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LTE: Will it be as disappointing as 3G?

4G promises high speed and low latency, but real world economics might intervene

When you read the specs LTE, now being simply called ‘4G’ (incorrectly) by the mobile providers, is the mobile network answer to “Life the Universe and Everything”. With its super high speeds and very low (10ms) Latency it certainly...

Tags: 3g, 4g, frank puranik, gprs, itrinegy, lte, umts

Gaining Clarity in the Cloud

Steps to take when you consider the cloud

Such is the exponential rate of growth in cloud services, and so enthusiastic are vendors of all shapes and sizes to investigate the cost savings and adopt cloud technology, that the lines appear blurred as to what actually constitutes a...

Tags: cloud computing

Law enforcement agencies access rights to your cloud data

An essential primer for enterprise IT professionals on data privacy and security in the cloud

This article considers how law enforcement agencies (LEAs) may obtain cloud data for investigations and prosecutions, under EU/international legal rules, particularly the Council of Europe's Cybercrime Convention (which aims to foster international cooperation against cybercrime). Parties must pass certain laws...

Tags: cloud, cloud computing, cloud legal project, kuan hon, privacy, security

Your SaaS provider and a "dirty little secret"

Poor network performance could shut you down

In amongst the SLA’s from your SaaS provider, guaranteeing you 99.99…% availability hides a dirty little secret. You’re going to receive service from them over a public network i.e. a network that neither you nor they control. Strangely, outage is...

Tags: applications, bandwidth, cloud, cloud computing, frank puranik, itrinegy, networks, saas, service level agreements, slas

Cloud billing: Tearing up the revenue model

What business did next

What else can the cloud do for us? As all merchants experience the digital explosion, it’s time to ask what more could be outsourced there. One easy place to start is billing. You would expect me to say that, since...

Tags: android, applications, billing, cloud computing, conde nast, news corp, saas, time inc, vindicia

Amazon, cloud and the problem of automation

Cloud is revolutionising our industry but suppliers need to learn lessons of past

It is time for cloud computing providers to think about whether eliminating humans from their infrastructure operations makes sense. Automation is not necessarily the answer to an industry where the promise of low cost utility computing is undermined by stories...

Tags: amazon, bandwidth, cloud computing, disaster tolerant solutions, dtcs, ecs, frank puranik, google hp, iaas, infrastructure, itrinegy, latency, saas, security

Who's responsible for personal data in cloud computing?

You and your Saas, Paas and IaaS providers

When processing personal data in the cloud, who's responsible for data integrity and security? Who's liable for any data loss or security breach? Cloud customers A business holding personal data about other people, eg its customers, is "controller" of that...

Tags: cloud, cloud computing, cloud legal project, data, data protection, iaas, it business, kuan hon, law, legal, paas, saas

Building security into the cloud

The cloud offers us an opportunity to change enterprise security for the better

Today's enterprises, in addition to buying hardware and software to build their computing environments, also carry the burden of securing them. Security vendors provide them with a patchwork of security solutions that integrate poorly, and are difficult and costly to...

Tags: cloud, cloud computing, enterprise, security

Hybrid cloud networking: achieving the best of both worlds?

Enterprise networks need to be ready for cloud deployments

The reality of cloud computing today is that we are in a phase of hybrid delivery. Enterprises need uninterrupted business continuity for critical applications delivered over their global networks, but face an explosion of bandwidth requirements from less critical applications....

Tags: applications, cloud, cloud computing, hybrid, networks

Cloud, latency and your budget

Make sure you consider the cloud delivery mechanism

I was recently a panellist at an Analyst Ovum’s forum on the Cloud when we received a couple of interesting questions from the audience: Firstly there was “What’s the difference between virtualisation and the cloud?” As a panel we...

Tags: amazon, bandwidth, cloud computing, ecs, frank puranik, iaas, infrastructure, itrinegy, latency, networks, qos, saas