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WhatsApp tests encrypted cloud backups on Android

The Verge

When you’re using WhatsApp your messages are encrypted end-to-end, which means prying eyes can’t easily see what’s in them as they travel back and forth. However, if you keep a backup stored in the cloud, then the authorities can use a search warrant to have Google Drive or iCloud hand over access to the data.

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The CIO’s Hybrid Cloud Journey Incorporates Extensive Systems Thinking

CIO Business Intelligence

Heading down the path of systems thinking for the hybrid cloud is the equivalent of taking the road less traveled in the storage industry. Applying systems thinking to the hybrid cloud is changing the way CIOs and IT teams are approaching their cloud journey. What exactly is hybrid cloud?

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Green Clouds Ahead: Cloudist sees a new sustainable future ahead for the Nordic region’s managed service providers

CIO Business Intelligence

Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, Cloudist AB is on a mission to help managed service providers embrace the transformative potential of the cloud. But Robert Brink, the company’s cloud architect, notes there is a caveat. “We Our mission is to be a pioneer and a driving force for positive change by offering green cloud solutions.”

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Stay in Control of Your Data with a Secure and Compliant Sovereign Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Regulations, compliance, and how data is controlled and managed is becoming more of a critical factor globally, with more than 157 countries around the world having some form of data privacy laws, and thus putting a spotlight on sovereign clouds. There are four key use cases to consider around sovereign cloud.

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Cloud Conversations: Revisiting re:Invent 2014 and other AWS updates

Storage IO Blog

One of those to keep an eye on is cloud based Aurora relational database service that complement existing RDS tools. Aurora is positioned as an alternative to traditional SQL based transactional databases commonly found in enterprise environments (e.g. SQL Server among others).

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Stay in Control of Your Data with a Secure and Compliant Sovereign Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Regulations, compliance, and how data is controlled and managed is becoming more of a critical factor globally, with more than 157 countries around the world having some form of data privacy laws, and thus putting a spotlight on sovereign clouds. There are four key use cases to consider around sovereign cloud. based company.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Both United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines saw service outages in 2023 resulting from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems. And arise it did on January 24, when a Chicago employee failed to turn the backup server off at the appropriate time.

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