Keys to Data Protection: Myths, Realities and Proactive Planning [ Source: Carbonite ]

November 2012- Through a series of case studies, Inc. and Carbonite explore the all-too-common small business ‘nightmare’, data loss – and, examine the consequences suffered as a result of being ill-prepared. Experts Pete Lamson, senior vice president for small business at Carbonite, and Philip Jan Rothstein, president of Rothstein Associates Inc., weigh-in on the importance of making data protection a business priority. With proper – and more importantly, proactive - planning, small businesses can aptly prepare for whatever may ...

Five Ways Online Backup Keeps Your Data Safe [ Source: Carbonite ]

November 2012- Carbonite discusses the various steps taken to ensure the continual security and protection of customer data. Specifically, there are five areas of critical importance Carbonite focuses on – highly redundant disk drives, hardened data center facilities and best-in-class operations, specialized system monitoring software, world-class network security and encryption, and transparent access to your backup status. In this article, we explore each of these areas in-depth and the measures taken to uphold Carbonite’s commitment to data ...

Mobile Workforce Management: 7 Key Benefits for Growing Companies [ Source: ClickSoftware ]

November 2012- Get an exclusive look at the real business benefits behind using a mobile workforce management solution.

Once you start to look at your current methods for managing, scheduling and communicating with your field, the opportunity for adopting a technological solution will become rapidly apparent. Start to peel back the layers and you may discover pains and opportunities for improvement that you didn't even realize existed.

In this business paper from ClickSoftware, ...

Complete Storage and Data Protection Architecture for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V [ Source: HP ]

November 2012- In this white paper, HP and Veeam Software outline an end-to-end storage and data protection architecture optimized for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. Core components of the architecture are HP LeftHand Storage, HP StoreOnce Backup, and Veeam Backup & Replication software.

Guiding the cloud application decision with the IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor [ Source: IBM ]

November 2012- When considering whether to move an application to the cloud, it is important to consider both the business purpose of the application and the role that application plays in supporting business and IT strategies.

This context is important for considering whether to transition an application to a cloud environment, or whether to rearchitect or "transform" the application - and if so, how to do it.

IBM has developed a methodology and ...

7 Stages of IT Monitoring Grief [ Source: Zenoss ]

October 2012- Let's face it, a "challenging" career within IT has never been a relaxing walk in the park. And now the very paradigms that have existed for decades are now being turned upside down by cloud computing. While the term "cloud" may invoke visions of angels, softness and funny faces, the reality is cloud computing is as complex as it is exciting. Meanwhile, the fundamentals of instrumenting your infrastructure, monitoring, eventing and alerting are more critical ...

Putting IT Back in Control of BYOD [ Source: Accellion ]

September 2012- Osterman Research conducted a survey of 760 individuals with regard to the BYOD issues they face in their organizations. Personally owned Apple iPhone and iPads, as well as Android smartphones and tablets, are more common than their company-supplied counterparts.

The research also found widespread use of third party, cloud-based storage and file synchronization offerings that are sometimes used with IT's blessing, but more often not. Dropbox, for example, is used in 14% of 1,000+ employee organizations ...

Evaluating Cloud File Sharing and Collaboration Solutions [ Source: Accellion ]

September 2012- Consumerization has had a broad impact on IT-users are bringing in their own devices and subscribing to their own applications without waiting for the IT department' permission. Users want and need to be able to access documents from multiple devices and are subscribing to consumer applications like Dropbox to share files between devices and collaborators.

This creates a tremendous challenge for IT, which is in charge of managing and protecting corporate information assets, ...

10 Mobile Security Requirements for the BYOD Enterprise [ Source: Accellion ]

September 2012- An enterprise mobility strategy needs to include more than the provisioning and security services made available through mobile application and Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions.

To meet the mobility and security requirements of road warriors and other mobile users, enterprises need to look at deploying a solution for mobile content management.

An effective mobile content management solution supports Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies, enables authorized users to share files of ...

Gaining Security Intelligence Splunk App for Enterprise Security [ Source: Splunk ]

September 2012- Learn how security professionals are extending the use of Splunk with the Splunk App for Enterprise Security. This document describes how you can take full advantage of Splunk's analytics and visualization capabilities and unique ability to process big data.

With the ability to search and process known and unknown threats, you can use Splunk as your primary security data interface. Splunk and the App for Enterprise Security are equally suitable for a small ...

Using HP StoreOnce Backup System with DPM 2010 for Microsoft Hyper V protection [ Source: HP/Intel® Xeon® Processors ]

September 2012- Learn more about the benefits of using HP StoreOnce Backup Systems to back up Data Protection Manager (DPM) data. This paper will show you various DPM 2010 options avalaible and make recommendations in order to assist businesses in making the right decisions about protecting their Hyper-V environments with HP StoreOnce Backup Systems.

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eBook: Trusted Data Assurance in the Cloud [ Source: Evault ]

August 2012- How will you prepare your company for cloud adoption? Cloud services are especially attractive to midmarket companies hit with the high cost of meeting compliance requirements.

Author and information security expert Felix Santos discusses:

• Information security and data protection in the cloud

• Recent cloud standards and audit initiatives

• Evaluation criteria for selecting a cloud provider that offers trusted data assurance

Evaluator Group: HP StoreOnce B6200 Backup Lab Validation Paper [ Source: HP/Intel® ]

August 2012- Evaluator Group worked with HP to access the features, performance and enterprise capabilities of the HP StoreOnce B6200 Backup system. HP labs and equipment were utilized, with testing under the direction of on-site Evaluator Group personnel. Testing focused on validating high availability features, performance, and application integration.