No, your data isn't secure in the cloud

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	No, your data isn't secure in the cloud While online data storage services claim your data is encrypted, there are no guarantees. And with government surveillance programs crawling the web for metadata and email, there's little doubt online privacy can exist without strong safeguards. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Data+ Conference Monetize Big Data Thru Analytics-Learn How. Data+ Conference Data+ is the world's most authoritative conference on analyzing, predicting and monetizing big data. Learn how to build a data strategy for secure, accessible information for data visualization and reporting; integrate Hadoop, Cassandra, MapReduce, Hive, Hbase and other technologies into the enterprise; and more! Register now. In this Issue In times of chaos, SunGard's mobile office is an island of normality Cloud computing will kill the IT department. True or false? Update: Microsoft's Office 365 uptime exceeds 99.9% Amazon improves performance of CloudFormation management platform Microsoft adds Java to its Windows Azure cloud service Google adds 79 data center software patents to no-sue pledge How IT Can Scare Off BYOD Monsters in the Closet WHITE PAPER: SAS TDWI Report: 7 Steps to Advanced Analytics What are the keys to advanced analytics success? This TDWI report focuses on how organizations can align data management practices and technologies with requirements for advanced analytics. Learn More In times of chaos, SunGard's mobile office is an island of normality Sungard's mobile office is designed to work in areas where nothing else is working. It is for use in places where there is no power or network. It's for disaster zones. Read More Cloud computing will kill the IT department. True or false? What if the cloud becomes the primary data center, and SaaS is the only way applications are sold?  Will there be a need for an IT department?  Read More Update: Microsoft's Office 365 uptime exceeds 99.9% Dropping the veil of secrecy over Office 365 uptime, Microsoft has released availability data for each of the past four quarters and is celebrating the results. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Key Factors in Modernizing Backup and Recovery No two companies have precisely the same needs or requirements for backup and recovery solutions. However, NetBackup appliances meet the core requirements and solve the challenges associated with traditional backup and recovery approaches. They enable fast, reliable, storage, and bandwidth-efficient backups and recovery of data. Read now! Amazon improves performance of CloudFormation management platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added new features to the company's management platform CloudFormation that aim to improve performance and simplify updates. Read More Microsoft adds Java to its Windows Azure cloud service Expanding a growing portfolio of enterprise software it sells as hosted services, Microsoft plans to add Java to its Windows Azure cloud service. Read More Google adds 79 data center software patents to no-sue pledge Google has added 79 patents to the list of patents for which it pledges not to sue any user, distributor or developer of open-source software, unless first attacked. Read More How IT Can Scare Off BYOD Monsters in the Closet When it comes to security risks, BYOD is the gift that keeps on giving. But what about the devices that your employees used to use, gave up on and, months later, finally dug out of the closet to sell? That's another issue to wrestle with. Here are seven ways to beat the monsters. Read More
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