Category Archives: Cloud Governance

TOP 17 FAQs on Cloud Computing

1.1          What is Cloud Computing? Why is it relevant for Business? Cloud separates application and information resources from the underlying infrastructure, and the mechanisms used to deliver them. Cloud enhances collaboration, agility, scaling, and availability, and provides the potential for … Continue reading

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Cloud Computing Adoption Concerns

Security Compliance Certification schemes will take time to emerge. Confidentiality and Auditability Performance, Reliability and Availability More concerns on Reliability and availability after Amazon’s glitch Loss of control Scaling Vendor Lock-in Legal Forensics Related articles SaaS Trends in 2012 (clean-clouds.com) … Continue reading

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Recent Trends in Cloud Services Adoption

The cloud is also a world with various layers and choices. Do you adopt a public, private or hybrid cloud model? Do you use the cloud for software or your whole infrastructure? Are you a formal (enterprise IT) buyer or … Continue reading

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Cloud Predictions for 2012 from a Researcher’s Eye

Public Cloud: Ostrich mentality in cloud adoption will no longer be accepted in the Cloudy Environment. Public Cloud breakdowns won’t affect the mindset of an organization to adopt Cloud Computing because of the considerable improvement in the maturity of Cloud … Continue reading

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Cloud Security Alliance Announces Trusted Cloud Initiative White Paper

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announces that the Trusted Cloud Initiative has published its initial white paper, “Trusted Cloud Initiative Quick Guide to the Reference Architecture”. The purpose of the quick guide is to take a user through the Trusted … Continue reading

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HIPAA Compliance Level in AWS and Responsibility

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996(P.L.104-191) [HIPAA] was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996. It was originally sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kan.). Title … Continue reading

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Kintana and Clarity IT Governance Tool-CAs Cloud Solution

Introduction IT Governance is focused on information technology (IT) systems and their performance and risk management. IT Governance focuses on providing value delivery inline with the strategic alignment with business goals. It ensures that IT delivers promised benefits against strategies. … Continue reading

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enStratus~Cloud Governance Tool

Overview enStratus is a cloud infrastructure management platform from enStratus Networks LLC that addresses the governance issues associated with deploying systems in public, private, and hybrid clouds. The enStratus tagline is “governance for the cloud”. The company defines cloud governance … Continue reading

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Cloud governance, Cloud Security(XO, Intel, Ping Identity), Top 5 Questions & Building Blocks of Private Cloud, SLA

Cloud governance: Learning from SOA One of the aspects of cloud that often escapes critical evaluation is governance – the question of how all the loose associations upon which cloud depends are to be maintained and operated in a way … Continue reading

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Application Security on Cloud

The cloud model has motivated industry and academia to adopt cloud computing to host a wide spectrum of applications ranging from high computationally intensive applications down to light weight services. Developers and IT departments are being told they need to … Continue reading

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