Financial Times January 13 2010 by Maija Palmer Security experts warned on Wednesday that businesses could lose faith in the security of cloud computing after Google admitted that its web-based Gmail system had been hacked by what it described as attacks originating in China. They said it could slow down corporations’ willingness to put their business information into “the cloud” – remotely-hosted data centres. “This is a pretty public blow against the security of the cloud,” said Whit Andrews, vice president at Gartner, the research company. “It is possible that it will affect the uptake of Google applications. “Most companies that are concerned about security are not considering the cloud at the moment. They might think about it from time to time as a way of making some cost savings, but this could push those decisions back.” However, Mr Andrews said that Google was unlikely to lose Gmail users in [...]
