Category Archives: Data security

Cloud and social media data privacy rights

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Ray

There was an minor announcement yesterday, which said something to the effect that data stored in the cloud in Europe and other locations was not immune to US Patriot act access. This concern was mainly aired by one cloud provider … Continue reading →

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SNIA CDMI plugfest for cloud storage and cloud data services

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Ray

Was invited to the SNIA tech center to witness the CDMI (Cloud Data Managament Initiative) plugfest that was going on down in Colorado Springs. It was somewhat subdued. I always imagine racks of servers, with people crawling all over them … Continue reading →

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Personal medical record archive

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Ray

I was reading a book the other day and it suggested that sometime in the near future we will all have a personal medical record archive. Such an archive would be a formal record of every visit to a healthcare … Continue reading →

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To iPad or not to iPad?

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Ray

I am going to a big conference next week, 2 full days out of the office. In times of yore, I would haul my trusty Macbook along and lugging it with me on both days as I move from pavilion … Continue reading →

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More cloud storage gateways come out

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Ray

Multiple cloud storage gateways either have been announced or are coming out in the next quarter or so. We have talked before about Nasuni’s file cloud storage gateway appliance, but now that more are out one can have a better … Continue reading →

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Data-at-rest security

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Ray

Although we have discussed securing data in the cloud before but we have not discussed IT data security in general.  I count at least 6 different places one can secure IT data-at-rest today.  In most cases, one has some sort … Continue reading →

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Cleversafe’s new hardware

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Ray

Yesterday, Cleversafe announced new Slicestor(r) 2100 and 2200 hardware using 2TB SATA drives. The standard 2100 1U package supports 8TB of raw data and the 2200 new 2U package supports 24TB of data. In addition, a new Accesser(r) 2100 supports … Continue reading →

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Google vs. National Information Exchange Model

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Ray

Wouldn’t the National information exchange be better served by deferring the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) and instead implementing some sort of Google-like search of federal, state, and municipal text data records.  Most federal, state and local data resides in … Continue reading →

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