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Featured Articles » The Hybrid Cloud Needs to Break Down a Number of Silos to Achieve its Potential » Cablevision Readies HTML5 Cloud-based Ad Platform » Hybridization Has the Potential to Change the Economics of Cloud Computing » Deloitte Empowers Users with a Dynamic Private Cloud Sponsored by: Genesys WEBINAR: Are You More Secure in the Cloud? Can the cloud provide the security you need and support the latest standards? Thursday May 8, 2014 TIME: 10am PT / 1pm ET A report of data breaches tracked by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse between January 2005 and May 2013 has documented over 3000 known security breaches in the United States in that period, in which almost 610 million customer records have been exposed. These are the known breaches—many yet go unreported. Securing customer data within your contact center can be a challenge when you're handling millions of confidential personal data transactions a year. As the acceptance of cloud-based contact centers continues to grow, there has been a dramatic increase in the visibility of in security intrusions and violations across the industry, requiring intensified corporate vigilance and compliance with new and enhanced security standards. Join our discussion on how cloud security stacks up against traditional premises based solutions and what you need to consider before you move to the cloud.  You'll learn: Why the stakes have never been higher for critical security attentiveness What level of diligence providers should be performing with suppliers What the key vulnerabilities are when securing your cloud contact center What's the difference in securing a cloud-based environment What level of PCI DSS compliance is necessary Who should attend: C-Level Executives IT Professionals IT Security professionals Contact Center Managers   Top Stories » Wheelings & Dealings: Total Defense Merges with Untangle, Creates New Cloud Security Brand » Callstream and Open GI Expand Cloud-based Services for UK Insurance Brokers » InterCloud Systems Inks New Cloud Services Agreement with Ambient Data » Arador Introduces CloudPatrol Service   From The Expert Corner May 05, 2014 Corent Joins IBM Cloud Marketplace with SurPaaS Platform and Paves Way for More SaaS Partnerships By Laura Stotler TMCnet Contributing Editor IBM (News - Alert) is holding its IBM Impact event in Las Vegas this week and Big Blue is using the opportunity to play up its cloud, infrastructure plans, and partnerships. The company announced a key alliance with Corent Technology today that will help jumpstart its brand new IBM Cloud marketplace and pave the way for many more SaaS (News - Alert) partnerships. Corent is offering the SurPaaS cloud enablement technology platform through IBM’s new app store, a solution designed to help IBM customers speed up their software migration path to SaaS. The platform essentially lets users quickly deliver any software as a service, and works with the IBM SoftLayer (News - Alert) cloud infrastructure, a requirement for third-party vendors to play in IBM’s Cloud marketplace. SurPaaS also acts as a launching pad for other third-party apps, enabling software to be transformed to SaaS and compatible with SoftLayer, thereby eligible to be offered in the IBM Cloud marketplace. The new marketplace offers more than 100 SaaS applications so far, with the requirement that they are compatible with SoftLayer or IBM’s Bluemix PaaS offering...Read More Read more about Cable, Satellite, Information Technology   Featured Video Mobile Fronthaul Optimized For Cloud RAN   TMCnet Free Premium Content » Under Cloud Cover: How Leaders are Accelerating Competitive Differentiation » Avoiding Cloud Security Audit Pitfalls » The Cloud Provider Prescription to Prevent HIPAA Headaches   Featured Channels » Cloud Call Center Resource » Cloud Hosting » Cloud Computing - Features   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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