Tom Kemp writes on mobile, cloud and security technology as well as entrepreneurship and life in Silicon Valley.

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Apple recently made headlines by acquiring AuthenTec, a network and cloud security company with fingerprint identification technology.

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Instead of talking about cars, these geeks were showing off their aptitude in technology, talking about things like cloud computing, network security and advanced communications systems.

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The company's cloud-based safe browsing technology, together with Kaspersky Lab's security solution, enhances the browser's safety by warning the users about potentially malicious websites.

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So how are we addressing both the technology and policy sides of cyber security to advance the global cloud computing opportunity?

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According to a survey by Proofpoint, a cloud-based email security provider, 84 percent of organizations allow their employees to use consumer technology in enterprise environments, but just 51 percent have implemented a security strategy for those devices.

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The technology solutions available through G2G Cloud Solutions support reduced operating costs, increased reliability, security, and privacy protection for government data.

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Meraki technology offers customers Wi-Fi, switching, security and mobile device management centrally managed from the cloud.

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