Cloud Security

Few things inspire a blogger to write blog posts than appealing to their ego and sense of humour. Despite concerted appearances to the contrary, it appears I too am susceptible.

Here we take a lesson in marketing brilliance from Novell…as they “take the drama out of Cloud Computing”…by bringing a slightly surreal blog post I wrote to the small stage/screen:

If the above doesn’t display for you, click An interpretation from the blog post: Are You Trying to Pin the Tail on the Cloud Donkey? by Craig Balding

Thanks to the actors for giving me a laugh out loud moment – commanding performances gents! :)

Cheers,
Craig

P.S For more hilarity, check out their Vimeo channel

Cloud Computing is starting to escape the technical and business press.

The proof?

I was invited to talk about Cloud Computing and Security on NPR “Morning Edition”.

NPR - National Public Radio - is a US based, non-commercial radio station covering news, talk and current affairs. British readers may find it similar to BBC Radio 4.

Every Monday, the “Morning Edition” has a technology theme. The Cloud Computing segment was high level and aimed primarily at a non-tech audience. I always find it hard to answer the question ‘what is Cloud Computing?’ as there are so many different definitions. Regardless, it was a great chance to talk about an exciting technology and highlight the need for a real security conversation between the providers and people interested in IT security - the primary reason why I created cloudsecurity.org.

The show boasts a very impressive audience - around 13 million! I’ve never before had the opportunity to confuse that many people in one shot ;-).

If you would like to listen (its short - 3.5 mins), click here.

I’d like to publicly thank Nina at NPR for reaching out and extend a warm ‘Welcome’ to any NPR listeners who have dropped by. Feel free to leave a message below or email me if you have any comments or questions.