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Microsoft cloud computing & cloud services - So much more than just BPOS - Microsoft Pa... - 0 views

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  • Windows Azure - flexible, familiar environment to create applications and services for the cloud.
  • Windows Intune - simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7
  • Microsoft Office Web Apps - online companions to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, giving you the freedom to access, edit, and share Microsoft Office documents from virtually anywhere.
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  • Microsoft SQL Azure - provides a highly scalable, multi-tenant database that you don't have to install, setup, patch or manage.
  • Microsoft Exchange Online - highly secure hosted e-mail with "anywhere access" for your employees.  Starts at just $5 per user per month.
  • Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange - helps protect businesses' inbound and outbound e-mail from spam, viruses, phishing scams, and e-mail policy violations.
  • Microsoft SharePoint Online - gives your business a highly secure, central location where employees can collaborate and share documents.
  • Microsoft Office Live Meeting - provides real-time, Web-hosted conferencing so you can connect with colleagues and engage clients from almost anywhere – without the cost of travel.
  • Microsoft Office Communications Online - delivers robust messaging functionality for real-time communication via text, voice, and video.
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online - helps you find, keep, and grow business relationships by centralizing customer information and streamlining processes with a system that quickly adapts to new demands.
  • Windows Live ID - identity and authentication system provided by Windows Live that lets you create universal sign in credentials across diverse applications.
  • Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) - brings together online versions of Microsoft's messaging and collaboration solutions, including: Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Live Meeting, and Office Communications Online.
  • Hopefully in the information above, you can see that when it comes to Microsoft cloud computing and Microsoft cloud services, BPOS is just one aspect and offering available, but it goes far beyond just that.  Whether you are a business or a partner, the opportunity that cloud computing/cloud services and Microsoft brings to you are very exciting and continue to expand each and every day.
  • sandy ingram on 24 Aug 10
     
    The journey leading up to where we are today has been taking place for 15 years now, starting way back with Windows Live and Hotmail. Since then, the services and offerings served up online through cloud from Microsoft have continued and expanded. Today, there are a number of cloud based solutions available, enabling individuals and businesses around the world to do so much. Here's a look at some of these, with links to more information about each and trials of these for you:
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Infosecurity (USA) - Passwords becoming risky form of enterprise authentication - 0 views

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  • “The fact that passwords remain the cornerstone of enterprise authentication represents a significant and increasing risk. The vulnerability of password-based authentication is widely recognized: From the earliest phishing attacks to the most sophisticated spyware, passwords still represent one of the most common methods hackers target and use to access corporate systems and sensitive data”, the study observed.The way to reduce the costs of lost passwords and the increased vulnerability of similar user passwords is through the use of strong multi-factor authentication, explained Chatterjee. For example, two-factor authentication involves the use of something the user remembers, such as a password, and something the user has, like a token.
  • This approach increases security because a hacker needs both to gain access to a system or account; figuring out the password is not enough. It also reduces the need for users to have multiple, complex passwords. The system's two factors provide the complexity from a security point of view, he explained. Chatterjee used the example of a bank ATM card, which requires the use of the card along with the password for the user to gain access to his or her account.
  • With the two-factor authentication, users do not need to have complex passwords that change frequently. This reduces the burden on the employees as well as on the help desk, he noted.
  • sandy ingram on 04 Feb 11
     
    "30% to 50% of help desk calls relate to forgotten passwords"
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Mobile malware, "whaling" top challenges of 2011, says IBM report - SC Magazine US - 0 views

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shared by sandy ingram on 30 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • To address these new challenges, the report said, enterprises need to shape their risk exposure, communication, end-user education and technology in a delicate balance.
  • One of the newest vectors of attack – the so-called “bring your own device” approach – has sprung up from the burgeoning market for smartphones and tablets and their adaption into the enterprise network, the report said. Security issues seen on the mobile platform are rising with the market – with double the number of mobile exploit releases that were seen in 2010.
  • Third-party app markets, a Wild West of often unregulated offerings, are the primary bazaar for malicious software created to attack mobile phones.
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  • Infected mobile applications can also come from peer-to-peer networks hosted on websites
  • This year's breaches have highlighted the emerging risk of “whaling,” a variant of spear phishing that targets "big fish,” or high-level personnel
  • Of further concern for IT security professionals is the rise of professional teams charged with collecting intellectual property and strategic intelligence, the report found.
  • In addition, so-called hacktivist groups, such as LulzSec and Anonymous, have used well-worn attack techniques, such as SQL injection, to successfully target websites and computer networks for political ends rather than financial gain.
  • sandy ingram on 30 Sep 11
     
    An unprecedented number of successful attacks on corporate networks in the first half of the year illustrates that "basic network security is not just a technical problem, but rather a complex business challenge,"
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Cloud Computing: what every business owner and consumer should know (A work in progress) - 0 views

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  • sandy ingram on 02 Jun 09
     
    Over the last few years, both consumers and corporate clients have rushed to move their data to .the cloud,.1 adopting web-based applications and storage solutions provided by companies that include Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. Over 69% of Americans use webmail services, store data online, or otherwise use software programs such as word processing applications whose functionality is in the cloud. This trend is only going to continue. The shift to cloud computing exposes end-users to privacy invasion and fraud by hackers. Cloud computing also leaves users vulnerable to significant invasions of privacy by the government, resulting in the evisceration of traditional Fourth Amendment protections of a person's private files and documents. These very real risks associated with the cloud computing model are not communicated to consumers, who are thus unable to make an informed decision when evaluating cloud based services.
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