Archive for July, 2010
This week, Dell announced its entry into the SMB security market with a portfolio of products and services. The initial portfolio is fairly simple, with Dell partnering with others for endpoint security, network security, and security services.
There is no shortage of vendors in the security space, but ...
It was only last week that I posted news about the Dell-Ocarina deal and now IBM has announced its intention to acquire data reduction vendor StorWize. The music is still playing, but there is one less chair.
StorWize provides real-time data compression technology to help clients reduce physical storage ...
When Paul Revere raced through the villages of Massachusetts yelling “The Red Coats are Coming,” I bet you a lot more people would have listened if there were two British soldiers chasing him. In other words, if Paul Revere had tangible proof or some “examples,” his word ...
The deal continues a trend in which the big storage vendors are clearly moving towards the reduction of primary storage, said Brian Babineau, senior consulting analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group ESG.
via eChannelLine USA - IBM buys data-compression vendor Storwize.
Traditional security solutions are sort of like client/server computing. Security vendors take the role of the server, hosting the master software, adding new anti-malware signatures, and distributing them to all of the clients.
This model was adequate in the past, but it is no longer good enough. Why? ...
"Nimble Storage's approach of utilizing flash and SATA in a way that combines primary storage and snapshot-based backup in a single solution dramatically lowers equipment costs, reduces backup and restore times from hours to seconds, and streamlines processes," said Lauren Whitehouse, senior analyst with analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Newcomer ...
Summer is a good time to re-evaluate things. I'm spending a lot of time on the beach this summer. Waves crashing in all around you has a way of clearing the mind, I find.
Mother nature is simply awesome. When you watch the relentless force of the ocean, ...
I spent two days this week at the Oracle systems and storage industry analyst event. I never thought I’d type those words, Oracle systems and storage. I am not sure what I expected–there are stories, mostly from competitors, about disillusioned Sun employees fleeing Oracle in droves, so ...
A recent Network World article stated that Dell is warning customers that a small number of PowerEdge server motherboards sent out through service dispatches may contain malware.
Dell is doing the right thing by alerting potentially impacted customers, but questions remain:
How did the malware get there?
Were the motherboards ...
As a federal government watcher, I get exposed to some happenings in Washington that few outsiders know about. One such initiative is the Consensus Audit Guidelines (CAG). Simply stated, CAG applies the old 80/20 rule to cybersecurity best practices by focusing on 20 high priority security controls ...
