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The Genesis1 of a Secure Cloud
by Brian Ott
Today we witnessed the announcement of Unisys Secure Cloud Solutions. The Unisys Secure Cloud Solutions are a set of cloud computing services, including Secure Platform, Infrastructure, Software and "My Application" as a Service, targeted at organizations looking to benefit from cloud computing but who don't have the internal expertise or weren't previously willing to take the risk.
Why is this announcement such an important event with all of the other clouds that have already been announced? Unisys wanted to ensure that their cloud announcement wasn’t just another “me – to” message similar to many of the other cloud providers. They needed to provide something of unique value to their clients.
What’s so unique about Unisys Secure Cloud?
Almost two thirds of IT executives surveyed in a recent research study said that cloud computing was on their planning roadmap but half of those said that security is still their greatest concern when thinking about adopting cloud computing at their company; and 60 percent felt that vendors have not adequately addressed the security concerns of the cloud. Based on my own personal experience as an ex CTO for a fortune 500 company and two large banks, this was always one of my primary concerns when I considered any type of IT services outside of the control of my staff and my infrastructure.
The Unisys Secure Cloud Solution is targeted at customers that want to take advantage of the value of cloud computing and who have a greater need for security and aren't willing to add any risk into their existing operations.
These concerns are addressed by deploying Unisys “Stealth” Security Solution to protect the clouds whether they be a public cloud or an enterprise / private cloud within the enterprise firewalls. An enterprise can start with either cloud model then leverage the same security technology to dynamically protect their key information within and between these clouds. The power in providing this unique approach is the ability to start with either cloud model and move between them in a “hybrid” model as needed and be assured that the entire linkage is being handled in a totally secure manner.
Stealth accomplishes this state-of-the-art security by using certified encryption as well as a unique, patent-pending bit-splitting technique that allows multiple communities of interest to share the same infrastructure without fear of any other group accessing their data. In my former CTO roles, I would have welcomed a solution that provided me the level of security and risk mitigation that is provided by this Unisys solution that is unique in the marketplace.
"We think that by finally securing the cloud we have created a trustworthy and reliable foundation to our clients that will open up the benefits of cloud computing to a greater number of organizations”
“I’d be curious to hear if security is at the top of mind for those of you considering a transformation to a cloud computing environment and whether a secure solution might just be the thing that triggers you to action”.
1 gen⋅e⋅sis - [jen-uh-sis] noun, plural -
an origin, creation, or beginning.
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