The many benefits of cloud computing include helping enterprises become more efficient, agile, innovative and flexibile, but achieving those benefits depends on a number of factors, including the involvement of the board of directors. ISACA, a nonprofit, independent association of more than 100,000 governance, risk, security and assurance professionals worldwide, has issued new guidance outlining key questions for boards of directors to ask to ensure their enterprise’s cloud initiative is...
Read MoreBy Ian Kilpatrick, chairman Wick Hill Group, specialists in secure infrastructure solutions.
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Read MoreCloudera has announced the release of the Cloudera Developer Kit (CDK), the first developer kit created for Cloudera's Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH). CDK helps developers to build apps in Hadoop environments faster and more easily than ever before.
Read MoreOnApp has partnered with Dell to create three pre-tested cloud packages for service providers, providing a simple and reliable way for hosting companies, MSPs and telcos to create cloud services and take them to market as quickly as possible.
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