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Survey highlights growing market for and proven benefits of deduplication in production environments

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:34 +0000

Deduplication has entered the mainstream and is effectively addressing the backup and data storage issues caused by exponential data growth, finds the results of quick poll conducted by IDG Research Services.

Intel's McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:33 +0000

Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an authentication scheme including face and voice recognition.

5 things every organization should know about detecting and responding to targeted cyberattacks

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:32 +0000

Network visibility, sandbox technology can help in BYOD management

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:28 +0000

Embracing the bring-your-own-device concept can expose a company to many threats, both internal and external. This is why it is important for companies to lay out the right infrastructure and policies to mitigate or eradicate risks that can damage the business.

Prolexic issues recommendations for validating DDoS defenses

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:21 +0000

A security expert has issued a number of recommendations that organizations can use to validate their DDoS defenses, as well as protection services they receive from mitigation providers.

Don't fiddle with IT while your business burns: the case for integrated System and Application Monitoring

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:38 +0000

As IT infrastructures become increasingly complex and interdependent, identifying the exact source of technical problems when they occur can be harder than finding a needle in a datacenter. Fixing these problems quickly is essential to keeping customers satisfied and maintaining performance throughout the business.

IDC: Cloud, mobility exposing limitations of existing networks

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:13 +0000

The combination of highly virtualized environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations of existing networks, and driving the need for a new era of dynamic and scalable networks of the future, IDC researchers said in a panel discussion at Interop this week.

Disk and Cloud adoption leaving tape in the dust: CloudRecover

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:59:53 +0000

Businesses are more open to using the Cloud for outsourcing tech components of their infrastructure than ever before, according to CloudRecover CEO, Mac Thompson.

For that reason businesses are turning to third party providers to do their backup, even if they have their own proprietary infrastructure.

Microsoft urges SMEs to modernize their business through IT

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:56:55 +0000

Thousands of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) all over Asia are being enticed by Microsoft and its partners to modernize their IT infrastructure before the end of support for Windows XP and Office 2003 on 8 April 2014.

Kroll Ontrack embraces subscription-based pricing model for data wiping software

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:56:09 +0000

Kroll Ontrack has announced a new subscription-based pricing model for its enterprise data eraser solution, Ontrack Eraser 4.0.

Huawei has no connection to the U.S.'s cyber security issues, says CEO

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:55:18 +0000

During a visit to New Zealand, Ren Zhengfei, CEO and founder of Huawei, emphasized that the company “has no connection to the cyber security issues the U.S. has encountered in the past, current and future.”

The new 'trust in the cloud' -- intelligence-driven security

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:54:29 +0000

A recent report released by the Security for Business Innovation Council (SBIC) indicates that the trends toward cloud computing, social media, mobile and Big Data are the main drivers that affect and change the current IT security scene.

China maintains position as top source of network attack traffic

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:59:31 +0000

China has maintained its position as the single largest volume source of observed traffic at 41 percent of the total, up from 33 percent in the prior quarter. The United States remained in the number two spot despite a drop in observed attack traffic from 13 percent to 10 percent in the fourth quarter. Turkey took over Russia’s number three spot with 4.7 percent.

Ease of use and implementation top criteria when choosing database security: survey

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:59:29 +0000

Ease of use and implementation is the most important criteria when choosing a database security solution, finds a survey conducted by GreenSQL, a database security company. Almost half (42.72%) of respondents indicated this as the main criteria when making a decision.

Service providers reveal that many of their servers not yet virtualized

93e9b7b5a0095a2b42fb6cbe770a706d — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:59:27 +0000

While the use of virtual machines in data centers of global service provides continues to grow, many servers are not yet virtualized, according to a new report.