Cloud Security White Papers

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HP CloudSystem with Intel Security Technologies
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: This white paper forecasts cloud adoption trends and spending priorities for the next few years and recommends key hardware components for your deployment.
Posted: 18 Aug 2011 | Published: 18 Aug 2011

Intel

Database Consolidation onto Private Clouds
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Consolidating databases onto a private cloud is a new model for the delivery of database services. Private clouds consolidate servers, storage, operating systems, databases, and mixed workloads onto a shared hardware and software infrastructure.
Posted: 16 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

Oracle Corporation

Turning Security Upside-Down
sponsored by OpenText Security Solutions
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains why security policies must be adapted to handle the sophisticated and highly targeted attacks that today's IT environments are prone to. Obtain best practices for developing a successful defence strategy and learn how cloud-based solutions fit into the security technology market.
Posted: 29 Jul 2011 | Published: 29 Jul 2011

OpenText Security Solutions

Security and High Availability in Cloud Computing Environments
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing has become an increasingly popular means of delivering valuable, IT-enabled business services. Take a look at this exclusive resource to learn how adopting cloud technology can be an affordable way to get access to a dynamically scalable, virtualized computing environment.
Posted: 28 Jul 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011

IBM

Steer Safely into the Cloud
sponsored by Layer 7 Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Despite the many benefits, cloud computing also introduces new security risks and compromises the traditional control of IT, hindering many business from adoption. This paper offers insight into cloud governance, that helps tackle cloud security concerns and provides a path that will guide businesses to the cloud in a controlled and secured manner.
Posted: 18 Jul 2011 | Published: 18 Jul 2011

Layer 7 Technologies

Choosing a Cloud Provider with Confidence
sponsored by GeoTrust, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper you will find out how your business can protect sensitive business information in the cloud. You will also learn what you must look for in the security of a cloud vendor and how to find the right vendor for your business.
Posted: 15 Jul 2011 | Published: 05 Jul 2011

GeoTrust, Inc.

WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance and PowerVM
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing is the pooling of computing resources to provide a single source of computing power to multiple users. Find out how a cloud manager provides a self-service portal that maintains permissions and information about cloud objects such as virtual images, patterns, and resources.
Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 07 Jul 2011

IBM

IT Handbook: Cloud Computing Security Up Close
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: This IT handbook is designed to help organizations make practical and strategic decisions about their own cloud security. Follow these guidelines to make sure that you've established policies that define data classification categories, data labeling mechanisms and data handling requirements.
Posted: 05 Jul 2011 | Published: 05 Jul 2011

Intel

Leveraging security from the Cloud
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing is a flexible, cost-effective and proven delivery platform for providing business or consumer IT services over the Internet. This whitepaper discusses the who, what, when, why and how of cloud-based security services.
Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2011

IBM

Five Reasons Why the Cloud Is Ready For the Enterprise
sponsored by Rackspace Hosting
WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive resource to learn about 5 reasons why your organization can’t afford not to use the cloud any longer and discover the many benefits your competitors are gaining with the cloud, including reduced operating expenses, increased productivity, and much more.
Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2011

Rackspace Hosting

A Brave New (Security) World: How Security is Changing to Support Virtualization and Cloud Computing
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the evolution of security challenges as enterprises adopt virtualization and then cloud computing. Learn about an approach that acts as a facilitator of mobility, virtualization, and cloud computing.
Posted: 29 Jun 2011 | Published: 29 Jun 2011

Trend Micro, Inc.

Building and maintaining effective cloud computing infrastructures
sponsored by Circadence
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the nature of today’s technical challenges preventing the widespread adoption of cloud computing infrastructures in the enterprise and offers solutions to overcome them.
Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 09 Jun 2011

Circadence

The MPLS Network: A Future-Proof Engine for Voice-Data Convergence - Addressing network traffic trends with new opportunities for business communications
sponsored by MegaPath Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the origins and future of Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology, highlighting how new applications are demonstrating the potential of these networks and uncovering advantages you can expect to see.
Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

MegaPath Inc.

Architecting a vCloud
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: If your organization has decided to take advantage of cloud computing benefits such as increased agility and flexibility, you may be wondering: Where is the best place to start? Read on for a guide to taking the first steps toward leveraging cloud computing across your organization.
Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

VMware, Inc.

