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'Flame' malware may be less troublesome than Windows

Posted May 29, 2012 - 6:17 pm

Sure it's invasive, sure it's malware, sure it's an act of war, cyberespionage and digital trespassing all in one. But think how smoothly an app would have to install, do its work and copy itself elsewhere without being discovered. Then compare that to Windows. Cyberweapon FTW!
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IDC Vendor Spotlight

Posted May 25, 2012 - 9:45 am

Your company needs backup and recovery that supports a tiered-recovery model. This IDC Vendor Spotlight examines the modern forces driving the advancements in today's data protection technologies, and a complete backup and recovery solution that works across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
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7 Myths about Backup & DR in Virtual Environments

Posted May 23, 2012 - 6:15 pm
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VMware Backup: 5 Misperceptions of Agentless Backup

Posted May 23, 2012 - 6:15 pm
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How Can VM-Level Be Better Than Host-Level?

Posted May 23, 2012 - 6:15 pm
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Dog bites cop: Ironic use of force story of the day

Posted May 22, 2012 - 1:14 pm

Not every telling photo is accurate; not every accurate photo is telling. This one, which appears to be two trained police dogs restraining a Chicago cop in riot gear from attacking protesters, tells a more interesting story than the cops-punch-protesters headline image of the protest.
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From what to watt, Emerson aims at total information awareness

Posted May 20, 2012 - 7:05 am

Someday, the digital economy will be powered by big black boxes, formerly known as data centers, that are so self-managing they may be partly robotic.
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Science news: Chimps are mean, sneaky bastards

Posted May 11, 2012 - 5:40 pm

A chimp named Santino made news three years ago for gathering rocks in the morning to throw at humans in the afternoon. Now he's hiding the rocks and his own anger until it's time to whip out the rocks and have at the enemy, which dumb animals are not supposed to be able to do.
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Avoid disaster with stretched clusters

Posted May 7, 2012 - 2:49 pm

So-called stretched clusters promise utopia of disaster avoidance and disaster recovery virtualization, but the technology is still new. Here's how to deal with the challenges.
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Bit9 Parity Outperforms McAfee and Symantec

Posted May 3, 2012 - 1:20 pm

Tolly Group conducted a review of APT attacks that were blocked and not blocked by vendors. Download the full report to see how the test was conducted and see how in all five tests, Bit9's proactive, trust-based security solution blocked the attack and protected the system on both laptops and servers.
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Effective Data Leak Prevention Programs: Start by Protecting Data at the Source - Your Databases

Posted May 1, 2012 - 3:30 pm

This IDC white paper presents a proactive approach to data protection, discusses the growing threats to business information, and the impact government regulations have on requiring additional data protections.
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Forrester: Formulate A Database Security Strategy to Ensure Investments Will Actually Prevent Data Breaches and Satisfy Regulatory Requirements

Posted May 1, 2012 - 3:30 pm

Although most organizations are taking stronger measures to protect their data, significant gaps still exist at the very core - their databases. Many don't have a comprehensive database security strategy to defend against sophisticated attacks, track sensitive data, or even meet emerging regulatory requirements.
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5 tips for surviving a cloud outage

Posted April 27, 2012 - 6:32 am

"Everything fails, all the time," so says Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels.
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Large enterprises handing off data center builds

Posted April 23, 2012 - 6:29 am

Demand for data center space is on the rise as enterprises try to accommodate growing requirements for computing and storage space.
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No One is Immune to Being Hacked

Posted April 18, 2012 - 5:00 pm

In this webinar, hear how security intelligence - delivered via next-generation SIEM and log management technology - provides the visibility needed to detect anomalies inside and outside your organization.
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How do you calculate your Return on Security?

