management, Identity and Access Management, Access Management, Wes Heaps, Security Web, Privileged User, Ghost in the Machine
-
For most consumers, Dropbox has established itself as the go-to name for online storage. It’s fast to set up, easy to use, and is cross-platform. What’s not to like? For IT admins, cloud services aimed at consumers fall short in many areas, despite some services including features such as...
Posted to
Security Web
by
David Shephard
on
Apr 17, 2013
Filed under:
Filed under: Encryption, NetIQ, Cloud Computing, Compliance, cloud security, IT Security, DropBox, Two Factor Authentication, David Shephard, Security Web, IDG Connect, SSL, Consumer Cloud
-
Employee-owned devices – also known as BYOD – are quickly becoming the norm in most businesses. Not only does BYOD lead to greater employee satisfaction, it can reduce the hardware, support and maintenance bills and improve recruitment, as people increasingly expect to be able to use the...
-
Do you own a smartphone? Yes? Chances are you aren't alone. By some estimates, one in every 5 phones in the world is now a "smartphone". That's roughly over a billion smartphones world-wide and the direction of this trend is apparent. In the next decade, a majority of mobile phones...
Posted to
Data Center Solutions
by
Wes Heaps
on
Apr 4, 2013
Filed under:
Filed under: Cloud computing, mobile, Service Providers, IaaS, Big Data, Amazon, Mobility, Smartphone, BOINC, Service Provider, Wes Heaps, EC2, Mobile Computing, Hadoop, Mobile Devices, PaaS, AT and T
-
Hacking will begin on April 8th for the NetIQ Cloud Manager Hack Week. We'll be breaking out of our normal teams and collaborating with those around us - including you. Hack Week is one way we encourage innovation through experimentation around the company. This week, a wide range of folks here are...
Posted to
Data Center Solutions
by
David Shephard
on
Apr 2, 2013
Filed under:
Filed under: NetIQ, Cloud computing, cloud, Cloud Manager, David Shephard, Innovation, Data Center Solutions, Product, Development, Hack Week, Engineering, HackWeek
-
There’s been a siege mentality in the security community for a while now. Day after day of highly visible and damaging breaches, coupled with a steady diet of security vendor “quick fixes”, have left us battle weary, and oh-so jaded. Unfortunately, with the explosion of cloud computing...
Posted to
Security Web
by
Renee Bradshaw
on
Nov 21, 2012
Filed under:
Filed under: Cloud Computing, Compliance, InfoWorld, Risk Management, Verizon Breach Report, Data Security, File Integrity Monitoring, FIM, Password, Data Breach Report, IT Security, Cloud, Public Cloud, Risk, IT Budget, Information Security, Renee Bradshaw, Cloud Data, Cloud-Based Data, Mobile Devices, Data Breaches, Mobile Security, Passwords, Compliance Automation, Best Practice, Mobile Computing, IT Security, IT Staffing, Breaches, Continuous Monitoring, Eric Knorr, Security Web
-
Two weeks ago, I was privileged to once again participate as part of the community on a Huff Post Live segment hosted by Mike Sacks ( @MikeSacksHP ), Tech Game Changers with special guests Vivek Kundra ( @VivekKundra ), First CIO of the US Federal Government and Alexis Ohanian ( @AlexisOhanian ), co...
Posted to
Security Web
by
Michele Hudnall
on
Nov 9, 2012
Filed under:
Filed under: Security, Cloud Computing, Washington D.C., Data Security, Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn, Cloud, Twitter, CIO, Identity, Cloud Data, Data, White House, SOPA, Huff Post Live, Tech President, Reddit, Southwest Airlines, Alexis Ohanian, Vivek Kundra, BSM, SWA, eBay, Business Service Management, Bank of America, Social Identity, Michele Hudnall: Federal Government, Security Web
-
I had the fantastic opportunity to participate in a live Cloud discussion: Get off my Cloud: Floating the Risks of Big Data Storage on Huff Post Live during their inaugural week of going live with streaming news and discussions leveraging Google+ Hangouts to bring in live guests. This Cloud and technology...
Posted to
Data Center Solutions
by
Michele Hudnall
on
Aug 24, 2012
Filed under:
Filed under: performance, SLA, IT management, Cloud computing, Availability, google, cloud, security, BSM, Business Service Management, Service Providers, Data Center, Operations Center, WorkloadIQ, Cloud Providers, IT Operations, Disaster Recovery, IT, SLAs, Business Services, NOC, IT Transformation, Michele Hudnall, DR, Data Privacy, Huffington Post, Alyona Minkovski, Cloud Security, UCLA, HuffPostLive, John Warren, John Villasenor, Data Center Solutions
-
IT Transformation is and has been a hot topic for >20 years. Wow! I was speaking to one of my analyst friends at Forrester not too long ago and we were chatting about how much waste exists in annual IT spend just "Keeping the Lights On" and how these metrics haven't changed in >20...
