Unfortunate events surrounding the DDoS attack against BitBucket kicked-off heated discussions about the nature of this vulnerability. Where Amazon officially acknowledged this to be a single isolated incident, many others started asking questions why did it happen in first place?
– Was BitBucket’s security group configuration set to block UDP traffic?
– How come they [...]
In his latest blog post, Roman Stanek contemplated about the disruptive effect of cloud computing. We already experienced its power in relation to the boom of social networking and as he notes it is undoubtedly going to disrupt the business model behind commercial software. Now, Roman asks how it will affect the open source movement?
For me the [...]
Yesterday afternoon, while relaxing in the garden I’ve suddenly realized why – in my mind – there was always a bit of hesitation to brand some of the emerging offerings as a true Cloud Computing. Amazon EC2 has always ticked the box. Why not the other providers? I knew the answer is going to be [...]
Following the rocket like boom of the cloud computing by the end of 2007, countless questions have been asked about security aspect of such a solutions. For many businesses this concern may overshadow other benefits – like agility, cost effectivity or scalability. This post is my reflection on true considerations one should take into account [...]
