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• Top 5 Cloud security questions for CIOs

  Cloud computing is one of the most significant technological trends we have witnessed and has the potential to change the very way we work. It is, however, important for CIOs to understand that we are currently in a pre-standard era of cloud computing and as such, each organisation needs to be mindful of the myriad of security issues surrounding the cloud. Patrick Eijkenboom, principal consultant at NetIQ, suggests taking a measured approach and asking five security questions before jumping into the cloud.

• Fixing Sydney Uni IT 'train wreck' takes cars off roads

  If IT inefficiency was measured in carbon dioxide emissions, The University of Sydney's transformation from a "train wreck" to a centrally managed, efficient fleet of client computers is like taking thousands of cars off the road, says IT director Geoffrey Brown.
  

• Revera moves to hybrid Cloud

  New Zealand-based data centre company, Revera, has partnered with VMware to move its data centres to an enterprise hybrid Cloud.

• Dedicated hardware now available in Amazon's cloud

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers can now run their cloud applications on hardware dedicated to them, the company said on Monday.

• Three major risks of Cloud computing

  IT professionals looking to place data in the Cloud should be aware of three major risks, including data leakage, the loss of visibility or control of the data, and unauthorised access to data, according to global services firm Ernst & Young.

• Consumerisation, virtualisation to force business plan rewrite

  CIOs have a tough year ahead with the consumerisation of IT and virtualisation set to force IT leaders to rewrite their business plans, four vendors have claimed.

• Servcorp pre-tax profit falls 96%

  IT and business office solutions provider Servcorp (ASX:SRV) has revealed its pre-tax profit shrank 95.8% in the first half, after declining 94% in FY10

• Tablets a "double-edged sword": Mater Health Services CIO

  While some Australian hospitals have embraced tablet PCs, one major health services provider is holding off deployment until improvements are made in the form factor.
  

• Networking to become cheaper in 2011: IDC

  Analysts across the board agree that 2011 will be the year when LTE, WiMAX and simpler flat network architectures will define networking in the enterprise.
  

• Pano Logic device offers more desktop virtualisation options

  Pano Logic has launched a new version of its zero-client device, supporting video and Citrix virtualisation for the first time,

• Department of Human Services finalises hosting consolidation

  The Department of Human Services (DHS) has virtualised its internet hosting environment as a means of reducing hosting costs as well as improving business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.
  

• Rackspace buys Cloudkick to improve management

  Rackspace Hosting has bought cloud management company, Cloudkick to bring new dashboard service to its customers. Its new purchase offers what Rackspace calls a cockpit for managing complex environments and the company hopes that the Cloudkick, which is part of the Rackspace OpenStack initiative, will enable it offer improved management services to its customers.

• CloudSwitch upgrades its software

  CloudSwitch has updated its Enterprise software. The company launched the initial version of CloudSwitch Enterprise six months ago and the company has quickly brought out an ungraded version.

• Companies fail to adopt security policies for virtualization

  Companies instigating major virtualisation projects are struggling to cope with security. According to new research, nearly three-quarters of all organisations are concerned hypervisor privileges could lead to abuse, while nearly four out of ten organisations believe that virtual environments are more difficult to keep secure than physical ones.

• Research supports claim that cloud is energy efficient

  A new report has added further to the debate as to whether cloud computing is a greener approach to running data centres. A survey by Pike Research has indicated that the energy savings of cloud computing are "substantial".