The Norfolk Punt - Blog Archive for December (2012)

There were 5 blog postings during December (2012):

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Trusting the cloud
I've long thought that problems to do with accepting Cloud for business are entirely down to education, trust and confidence. Nothing to do with technology. After all, we got the technology, which was needed for secure, reliable, multi-tenanted,...
David Norfolk, Bloor Research | 5th December '12

ISO Cybersecurity Standard
A new ISO standard (SO/IEC 27032:2012 Information technology - Security techniques - Guidelines for cybersecurity) promises to assist developers with assuring the integrity of online transactions and protect any information (especially personal and...
David Norfolk, Bloor Research | 5th December '12

All I want for Xmas is Config Mgmnt...
I make no secret of the fact that I think Configuration Management is important, but did you know that configuration managers can also have fun? Come and experience legendary BCS hospitality on Thursday 13th Dec 2012 at the CMSG XMAS NETWORK &...
David Norfolk, Bloor Research | 5th December '12

Some thoughts from Innovate 2012 in London
Remember when the IBM acronyms dictionary was a must-have for IT professionals? Every single possible TLA redefined in several different ways - with the acronym subtly updated as technology fashion changed. Well, that was the old IBM and I'm...
David Norfolk, Bloor Research | 6th December '12

Some thoughts on Avnet's new Cloud in a Box
Everyone's talking about it - but Avnet is actually delivering a Cloud in a Box, based on HP technology - and HP has the reliable servers and quality management tools that are needed. So, for that matter, does IBM, with the latest z series...
David Norfolk, Bloor Research | 7th December '12