2e2: The Hindenburg of Cloud Providers & What It Means for Outsourcing

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Very well written article, and precisely mirrors my own thoughts of companies, and particularly boards of companies, rushing to send all of their corporate IT “to the cloud”. There is a massive lesson here; alas, it may not be learnt until more cloud service providers go the way of 2e2.

I have a somewhat love/hate relationship with cloud services and outsource providers. In my day job, we provide a few cloud services, resell a couple more, and use a handful to support some backoffice systems. Some services make complete sense to outsource, to the point you wonder why anyone ever bothered to do it for […]

2e2: The Hindenburg of Cloud Providers & What It Means for Outsourcing
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Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:34:35 GMT

Barry Hesk
Intrinsic Network Solutions

UK Systems Integrator 2E2 placed into Administration

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UK Systems Integrator 2E2 placed into Administration

29 January 2013

It’s certainly not a Happy New Year for the employees of UK Systems Integrator 2E2 who were yesterday placed into Administration after the company breached bank covenants servicing its high levels of debt. Up to 2000 jobs are at risk.

More details are available on the Channel Register website here:

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/01/29/2e2_administration/

Barry Hesk
Intrinsic Network Solutions

Backdoor accounts found in networking and security appliances from Barracuda Networks

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Not great news for Barracuda here:

A variety of networking and security appliances from Barracuda Networks contain backdoor accounts that could allow attackers to log in remotely over SSH (Secure Shell) and gain administrative, or root, access on the devices.

Backdoor accounts found in networking and security appliances from Barracuda Networks

 

Barry Hesk
Intrinsic Network Solutions