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  • Patriot Act, not products, ups Cloud risks for CIOs

    The global release of Microsoft’s Office 365 last week has raised a simple, sobering thought about dealing with US Cloud providers – they are subject to the US Patriot Act and the data they manage may be accessed by the US government regardless of where it is stored around the world. Before CIOs shun Cloud services altogether, let’s put the news in context.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 04 July 11 11:39

  • SAN, NAS, ILM, SAS &#8212 Your Boss Doesn't Care

    Storage is awash in TLAs (three-letter acronyms). LUN, SAN, NAS, ILM, SWD, SAS, HBA, DAS, CAS and FAN are all acronyms that regularly appear in storage-related literature, publications and columns.

    Written by Jerome Wendt • 06 July 07 12:00

  • Treasure Hunt

    Who wouldn't like to outgoogle Google? Given the sophistication of today's consumer search tools, many CIOs have users (and maybe even the CEO) banging on the door asking why valuable corporate data is still locked away in various places and unsearchable. Trying to capitalize on this need, a bevy of vendors are introducing or revamping enterprise search offerings.

    Written by Galen Gruman • 03 April 07 13:36

  • The Value of Protecting Customer Privacy

    Research by the Ponemon Institute finds that public trust in corporations is fragile. In a recent survey, more than 70 percent of respondents said that two data breaches in the same company would be sufficient grounds for them to take their business elsewhere. Another study, which examined consumers' opinions about the trustworthiness of 14 companies that suffered data security breaches this year, found that trust in these companies dropped significantly after the breaches were reported.

    Written by Larry Ponemon • 19 Jan. 06 09:42
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