Monthly Archives: March 2015

China Behind Sustained DDoS Attack Against GitHub: Researchers

Code repository Github is still battling against a DDoS attack that began on Thursday that the company is calling the largest DDoS attack in its history. According to several reports, the attack appears to originate from China. Continue reading

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Enterprise IT Worries About Data Breach Risks as More Sensitive Data Goes to the Cloud: Report

As more companies move to cloud services, the cloud has overtaken databases and file servers as the top risk storing sensitive information, and privileged users were identified as an enormous threat to their organizations, according to the responses of IT decision makers in a new survey. Continue reading

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Working with Customizations within a Cloud-Hosted Environment

In working with a cloud provider, an organization must first establish what they will be hosting (websites, virtual machines, data bases, or all of the above), how this environment will be accessed and to what amounts. Continue reading

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Vendors Push Telco Cloud NFVs Atop OpenStack

Brought to you by Data Center Knowledge A two pair of technology giants has teamed up on Network Function Virtualization offerings. Oracle is using Intel’s Open Network Platform, and Canonical and Ericsson are teaming up to target the telecom cloud space. Both pairings are focusing their efforts atop OpenStack. Network… Continue reading

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OpenCloud Connect Releases Reference Architecture to Promote Consistent Cloud Standards

A new 104-page document describing best practices for cloud providers was released on Tuesday by OpenCloud Connect (OCC). The organization’s focus is to provide cloud providers with guidelines for scaling and enhancing ethernet technology to better deal with the increasing demands of cloud services. “One of the primary goals of… Continue reading

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