Articles

Enabling the Green Data Center

31 Jan 2011

Corporate sustainability initiatives are growing rapidly inscope and levels of financial commitment. According to Panel Intelligence’s recent Quarterly Sustainability Tracking Study, despite the poor economy, 80% of the 65 corporate sustainability executives at Fortune 500 companies surveyed said they will be maintaining or increasing funding for green initiatives.1

Converging Storage and Data Networks in the Data Center

31 Jan 2011

In typical large data centers, IT managers deploy different types of networks for data and storage networks. Today’s data networks are mostly based on 1GbE, with 10GbE adoption expected to exponentially increase in 2011 and 40GbE/100GbE coming soon after. Enterprise data centers primarily use fiber channel for storage interconnects due to its reliability, performance and lossless operation.

Moving the data center from chaos to control

27 Jan 2011

Best Practices in Data Center Performance Management with Integrated Processes and Technologies

It’s about having the visibility, insight, and integrated processes to drive optimal performance throughout your data centers. DCPM solutions enable you to collect and understand massive amounts of data so you can make informed decisions on a day-to-day basis, as well as stretch your space, power, cooling resources, server, and other resources in a safe, controlled manner.

A Report On The Force10 Network’s S-Series S4810

27 Jan 2011

Open Industry Network Performance & Power Test for Private/Public Data Center Cloud Computing Ethernet Fabrics Report: Evaluating 10 GbE Switches

To assist IT business leaders with the design and procurement of their private or public data center cloud fabric, the Lippis Report and Ixia have conducted an open industry evaluation of 10GbE data center switches. In this report, IT architects are provided the first comparative 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch (10GbE) performance information to assist them in purchase decisions and product differentiation

Gullivers Travel Associates - Case study

25 Jan 2011

GTA (Gullivers Travel Associates) is a world leader in the provision of ground travel products and services to the travel trade industry. It sources products from more than 30,000 suppliers in over 130 countries, and makes them available to a global audience in 29 languages.

British American Tobacco

24 Jan 2011

British American Tobacco (www.bat.com) is the world’s second largest tobacco group, with 300 different brands sold in more than 180 markets. The company was founded over 100 years ago, but its use of IT is right up to date.

Global Status Report on the Governance of Enterprise It (GEIt)—2011

20 Jan 2011

Ask 834 business executives and heads of information technology (It) what they think about the role of It in their enterprise and you might expect to get 834 different answers. But that was not the case in this fourth edition of the It Governance Institute’s Global Status Report on the Governance of Enterprise IT (GEIT). The survey, covering 21 countries, 10 industries, and both large and small enterprises, revealed a significant degree of accord on the contribution of It to business success, the challenges and opportunities connected with It, the impact of the economic crisis and views on It outsourcing, social networking and the cloud.

The Odds Are Stacked against Gaming Industry IT

19 Jan 2011

When it comes to handling insider security threats, gaming industry IT professionals face challenges that set them apart from peers in other markets. 

Secure iPhone Access to Corporate Web Applications

18 Jan 2011

The way corporations operate around mobile devices is currently shifting—employees are starting to use their own devices for business purposes, rather than company owned devices. With no direct control of the endpoints, IT departments have generally had to prohibit this or risk insecure access inside the firewall. But as more mobile devices appear on the corporate network, mobile device management has become a key IT initiative.

Can the Government Prevent a DDoS Attack On One Of Their Systems?

17 Jan 2011

On the 8^th December 2010 a group of hackers launched DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks against the Visa and Paypal web servers and also on a Swedish Government website. The attacks were successful and the services offered by all these sites were severely disrupted. If major corporations, who operate in a multi-national environment, couldn’t prevent these attacks can the UK Government stop such an attack on one of their web services?

Quantum StorNext - White Paper

17 Jan 2011

Meeting Unstructured Data Storage Requirements Across the Data Lifecycle with Scale-Out Storage.

