The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has been busy. The non-profit organization that focuses on cloud security best practices has launched a Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Working Group in the EU. The group also announced a new partnership with the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) to help build cloud computing security and cloud capabilities ...

CipherCloud believes it has created the first configurable encryption gateway to secure data that’s in transit, in use and dormant in public and private cloud environments with the new CipherCloud Connect AnyApp. The company believes that Connect AnyApp will revolutionize how data is protected in the cloud with its quick and easy-to-use encryption system that ...

Nokia took over the Big Apple yesterday morning at their launch party, introducing the brand new Lumia 920 as well as the lower tier phone, the Lumia 820. Both of these phones operate on Microsoft Windows 8 and neither of the phone’s prices were confirmed. Nokia’s launching of the two phones didn’t seem to impress ...

Syncsort’s landed its certification for DMExpress data integration software to load into the Greenplum Database. The company has also recently joined Greenplum Catalyst Developer Program. And now that Syncsort is a member of Greenplum Catalyst Developer Program, DMExpress software will integrate with Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP). What many IT organizations appear to be struggling with is ...

GridIron Systems and Zettaset have joined forces to create a reference for virtual Hadoop clusters, using Flash to enhance the effectiveness of inter-node communications. Hadoop users will be provided with “an efficient, pre-configured alternative to building and configuring racks of servers, storage, and software for large-scale developments,” according to reports. What makes this whole thing ...

We were able to catch up with Jason Buffington, ESG Senior Analyst at VMWorld 2012 when he joined Wikibon founder Dave Vellante in TheCube. Buffington was asked about what he found most interesting, from a data protection standpoint. One of Buffington’s favorites was the introduction of VDP, a built-in data protective product. VMware has gone ...

Smartphones will soon get a taste of the Watson 2.0 supercomputer technology by IBM. We can thank recent developments in battery power and computing efficiency for that. Watson has been testing in the medical field, in particular to find a diagnosis and treatment of cancer. And unlike Apple Siri, which is available to all, IBM ...

Looks like Cisco is trying to make things a little easier for their customers by changing its licensing, which will help consumers buy its products a la carte. The company gave us a heads up earlier this summer about wanting to change the licensing and even gave some indications as to what exactly what it ...

Splunk has come out with the Splunk Storm, which is the cloud-based version of log-management software geared towards making it easier for companies to monitor, diagnose and troubleshoot cloud-based applications running multiple platforms such as: Amazon Web Services, Heroku, Google App Engine and Rackspace, to name a few. And guess what? You don’t have to ...

Infochimps has hired a new CEO, Jim Kaskade, who is no foreigner to data and enterprise. The company feels that he has just the right tools to help the chimps swiftly climb upwards toward big enterprises. Since Infochimps is still pretty new, it only makes sense to hire on a guy with 25 years of ...