Efficiently Isolating Contractors From Sensitive Data: The Many Advantages of Software-based Contractor Isolation [ Source: Apani ]
March 2008- For information security directors at large corporations, the growing reliance on contractors is a major concern. Local and offshore programmers provide businesses a competitive edge, but they also increase security risks. Often contractors are hired to rapidly solve problems while operating outside the security policies of employees. Once within the network, they have free access to confidential data and business systems. Even when access is restricted, these savvy individuals can easily jump to unauthorized systems-unknown ....

Automating the Virtual IT Lifecycle: Delivering Compliance, Command and Control with Process Automation [ Source: Enigmatec ]
September 2008- There is a shift occurring in the way many organizations view their IT operations. The new focus is on the customer's perspective of IT's contribution to the business, whether the customer is a development team, internal business unit, or external customer or partner. This shift is significant for IT organizations, as it forces them to think of themselves more as service providers than support teams. This discipline is termed IT Service Management (ITSM), and it's ....

Server Virtualization Security: 90% Process, 10% Technology [ Source: Tripwire ]
October 2008- Server Virtualization demands updating management and security processes. You will need to revise security policies and day-to-day procedures to deal with issues such as handling virtual disks, patching offline systems, controlling access to new management tools, and enforcing configuration practices.

Virtual & Dynamic Infrastructure Strategy [ Source: Adaptivity Inc. ]
October 2008- The more tightly bound an application is to its underlying platform, the less capital efficiencies are realized. The IT waste associated with under utilized hardware resources has been clearly demonstrated, which in turn has spawned the creation of datacenter consolidation programs that devise ways to more tightly compress the application infrastructure footprint onto existing hardware resources. Breaking the bonds that tie an application to an instance of an operating system and tie an instance ....

Private Cloud ROI Case Study with Intel and Univa [ Source: Univa UD ]
September 2009- How can Private Cloud technology benefit you? Find out in this new case study and ROI analysis which describes the benefits Corus Automotive, a major European steelmaker, has received due to an Intel and Univa infrastructure transformation.

Corus is using Intel Nehalem processors and Univa UD software used to create a private cloud to run its technical computing applications and streamline its data management and storage processes. These applications allow an elite team of ....