Category Archives: Cloud Computing

Google Drive Arrived: Cloud Storage And Privacy/Security

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Hellmuth Broda

Cloud Storage is not any longer just for the big guys. This morning when I updated my Android phone a new app was loaded called Google Drive. It explained that it was part of Google Docs and I downloaded it. … Continue reading →

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How to change IT from 1.0 to 2.0

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Hellmuth Broda

Joe Robens recently published an article named WORKING IN AN IT 1.0 WORLD – DAY 5 #B03. He has a list of recommendations how to change your corporate information technology from the last to the current century. I would like to … Continue reading →

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Another Strong Personal Vote For the Cloud

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Hellmuth Broda

Friday (I seem to be very lucky with Friday’s–see my earlier vote for the cloud) my “smart”-phone spontaneously started rebooting. It had done this before. This behavior is inconvenient for the user since one does not realize that the phone … Continue reading →

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A Strong Personal Vote For The Cloud

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Hellmuth Broda

On Friday, January 13, 2012 at 13:00 (yes, really!) I closed the cover of my MacBook Pro. This was when I had seen the computer alive for the last time. When I re-opened the flap nothing happened. Going through all … Continue reading →

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How to Back Up Your Social Media Accounts

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Now that we learned to make the occasional backup of the files on our computers using external hard disks and — the audacious ones among us — using cloud services (BTW: check out Wuala for backup. Files get encrypted on … Continue reading →

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New EU Directive Might Reshape the Clouds

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

As reported in Silicon.de, in Experian.it and in other sources, the European Commission is planning to release a new directive on data protection, which will affect the Cloud Computing industry. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenships … Continue reading →

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OSBF: Opening Clouds

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

The Open Source Business Foundation e.V., the European network for the Open Source Industry, just launched an “Open Cloud Business Initiative” (OCBI). The goal of the OCBI is to promote the principle of openness, which is responsible for the success … Continue reading →

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Gartner: Difficult Times For the CIO

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Silicon.de reported on the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2011 in Orlando: Gartners CEO Gene Hall warned the CIO’s of the four winds that blow at the CIO simultaneously. CIO’s will have to bundle up to weather the coming storm. The four winds Hall talked … Continue reading →

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Greatest Threats to Cloud Security

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Experts explain greatest threats to cloud security. (NetworkWorld) The article starts: Cloud security threats come in all shapes and sizes, so we asked eight experts to weigh in on what they see as the top threat to cloud security. The answers run … Continue reading →

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Clouds Shine Through the Fog: CloudBursting

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

This article was recently shared on LinkedIn: Future of cloud computing … more clouds. Seriously. | LinkedIn. It describes Forrester‘s take on the concept of virtual virtual (virtual**2) machines where users can move apps and data easily and freely between cloud service … Continue reading →

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Cloud computing: Over 30% in energy savings — Cleantech News and Analysis

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Yes–there are issues with security, availability, and privacy in the cloud, but these will have to be managed (cf. some of the links below). The energy aspect is usually not brought to the table in the current discussions on Cloud Computing. … Continue reading →

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Cloud Computing: From Designer Clothes To Prêt-à-Porter

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Hellmuth Broda

Today I read the June issue of the “Informatik Spektrum” (Organ of the German Informatics Society). It has a contribution by Prof. Gunter Dueck titled “Cloudwirbel” (cloud vortex). Gunter Dueck regularly publishes a column in this periodical under the header “DUECK-ß-INSIDE, many with … Continue reading →

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