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USA TODAY
Top Secret Visa Data Center Banks On Security, Even Has Moat
In an era when mobile purchases on smartphones and tablets are expected to grow 73% to $11.6 billion in the U.S. this year, securing the data center behind the cloud is important. Visa's Operations Center East is home to 130 workers, who are entrusted with the arduous task of keeping hackers out and the network up

INFOWORLD
Amid Doubts About Cloud File-Sharing Services, Enterprises Operate Their Own
Organizations with sensitive data say they're reluctant to turn it over to cloud services. Instead, they're buying file-sharing products they manage on their own for bulk file transfers among business partners

EWEEK
Saas Revenue To Reach $14.5 Billion In 2012: Gartner
Worldwide software as a service revenue is forecast to reach $14.5 billion in 2012, a 17.9 percent increase from 2011 revenue of $12.3 billion, according to a new report from IT analytics firm Gartner

INFOWORLD
Google Boosts Security Of Hosted Developer Services
Google has beefed up the security of its cloud hosted services for developers by making several of them able to authenticate interactions with applications using certificate-based Service Accounts

CIO.COM
In The Cloud, Your Data Can Get Caught Up In Legal Actions
We all know that the data we rely on to run our businesses can be subject to subpoena and other government actions. Such actions create additional risks when that data is in the cloud

NETWORK WORLD
5 Signs That You've Lost Control Over Your Cloud Apps
Password proliferation and orphan accounts show cloud apps are out of compliance with corporate security policies, as CIOs wake up to the reality that they've lost control over access to data stored in software-as-a-service applications purchased by other departments

THREAT POST
Cloud Service Linode Hacked, Bitcoin Accounts Emptied
Linux cloud provider Linode has warned customers that hackers breached a Web-based customer service portal used by the company and emptied the Bitcoin accounts of eight customers

CIO.COM
How Secure Is The Cloud? It Pros Speak Up
The cloud promises reduced costs and increased flexibility, but it also raises security concerns. Most IT professionals cite cloud security as a high priority, but a whopping 82 percent also trust it enough to use it

COMPUTERWORLD
Five Cloud Security Trends For 2011
Mobile technology leads the list, experts say

Virtela
Expert Debunks Cloud Security Concerns
Data stored in the cloud is no less safe than data stored in the data center, report states

MSP MENTOR
Where Managed Services Providers Fit In The Cloud Security Conversation
Enterprises? move to the cloud opens up new opportunities for MSPs

GOVERNMENT COMPUTER NEWS
Four Reasons The Cloud Is Safer Than You Thought
Popular views on cloud security don?t always tell the whole story, experts say

COMPUTER WEEKLY
What?s Holding Up The Cloud?
Top experts discuss why small and midsize businesses still aren?t jumping on the cloud bandwagon

INFOWORLD
Intel Targeting Cloud Security With McAfee Technology
Intel hopes to offer hardware- and software-based cloud security services

FIERCE CIO
Epsilon Breach Reignites Cloud Security Fears
Companies may be reluctant to share data with service providers, experts say

BLOOMBERG
IBM Seeks To Make Cloud Computing More Palatable To Businesses
SmartCloud service is designed with security in mind, Big Blue says