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COVER FOCUS The Year
The Year Ahead
What will this year hold in terms of data center
storage, security, virtualization, and cloud com-
puting? We talked with some industry insiders to
find out. Ahead In
The Year Ahead In Storage............................................1
2010’s Security Outlook................................................10
Cloud Computing & SaaS In 2010................................12
The Year Ahead In Virtualization..................................13
Storage
Five Things You Need To Know
In Four Key Areas
Find out the most essential things you need
to know about Windows 7,
enterprise cyber threats,
This Innovative Realm Looks To Grow
data center
temperatures, and Smarter, Leaner & More Affordable
more. See page 26.
PHYSICAL
by Christian Perry economy. IT data center managers have to recovery/continuity of operations] site,”
INFRASTRUCTURE
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) deal with the issue and not count on a slow Sweeney says. “By fronting all of their dis-
■Although most of IT’s attention is focused on how much DATA ISN’T AFRAID OF THE ECONOMY. As economy easing up the pressure.” parate SAN chassis with one enterprise-class
power or cooling a machine is receiving, it is also important data centers continue to endure the finan- system in both locations, replication becomes
Storage Goes Virtual
to seek out areas of excessive energy usage....page 14 cial squeeze as they head into 2010, they very easy indeed—from one storage vendor
still must find effective ways to store Virtualization continues to have a dramat- at the primary site to that same vendor’s solu-
■Product Spotlight: Power Distribution ........page 16
mountains of information. Hefty storage ic impact on the way data centers conduct tion at the [disaster recovery] site.”
■Product Spotlight: Racks & Cabinets..........page 18 requirements will increase acceleration in their operations, but the technology isn’t just
In The Cloud
2010 of technologies such as storage virtu- about server architecture. Jim Sweeney,
NETWORKING & VPN alization, cloud storage, and others as data principal solutions consultant with GTSI Cloud storage technologies made impres-
centers seek to harness data efficiently and (www.gtsi.com), explains that in the past, sive strides in 2009, and the trend looks to
■AdRem Software was started to create straightfor-
effectively—all while working within the storage virtualization was used almost exclu- build on that momentum in 2010. Tom
ward software to perform all the administrative and
confines of inevitably narrow budgets. sively to migrate data from old SAN storage Clark, distinguished engineer and chief
management tasks on network servers........page 20
“For most enterprises, the slow economy to a new chassis. However, data centers are architect for IBM Storage Software (www
■ClearPath Networks designs, provisions, and man- has not slowed the growth of data,” says discovering today that virtualized storage .ibm.com), expects to see cloud storage
ages secure private WAN environmentsthrough its Dan Schauver, solutions architect at performance is excellent, so they’re increas- environments deployed for test environ-
SNAP VPN solution............................................page 21 Laurus Technologies (www.laurustech ingly choosing to move their data onto new ments, Web serving, and other non-mis-
.com). “In fact, many drivers—compli- disks only when old disks reach end of life. sion-critical scale-out storage needs.
■When it comes to WLANs, what began as a handy
ance, regulatory retention requirements, “And storage virtualization has another “Standards in this area are just beginning
way for road warriors to check email from the hotel lobby
relentless growth in data-centric applica- use. It is nearly impossible to replicate four to be discussed and will also be evolving in
or a coffee shop has been transformed into the de facto
tions—continue unabated. The need for different SAN vendors’ products to four other 2010,” Clark says. “Standard file protocols
means of tethering gadgets to the Internet....page 22
storage continues to grow regardless of the storage vendors’ products at the [disaster Go to Page 8
STORAGE
■StoredIQ’s Intelligent Information Management plat-
Data Center
form solves many of the issues that arise from storage tighten the reigns so far. You don’t want
management and data classificationissues in an ele- the data center to starve to death. If it
gant and cost-effective manner..........................page 24 doesn’t have enough resources to do the
job, then you’re upsetting the growth of
■SSDsare exploding in popularity, but many of these Strategies For 2010
your company. You can cut back during a
installations are in large enterprises. Is the time right for
recession to get through it, but you can’t
smaller organizations to join the trend?................page 25
do that forever.”
