Topic: Technologies

CIO top tips: mixed clouds offer best corporate solution

Learn more about the specific characteristics, benefits, and drawbacks of public, private, and federated clouds in this interview with Neil Lock, BT Global Services’ Program Director, Information Technology and Services.

Compliance Under a Cloud

“Is cloud computing advisable for applications and data subject to compliance requirements? Is compliance in the cloud even possible? And what standards are in place?” Vice president of security for The Open Group, Jim Hietala answers these questions in his recent article posted on CIO.com.

Infrastructure Security: Getting to the Bottom of Compliance in the Cloud

Learn more about cloud security and compliance and what you can do to improve them in this comprehensive security brief released this past week by RSA, the Security Division of EMC.

Security of virtualization, cloud computing divides IT and security pros

Ellen Messmer, senior editor for Network World offers her perspectives on the results of the “2010 State of Enterprise Security Survey – Global Data” report.

Explaining Hybrid Clouds

Learn more about hybrid cloud computing and how enterprises are using this strategy to leverage the advantages of both private and public clouds in this interview with Joe Weinman who leads global portfolio strategy and business development for AT&T Business Solutions.

Model-driven Application Deployment for Cloud Computing Environments

Learn about the benefits of a model-driven approach for creating virtual machine images for cloud computing environments in this January 2010 whitepaper written by engineering experts in the cloud computing space: Jason Carolan and Steve Gaede.

Cloud Computing Will Cause Three IT Revolutions — Part 1

Who will be the winners and the losers of the cloud computing movement over the next three to five years? Bernard Golden, CEO of consulting firm HyperStratus, offers his thoughts in the first of a three-part series of CIO.com articles.

Cloud Computing Perspectives – Part 1

Explore cloud computing within the framework of the real world enterprise in this video podcast edition of “BriefingsDirect” with Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions and Frank Gillette, VP and prinicipal analyst at Forrester Research.

10 recession-proof IT skills

What kind of IT skills do you need to stay competitive in the data center space? Beth Schultz, freelance writer and former special issues editor at Network World reports on this timely topic.

CIOs See Big Cloud Computing Shifts In 2010

Steven Burke of ChannelWeb surveys IT executives attending the Innovation Value Institute’s annual North American conference about leveraging cloud computing.