Jian Zhen, CISM, CISSP, is the Director of Cloud Solutions at VMware. He is responsible for working with the world’s largest service providers to design cloud infrastructures and platforms, and creating partner ecosystems for the clouds. Previously, he was the VP of Emerging Technologies at LogLogic, the log management and intelligence leader in San Jose, Calif. At LogLogic, he was responsible for the overall vision and strategy of LogLogic’s product lines. Prior to joining LogLogic, he was responsible for developing the Managed Security Services infrastructure for Exodus/Savvis. During his 12+ years career in the information security field, he has performed audits for many Fortune 1000 companies as an IT auditor with Ernst & Young and Charles Schwab. In his spare time, Jian also writes a variety of topics covering cloud computing, IT security, intellectual property protection, and managed services. You can also find him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
In the past month or so I have talked to a lot of people in the cloud
computing and virtualization space. Many of these folks are working at/on
startups that solves one of the many challenges for Enterprise cloud
computing. What are these challenges? I have tried to summarize them here (in
no particular order).
Data Governance
I’ve written extensively about the need for data governance in previous
posts. In essence, enterprises have a ton of sensitive data that requires
access monitoring and protection. Data (and information generated from the
data) is the life blood of many enterprises, the loss of control will not be
acceptable. Whole markets (read: DLP) are created to protect the enterprise
data and information. On top of all that, enterprises must comply with many
... (more)
Jian Zhen's "Cloud Feed" Blog
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is one of the buzzwords that’s mentioned often
in the cloud computing space. In short, PaaS is a platform for delivering
applications, similar to a pre-built system with hardware, OS and application
stack all built in. In the PaaS case, this system is hosted. All you have to
do is “upload” the application code and it should take ca... (more)
Jian Zhen's Blog
The world of clouds these days is full of definitions and
counter-definitions. There are many posts that try to define the concept of
cloud computing; many that try to distinguish utility computing, grid
computing and cloud computing; many that try to define public vs private
clouds; and many that dismisses the notion of private clouds.
John Foley, in his article “The Ris... (more)
At RSA 2009 there were a ton of conversations spun up around the topic of
security and compliance in the cloud. First, there were ~20 sessions on cloud
security and compliance. I was on one of the panels that focused on cloud
security and whether the cloud is secure enough for the enterprises. (Great
discussions there and huge thanks to Asheem Chandna of Greylock for
organizing it.) Then... (more)
Jian Zhen, CISM, CISSP, is the Director of Cloud Solutions at VMware. He is responsible for working with the world’s largest service providers to design cloud infrastructures and platforms, and creating partner ecosystems for the clouds. Previously, he was the VP of Emerging Technologies at LogLogic, the log management and intelligence leader in San Jose, Calif. At LogLogic, he was responsible for the overall vision and strategy of LogLogic’s product lines. Prior to joining LogLogic, he was responsible for developing the Managed Security Services infrastructure for Exodus/Savvis. During his 12+ years career in the information security field, he has performed audits for many Fortune 1000 companies as an IT auditor with Ernst & Young and Charles Schwab. In his spare time, Jian also writes a variety of topics covering cloud computing, IT security, intellectual property protection, and managed services. You can also find him on 
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