Information and Risk Management
Perhaps lost somewhat in all of the VMworld buzz this week was Nasuni’s announcement that it is offering a free cloud gateway to companies in regions vulnerable to hurricanes. It’s not free forever – you get three months of gateway service free if you sign up between now ...
You've got to hand it to VMware -- it clearly understands the strengths and weaknesses of the ESX environment and is focused on improving the platform. Case in point: this week's VMworld, when the company announced the VMware vShield family of security products.
From the early announcement, it ...
NetApp and Syncsort are joining forces to deliver an integrated data protection solution that takes aim at EMC. NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup (NSB) delivers backup and recovery targeting midmarket companies with heterogeneous secondary storage environments. The solution is differentiated by low-impact virtual machine data protection that reduces backup ...
Veeam and Vizioncore (Quest Software) seem intent on one-upmanship, especially when it comes to first-mover status for rapid recovery capabilities in VMware environments. Veeam has Instant VM Recovery while Vizioncore has FlashRestore; end-users just care that vendors are focused on rapid recovery techniques.
Veeam is taking advantage of VMware snaps ...
In between the cloud rhetoric and virtualization hyperbole at this year’s VMworld, I’m starting to see a few significant announcements.
RSA Security made one of these by introducing virtualization intelligence in its Archer compliance suite.
What’s the big deal? IT operations needs standard server configurations to meet compliance ...
Medium-sized enterprises, between 100 and 1,000 employees, may have the most to gain from the integrated product, according to Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Lauren Whitehouse.
via NetApp, Syncsort Team up on Data Protection - PCWorld Business Center.
An industry friend just sent me a story from the Wall Street Journal proclaiming that security management leader ArcSight will be acquired within the next week. The story goes on to say that the likely buyers include Oracle, HP, EMC, IBM, and CA.
Hmm. First of all, anyone ...
It's been a few days since Intel's surprising McAfee acquisition announcement. This weekend, I took time to read what others were saying about the merger and there seems to be a lot of posturing and confusion out there. Here is a short list of some of the ...
IT is the group responsible for collecting all data as directed by in-house and external counsel. What many IT staffs do not realize is that some general e-mail management decisions, namely the use of mailbox quotas, actually make discovery tasks more complex and costly. An investment in an e-mail archive ...
Before the bell rang on Wall Street, Intel shocked the army of Latte sipping financial wonks by announcing its intentions to buy security leader McAfee. The deal is valued at $7.7 billion or $48 per share, about a 60% premium on the stock price.
A few financial analysts who ...





