Every Friday here on In The Personal Cloud we’ll be presenting a roundup of links highlighting popular and rising news stories from the world of the cloud and online security. Everything from news regarding hacking and how to be secure to advancements in the field of cloud computing. Stay tuned to In The Personal Cloud each Friday to remain up to date on everything you need to know.
50 Questions Every Cloud Computing Buyer Needs to Ask - Cloud adopters usually think of basic questions to ask when adopting cloud. Questions such as, “does this platform run on my OS?” appear, but are yourself all the right questions? What about, “how long has the provider been in the market”? Forbes makes a list of all the questions you should ask before going into cloud computing.
[Forbes]
Will Cloud Computing Become a Regulated Industry? – Lack of regulation remains to be a big concern for early cloud computing adopters. Could that be changing? A more rigid set of standards could ease worries of both consumers and providers alike. Studies by the Cloud Security Alliance show that adoption of regulations, both private and governmental, are just around the corner. Personal cloud users will benefit heavily from regulation by not having to worry if companies meet minimum security requirements.
[Backup Technology]
OpenStack: An Overview – Rackspace Hosting and NASA recently released an open source cloud initiative known as OpenStack. OpenStack is viewed as the kernel for personal cloud operations on which vendors can build all sorts of software to run on in the cloud. We can expect even higher levels of innovation with companies having the ability to use this software.
[Network Computing]
10 Cloud Computing Giants – Who are this years cloud computing innovators? InformationWeek compiled 10 of the most important people in the cloud computing industry. They have include a wide range of CIOs and researchers from a variety of companies.
[InformationWeek]
Competing Successfully in the Cloud - What are the hardest parts of competing in the cloud computing industry? CRN conducted a survey of cloud hosting providers to find out the difficulties of being in the industry. Competing prices was one of the top. Can you guess any others?
[Unified Communications Strategies]
2013 Will Be Dominated by Mobile, Cloud Developments - The past years has seen the IT industry transitioning to what is known as the “3rd platform”. This includes the newest technologies such as cloud computing, mobile, and social media. The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that 2013 will see the largest increase in this trend ever seen, with a 5.7% increase in spending in 3rd platform entities. Find out other IDC predictions over at Biztech2.
[Biztech2]