First, allow me to introduce myself.  As ScaleUp announced last week – I am the new Privacy and Security Officer responsible for ensuring that our products, services and practices are delivering what our clients need to be safe, comfortable and compliant in the cloud. My background is a mix of security leadership roles at fortune [...]

Cloud Computing Provider Forms Security Advisory Panel to Bring Greater Level of Trust to Cloud Computing (Berlin, Germany) ScaleUp Technologies, Europe’s leader in cloud-based data center infrastructure, today announced it has named Scott Sanchez, a recognized thought leader and frequent speaker on the topic of cloud computing security, as ScaleUp’s Privacy and Security Officer. Company [...]

Am 17. September findet erstmalig ein CloudCamp in Hamburg statt. Wir von ScaleUp, als einer der Pioniere in Sachen Cloud Computing in Deutschland und Europa, sind natürlich auch mit von der Partie und unterstützen die Organisatoren des CloudCamps tatkräftig. Wir können jeden von euch, der Interesse am Thema Cloud Computing hat nur empfehlen, am CloudCamp [...]

Cloud Computing is the scapegoat! In the first part you found out why the time is right for Enterprise Cloud Computing. Now we come to an other interesting topic during CloudExpo Europe – the Cloud Computing security. While finding a definition of Cloud Computing from a security standpoint in just one word, each protagonist covered [...]

The Time is Right for Enterprise Cloud Computing At the CloudExpo Europe 2010 in Praque the main topic focused on Enterprise Cloud Computing and the statement “The Time is Right for Enterprise Cloud Computing”. And exactly this theme was my positive aspect of the conference. After finding the best definition in detail about “What is [...]

Cloud Computing ist der Sündenbock! Im ersten Teil haben Sie erfahren, warum die Zeit für das Enterprise Cloud Computing gekommen ist. Heute kommen wir zu einem weiteren interessanten Thema der CloudExpo, der Cloud Computing Sicherheit. Wurde Cloud Computing von dem Standpunkt der Sicherheit heraus mit einem einzigen Wort definiert, waren sich alle Protagonisten der CloudExpo [...]

Die Zeit ist reif für Enterprise Cloud Computing Die CloudExpo Europe 2010 in Prag stand in diesem Jahr ganz im Zeichen des Enterprise Cloud Computing und dem Statement “The Time is Right for Enterprise Cloud Computing”. Und genau diese Thematik war für mich der positive Aspekt dieser Konferenz. Wurde in den vergangenen Monaten und Jahren [...]

Even the most steadfast division-level IT managers are beginning to recognize the futility in trying to maintain their own closet “data center” in a world of virtualization, cloud computing, and drive to increase both data center economics and data security.

Data center consolidation, virtualization, PUE, green everything, and infrastructure flexibility. All current IT conversation topics, all are important management considerations for organizations stepping into the age of complete business integration with information and communications technologies (ICT). Cool and challenging topics. But “cool” does not carry your business goals. A solid ICT strategy encompassing all your [...]

One of the greatest moments a cloud evangelist indulges in occurs at that point a listener experiences an intuitive leap of understanding following your explanation of cloud computing. No greater joy and intrinsic sense of accomplishment.