万花筒 2011-06-30&07-2 云计算是否安全？

 Security is a real concern, no question, we would argue in green channel cloud, your data is more securer in the cloud platform and can ever be within the premise¹  or this means building if you like. 

 

--why is that? 

 

Well, because typically, the house own service,currently, um, there're backup tapes held on site. And it's very easy to get to it. If I want to get to it, it would be very easy  to get to it. So, we, the data centres itself, this warehouse² full of computers is far more security than in that environment. 

 

--But has anybody ever lost their data on cloud net works,on your particular cloud that work.

 

No, they have not. Uh, it's not something that's happened, no, but it is possible for sure.

 

--Let's look into hypothetical possibilities(Yes). How could that occur because, of course, we've seen hackers⁴ getting into the servers. Some of the world's largest company we are talking about ,Google, Sony, PDS, ( indeed), Fox, you name it. Wouldn't they try to target the cloud. 

 

Yes, they'll be but it's probably, who they will target. If I was a hacker³, I probably want to target the big guys. Because that's a big hit, are they really interested in data of typical  SME, I don't think so. 

 

--Well, how likely is it that they may actually crack the cloud network of one of these largest companies, really? I mean, does the security need to be step up across the border of irrespective this new type of technology.

 

I think uh, where you're on premise,the clouds security will always be risk, big security versus⁵ data in our experience, it's being not hackers but internal staff has been huge issue for security and that will continue when you're in cloud. So SMEs need to adopt a good stance on security.

 

--Now when you say SME, you mean small to medium size,It's right?

 

I'm talking about 10 users up to 500 users , that type of organization. 

 

--Would you also talk about how the cloud is going to revolutionize business processes. Is it going to be more cost-effective for those large companies as you saying, the potentially hackers could target or for your average small to medium size enterprises. where does the cost saving really matter here? 

 

There are a number of ways to save your money,dealing with specific SMEs. And typically we see CARPEx versus Opec's arrangement. So, you get a hand on your cash when you run, buy if you rented, and we see as utility price, so now when you're in the cloud, you can turn this up, or turn it down as you needs demand,so you can grow, and you can contract, and being able to turn it up and down is a key for us, and there are kind of key components⁶ in saving money in the shorter term, but the longer term the benefits are increased productivity, concentrate your core skills. IT is no longer a burden for you, and you become more agile⁷ as results, if the major customers need more quickly, and change your offer if it needs be much more quickly now. 

 

--Now, I must ask you this, one of our producers brought me up to speed with the fact that Larry Ellison of Oracle⁸ actually came up with this kind of idea back in 1990s, and showed that precisely⁹ because this kind of security concerns, what's your answer to that, why it's now popular?

 

uh, 20 years, 19 years are life time, technology has evolved several several times since then, so I don't see that as an argue today, it's just a little bit too much time has passed

1 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

2 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

3 hacker   

n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客

参考例句：

• The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
• This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。

4 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

5 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

6 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

7 agile   

adj.敏捷的，灵活的

参考例句：

• She is such an agile dancer!她跳起舞来是那么灵巧！
• An acrobat has to be agile.杂技演员必须身手敏捷。

8 oracle   

n.神谕，神谕处，预言

参考例句：

• In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候，她祈祷神谕来指引她。
• It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕，常常能预言最重要的事情。

9 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。