Six Myths About Cloud Computing
[ Source: Advanced Systems Group ]
November 2009-
When it comes to technology these days, the cloud is the place to be. Cloud computing has emerged as a hot trend, right alongside virtualization and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Vendors are racing to cash in.
As a result, market misinformation abounds, creating confusion among organizations that might otherwise benefit from the new technology. And as with any emerging technology, much remains in flux. Standards are still evolving, prices and pricing models vary widely, and ....
A Methodology For Implementing Continuous Roles-Based Access Governance
[ Source: Aveksa ]
March 2009-
The management of user access has long been an extraordinarily complex challenge for organizations. Central to this challenge is the concept of creating defined user roles. Used correctly, roles provide a means of simplification, and allow organizations to tailor enterprise access to the needs of the business. The result, in a perfect world, is greater IT operational efficiency, business agility and improved security through a set of preventative controls.
In practice, nearly ....
Managing Risk For Effective Access Governance
[ Source: Aveksa ]
October 2009-
User access-related business risk comprises a broad array of potentially damaging events that may be caused or made possible by inadequate governance of access to an enterprise's information assets. Such events range from relatively minor policy and compliance violations to disastrous business losses. The stakes involved in access-related risk have risen dramatically in recent years as organizations have become thoroughly operationalized by technology.
With nearly every facet of large enterprises' operations now dependent on ....
Role-Based Access Governance and FERC/NERC Compliance: A Pragmatic Approach
[ Source: Aveksa ]
February 2009-
With the passage and recent audit deadlines of FERC and NERC guidelines, regulatory compliance has become a major focus for energy and utilities corporations. IT Security and business unit stakeholders in particular are challenged in a variety of ways. Compliance with the letter of the guideline can be a challenge for organizations without strong access governance processes and policies. Complicating matters, demonstrating compliance through an annual review and certification process can be even more complex ....
Enabling Enterprise Class Features for the Mid-Range
[ Source: BlueArc ]
October 2009-
Bringing a scale-out file system with a global namespace to the mid-range is an important point- until recently, the mid-range landscape has been dominated by scale-up systems. In fact, scale-up systems are what got IT into the underutilized, stove-piped storage situation it is in today. Download this ESG whitepaper to learn how BlueArc's new storage platform, BlueArc Mercury(TM), scales in fixed increments that make it easy to install and deploy, scales up to an eight ....
Belden Total Enterprise Network White Paper
[ Source: Adventive Marketing, Inc. ]
October 2009-
The future of enterprise networks is IP convergence where signal transmission for networking, A/V, and building management and security systems are merged over one common infrastructure using common protocols rather than deploying separate closed, proprietary solutions.
VMware Data Backup and Recovery Best Practices
[ Source: Data Domain ]
September 2009-
VMware offers extraordinary benefits, but it can come at the cost of extra storage, backup resources and administrative challenges. Data Domain deduplication storage offers a way out by reducing redundant data across VMware data backups, operating at disk speeds, and providing cost-effective replication for fast DR using backup images.
Download this guide to learn best practices for architecting a backup/recovery/DR approach for VMware using Data Domain storage, regardless of which backup software or ....
Six Data Protection Tips for SMBs
[ Source: Double-Take Software ]
October 2009-
Limited resources and vulnerability to interruptions put small and midsize businesses at higher risk, and relying on native backup for a small business server can leave gaps in the disaster recovery plan. While native backup for Windows Small Business Server provides a small measure of protection, periodic tape backup can leave small businesses vulnerable to data and time loss in quantities they cannot afford. The key to getting back on track quickly is a comprehensive ....
Double-Take Workload Portability: X2X Sever and Storage Migration Solutions
[ Source: Double-Take Software ]
October 2009-
Double-TakeŽ Move provides migration functionality that dramatically reduces the impact and risk of migrations in the data center and across any geographic distance. Learn about the concerns that affect data, application and whole system migration. Explore existing methods of performing migrations and use case scenarios that describe a way to change how you perform migrations.
Adapting Endpoint Security to 'Mobilized' Consumerization
[ Source: DeviceLock ]
December 2008-
Consumer electronics and applications are proliferating in corporate IT environments, significantly increasing the threat of lost and stolen data. Personal devices such as smartphones and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) are now commonly brought to work and used for business purposes. This consumerization of corporate IT is predicted to accelerate in coming years as Digital Natives -- those raised playing computer games -- penetrate corporate ranks. This generation not only has a great fascination with ultra-modern ....