I recently asked a CIO of a large Fortune 100 company how hard would it be
for a person to pull the plug on a backbone switch in his datacenter. His
answer was "Very difficult. We have lots of controls in place to ensure that
level of access is protected." I then probed further and asked what type of
controls he was referring to - card key access, locks on the racks, video
cameras? He nodded at each one. I pulled up the virtual infrastructure
management client on my computer and demonstrated how easy it is to power off
the distributed virtual switch that he was planning to run across his
datacenter - essentially, I right-mouse-clicked on the virtual machine (VM)
and selected "Power Off." I then asked, simply, "How many people within your
organization have access to virt... (more)
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The company I work for, HyTrust, recently worked with Intel and VMware on a
very cool project. Essentially, it was about demonstrating the ability to
establish trust in the cloud, and then enforce policy based on trust.
Trust.
Trust is an important word in the world of security, and in cloud computing
it's an even bigger deal. Cloud computing offers up th... (more)
Virtualization has brought us another step closer to the world of Star Trek.
Think back to episodes of The Next Generation where Geordi was able to
control the functions of the entire ship through a single touch-screen
interface. He was able to reconfigure electrical, mechanical and propulsion
systems without needing anyone else or additional authorization. The only
thing to prevent him ... (more)
In IT terms, virtualization is cool. The rewards include cost savings,
agility, and flexibility. Enterprises reap the benefits of virtualization
through a much more efficient use of IT personnel and resources, faster
delivery time of applications, higher availability/service levels, and
additional capabilities such as high availability and disaster recovery. No
wonder data centers worldw... (more)
Eric Chiu is CEO and founder of HyTrust, an early stage startup focused on secure virtualization management and compliance. He has in-depth knowledge about what’s needed to achieve the same level of operational readiness in virtual, as in physical I.T. infrastructures. Previously Eric served in executive roles at Cemaphore, MailFrontier, mySimon, and was a venture capitalist at Brentwood/Redpoint, Pinnacle, and M&A at Robertson, Stephens and Company.
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