Go to Page 8
SECURITY Plan For The Days Ahead
■Product Spotlight:Hosted Security Services..page 30
Key Points
■ActiveCrypt DBDefence implements transparent
by William VanWinkle industry insiders were willing to share their
encryption for selected databasesin 32- and 64-bit (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) own insights into the coming year. (cid:127) The recession delayed many programs and
SQL Server 2000, 2005, and 2008 platforms....page 31 THE PAST YEAR ISN’T likely to go down as much infrastructure growth, but continuing
■M86 MailMarshal SMTP 6.7 protects companies one of the easier times most enterprises have Emerging From The Bunker a policy of “buy nothing” may start to seri-
against malware and blended threats ............page 31 endured, but the news heading into 2010 Much debate still swirls around the true ously harm enterprises.
seems much more upbeat. Although that state of the economy, and it’s hard to judge (cid:127) New methods of assessing value in the
■With its XTM 8 series of firewalls, WatchGuard
bodes well for data center budgets, it also whether more budget pain awaits while still enterprise are likely to be based on TCO.
Technologies has taken the next logical step in the
means that there may be some adjusting stinging from the past two years. Still, there This is why data centers are likely to
evolution of the firewall ..................................page 32
and catch-up to do coming off of recession- would almost seem to be a logical end increase their reliance on services.
period hunkering down. No matter what, within sight. (cid:127) Energy savings will continue to be a top pri-
The Processor.com home page is frequently updated with
change seems imminent, and the needs of “There’s going to be some lightening,” ority in 2010 as enterprises adopt numer-
new articles and hardware news to help you keep current.
2010 will be different from 2009. Although says Mesabi Group (www.mesabigroup ous methods for reducing consumption.
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SECURITY (CONT.)
❙ ❙ ❙
■The need to ace security compliance examsrests FTC Sues Intel IBM Acquires Lombardi Despite Changes, Email Far From Dead
heavily on IT. And with so many standards and so much
The Federal Trade Commission announced IBM announced its acquisition of the Austin, Alternative communications methods and social
to keep track of for each, the question remains: What is
that it is suing Intel, claiming that the chip Texas,-based BPM software and services networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter
the best strategy to success?............................page 33
maker has used its dominance in the micro- company Lombardi Software. The privately might be changing the ways people communi-
processor market during the past decade to held BPM vendor offers products that help cate, but email is far from dead, according to
MESSAGING reduce competition and strengthen its monop- companies automate and integrate vital busi- Donald Massaro, CEO of Sendmail. For enter-
& TELEPHONY oly. The FTC says Intel used a series of anti- ness processes, including IT services, prod- prises around the world, email continues to be
■As enterprises consider reducing expenses, telecom competitive tactics such as threats and rewards uct planning, and human resources, in order a business-critical capability and the dominant
spendingis one area that can make a difference on the to persuade top PC makers, including Dell, to become more efficient and cut
bottom line..........................................................page 34 expenses. Lombardi’s Blueprint and
Teamworks products already work
■When faced with a cell phone reception problem,
with IBM’s WebSphere software.
Hertford Regional College turned to Agito Networks
By 2013, the market for BPM soft-
RoamAnywhere Mobility Router, a network appliance
ware is expected to increase to $3
that provides coverage for Wi-Fi and cellular devices
billion, according to IDC. Lombardi
inside buildings................................................page 35
IBM, and HP, to not purchase computer chips has customers in areas such as
from Intel’s competitors. The commission also government, health care, financial
SERVERS alleges that IBM is using the same tactics in services, insurance, life sciences,
■Product Spotlight:Blade Servers................page 36 the graphics chip market. The FTC is seeking manufacturing, retail, and telecom-
an order that would prevent Intel from using munications. Financial details of the
■When implementing new programs and system
threats, bundled prices, or other offers to make acquisition were not released.
