Here’s a message from customers that nearly every company is taking to heart. “Keep my data off your e-waste!” During my years of covering enterprise IT, regulatory compliance (think HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley and PCI DSS) and its effect on…
IBM Researcher's Work on Encryption to Boost Cloud Security
One of the trickiest issues that’s dogging cloud computing is security. For businesses, this is a huge deal because they are being asked to entrust another entity with the confidentiality of their data, like customer records replete with private information….
Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, June 11
The greening of Apple OS X – Mother Nature Network OS X 1.6 solves that by allowing developers to create multithread software — software that can unlock the power of new multicore processors by letting one chip serve many tasks….
Security Risks of 'Hyper-extended Enterprises'
As businesses adopt cloud-based services, there’s a danger that security may not be getting the attention it deserves, according to a study conducted by IDG Research for RSA Security. Sixteen percent of those polled are planning to start migrating some…
Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, May 28
Security and regulatory concerns slow some server virtualization efforts – Network World There’s awe in the instantaneous speed that VMware offers in set up and tear down of VMs but worry about potential abuse of that power, too, deliberate or…
Event Watch: SANS WhatWorks in Virtualization Security Summit
If you have lingering questions and concerns about the state of virtualization security, SANS is putting on just the conference for you. SANS WhatWorks in Virtualization Security Summit takes place in August 17-18 at the Fairmont in Washington DC. Here’s…
Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, April 30
A Dozen Things the Smart Grid Can Learn from the Internet – Earth2Tech Security & Encryption: The smart grid community needs to publish detailed specifications for different levels of security and encryption standards. For secure communication purposes, the Internet…
Assessing the State of Virtualization Security
Government Computer News explores the topic of virtualization and security, and depending on whom you believe, we’re either “halfway there” or well behind the curve. But there’s some encouraging news as the technology takes hold in the datacenter, IT workers…
About that Earth-killing Spam…
Yesterday, McAfee and ICF shocked us with data that exposed spam’s environmental impact. Jeremy Kaplan at Good Clean Tech isn’t buying it… Business users leave their PCs on all day regardless of whether they’ve finished sorting their inboxes, so…
IT Recyclers in the Spotlight
Having a hard time finding a someone to handle your company’s old equipment? Processor has put together a profile of four IT recyclers you may want to check out. And if data security is a priority–and it should be–then PA-based…
