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This is a guest post by Senthil Venkatachalam, a Subject Matter Expert in product management, managed services, and cybersecurity solutions. The rapidly emerging and evolving cloud-solutions landscape is dramatically changing the Information Technology business. Shrink-wrapped software is no longer bundled into a CD or DVD and shipped to a customer for installation within the data centers. Software developers must now learn IT hosting, operations and cybersecurity engineering. As businesses try and make sense of these changes, Business and technical managers are often faced with a trilemma [1] when trying to satisfy changing customer demand and preferences: Should we develop the new services ourselves (build), integrate with an existing solution in the market (partner), or buy a company/department/group to get this capability (buy)? You can see where I am going with this; it is a classic product management decision that affects most technology products and solutions. It is also a strategic

Since the turn of the decade, smartphones and smartphone application have started beating out traditional forms of computing in terms of market

  More and more businesses are migrating their applications to the cloud. A recent report pegs the market at $23 billion annually. As more businesses migrate to the cloud, it is important to ensure the security and protection of the data and applications.  However, Cloud Security still remains among the main concerns for business leaders when migrating to a cloud platform. According to a study conducted by SecureData, 78 percent of IT managers cited security concerns as the No. 1 obstacle to adopting cloud technologies. Cloud security is not automatic and requires a deep understanding of networking, boundary protection, enclave hardening and robust operational processes. Based on our collective experience of migrating large applications for Government, Financial Services, Healthcare and security conscious customers, here are 8 effective security practices that can help you secure your cloud environment. #1 SSL Certificates SSL is an encryption technology that encrypts the private information while

StackBuilder is an easy to use cloud app store front that allows users to quickly select and operate a AWS cloud hosted website, dev & test, data analytics or eCommerce service. The StackBuilder cloud app store allows users to quickly deploy and use SAP HANA and the SAP HANA Interactive Education (SHINE) application hosted on AWS. Figure 1 – SAP HANA Shine Application hosted on AWS using StackBuilder SAP HANA is an in-memory database management system that is certified for use the AWS cloud. SAP HANA on the AWS cloud provides: Fast onboarding and enablement using StackBuilder for SAP HANA project with the AWS on-demand infrastructure. Seamlessly integrate SAP HANA system running in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and rapidly evaluate and test the solution. Scale resources up or down as necessary. Pay only for the infrastructure resources that you need and use. Develop and deploy SAP HANA quickly and

  Are you looking to evaluate the AWS cloud for running your application but are wondering how to begin? Do you want to quickly execute a test or pilot project without expensive or time consuming consulting assistance? Introducing StackBuilder If you are looking to jumpstart your AWS evaluation project to quickly provision, install and operate an application in the AWS cloud environment then StackBuilder is the right place to start! StackBuilder is a “Turbo Tax” like wizard for helping application owners quickly configure a fully functional AWS environment. The wizard walks the user through a series of simple questions through a 5 step process. Upon submission of the request, the user is presented with login credentials to a fully configured and operational environment ready to go! Step 1 – Select your workload Select and click an icon that best matches your cloud hosting need. Most common workloads hosted in a cloud

AWS provides extensive logging and monitoring capabilities to help ensure the integrity and security of workloads. AWS services like CloudWatch, CloudTrail, VPCFlow and AWS Config provide deep insights into the operational aspects of the system. The logs create a data avalanche that most organizations tend to ignore. This can be a costly mistake that may cause service interruptions, missed opportunities for detecting security breaches or inefficient resource utilization. However, for logging to be effective, it is essential to sort through the logs and to spot any outliers automatically, saving your IT team time and better protecting your workloads. Tools such as Splunk or Elasticsearch provide the ability to process and analyze logs at scale and provide rich dashboards for detecting and acting on patterns. The process of viewing and analyzing logs got event easier with AWS’s recent launch of Elasticsearch as a service. Once the service is created and configured, it is

  The Identity Theft Resource Center states that over 175 million records have been exposed in data breaches in 2015 through October. The incidents of breaches continue to increase and as more businesses are offering SaaS solutions to their customers, SaaS CEOs and Investors must take a careful look at their security practices to avoid business and financial risk. More and more businesses are offering SaaS solutions to their customers. However, many SaaS firms and their investors underestimate the importance of security as a critical component of their collective success. Many commercial SaaS operators have a “chink in their armor”. The lack of cybersecurity talent, low investment in security tools and generally weak management focus on security issues are contributory factors. This can be a costly mistake. Changing Regulatory Landscape around Cybersecurity US Regulators such as SEC and FTC amongst others are starting to aggressively enforce and in some cases expand

The folks at Lucidworks recently announced Silk – a logging and monitoring solution for enterprises using open source components like Solr, Kibana and Logstash.

Application Performance Monitoring, Logging and Systems Monitoring continue to be critical for secure and reliable platform operations. A key decision is whether to buy or build such

The ability to rapidly collect, process and present log data from the full stack is increasingly becoming important for trouble-shooting, ensuring service reliability and