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nlyte Software launches Version 6.0 for integrated analytics & intelligent capacity planning in the data centre

22 Dec 2010

nlyte 6.0 now incorporates nlyte Analytics, a set of fully integrated business intelligence capabilities allowing data centre professionals, managers and executives to quickly gain visibility into the information and key performance indicators that help optimise the critical resources of power, cooling and space leading to reduced data centre operating expenses and extended data centre life.  Users can gain detailed visibility into the current status of the business, enabling them to track how their data centre operations are performing against strategic goals and how day-to-day execution is aligned with the broader corporate strategy.

TBWA Group - File transfer problems, Solved.

17 Dec 2010

Leading Advertising Agency eliminates email attachment problems, and shares visionary ideas through Accellion Secure File Transfer.

In the fast-paced world of advertising, the award-winning TBWAGroup companies have earned a reputation for creating and delivering challenging, visionary ideas for some of the world’s largest consumer brands, including Apple, Adidas, Sony PlayStation, and Nissan. Part of Omnicom Group Inc., a global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company, TBWA has 291 offices spanning the globe in 77 countries.

TBWA had an ever increasing need to distribute files to clients, suppliers and other third parties and a large proportion of these files exceed the size restrictions imposed on their own email system and those of email recipients.

Ten tips to get more resources from IT

16 Dec 2010

The Top 10 Things IT Should Be Doing (but isn’t)

Wendy Yale, Senior Director of Worldwide Marketing, Varonis provides some good advice for anyone on a budget or drawing one up – she shows you how to make your resources go further and keep your IT secure – all at the same time. These top ten tips will help you polish off your budget planning and keep on the right side of the boss. 

Why Automating Private Key Management Holds the Secret of Real Security: What Your PCI Auditor May Not Be Telling You

15 Dec 2010

The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS and PCI 2.0) is nothing more than a series of guidelines that constitute security best practice. Companies that institute programs to better protect cardholders’ data can also improve and extend these efforts throughout their business, ensuring that all other sensitive corporate and partner data is better protected. As the new PCI Point-to-Point (P2P) roadmap points out, there are still significant threats to the data as it moves within and beyond organisational boundaries.

After this years’ security Tsunami – tips on how to survive 2011

15 Dec 2010

In-house and internal threats will be a big element of 2011 as organisations begin to understand that anti-virus, malware, and phishing software is no longer effective. There will be an epiphany that critical infrastructure is under constant attack and that there is a serious need to implement more comprehensive security software, security perimeters, data loss prevention and human assets to counter the existing and expanding security threats. This will translate into a significant need for the modernisation of infrastructure and enhanced education in human resources to implement these systems.

Hactivism 101

13 Dec 2010

Hacktivism is the use of cyber attacks and sabotage to communicate politically motivated causes; it is as old as the internet. Sole hacktivists have always acted in an individual manner to demonstrate their protest using various attack methods. One popular attack has been, and continues to be, the defacement of websites- Microsoft’s website, for example, was displaced with a Saudi Arabian flag.  

Well-managed IT Projects should be vital elements of Enterprise Change – so why are they often not?

08 Dec 2010

Ivan Lloyd, a Director at Corporate Project Solutions, discusses problems and issues faced by organisations when managing IT projects and the potential disconnect between business objectives verses ‘technology tunnel vision’ - a phrase Ivan uses to describe IT projects that are selected based on a desire to implement a particular technology as opposed to aligning to business objectives.

Virtualization: Benefits and Challenges

07 Dec 2010

Virtualization is a high-tech buzz word in broad use today, but its increasing importance is based on more than just the passing fancy of the crowd. With its potential to reduce capital expenses and energy costs, virtualization presents an attractive solution for enterprises looking to save money and generate value from their IT investments. Virtualization can indeed offer many benefits to enterprises, but the benefits must be weighed against the potential threats to information assets and the business itself.

What a network manager really wants for Christmas

07 Dec 2010

Network managers are not superhuman, you know. Sure, they can perform feats of dazzling IT acrobatics. They have the patience of a churchyard yew. But they can get stressed out too. Look closely and you’ll spot the signs of strain: a throbbing vein beneath the left eye, perhaps, or the frayed cuff of a cardigan.

Securing your privileged Identity - is anyone in control of Cloud security?

07 Dec 2010

There are those who argue that the age of Cloud computing is merely in the minds of the more far-sighted IT visionaries. I have even met those whose businesses are indifferent to the Cloud. This indifference may cost them dearly – and soon. The UK’s new Coalition Government is implementing the “G-Cloud” strategy (actually the strategy of the last Government) and there are some who claim that it will save the government £3.2bn from its annual £16bn IT budget of £16bn. That’s not just a big saving for the Government – it’s an obvious opportunity for suppliers who can ensure it is secure. 

Automating the Virtual Data Center

02 Dec 2010

If your company is like most organizations, virtualization has become a fact of life in your data center. And it is transforming many aspects of the data center – resulting in better system utilization, application availability and cost savings in hardware and energy use. For these reasons and others, virtualization technologies are being deployed to drive the efficiency and effectiveness of data center resources.