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Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment The organisation has around 250 virtual servers running VMware but still has a larger number of physical devices which have yet to be virtualised. We had 33 physical servers at the time and we were... [20 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: BlackBerry Storm 2
Photo On-screen keyboard isn't as well-designed as the physical BlackBerry keyboard; user interface is dull; Web browser is comparatively poor; apps can be expensive; heavy Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? [20 Nov 2009]
Does your business really need an office?
Comment In this age of mobile working, should businesses consider ditching their offices? Richard Leyland weighs up the pros and cons. At the recent Workplace Trends conference, one speaker dared to ask: "Do we even need an office these days? [17 Nov 2009]
Law Firm Cuts IT Costs by 90 Percent, Dismisses Server Worries with Online Services
White Paper Nolan decided to eliminate his physical servers and subscribe to the Microsoft® Business Productivity Online Standard Suite. Removing the physical servers also helped Nolan downsize his space and save... [16 Nov 2009]
Smart Cards and Biometrics in a Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification System
White Paper Both government and commercial organizations are implementing secure personal Identification (ID) systems to improve confidence in verifying the identity of individuals seeking access to physical or virtual locations. [14 Nov 2009]
Holistic Security in the Supply Chain: The Integration of the Three Security Elements - Physical, Electronic & Information Security
White Paper There are several reasons for this convergence between information security and physical security. One of the primary reasons is because physical security elements have become increasingly computerized... [13 Nov 2009]
Easily Monitor Virtual/Physical/Cloud and Save Budget. up.time - Free Trial
White Paper Need Deep Systems Management for Virtual/Physical/Cloud that Saves you Budget? Easily monitor, measure and manage virtual, physical, and Cloud assets and applications from one dashboard with up.time.... [13 Nov 2009]
HSPD-12 & FIPS 201 PIV II: How Government Standards Affect Physical Access Control
White Paper In response to HSPD-12, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Division initiated a new program for improving the identification and authentication of Federal employees and contractors for access to... [13 Nov 2009]
Access Control Industry Best Practices
White Paper Recent questions have been raised about the vulnerabilities of physical access control systems. Unfortunately, some critics, with limited familiarity of the security industry, have oversimplified the tradeoffs between... [13 Nov 2009]
Top Ten Reports to Identify "Junk" Data in Your Storage Network
White Paper To overcome this challenge, companies are reducing the physical number of file and print servers using consolidation strategies. Many companies face a common problem - they need to reduce storage management costs while... [13 Nov 2009]
The Power of Information Availability: What Every Healthcare IT Manager Needs to Know - How to Solve Downtime Challenges to Patient Care, Operations and HIPAA Compliance
White Paper For hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and life sciences companies, the physical health and safety of patients is paramount. Public and private healthcare and life sciences enterprises, like all organizations, must manage... [13 Nov 2009]
Making Your Job - And the Job of Compliance - Easier Than You Ever Imagined
White Paper Its proven solutions will improve operational efficiency and provide compliance support for both physical and virtual environments. If one is struggling to manage an increasingly complex IT environment while... [13 Nov 2009]
Real-Time Protection for Hyper-V
White Paper However, many methods for system protection that were tried and true in the physical world haven't lived up to their expectations when tasked with protecting virtual machines. Computer virtualization has come a long way... [13 Nov 2009]
Effectively Securing Virtualized Data Centers: How an Identity-Aware Network Can Accelerate Server Virtualization Benefits
White Paper Virtual machines (VMs) themselves are no less secure than their physical counterparts, but organizations often apply different procedures to their deployment and management. For security directors at large organizations,... [13 Nov 2009]
Understanding the Critical Role of Device Management and Security in Your Business' Mobile Strategy
White Paper Companies turn to mobility to: improve employee flexibility by allowing workers to be productive independent of their physical location; to enable workers to have more control over their work hours; to increase the... [13 Nov 2009]