Andrew Hay… Is Data Safer on Premise or in the Cloud? It Depends. Andrew Hay discusses whether data is more secure on the premise or in the cloud. While Andrew makes reasonable points for the cloud, he is partial to having datacenter, because he can “see, with [his] own eyes, the network, host, physical, and [...]
Archive for May, 2009
A while back we wrote a post about LogMeIn—a web-based remote access utility, which has been claimed to be sufficient enough to replace VPN solutions. Recently, an article in Inc., A New Way to Access Files Remotely, puts forth a similar line of reasoning. Inc’s Mark Spoonauer, states, “…there’s never a reason to be stuck [...]
eWeek… 10 Things you should now know about… WINDOWS 7 eWeek’s lab provides readers with the top ten features and updates to Windows 7—one to highlight, no. 5. End-Point Security… DoD can’t handle inside threats Poor security was most likely the cause of this event… James Wilbur Fondren Jr., deputy director for the U.S. Pacific [...]
A few weeks back, Raju Vegesna, blogger at Cloud Ave, wrote a post titled, Will Cloud Apps kill the VPN Market? Raju argues that the need / usage of VPNs are declining due to the availability of cloud applications, especially with more small and medium businesses adopting such methods. Although there is some appeal with [...]
Tech Republic… The challenges of supporting a client with telecommuters Susan Harkins addresses some of the challenges employers are facing while instituting telecommuting policies for employees. VPNs are the best way for workers to connect to the network remotely, however Susan points out that VPNs are vulnerable because they lack a firewall. However, NCP Secure [...]
