Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Reports

E-Guide: Evaluating IaaS security risks
sponsored by TechTarget Security
EGUIDE: This expert tip examines the risks organizations need to be aware of when evaluating IaaS solutions, and highlights the key architectural and process components of access management services that need to be considered in the cloud.
Posted: 13 Jun 2011 | Published: 13 Jun 2011

TechTarget Security

7 Steps to Success with An Automated Development/Test Cloud
sponsored by Eucalyptus Systems
WHITE PAPER: Automating your software delivery process and integrating it with cloud-based IaaS is the best way to keep pace with today’s software building, testing and deploying demands.
Posted: 26 Oct 2011 | Published: 26 Oct 2011

Eucalyptus Systems

Is your security as good as the cloud’s?
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the relative merits of Software-as-a-Service and Infrastructure-as-a-Service, as well as issues and risks to consider. View now to determine whether these models are likely to provide better or worse security than your current in-house security.
Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011

Trend Micro, Inc.

Best practices for building a cloud computing infrastructure
sponsored by SAVVIS
EGUIDE: This e-guide takes a close look at what you need to know about building a cloud computing infrastructure to serve dual purposes and top recommendations to get started. Uncover the key to successful cloud computing infrastructure, best practices to build a private cloud and things you should know about the cloud before you begin.
Posted: 12 Sep 2011 | Published: 12 Sep 2011

SAVVIS

Presentation Transcript: Cloud Service Delivery Models - Security Risks and Recommendations
sponsored by Dell SecureWorks
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript examines how different levels of isolation and multi-tenancy in cloud models introduce different risks to organizations leveraging cloud services. We also discuss what organizations can do to address these risks and we recommend ways to deliver an improved security posture to organizations utilizing cloud services.
Posted: 25 Aug 2011 | Published: 23 Aug 2011

Dell SecureWorks

Overcoming Security Challenges in the Cloud
sponsored by Intel
VIDEO: In this videocast, learn about the various security concerns companies have when moving to client-aware cloud computing and get expert advice on how to address them.
Posted: 17 Aug 2011 | Premiered: 16 Aug 2011

Intel

IBM POV: Security & Cloud Computing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: You may be turning to cloud computing solutions to provide flexible, cost-effective and proven delivery of IT services. This white paper shows how cloud resources can be rapidly deployed and easily scaled and processes, applications and services can be provisioned “on demand,” regardless of user location or device.
Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

IBM

Cloud Computing: A Complete Solution with IBM
sponsored by IBM
VIDEOCAST: In this video, IBM storage experts and customers speak about how leveraging cloud computing can optimize business processes. Learn how a cloud computing-based infrastructure allows companies to access virtual resources like automated software and new application performance levels.
Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Premiered: Aug 12, 2011

IBM

Expert tips: Preparing for private cloud construction
sponsored by ASG Software Solutions
EGUIDE: Private clouds offer many of the advantages of public cloud services but without the security concerns and compliance issues. Find out the cost advantages private cloud has over traditional IT deployments, and discover key elements you need to support a private cloud in your IT infrastructure.
Posted: 09 Aug 2011 | Published: 09 Aug 2011

ASG Software Solutions

Best practices for adopting a private cloud computing strategy
sponsored by Intel
EGUIDE: Cloud computing is, perhaps, the largest paradigm shift in organizational computing in recent history, offering an unprecedented level of flexibility and scalability.Take a look at this e-guide from the experts at SearchCloudComputing.com for a comprehensive overview of the private cloud infrastructure.
Posted: 02 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

Intel

Private Cloud Computing E-Zine Volume 3: IT Without Borders
sponsored by TechTarget Cloud Computing
EZINE: In this issue of the Private Cloud e-zine, we examine common challenges in developing a private cloud environment, from IT departmental silos to the lack of sophistication of cloud management tools. Access this resource to address the various factors that can block implementation.
Posted: 01 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

TechTarget Cloud Computing

Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
DATA SHEET: This data sheet explains how cloud computing can help IT deliver critical business services more quickly and inexpensively. Find out what steps companies will have to take to embrace this new IT model.
Posted: 29 Jul 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