Why Privileged Identity Management Implementations Fail

14 Jan 2011

You have security firewalls and antivirus tools. You have role-based access controls and identity management software. You probably even have regulatory compliant applications. But how safe are the servers, storage devices, and network appliances that actually host your data? At this moment can any administrator login to your systems, read and modify records, change device settings, install new code… and more? If there's a breach, will you know who is responsible? How will you track who did what to which system, and when? Without a method for managing the privileged identities for every system in your network, you are vulnerable to all of these threats posed by unauthorised users and malicious programs.

Technip Case Study

11 Jan 2011

Technip is a world leader in engineering, technologies, and project management for the oil and gas industry, operating in three business segments: subsea, offshore, and onshore. With more than 50 years of expertise, it is a key contributor to the development of technologies and sustainable solutions for the exploitation of the world’s energy resources.

Financial Services – The VIPs of Data Centre Networking

07 Jan 2011

Communication and data are the backbone of the global capital markets industry. In today’s Matrix world, financial services transactions happen not between people, but between servers. The extent of these communications enacted virtually - at the network edge - account for more than 99% of all financial services’ exchanges and correspondence. Ensuring that data arrives with minimal, deterministic and “fair” latency, therefore, is vital. Financial institutions, however, are increasingly faced with the challenge of deploying a network which champions “zero latency” and high throughput at the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO). 

Getting To Grips With Data Classification

07 Jan 2011

It has to be done so where do you start, where do you stop and what do you do the in the meantime? 

Data classification is not a new concept. It is a fundamental requirement for information security, and the consequences for failing to fully implement a data classification scheme can be disastrous. Nevertheless, while many organisations start data classification projects they all too often struggle to complete them. This article outlines what should be included in a data classification project, examines why many fail to get off the ground and the steps companies should take to protect sensitive data while it’s in progress.

Weaponised Malware - how criminals are using digital certificates to cripple your organisation

06 Jan 2011

The recent cyber attack on an Iranian nuclear facility using the Stuxnet virus should worry all of us - not just those in close proximity who were in danger of being blown into the next world by the actions of a computer virus.

Securing Sports Business Networks

06 Jan 2011

Ron Meyran, director security products, Radware, outlines the best ways sports businesses can protect their networks from security threats.

Professional sport is no longer just for fun.  It is big business. Sponsorship deals, team and individual, plus player salaries are multimillion pound transactions. Team tactics and the equipment engineering can make or break the business behind a club or team.

The Criminal In Your Browser Is Real

05 Jan 2011

He Wants Your Data And He’s Not Going To Stop Till He Gets It.  So, Are You Going To Let Him Have It?

Evidence is everywhere that cyber criminals exist, and they’re able to make a substantial living from their illegal activities. While it is true that many are focusing their efforts on individuals, others have their sights set much higher. They are targeting enterprises to steal their highly prized intellectual property, log-in credentials, financial data and other sensitive information that resides within the once safe confines of the corporate network or in web applications. Numerous articles have written on why you need to protect this data. So, instead we’re going to focus on the business at hand – the ‘Man in the Browser’. How is he getting into enterprise networks and applications and, more importantly, how you can stop him?

F5 Case Study: Rackspace Hosting

04 Jan 2011

Rackspace, based in San Antonio, Texas, provides hosting solutions to businesses of all sizes, across a portfolio of IT services, including managed and cloud hosting. The company operates nine data centers worldwide, and it offers fully managed hosting and cloud computing options on dedicated and virtualized servers in Rackspace data centers. The company’s 3,000 employees serve more than 100,000 hosting customers, many of whom rely on the cloud for some segment of their hosting needs.

Experiences of peak season holiday bookings from a UK travel company

03 Jan 2011

The travel industry has undoubtedly faced some serious financial difficulties over the past few months with global tourism arrivals falling by 42% in 2009 to 880 million. Tourism receipts of $852bn were 5.7% below the levels of 2008, indicating that people were spending less per trip if they did travel.