Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC)
CSC's Trusted Cloud Services put the emphasis on security. The company's security offerings have been developed for many industries; cloud services span private, hybrid and public clouds.
The company is also a provider of the Windows Azure platform [1] and a reseller of the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). Trusted Cloud Services integrate Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Office Communicator and LiveMeeting.
Cloud services cover infrastructure, application platform, SaaS, and business process as a service. Orchestration Services provide automated arrangement, coordination, federation, management, security and operation of computing environments, for compliance and auditing.
The key to restoring information assurance is to provide transparency into the cloud. As visibility is gained, configurations are known and verified, data exposure and use is reported, access permissions are discovered and validated, processing and data locations are exposed, compliance evidence can be gathered and analyzed, and processing risks and readiness become known. When this level of visibility and transparency is built into the cloud solution, then security, compliance and value are captured as well.
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/special-reports/microsoft
[2] http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/special-reports/amazon
[3] http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/special-reports/fierce-cloud-services-biopharma-r-d
[4] http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/special-reports/emc