Originally posted at zdnet.com by Ed Bott – Office 2010 makes a splashy public debut
Can Microsoft hit back-to-back home runs?
The Office team has to be feeling some heat as they hang around the on-deck circle waiting for Windows 7 to release to manufacturing (in “late July,” according to a press release last week). With today’s [...]
Successfully resuming business operations after a significant business interruption or disaster requires a business continuity plan developed by an influential business executive, experts say. This contrasts with the reality at many organizations, where the IT executive who successfully developed the disaster recovery plan and/or the business continuity plan for IT is tapped for the broader [...]
At the RSA conference in San Francisco, VP of Trustworthy Computing Scott Charney told the conference attendees that Microsoft was planning new security offerings to ease the management of identity and authentication information. He further added that Microsoft was working on a new server initiative as part of its Geneva Project. This new [...]
Source: PCWorld.com
If anyone has the right to be excited about cloud computing, it’s John Chambers. But on Wednesday Cisco Systems’ Chairman and CEO conceded that the computing industry’s move to sell pay-as-you-go computing cycles available as a service on the Internet was also “a security nightmare.”
Speaking during a keynote address at the annual security confab, [...]
1. Better decision making with integrated, end-to-end business intelligence ( BI )
2. Improved performance from both IT and human assets
3. Improved security
4. Increased developer productivity
5. Lower overall costs
Organizations are increasingly looking for ways to lower their IT infrastructure and IT management costs while improving employee access to the right information enabling them to make strong [...]
The demands of an always-on work environment that spans geographies and time zones is ever-increasing the pressures on IT departments to provide rich, connected capabilities across the infrastructure, while protecting both the environment and its confidential data from intrusion and disruption. The infrastructure optimization process helps organizations transform their IT infrastructures into strategic assets, reducing [...]
Coming in the second half of 2008, Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) 2008 represents the next-generation integrated server solution for small businesses (up to 75 users or network devices). Part of the Windows Essential Server Solutions family, Windows SBS 2008 offers a targeted combination of technologies and management capabilities for your small-business. Streamlined installation [...]
Source: Citrix – Enterprise Management Associates
This EMA white paper provides a prescriptive and practical guide for IT decision-makers who are interested in learning more about desktop virtualization, how and whether it applies to their organization, and what they need to do next to take advantage of the extraordinary benefits this technology can provide. This paper [...]
Core Security Technologies today announced that it has been chosen by the Data Protection Summit as a Best of Show awards winner for 2008 in the category of Most Innovative Data Protection Technology for CORE IMPACT, the most comprehensive product for performing enterprise security assurance testing.
The second annual Best of Show awards is the premier [...]
Cisco has announced the “end-of-life” for Cisco PIX Security related products and has encouraged the migration to Cisco ASA 5500. Businesses face a growing number of network security challenges due to many different dynamics in the industry.
The number and sophistication of attacks is increasing, with threats such as botnets and the exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities in [...]