By Cloud Computing SpunjePublished: June 18, 2010Posted in: Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Intelligence, Cloud Services, Cloud Solutions, Cloud Technologies, Data Centers, Internet Security, SecurityTags: 
For the next month the world’s eyes will be on the soccer tournament kicked that off Friday with a match between Mexico and host country South Africa. (They tied.) But the information security deployed — largely behind the scenes — has been a work in progress for years, starting with a Web-based event management system built over the past three years, using agile development methodologies, and tested at 13 previous International Federation Of Association Football (FIFA) events.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/infrastructure/WAN_file_services/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225600426&subSection=News
Mahindra Satyam, the soccer tournament’s official IT services provider, is responsible for safeguarding 160,000 users, the distribution of 3 million tickets, and 40 terabytes of data.
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