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• Mitigating the top three Software as a Service security concerns

  While Software as a Service users rely on the service's provider for general security needs, issues such as insecure credentials can still threaten a system's privacy.  Continue Reading

• Five requirements for deploying an application in a public cloud

  Thinking about deploying an application in a public cloud? Investigate these five requirements to ensure success.  Continue Reading

• Running a Web service on Google App Engine

  Google's App Engine for building Web applications in the cloud is beginning to support Java servlet-based Web services. It's still under development, but you can experiment using Eclipse support or command-line utilities in the SDK.  Continue Reading

• Network considerations in cloud computing

  The impact of networking on cloud computing is best understood by considering public and private cloud applications in one dimension and cloud access versus intra-cloud networking in the other.  Continue Reading

• Identifying applications for public and private clouds

  Before leaping head first into cloud services, figure which applications are best suited to a public versus private cloud. This article will help you define target apps for the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Meeting performance standards and SLAs in the cloud

  There are six critical elements of cloud behavior that should be considered to meet performance levels in a cloud computing environment.  Continue Reading

• Amazon's EC2 and the open source cloud projects

  Discover the benefits of the open cloud computing solution, such as Amazon's EC2, and how open source cloud environments like Eucalyptus can provide support for EC2 web services and applications.  Continue Reading

• How cloud computing will change capacity management

  Capacity management in IT departments has been informed by the limitations of traditional data centers. Cloud computing will change the ball-game, allowing IT managers to deal with the new rivers of data that would overflow the traditional data ...  Continue Reading

• Code sample illustrates how to write Azure applications for the cloud

  In a series of blog entries on MSDN, Microsoft's Maor David-Pur has given developers a concrete, step-by-step Azure tutorial geared to experienced .NET developers.  Continue Reading

• Cloud computing and application security: Issues and risks

  Contrary to popular belief, moving applications to the cloud won't make your application security responsibilities disappear. Learn more about the misconceptions around app security in the cloud.  Continue Reading