A survey by Infosecurity Europe of 470 organisations has found that 75 per cent intend to reallocate or increase budgets to secure cloud computing and software as a service within the next 12 months.
However, interviews conducted with a panel of 20 chief information Security Officers (CISOs) of large enterprises also found concerns about availability and security aspects of software services in the cloud.
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More than four out of five companies surveyed are planning datacentre expansions within the next two years, according to Digital Realty Trust.
The wholesale datacentre provider also found that more than a quarter of surveyed companies are actively planning immediate datacentre expansion projects that are commencing in 2009.
Hifn has named storage pioneer John Matze as its Vice President and Chief Technical Officer.
Matze first joined the storage and networking company in 2007 as its Vice President of Business Development after the acquisition of Siafu Software, where he served as CEO.
Western Digital has redesigned its My Book World Edition to target consumers with multiple computers on a home network.
The company says the new device simplifies the tedious task of backing up an entire household’s files.
StarWind Software has appointed Zorian Rotenberg as chief executive officer and announced the opening of its US headquarters.
The storage software provider’s move to its new HQ near Boston, Massachusetts, comes shortly after the announcement of its spin-off from Rocket Division Inc and the investment, led by ABRT Venture Fund, meant to accelerate sales and assist in marketing efforts.
SecurStore has warned that companies need to ensure a reliable IT disaster recovery plan is in place when times are tough.
The online, automated and managed data backup and recovery specialists said that the current economic difficulties meant that customer service is going to be the all important differentiator throughout 2009.
Intel is bucking current trends and investing USD $7 billion in upgrading three of its US factories over the next two years.
The computer chipmaker said the investment is its largest on new manufacturing and represents 7,000 high-wage jobs.
SanDisk has announced plans to ship an ultra-dense form of NAND flash memory that could herald a breakthrough in storage.
Called X4, the technology uses a special memory controller that maintains data traffic speed while still fitting four bits of data per cell.
NEC Corporation has announced the development of chip-stacked flexible memory, which can be used to achieve a new system-on-chip (SoC) architecture.
The new SoC’s architecture consists of separate logic (excluding embedded memory cores) and memory chips (chip-stacked flexible memory) that are closely stacked by using a three-dimensional packaging technology.
Adaptec has appointed Scott Cleland as its director of marketing.
With nearly 25 years of storage experience and nearly 10 years of senior-level marketing experience, Cleland will lead Adaptec’s global marketing activities for the company’s Adaptec-branded products.