February Tip of the Clouds Biweekly
Tip of the Clouds a hand-curated newsletter compiled bi-weekly to bring you news from the enterprise IT ecosystem focusing on Storage, collaboration, security and industry insights. If you enjoy what you read here, please consider forwarding it to spread the word.
Storage & Collaboration
ESG, Terri McClure EFSS Integration in 2016 — One big area of concern is how EFSS technology fits into existing infrastructure, workflows, and processes, even as it enhances those workflows at the same time. Since most organizations are not in a position to rip and replace their technology, it’s all about integration through robust API’s, a common content layer and integrating with the security products
Wall Street Journal, CIO Network 2016 Full coverage from WSJ’s CIO Network event from 2/1–2/2 in Half Moon Bay
Wall Street Journal, Rachel King and Angus Loten — Rising Cloud Sales at Microsoft, Amazon Reflect Bigger Shift in Enterprise Market There is a population of CIOs who have looked forward five years and said ‘I want to get out of the data center business have started to move business applications to the cloud. These changes are reflected in Amazon and Microsoft’s exploding Cloud revenues
CNBC, The bright spot in VMware’s numbers: NSX’s virtual comms networks As businesses are increasingly moving their data centers to the cloud, they no longer need the virtual machines that VMware provides. NSX bridges the transition to the Cloud
ESG, Terri McClure EFSS Market Consolidation in 2016 — EFSS went from a handful of vendors talking about their solutions to hundreds. There is some level of inevitable market consolidation
Security
CSO Online, Bruce Harpham — What did we learn about cybersecurity in 2015? A year by the numbers, security maturity and how to improve cybersecurity in 2016
Wall Street Journal, Rachael King — Intel Chairman Advises CIOs on Working With Boards. “Blackmail” as a tactic to secure funding is no way to win over the board. Chairman Andy Bryant suggests It’s all a question of framing the request. A CIO should talk about what details and concerns about the company’s security posture. Then offer the board a range of possible actions to take and outline the risk associated with various actions.
Huffington Post, Ian Khan — Bootlegging, Piracy and the Modern Workforce Have Things in Common. 95% of employees share documents by email. 42% of employees use consumer-grade document sharing applications. In one way or another, they are creating a highly volatile situation that can land them in a lot of trouble.
IT World Canada, Howard Solomon — Make finding security solutions to Shadow IT a priority, CISOs warned. IT need to figure out how we move from the department of no cloud apps to the department of Yes’ or at least ‘Yes, but only use these.’
Industry Updates
Microsoft Office Blog, Kirk Koenigsbauer Corporate VP Office — New cloud storage options for Office mobile and Office Online
NY Times, Farhad Manjoo — Dropbox May Not Be LeBron James, but It Is Still in the Game
Techcrunch, Ron Miller — Box KeySafe Aims To Simplify Encryption Key Management For SMBs
Linkedin, Ryan Hoover — Inside the Mind of Aaron Levie: Founder and CEO of Box
Fortune, Adam Lashinsky — ”Box’s Stock is Under Pressure, but CEO Aaron Levie Isn’t Frowning”
PC World, Blair Hanley Frank — ”Google gives administrators more control over sharing Apps files”
