Tag: services
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Cloud Security the Client’s Responsiblity, Service Providers Say
The biggest complaint in the wake of recent data breaches, whether it’s Sony or Epsilon, has centered on the lack of security controls in place to protect customer data. A recent Ponemon Institute report found that cloud providers don’t think that’s their job. A shocking 73 percent of U.S. service providers and 75 percent of… Read more
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Did Amazon Outage Kill the Cloud?
A partial outage of Amazon’s cloud-based hosting services in April prompted some high-tech pundits to make dire predictions. They called the outage a major setback with consequences for years to come. It’s as if Amazon had all but extinguished the cloud. Was the failure damaging? Yes, but to the point of significantly slowing what is… Read more
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Symantec.cloud Enhances Portfolio of SAAS Services
Security, storage and systems management specialist Symantec announced that customers will now benefit from enhancements to the Symantec.cloud portfolio of SAAS services. The company announced a number of service enhancements, which are designed to bring more of Symantec’s technologies to the cloud and offer increased flexibility of choice to SMBs (small and midsize businesses). Service… Read more
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Millions Affected by Health Care Data Breaches Since 2009
A list of data breaches by the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals that more than 10 million patients have been affected by security lapses in about 260 health care-related incidents reported since 2009. The department began compiling the list on Feb. 22, 2010, when the HITECH… Read more
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Amazon Web Services Five-Day Outage Sparks Debate About the Cloud
Five full days after its largest outage hit on the morning of April 21, Amazon Web Services said it finally has restored virtually all services to its customers. However, there still are a lot of smoldering IT managers who haven’t yet cooled off completely from the outage that started at 1:41 a.m. PDT April 21… Read more
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Dumping Product Sales for Managed Services
Are you calling yourself a managed services provider but still making most of your money from other revenue streams? Jim Hare, vice president of sales at eGestalt, says that only about 10 percent of the channel who say they do managed services actually have a full fledged managed services business. The others are dipping toes… Read more