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US publishes cloud security programme

04.11.2010

The US federal government has released draft plans for a programme to ensure cloud services meet federal cybersecurity guidelines. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program is aimed at quelling government concerns about cloud security.

 

The voluntary programme,...

Ballmer calls for clearer data rules from Europe

04.11.2010

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called on Europe to provide clearer rules on privacy and data retention issues as his company pushes into remote computing services. Ballmer, whose company is investing heavily in data centres and cloud computing services, said there needs to be a regulatory regime...

Data centre security a top priority for over half of IT

04.11.2010

More than half of IT managers say security is their top priority when selecting a data centre, according to a new survey by City Lifeline. The research showed that 57% would put security first, compared to 14% who rate price as the most important factor.

 

Respondents were also...

SpotXchange selects FORTRUST Data Center for colocation and disaster recovery services

02.11.2010

FORTRUST, Colorado's leading high-availability data center services provider and colocation facility, has announced that it has been selected by SpotXchange to host a significant amount of infrastructure in order to satisfy a disaster recovery requirement. The DR infrastructure deployed at...

Pillar Data Systems challenges market after research showed half of all UK storage

19.10.2010

Pillar Data Systems has released statistics which suggest that the storage industry wasn’t able to meet the requirements of its customers last year, and is therefore now questioning whether any improvements have been made in the past 12 months. Information gathered by the company has revealed...

SunGard launches new replication offering

19.10.2010

SunGard Availability Services has launched Replication-as-a-Service (RaaS), which replicates data in a secure private cloud environment, which is linked into its recovery network. The business continuity service provider believes that RaaS could save customers about 35% as compared to the...

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