Archive for May, 2010

  • Four USA Treasury Web sites have been taken-offline after their cloud computing host was hacked. The attack caused users to be redirected to a malicious site in the Ukraine.

    Hacked Cloud computing host causes US Treasury websites suspension

    Posted on May 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Four USA Treasury Web sites have been taken-offline after their cloud computing host was hacked. The attack caused users to be redirected to a malicious site in the Ukraine.

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  • DaaS is an acronym for Desktop as a Service. It's an outsourced service offering in which a service provider hosts the infrastructure and storage to deliver your company’s desktop devices. DaaS uses desktop virtualisation and reduces the infrastructure required on your companys premises.

    DaaS – what is it ?

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
    DaaS is an acronym for Desktop as a Service. It's an outsourced service offering in which a service provider hosts the infrastructure and storage to deliver your company’s desktop devices. DaaS uses desktop virtualisation and reduces the infrastructure required on your companys premises.

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  • IAAS is an acronym for Infrastructure as a Service. It's an outsourced service offering in which a service provider hosts the base infrastructure and storage to run servers and services for your business. IAAS uses server and storage virtualisation and reduces the infrastructure required on your companys premises.

    IaaS – what is it ?

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    IAAS is an acronym for Infrastructure as a Service. It's an outsourced service offering in which a service provider hosts the base infrastructure and storage to run servers and services for your business. IAAS uses server and storage virtualisation and reduces the infrastructure required on your companys premises.

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  • PaaS is an acronym for Platform as a Service. PaaS is an outsourced service offering in which a service provider hosts all the infrastructure services that you are likely to need, such as database management, application serving, development environment, workflow and security. Using these services, you can either develop your own business system or deploy a ready-built one. Typically, the infrastructure will be delivered using virtual infrastructure which allows the service provider to better utilise hardware and hence offer the service at a lower cost than the traditional ‘host your own servers’ method.

    PaaS – what is it ?

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    PaaS is an acronym for Platform as a Service. PaaS is an outsourced service offering in which a service provider hosts all the infrastructure services that you are likely to need, such as database management, application serving, development environment, workflow and security. Using these services, you can either develop your own business system or deploy a ready-built one. Typically, the infrastructure will be delivered using virtual infrastructure which allows the service provider to better utilise hardware and hence offer the service at a lower cost than the traditional ‘host your own servers’ method.

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