Cloud

Security In The Cloud: So how do you test for security in the cloud? Many options are available in both the manual and automated tools you have used with web applications, but there are other options as well. The tools listed here are discussed at SearchSecurity.com and are representative of normal tools for cloud testing. SOASTA CloudTest: This suite can …

Private Cloud: According to NIST, a private cloud is defined as follows: The cloud infrastructure is provisioned for exclusive use by a single organization comprising multiple consumers (e.g., business units). It may be owned, managed, and operated by the organization, a third party, or some combination of them, and it may exist on or off premises. National Institute of Standards …

Types of Cloud Solutions: Calling the Cloud “the cloud” simply isn’t accurate because it doesn’t fully describe the scope of cloud services. While cloud services all share the ability to provide shared resources, shared software, and shared information to reduce an organization’s information technology (IT) costs, they also provide the ability to combine services in different ways and scale up …

What is the cloud: While cloud computing is new term, it is not a new concept and is actually a grown-up and more mature version of what used to be known as grid computing. No matter what you call it, the cloud is a way of moving services, infrastructure, and platform into the new environment. Ideally, this move makes the …