Information and Risk Management
It is easy to become cynical around all the Cloud Computing hype we hear on a daily basis. That said, it is clear to me that there is a tremendous amount of capital and human resources working on cloud computing so the likelihood of future cloud computing ...
Two stories caught my eye yesterday.
First, a company named Newegg shipped counterfeit Intel i7 chips to customers. Customers received a clay mold and piece of scrap metal rather than a real processor. Intel and others are investigating this situation.
In another story, the Energizer Duo Charger, a laptop battery charger ...
When I left home for the RSA Conference last Monday, I was already aware of the types of cyber threats we are up against. After speaking with security research leaders from Bluecoat, Symantec, and Trend at RSA, I am even more convinced that we are way behind ...
Source deduplication "is a natural evolution," said Lauren Whitehouse, senior analyst at Milford, MA-based Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Source deduplication decreases backup data, bandwidth needs for remote offices.
Earlier this week, LiveOffice – a provider of hosted e-mail management and archiving services – announced its Social Media archiving and supervision service. To summarize, LiveOffice can archive social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc) web pages for as long as you wish (it’s a snapshot of the page) ...
Backup in “the cloud” via a service, or some combination of on- and off-premises technology, is gaining ground. Asigra has long been the “arms supplier” to managed service providers (MSPs) who want to offer online backup and recovery services. To date, it’s been up to the MSP to assemble the ...
"Organizations are not just going to jump into the cloud and hand over all their data, especially ultra-conservative ones like healthcare," said Brian Babineau, a senior consulting analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Hybrid cloud data archiving offered by Iron Mountain and LiveOffice.
It's pouring in San Francisco, but ironically, the RSA Conference is already pointed toward clouds--in this, case cloud computing security.
There were two announcements yesterday around securing private clouds. New initiative king Cisco announced its "Secure Borderless Network Architecture," which is actually pretty interesting. Cisco wants to unite ...
Using ZFS gives Nexenta an advantage because many enterprises like to work with the open-source software, said analyst Terri McClure of Enterprise Strategy Group.
via NexentaStor Adds Primary Deduplication - PCWorld Business Center.
Published on Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 10:36 am | No Comments »
Authors: Jennifer Gahm | John McKnight | Jon Oltsik |
More than one-half (55%) of midmarket and enterprise organizations surveyed will increase their spending on information security products and services in 2010. Spending will vary by company size, vertical industry, and organizational behavior. Using data from ESG’s 2010 IT Spending Intention Survey, this brief analyzes security spending at both ...
Authors: Jennifer Gahm | John McKnight | Jon Oltsik |