changes, many small to midsized enterprises under-
exclusive deals, shut out competition, or unfair- ❙ messaging tool for secure business communi-
stand the need for creating some type of test environ- Market For Open-Source Business
ly manipulate the prices of its microprocessors cations. In 2010, Sendmail expects to see a
mentso they keep a “live” system out of danger in case Intelligence Software To Grow
or graphics chips. stronger demand for data loss prevention, espe-
of glitches ..........................................................page 38
❙ Gartner expects that deployments of open- cially in the United States and EMEA region. In
Oracle Makes Concessions For Sun
source business intelligence tools will grow addition, Sendmail says, enterprises will contin-
SERVICES According to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Oracle fivefold by 2012. The research firm says ue to bring more email services such as bulk
■SoftLayer’s niche is taking care of all the data center will not be a factor in the commodity server few organizations considered open-source email delivery in-house as a way to cut costs,
functionsthat some companies can’t or don’t want to markets. Oracle is making the concessions in BI tools until 2004. Since then, the market and there will be an increased focus on en-
have to handle themselves, such as hardware, software, an effort to help Oracle’s acquisition of Sun has developed consistent growth rates. cryption as regulatory requirements enforce
network load balancing, storage, disaster recovery, and Microsystems move forward. The European Functionality of the tools is still not on par the need for ensuring information exchanged
now even virtualization and cloud computing........page 39 Commission had expressed concerns that the with that of larger commercial programs, between companies is kept confidential.
$7.4 billion deal would violate antitrust regula- however. Gartner reports that open-source ❙
Wireless LAN Market
CLIENTS tions and that Oracle would discontinue devel- BI tools are most often used in Type B
Almost Back On Track
oping the open-source MySQL database. Oracle organizations such as price-conscious
■Original equipment manufacturers are adding
representatives have said they will continue to midsized enterprises, including government, The wireless LAN industry is nearly back to its
Windows 7 to an amazing variety of smart devices.
invest in and develop MySQL. The European public sector, healthcare, and manufacturing pre-recession health, says research company
Known as Windows Embedded Standard 2011, this
Commission is scheduled to make a ruling companies. Most commercial BI programs Dell’Oro Group. The market rose to $1.1 billion in
version of Windows 7 will run on a variety of smart
regarding the buyout on Jan. 27, but with the are found in Type A organizations in the the third quarter this year, up about 12% from the
devices..............................................................page 40
recent announcements from Oracle, industry financial or telecommunications sectors, second quarter and almost matching the $1.14
■No longer are multicore processors a luxury, but watchers expect the deal will likely go through. Gartner says. billion of last year’s third quarter. The wireless
instead the norm. Just as single-core technology grew LAN industry saw decreases in sales in 2008
by leaps and bounds with each passing year, multicore WATCH THE with the onset of the recession and throughout
is doing the same ..............................................page 41 STOCKS This information provides a quick glimpse of current and historical stock the first and second quarters of 2009. Dell’Oro
prices and trends for 14 major companies in the technology market. Group says that the worldwide wireless LAN
■A recent IDC survey revealed that about 20% of
market has risen because of increased spending
respondents had adopted Google Docs in their
in health care and education, coupled with a
enterprises........................................................page 42 % change from
Company Symbol Year Ago Dec. 10 $ Dec. 22 $ previous issue climb in sales of higher valued 802.11n products.