Posted to
Data Center Solutions
by
Michele Hudnall
on
Jul 19, 2012
Filed under:
Filed under: dashboards, performance, Systems Management, monitoring, end-to-end, SLA, service level agreements, Operating Level Agreements, Management, IT management, Cloud computing, Availability, cloud, Forrester, Gartner, Spending, growth, CIO, BSM, Business Service Management, Service Providers, Live Dashboards, Intelligent Information, Data Center, Application Performance, Operations Center, WorkloadIQ, Cloud Providers, SaaS, Software as a Service, BYOD, Consumerization, Cloud Management, IT, Forbes, Board of Directors, SLAs, Business Services, High Availability, Amazon, IT Transformation, New York Times, Michele Hudnall, Data Center Solutions
-
Travis just posted, "Unlike the Weather, You Can Choose Your Cloud" , discussing the recent power outages we experienced here in the Northern VA area last week. As a native of this area, thunder storms and hurricanes do pass our way and affect us during this time of year. Late May of 2008,...
Posted to
Data Center Solutions
by
Michele Hudnall
on
Jul 12, 2012
Filed under:
Filed under: Systems Management, SLA, service level agreements, IT management, Cloud computing, Availability, cloud, Infrastructure, Operations, Social Media, adoption of cloud, BSM, Business Service Management, Service Providers, End-to-End Management, Data Center, Application Performance, Operations Center, IT Operations, SaaS, Software as a Service, Systems Monitoring, Disaster Recovery, Cloud Management, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Quality of Service, as-a-service, High Availability, Amazon, Michele Hudnall, Data Center Solutions
-
We've discussed service management and the transformation that IT is undergoing with the catalysts being the cloud, service providers, SaaS, social media, collaboration, mobility, BYOD, etc. The root catalyst is choice and options in the market and the competition speaks in terms of service value...
Posted to
Data Center Solutions
by
Michele Hudnall
on
Jun 28, 2012
Filed under:
Filed under: dashboards, best practice, thresholds, performance, Systems Management, integration, correlation, end-to-end, SLA, service level agreements, Management, data, NetIQ, IT application management, IT management, Cloud computing, Availability, secure computing, cloud, communication, security, Forrester, Gartner, Spending, Operations, IT Process Automation, adoption of cloud, CIO, BSM, Business Service Management, Forrester Research, Service Providers, End-to-End Management, Business Objectives, Live Dashboards, Intelligent Information, Data Center, Application Performance, Data Sources, Strategy, Operations Center, Applications, WorkloadIQ, Cloud Providers, Systems Monitoring, Cloud Management, Public Cloud, IT, Key Performance Indicators, Systems, Business Services, Managed Service Provider, Manager of Managers, End User Experience, High Availability, NOC, IT Transformation, Michele Hudnall, Data Center Solutions
-
Previously I posted, "Why Service Management" discussing the melding of IT and the business for common objectives in managing, measuring and communicating service performance. The recent Gartner Infrastructure and Operations Management Summit (IOM ) also provoked the status quo of IT Operations...
Posted to
Data Center Solutions
by
Michele Hudnall
on
Jun 26, 2012
Filed under:
Filed under: dashboards, performance, scalability, critical applications, Systems Management, monitoring, integration, end-to-end, service desk, help desk, reporting, SLA, service level agreements, data, virtualization, automation, NetIQ, IT application management, IT management, Cloud computing, Availability, secure computing, cloud, Microsoft, communication, security, mobile, Collaboration, Gartner, Funding, Spending, Tech Jobs, Operations, Social Media, trends, growth, IT Process Automation, CIO, BSM, Business Service Management, Business Architect, Service Providers, End-to-End Management, Business Objectives, Live Dashboards, Intelligent Information, Key Services, Data Center, Application Performance, Operations Center, Applications, WorkloadIQ, Cloud Providers, IT Operations, SaaS, Software as a Service, Systems Monitoring, 2012, Data Center. Mobile, BYOD, Consumerization, Cloud Management, iPad, Tablets, QoS, Quality of Service, IT, Cloud Marketplace, Self-Service, Risk, Productivity, KPIs, as-a-service, SLAs, Key Performance Indicators, Systems, Enterprise, Business Services, Managed Service Provider, End User Experience, High Availability, IT Transformation, Gartner IOM, Michele Hudnall, Data Center Solutions