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At the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Fla., HP CEO Mark Hurd talked about how the company plans to layer cloud services on its infrastructure in the future. However, with more than 1,000 hacks a day, security creates an important need on differentiating what they put in public versus private clouds. “We wouldn’t put anything material in nature outside the firewall,” Hurd said.

During his remarks, Hurd seemed to imply that HP would be willing to use cloud infrastructure within its firewall, but wouldn’t think of putting sensitive data (such as email or financial systems) in an external cloud. Is it just me, or do Hurd’s remarks seem contrary to HP’s marketing of its Cloud Assure solution?

Do trust current security measures enough to place "material information" in a cloud outside your firewall?

  • No (90%)
  • Yes (10%)

Total Votes: 162

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Bill DetwilerBill Detwiler is Head Technology Editor of TechRepublic. Previously, he worked as a Support Tech and IT Manager in the social research and energy industries. Read his full bio and profile. You can also follow him on Twitter.

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How much trust do you have in the cloud? Bill Detwiler - TechRepublicTechrepublic Moderator | 10/26/09
no trust for the cloud M.Schreiber | 10/26/09
We're all control freaks... wahnula | 10/27/09
RE: HP CEO Mark Hurd doesn't fully trust the public cloud: Should you? pgattocpa | 10/26/09
Vendors should always eat their own dog food Bill Detwiler - TechRepublicTechrepublic Moderator | 10/26/09
Can't ignore the market pgattocpa | 10/26/09
My company eats all its own dog food jmgarvin | 10/27/09
Me - doesn't fully trust the HP cloud: Should you? The 'G-Man.' | 10/27/09
RE: HP CEO Mark Hurd doesn't fully trust the public cloud: Should you? nelson.ingersoll@... | 10/27/09
I don't, mainly because of data security issues Deadly Ernest | 10/27/09

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