AMD AMD $1.98 $8.58 $9.43 ▲9.91% ❙
DATA CENTER Cloud Computing,
CA CA $17.93 $22.72 $22.60 ▼0.53%
MANAGEMENT Virtualization Face Future Threats
Cisco Systems CSCO $16.29 $23.94 $23.75 ▼0.79%
■Although none of us has a magic crystal ball, we Dell DELL $10.83 $13.23 $14.11 ▲6.65% Trend Micro’s “The Future of Threats and Threat
found some industry insiders willing to share their own Google GOOG $299.16 $591.50 $601.12 ▲1.63% Technologies” report found that cloud computing
insights into the coming year............................page 1 HP HPQ $34.62 $50.14 $52.46 ▲4.63% and virtualization are just two of the targets for
cybercriminals in the future. Trend Micro also
■The Internet has become so ubiquitous, and Web- IBM IBM $80.65 $129.34 $129.93 ▲0.46%
indicates that hackers will continue to use social
Intel INTC $14.11 $20.15 $20.04 ▼0.55%
based applications and functions are so essential, that
engineering tricks in social networks to steal per-
placing limitations on how employees use the Web McAfee MFE $32.83 $38.21 $39.77 ▲4.08%
sonal information, and it’s likely to get worse in
has become more difficult over time. Here are some tips Microsoft MSFT $19.27 $29.87 $30.82 ▲3.18%
the coming years. The report also states that
to help you put them in place..............................page 43 Oracle ORCL $17.26 $22.59 $24.46 ▲8.28%
Windows 7 will have an impact because, in its
Red Hat Software RHT $12.95 $27.66 $29.87 ▲7.99%
default configuration, Trend Micro says that the
Sun Microsystems JAVA $3.77 $8.52 $9.33 ▲9.51%
new OS is less secure than Vista. Additionally,
The Processor.com home page is frequently updated with Symantec SYMC $12.81 $17.67 $17.71 ▲0.23%
drive-by infections (ones where your PC is infect-
new articles and hardware news to help you keep current.
NOTE: This information is meant for reference only and should not be used as a basis for buy/sell decisions. ed just by visiting a Web site) will also increase.
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❙ have accepted new positions within the organi- the phones may cause cancer. Currently, sci- or IT topics? Network with some of your peers?
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zation. Bidding for Nortel’s sale began in July. entists and industry specialists have made no
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Canonical founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth tions business for $915 million. cause brain cancer. Boland says that Maine’s [email protected].
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Google Charged With Infringement
pany he founded in 2004 to current COO Jane the true risks are; she uses her own cell phone
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AITP Washington, D.C.
“focus my Canonical energy on product design, right infringement after the company digitized her head. The National Cancer Institute reports
Jan. 7, 6:30 p.m.
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passionate about design and quality” and euros a day until the extracts are removed from ❙ IT Job Prospects Remain Static PASS Wisconsin
wants to “spend more time figuring out how we Google’s online database. Google says that it SQL Server User’s Group
harness the collaborative process to build bet- complied with French copyright law and plans According to a new report from the IT job Jan. 12, 4:30
ter, more insightful products.” Beyond offering placement firm Robert Half Technology, tech- Microsoft Office
2176 Woodcrest Drive
the Debian-based Ubuntu Linux distribution, nology jobs growth remains static overall, but
Green Bay, Wis.
Canonical provides cloud computing services a study by Foote Partners shows IT personnel
wisconsin.sqlpass.org
and operates the Ubuntu One project. On in security, BI, and SAP remain in high
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Canonical’s blog, Silber states that since join- demand. About 43% of the 1,400 CIOs sur- Greater Wheeling AITP
ing the company, she’s “been closely involved veyed by Robert Half say they need to hire, Jan. 13
Wheeling, W.Va.
in the establishment and management of most and 10% of them are very understaffed.
