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Rackspace unveils cloud data storage offerings

The Cloud Block Storage system is powered by the non-proprietary OpenStack system to provide attached storage in the cloud, to support file systems, databases and other input/output intensive applications. A standard drive option for everyday storage
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Microsoft pushes lofty goals to partners

Strategies for Assessing Cloud Security. Read this white paper to learn about the security issues you need to consider and how IBM assessment services and guidelines for securing cloud implementations can help you maximize the business value of cloud
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U.S. admits cyberattacks on Iran, others

By Kevin Fogarty 1 comment June 01, 2012, 8:49 PM — Since late in the Bush administration the United States has been conducting cyberwar operations intended to slow, disrupt or damage Iran’s effort to enrich nuclear material for either nuclear power
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SUSE preps its own cloud launch

But now SUSE is creating their own cloud strategy, and as anyone paying attention knows, OpenStack is going to be a big part of that strategy. SUSE has made it clear that they will be a player in the OpenStack ecosystem–they were prominent in the
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Palo Alto next-gen firewall stacks up well

May 07, 2012, 11:55 AM — Palo Alto Networks has bet everything on being a next-generation firewall. Without the next-generation hook, Palo Alto has little chance at breaking into the established world of firewalls, and they’ve done a good job at
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Next-gen firewalls: Off to a good start

The defining characteristic of a next-generation firewall is the ability to identify and control traffic at the application layer, so we designed a suite of 40 tests in nine categories to see how well the firewalls lived up to their billing.
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Cisco offers API to fight call fraud

To date, SecureLogix has written its voice policy and security applications to the Cisco UC Gateway Services API, and British carrier BT is using it and the SecureLogix applications in its BT Assure Cloud Security service. This service heretofore has
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Palo Alto next-gen firewall stacks up well

May 07, 2012, 11:55 AM — Palo Alto Networks has bet everything on being a next-generation firewall. Without the next-generation hook, Palo Alto has little chance at breaking into the established world of firewalls, and they’ve done a good job at
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Efforts afoot to advance cloud standards

Other standardization efforts as well, including by the Open Virtualization Format, which are underlying APIs that allow for easier migration of jobs between virtual machines. The Cloud Security Alliance is even pushing for cloud providers to publish
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Marketplace pulls AWS hare ahead of OpenStack tortoise

By Brian Proffitt Add a new comment April 19, 2012, 8:17 AM — Today’s opening of the Amazon Web Services Marketplace will give cloud customers a lot more convenience in cloud deployment, while sending up clouds of dust for the still-behind OpenStack
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