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

VMware vCloud API Abstraction
sponsored by Layer 7 Technologies
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Cloud computing offers your organization efficiency, flexibility and scalability, but managing cloud-based applications can be extremely challenging. Access this resource for a detailed overview of Layer 7 Technologies' CloudControl gateway and learn how it can deliver protection, abstraction and metering for your cloud-based applications.
Posted: 21 Jul 2011 | Published: 21 Jul 2011

Layer 7 Technologies

Securely Publish and Manage Web APIs with CloudControl
sponsored by Layer 7 Technologies
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Cloud computing offers the opportunity for an enhanced computing experience, but truly feeling the benefits of cloud computing requires exposing provisioning protocols, applications and APIs to external partners. Access this resource to learn how you can enhance access control, privacy and security through APIs.
Posted: 20 Jul 2011 | Published: 20 Jul 2011

Layer 7 Technologies

Expert guide to constructing a private cloud
sponsored by Sirius Computer Solutions
EGUIDE: Transforming your in-house IT infrastructure to a private cloud can offer a whole new level of efficiency for your mission-critical applications. Access this expert e-guide from the editors at SearchCloudComputing.com for a comprehensive guide to constructing the private cloud in your data center.
Posted: 18 Jul 2011 | Published: 18 Jul 2011

Sirius Computer Solutions

Convert IBM Cloud image parameters into Java using JAXB: JAXB and Plain Old Java Objects morph XML cloud image parameters in usable Java code
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Get under the hood:  This technical note describes how to transform XML response into a Java™-usable response by creating Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) and calling JAXB's unmarshal method. Simplify how to send requests to create new instances based on images that request parameters from Java classes.
Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | Published: 14 Jul 2011

IBM

Best practices to architect applications in the IBM Cloud Discover a list of component features you need to use for a better cloud experience
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Comprehensive product capability discussed throughout this 15-page technical paper, including 11 Best Practices for the IBM Cloud . Written for IT Managers, IT Architects, and developers, learn how you can better manage SaaS cloud applications and bring new applications on line in the future.
Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | Published: 14 Jul 2011

IBM

Enterprise Virtual Machine Infrastructure on the Cloud
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to learn the essentials of implementing virtual machine infrastructure on the cloud. Discover how this cloud provides an alternative to owning, upgrading and maintaining expensive hardware by shortening app development cycles, extending existing security disciplines, and more.
Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | Published: 14 Jul 2011

IBM

HP CloudSystem Matrix: Managing at a Higher Level
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines IT management challenges from a fundamental and system standpoint. In addition, it introduces the concept of a service-oriented and automated approach to IT management.
Posted: 13 Jul 2011 | Published: 13 Jul 2011

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HP CloudSystem Matrix: Building a Private Cloud
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper and begin to understand how you can be successful in your private cloud adoption.
Posted: 13 Jul 2011 | Published: 13 Jul 2011

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Case Study: HyTrust Enables University of California, Berkeley, to Cost-Effectively Enhance and Secure Its Virtualization Capabilities
sponsored by HyTrust
CASE STUDY: With over 30 different divisions, including 350 different academic programs, the pressures on UC Berkeley's data center are phenomenal. This resource, a case study of UC Berkeley's implementation of the HyTrust Appliance, reveals how IT administrators have truly maximized the potential of the virtualized environment.
Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2011

HyTrust

The Mandate for Converged Infrastructure Management
sponsored by EMC
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses how effective management of the Vblock Infrastructure Platform using EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager can provide greater value in the form of faster and more efficient infrastructure service delivery and more robust infrastructure operational management for the purpose of meeting or exceeding service levels.
Posted: 16 Jun 2011 | Published: 16 Jun 2011

EMC

The Promises, Challenges and Imperatives of Data Center Infrastructure Management
sponsored by Emerson Network Power
WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive white paper to gain a new perspective on managing data center infrastructures that recognizes; the importance of real-time data to understand the true capacity of available infrastructure, interdependencies between logical and physical layers, the need for more powerful management tools that can guide design, and much more.
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 | Published: 08 Jun 2011

Emerson Network Power

Presentation Transcript: What Do Cloud Innovators Really Think? Get Five Cloud Best Practices
sponsored by HP Software
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Where is the cloud taking us? Identify and learn from IT decision makers who are well on their way down the road to the cloud. This presentation transcript reveals the 5 best practices to innovate and minimize the risks as you introduce cloud technology.
Posted: 27 May 2011 | Published: 27 May 2011

HP Software