www.aitp-wheeling.org
Canonical functions, including Ubuntu One, Despite the need, a Foote Partners survey
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
OEM Services, Corporate Services, Marketing, revealed that significant IT jobs growth isn’t ISSA San Diego
Finance, Legal, and others.” expected to occur until 2011. Foote Partners Jan. 13
❙ says that skilled IT contractors in security and www.sdissa.org
Gartner Offers Advice
SAP will experience the biggest demand, (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
On Layered Authentication Protection HIMSS Minnesota
while those in social media, Web develop-
Jan. 13
In its recent “Where Strong Authentication Fails ment, e-commerce, and BI will continue to find www.himss-mn.org
And What You Can Do About It” report, Gartner prospects over those who are in other IT disci- (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
states that hackers are using “Trojan-based, to appeal the decision. Google also states it did plines. Although the overall trend is to stay Cincinnati SQL
Server User Group
man-in-the-browser attacks” to circumvent not know whether it would remove the extracts understaffed, Robert Half’s executive director
Jan. 14, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
strong two-factor authentication enabled from the database or pay the fine. recommends that organizations unwilling to
Max Technical Training
through OTP (one-time password) tokens. ❙ hire full-time positions bring in temporary help 4900 Parkway Drive, Suite 160
Palm Revenue Less Than Expected
Other authentication factors, including those to manage IT workload. Mason, Ohio
using chip cards and biometric technology that During the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, ❙ www.maxtrain.com
United States Still Lags
rely on browser communications and two-factor Palm reported yet another loss. Unfortunately, (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
In Broadband Penetration ISSA Upstate South Carolina
authentication based on telephony, can also be Wall Street predictions underestimated the
Jan. 15
defeated, Gartner states. Avivah Litan, Gartner shortfall for this period—estimated loss was When it comes to broadband penetration, the NuVox
vice president and distinguished analyst, says about 32 cents per share, and Palm lost 37 United States ranks 15th in the world, accord- 301 N. Main St., Suite 5000
that such attacks were repeatedly used against cents per share. Although Palm is still losing ing to data from the OECD (Organization for Greensville, S.C.
www.upstate-issa.org
banks in 2009. “However, while bank accounts revenue, the second-quarter loss of $85.4 Economic Cooperation and Development). The
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
are the main immediate target, these attack million is significantly less than the $164.5 OECD, which collected data from
Exchange Server 2010 First Look
methods will migrate to other sectors and ap- million loss last year. Losses are decreasing June 2008 to June 2009, indi- & Hands on Lab
plications that contain sensitive valuable in- in amount, and with the release of the new cated that 26.7 out of 100 Jan. 18, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
formation and data.” Litan recommends that webOS and the Palm Pixi, Chairman and CEO inhabitants in the Max Technical Training
4900 Parkway Drive, Suite 160
enterprises protect users and accounts with a Jon Rubinstein remains optimistic about Palm’s United States have
Mason, Ohio
layered fraud prevention approach that uses future developments. broadband Internet.
www.maxtrain.com
stronger authentication, fraud detection, and ❙ RIM Revenue Up The Netherlands (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
out-of-band transaction verification and signing was first, with 38.1 AITP Southwest Missouri
for high-risk transactions. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has beat out of 100, while Jan. 19
Springfield, Mo.
❙ analyst expectations with a 59% surge in earn- Denmark was sec-
Antivirus Scammers Cost Consumers aitpspringfield.org
ings for the third quarter as compared to the ond with 37 broad-
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Beware of a pop-up window that shows up on same quarter last year. The smartphone com- band subscribers ISSA St. Louis Chapter
your PC telling you that you have a virus prob- pany was given a boost by an additional 4.4 per 100 people. Jan. 19
lem: It’s likely a fake. According to a warning million subscribers and the 10.1 million hand- Compared to June St. Louis, Mo.
stl.issa.org
by the FBI’s IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint sets that shipped. RIM has helped its numbers 2008, the United
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
Center), what have been called “rogue anti- by creating and marketing devices made for States saw a 2.15% increase. The United
Oklahoma City AITP Chapter
virus programs” have made more than $150 personal use in addition to the professional States was one of three countries that had more Jan. 19
million for scammers who use the virus infec- crowd. RIM says 80% of the new customers it cable broadband users than DSL users: 13.8 Oklahoma City, Okla.
tion claim to lure computer users into buying acquired were not using the device for corpo- out of 100 used cable, while 10.3 used DSL. www.aitp.org/organization/chapters
/chapterhome.jsp?chapter=40
their wares. Typically, the scammers then rate use. At the end of the third quarter, RIM ❙
BlackBerry Still Tops (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
demand a credit card number. Organizations said it earned $628.4 million, which amounted
In Mobile OS Market Share AITP Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter
such as The New York Timesand Office to $1.10 per share. Jan. 20, 4:15 p.m.