VMware vCloud Director: Build Secure Private Clouds to Deliver Infrastructure as a Service
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: By now, many organizations have taken advantage of the benefits cloud computing can provide. So how can you gain even more benefits from your cloud without sacrificing security or control? Learn about a private cloud platform that allows IT organizations to become cloud service providers for the business.
Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

VMware, Inc.

Cloud computing for the enterprise, Part 3: Using WebSphere CloudBurst to create private clouds
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This article provides an introduction to IBM® WebSphere® CloudBurst™ and WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition.
Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

IBM

IDC Technology Spotlight: Leveraging the Benefits of Cloud Computing with Specialized Security
sponsored by Trend Micro
WHITE PAPER: There is shift in threat landscape with the emergence of cloud; while offering significant benefits, cloud computing expands the playing field for cybercriminals and increase security demands, IDC Spotlight explores the technology of cloud based security
Posted: 15 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011

Trend Micro

Taking Control of the Cloud for Your Enterprise - Addressing Security, Visibility, and Governance Challenges
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: It comes as no surprise that some businesses are reluctant to implement cloud-based services. Security risks are a major concern due to the lack of control a business faces when moving critical business systems to the cloud. Find out how to avoid security risks while still taking advantage of the benefits of cloud computing.
Posted: 10 May 2011 | Published: 10 May 2011

Intel

Intel® Cloud Builders Guide: Cloud Design and Deployment with Intel® Platforms
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: Traditional access security models have focused on access control for data, applications and networks. But security requirements for cloud environments have evolved beyond traditional measures. Learn how the authorization domains model can be used to enforce a consistent security policy in your cloud computing applications.
Posted: 10 May 2011 | Published: 10 May 2011

Intel

How IBM is shortening the gap between customers and development value with cloud computing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Development and test is optimally suited for cloud service, given the security and demand variability characteristics of that key workload.  In addition to cost reduction, development team should consider the value cloud services can provide during the development lifecycle, and how cloud can help an organization become more agile and responsive...
Posted: 02 May 2011 | Published: 02 May 2011

IBM

Sustainability and the Cloud: The Global Environmental Benefits of IT Hosting and Cloud Technology
sponsored by Rackspace Hosting
WHITE PAPER: Through this year-long series of whitepapers and webinars, independent analyst Ben Kepes will be building a cloud computing curriculum designed for technologists and non-technical users alike.
Posted: 26 Apr 2011 | Published: 25 Apr 2011

Rackspace Hosting

Intel® Cloud Builders Guide: Cloud Design and Deployment on Intel® Platforms - Enhanced Cloud Security with HyTrust* and VMware*
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: This reference architecture explains a secure cloud infrastructure deployment and operation. It describes a cloud built with VMware, vSphere*, Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series-based server platforms, and a HyTrust Appliance* designed to enforce cloud security policies, including those based on platform trust attestation provided by Intel® TXT.
Posted: 11 Apr 2011 | Published: 11 Apr 2011

Intel

Intel® Cloud Builders Guide: Cloud Design and Deployment on Intel® Platforms - Trusted Compute Pools with Parallels*
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: Applying the ideas and principles of cloud computing to IT operations can offer organizations agility and cost savings. For workloads which need to be highly elastic, like those of software developers, using an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) approach is often the best choice.
Posted: 11 Apr 2011 | Published: 11 Apr 2011

Intel

Intel® Cloud Builders Guide: Cloud Design and Deployment on Intel® Platforms - Enhancing Server Platform Security with VMware
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: Intel® Cloud Builders built a cloud with the use of a technology preview version of VMware vCenter Server, VMware vSphere Hypervisor, Intel Xeon processor 5600 series based server platforms and a plug in designed to interface with Intel Trusted Execution technology to provide platform attestration in the cloud.
Posted: 11 Apr 2011 | Published: 11 Apr 2011

Intel

Intel's Vision of the Ongoing Shift to Cloud Computing
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: Intel's Cloud 2015 Vision is that cloud computing is federated, automated, and client-aware. Moving the industry toward that promise will require a focus on three industry-wide pillars of cloud computing - efficiency, simplification, and security - and on solutions that are open, multi-vendor and interoperable.
Posted: 08 Apr 2011 | Published: 08 Apr 2011

Intel