What is the Cloud?Cloud computing is a broadly used term and there are many definitions floating around as to what it is.The cloud is generally meant to represent the internet: the connectivity of and access to information via the world wide web.  In terms of cloud computing for business, it refers to multiple external customers [...]

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Cloud computing is a broadly defined concept that is slowly changing the way organizations operate and the way IT thinks about itself. A recent insightful piece by The Associated Press discusses the concept in great detail.The writer says Genentech, a biotechnology company with 16,300 employees, is the largest company that so far has opted for [...]

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104-191, mandates that all covered entities fulfill certain requirements for data backup, storage, and recovery; the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) holds many publicly held companies and all Registered Public Accounting Firms to a rigorous set of standards. These rules set guidelines for how data [...]

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