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No Cloud is An Island: Subtleties of EU Data Legislation and the Effect on Service Providers

Many of the recent EU discussions regarding new data retention and privacy laws are being fueled by the backlash of the European Court of Justice right to be forgotten decision in May. The court case is creating confusion and complications forcing EU authorities to look at several aspects of cloud providers and regulations. Continue reading

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Massive JP Morgan Hacker Attack Affects 76 Million Households and Counting

In a regulatory filing on Thursday, JP Morgan said the cybersecurity attack first discovered in August actually affected 76 million households and seven million SMBs. Continue reading

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New Switch.co Service Provides a Cloud-Based Phone System Running on Google Apps

Firespotter Labs, the makers of conference call service UberConference, has launched a new service this week for simplifying corporate phone systems called Switch.co and rebranded to that name. Switch.co is designed to make it easy to deploy and manage a business phone system using a company’s existing landlines and cell phones. Continue reading

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AWS, Rackspace Cloud Reboots to Patch Xen Complete

The Xen-based cloud reboot post mortems are up. Last week, Amazon Web Services and Rackspace both had to reboot parts of their clouds to fix a known security vulnerability affecting certain versions of XenServer, a popular open source hypervisor. Continue reading

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EIG Plans to Hire Up To 300 Employees at Burlington, Mass., HQ

Web hosting company Endurance International Group, whose hosting brands include Bluehost, Directi, Domain.com, HostGator, and others, is planning on hiring as many as 300 new employees at its Burlington, Mass., head office over the next five years. Continue reading

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