...But the promises of the cloud should be undertaken with caution Paramount CIO Abe Wong said, considering tech innovations advance with lightening speed and the cloud systems are relatively new. "You have to look at possible vendor lock-in and what happens with your data once it is [on the cloud]," he said. ...
While the cloud offers anytime-anywhere access to studio content, Antonellis said there is a disconnect between the services and experience Warner Bros. wants to offer consumers and the ability of network infrastructure to support those innovations. ...
The recent media attention on Wikileaks and hacktavists org Anonymous, which have become a threat to the studios data and bottome by advocating total Internet freedom by any means necessary, might galvanize Hollywood's IT honchos to beef up their security. "Things like Wikileaks have really changed the game. Just because it is on our side of the firewall does not mean it is safe" Leo Collins, a customer advisor to Oracle and the moderator of the studio CIO panel said.
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