Cloud Computing Google Group

What do you believe is the biggest barrier to entry for cloud computing?

chrisheg...@gmail.com (Chris@blackbelt-strategies.com) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:57:05 UT

Cloud computing remains a billion dollar slice of a trillion dollar IT
industry. Is it because the technology isn't there? Have companies
have too much invested in their own hardware to make the switch? Or
are lingering security concerns the culprit?

What do you believe the biggest barrier to cloud computing is and what

Difference between Traditional Security Controls and Controls required in a Cloud Environment

balaramanan2...@gmail.com (Bala) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:29:42 UT

Hello All,

I have read the CSA guide and the Control Matrix documents from CSA.
However, IMO, I see that all controls that are typically used in a
traditional IT environment is applicable to Cloud Security. The only
difference I see is the way the control is configured in a cloud
environment. My question is what are the specific controls that are

Securing medical and other private data in the cloud

ken_no...@compuserve.com (Ken North) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:43:54 UT

Microsoft Research has made a breakthrough in securing confidential
information stored in the cloud.
It's built a prototype storage system, based on homomorphic encryption,
that permits accurate analytics without having to decrypt the data.
[link]
Ken North

What have we achieved in the past two years?

pradeeptapad...@gmail.com (Pradeep Tapadiya) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:07:14 UT

Folks,
I am trying to understand what achievements have we made in the past two
years in cloud computing. It appears the terminology is still the same
(IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, private cloud, public cloud, etc.). The problems and
challenges (security, privacy, etc.) are still the same.
If you have to mention just three achievements in the past two years, what

Naming standards for customer specific file areas

alexmarchan...@gmail.com (Alex) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:45:06 UT

So I am desiging a cloud application which needs to define an area on
a server where customer files will be stored. In traditional terms it
would be known as a 'Root' folder - so you could get the root folder
'Ferrari' and then allow that company to manage folders beneath the
root.

My question is - is there any better terminolgy to use other than

NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap

ken_no...@compuserve.com (Ken North) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:20:40 UT

The first edition of the NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap is now
available at::
[link]
or
[link]
Ken North
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@knorth2
kncomputing.tumblr.com

Rethinking Databases for the Cloud

ken_no...@compuserve.com (Ken North) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:07:06 UT

NoSQL or NewSQL?
"Four Companies Rethink Databases for the Cloud"
[link]
New England Database Summit Papers
[link]
Ken North
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IDC-Datamation Cloud Computing Survey (take survey, get IDC report)

jupe...@gmail.com (JMaguire) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:33:18 UT

Research firm IDC is partnering with Enterprise IT publication
Datamation to run a Cloud Computing survey. It covers cloud adoption
schedules, budget, infrastructure, vendor preferences and strategic
planning. Completing it takes about 15 minutes.

DIRECT LINK TO SURVEY:
[link]

Using and combining existing data centers to create a public Cloud offering.

jurgen.thoe...@gmail.com (Jurgen Thoelen) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:17:16 UT

A friend came up with the idea to access multiple data centers from
Universities and corporations (he has the possibilities for this). His
idea was to combine these servers to a Public Cloud Offering. Is this
possible? What SW is needed? This is related to an emerging market
where Amazon or Rackspace are not really active.

How much time and money can businesses save by using cloud infrastructure?

chrisheg...@gmail.com (Chris@blackbelt-strategies.com) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:05:37 UT

Would love to hear actual amounts of time or money people saved by
switching to cloud infrastructure.

DR testing

mich...@agilelogic.com.au (Michael Mok) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:43:30 UT

Hi All
Not sure if anyone can share insight on how to test high availability,
system recovery and fail over against the cloud computing platform? The
cloud vendors would sell us that their availability is 99.5% (or more)
but are there any tools or tests to verify their offerings?
Thank you in advance.

Most popular use cases for cloud computing in 2011

chrisheg...@gmail.com (Chris@blackbelt-strategies.com) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:15:53 UT

Cloud computing is extremely versatile and flexible platform. What do
you think the most popular use cases are currently for cloud computing
and how do you think businesses will use it in the future?

Thank you in advance for your thoughts.
Chris

Malware: the dark side of the public cloud

ken_no...@compuserve.com (Ken North) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:03:47 UT

This group has had more than one message related to cloud service
providers, the public cloud and malware. The public cloud has been
used, for example, to control botnets and launch DDoS attacks.
Today Dmitry Bestuzhev of Kaspersky Labs revealed that Amazon Web
Services has been hosting malware that's stealing financial data: