In its Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing, Special Publication 800-144, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) notes that organizations have a responsibility to “operate in agreement with established laws, regulations, standards, and specifications.” More...

Cloud was just about everywhere at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas last week. Of the 1,100 exhibitors, almost all cited cloud in their offerings in some way. There seemed to be as many cloud definitions as there were vendors—creating significant confusion for the record-setting 37,000+ attendees. More...

What does the cloud mean to those who “consume” software and business services within an organization? While cloud computing may not be visible to the end user, it does provide a great deal of freedom—in fact, the same “better, faster and cheaper” benefits often discussed for IT departments, can apply with slightly different perspectives to the end user. Let’s take a closer look at those benefits. More...

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