Krisandra Russo

Loni Stark, group manager for Government Solutions at Adobe Systems Incorporated, recently interviewed with Focus Washington TechView to discuss the emergence of social media in government and how agencies are leveraging newer technologies, such as Twitter and Facebook, with positive returns. Social media has illustrated government agencies can interact with citizens in a more engaging manner versus the traditional perception of "cold," impersonal processes, Stark explained.   A significant opportunity for agencies, she continued, is learning how to take lessons from social media technologies, such as their ease-of-use and intuitive nature, and apply them to core services like benefits enrollment and delivery. The interview also included conversation on related challenges, such as ensuring proper policies and governance are in place, as well as appropriate securit... (more)

Security Annexing Eases Cloud Computing Worries

Security Track at Cloud Expo "Many people believe you can take traditional identity and security practices, throw them in a cloud environment, and expect everything to work just fine. Not so!," writes Dipto Chakravarty, VP of Worldwide Engineering for Novell's Identity and Security business unit, and a presenter at Cloud Expo in New York. "Businesses taking advantage of cloud computing should utilize cloud security approaches that support sharing of roles, policies, and workflows, rather than merely providing single sign-on." Register Today and Save $550 ! Explore Sponsorship Opp... (more)

Alert Logic to Present at Cloud Expo April 19-21 in New York City

Alert Logic Session at Cloud Expo The emergence of the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) models are just two of the many inflection points as IT migrates away from the traditional data centers and into the cloud, shifting more control over security from the enterprise to the service provider. How will your security and compliance strategy change when this transformation is complete? In his session at the 5th International Cloud Expo, Misha Govshteyn, co-founder of Alert Logic, will explore technologies and strategies you need to adopt today to ... (more)

Is "Performance Intelligence" Where It's At with Cloud Computing?

SOASTA Session at Cloud Expo "Business Intelligence has focused on providing the actionable information needed to support decision makers in improving business operations. Until now, performance testing tools have delivered plenty of data, but very little decision support," says SOASTA CEO Tom Lounibos in writing about his upcoming session at Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York on Monday, April 19 at 5:30pm Register Today and Save $550 ! Explore Sponsorship Opportunities ! "Performance Intelligence enables test engineers to analyze results on a single timeline, make inf... (more)

Amazon's CTO to Keynote at Cloud Computing Expo

Building the right infrastructure that can scale up or down at a moment's notice - the very essence of Cloud Computing - has become ever more crucial in today's challenging business landscape. But it can be a complicated and expensive task, which is why we're pleased to have the Chief Technology Officer of Amazon.com, Dr. Werner Vogels, give the Opening Keynote at the 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, being held March 30-April 1, 2009. Join us in New York City to hear first-hand about Infrastructure as a Service and the lessons Amazon.com learned from building ... (more)