Alan Woodward is a visiting professor at the University of Surrey's department of computing.
According to a team of experts from Brunel University's Department of Information Systems and Computing a radical new approach to marketing broadband is needed if fast net services are going to appeal to the half of the population yet to get connected.
Army General Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, was explaining why cloud computing is secure enough for the Department of Defense (DOD).
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Titan, which is supported by the Department of Energy, will provide unprecedented computing power for research in energy, climate change, efficient engines, materials and other disciplines and pave the way for a wide range of achievements in science and technology.
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"This is not a revolution, but it is a significant evolution, " commented Prof Alan Woodward, visiting professor at the University of Surrey's computing department.
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"For all the big words people are still able to have anonymous accounts on Pastebin so they are effectively untraceable, " said Prof Alan Woodward, a visiting professor at the University of Surrey's computing department.
In contrast, 32% indicated that they had done some restructuring of the IT department, and nearly half of those companies had built new roles related to cloud computing, such as workers skilled in building private clouds or departmental liaisons who understand the needs of various lines of business.
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The Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in Berkeley, Calif.
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This approach is advocated by Ajay Budhraja, chief technology officer with the US Department of Justice, who is guiding his department into the cloud computing realm.
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