Posted April 18, 2012 - 5:00 pm

The webinar will provide examples from two Q1 Labs customers with highly secure environments dealing with extremely sensitive data.
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EMA Radar™ for Hosted Message Security Services: Q2 2011

Posted April 16, 2012 - 1:00 pm

Pros and Cons of a leading Hosted Message Security Service.
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Business continuity emerges as latest IPv6 killer app

Posted April 14, 2012 - 7:57 am

IPv6 appears to have found a new killer app: business continuity.
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How the cloud democratizes and complicates disaster recovery

Posted April 11, 2012 - 12:02 pm

When it comes to disaster recovery, the cloud is showing itself to be a mixed bag. CIO.com's Jeff Vance explains how the great shift in technology has both lowered the entry barriers for DR technology and given smaller businesses what could be a dangerous sense of false security.
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CIOs plan to increase cloud spending

Posted March 28, 2012 - 11:27 am

An exclusive survey finds that many CIOs say cloud services are a plus for business continuity and speedy deployment. But they still worry about security.
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SMB Disaster Prepardness Survey

Posted March 27, 2012 - 12:41 pm

SMB Disaster Prepardness Survey which measured the attitudes and practices of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and their customers toward disaster preparedness. The survey findings show that though SMBs are at risk, they are still not making disaster preparedness a priority until they experience a disaster or data loss. The data also reveals that the cost of not being prepared is high, putting an SMB at risk of going out of business. According to the survey, downtime not only costs SMBs several thousands of dollars, it also causes their customers to leave.
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Modern data center borrows medieval security tactics

Posted March 26, 2012 - 3:45 pm

Hope you can swim evildoers
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Question

How do you get a business certified in Business Continuity Management (BCM)?

Posted March 26, 2012 - 1:58 pm

I got a memo today instructing me to look at getting our company a BCM certification. Frankly, I didn't know that there was such a certification for businesses. We have DR/BCP in place, but it isn't based on an outside standard; we are a pretty small company and essentially just drew on our experience and common sense.
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Insider Fraud: New Ponemon Survey Reveals All Organizations Have Risk

Posted March 23, 2012 - 4:20 pm
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Quantum unveils enterprise-class cloud backup services

Posted March 21, 2012 - 12:21 am

Quantum has partnered with Xerox, which is using two new products for a cloud-based backup service.
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Disaster RecoveryWhite Papers & Webcasts

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IDC Vendor Spotlight

Your company needs backup and recovery that supports a tiered-recovery model. This IDC Vendor Spotlight examines the modern forces driving the advancements in today's data protection technologies, and a complete backup and recovery solution that works across physical, virtual and cloud environments.

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How Can VM-Level Be Better Than Host-Level?

Quick - what's the best approach to backup and restore a virtual server? Host-Level, right? Wrong - though you're not alone in thinking so. Our VM expert thought so too - until he decided to challenge the status quo, look beyond the vendor conditioning and re-assess the options. Some of what he found:- Situations where host-level isn't optimal- Agents - what goes around comes around- Today's better approach for VMware and Hyper-VDownload the guide, take the blue pill and free yourself from the manufactured matrix of vendor claims.

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VMware Backup: 5 Misperceptions of Agentless Backup

Agentless backup - less CPU, faster recovery - why consider anything else? Not so fast, argues Storage Switzerland's George Crump. Flawed comparisons and new backup schemes warrant another look at agentless claims:- 5 misperceptions that raise an eyebrow- Why agentless isn't really "agentless"- Today's best bet for VMware backupDownload the report today.

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7 Myths about Backup & DR in Virtual Environments

When it comes to VM backup & recovery, misinformation abounds - you need a way to root out well-intentioned but ultimately bad advice. Let this white paper serve as your myth-busting tool to expose and correct the 7 most common untruths about backup & DR in virtual environments.* Identify urban legends of VM* Get straight answers to VM Backup* Learn how to do VM Backup rightDownload the guide now - it's the closest thing to Snopes for VM backup.

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Bit9 Parity Outperforms McAfee and Symantec

Tolly Group conducted a review of APT attacks that were blocked and not blocked by vendors. Download the full report to see how the test was conducted and see how in all five tests, Bit9's proactive, trust-based security solution blocked the attack and protected the system on both laptops and servers.

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