Depot have also been victimized. If you ❙ The latest smartphone operating systems Holiday Inn Select
Judge Dismisses
receive such a warning, the IC3 says to report from comScore shows that Apple’s 150 S. Nicolet Road
Broadcom Exec Charges Appleton, Wis.
immediately run an antivirus scan to assess iPhone bumped Microsoft’s Windows Mobile
new.aitp.org
the situation. Criminal stock fraud and conspiracy charges from the No. 2 to the No. 3 spot in the United
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
❙ filed against Broadcom co-founder Henry States, according to the recently released AITP Atlanta
Avaya Completes
T. Nicholas III and former CFO William J. October numbers. Research In Motion’s Jan. 21, 5:30 p.m.
Nortel Business Acquisition
Ruehle have been dropped because of BlackBerry OS remained in the top spot, with Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter NW
6345 Powers Ferry Road NW
Avaya has completed its acquisition of Nortel’s prosecutorial misconduct. In making the rul- about 14.9 million users owning a BlackBerry
Atlanta, Ga.
enterprise solutions business and will release a ing, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney device. iPhone users numbered 8.9 million,
www.aitpatlanta.org
product road map on Jan. 19. Avaya has said determined that prosecutors attempted to and Windows Mobile users numbered 7.1 mil-
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
that the road map will complement both compa- prevent three defense witnesses from testify- lion. In July 2009, 6.65 million users reported San Diego
nies’ technologies, as it has no plans to leave ing and also contacted defense witness attor- using Windows Mobile phones compared to SQL Server User Group
Jan. 21
customers stranded without support for current neys and leaked information on grand jury 6.63 million using Apple’s smartphone. But
San Diego, Calif.
devices. Some parts of the proceedings to the media. The judge also even then, BlackBerry had a commanding lead,
www.sdsqlug.org
road map are already declared that the government forced former with 13 million users. Last year, Palm users
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known. For example, Broadcom general counsel David Dull to testi- rose from 2.3 million to 2.8 million, largely ISSA Des Moines
Nortel’s data prod- fy in favor of the prosecution. In response, because of the webOS-based Palm Pre. Jan. 25
3920 SW Camden Circle
ucts will become a acting U.S. Attorney George Cardona told Android users went from just under half a
Ankeny, Iowa
separate busi- Carney he disagreed with the final ruling. million to more than 1 million by the end of
www.issa-desmoines.org
ness unit, while ❙ Maine Deliberating the year. Symbian-based device users also (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
several of increased, with 1.2 million users in October AITP Akron
Cell Phone Cancer Warnings
Nortel’s compared to 888,500 in February. The only Jan. 26
Akron, Ohio
execu- Maine Rep. Andrea Boland is asking Maine category that saw a drop in users was the non-
www.akron-aitp.org
tives legislative leaders to consider her proposal to proprietary OS market, which went from 206
require mobile phones to carry warnings that million in February to 196 million in October.
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Oracle Remote Data Capture 4.6 also sup- it has now incorporated dual cable manage-
& Auto/Air AC & DC Adapter ports intelligent guidance through patient ■ Sun Microsystems NetBeans Integrated ment into its ER-LCD1017 LCD monitor
Motion Computing announced several treatment path, which lets users track Development Environment 6.8 rackmount. There are now slotted cable
mobility and adaptability products for its progress and take appropriate actions for Sun, together with the NetBeans develop- routes on either side of the rackmount. The
tablet PCs, including the J3400 ReadyDock each patient. er community, announced the NetBeans
with an external battery charger and an IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
auto/air AC and DC adapter. The Ready- ■ Parallels Small Business Panel 10.1 6.8, which is the first environment to sup-
Dock can be configured to store and charge Parallels announced the release of port Sun’s Java Platform Enterprise Edition
five, 10, or 20 J3400 tablet PCs and includes Parallels Small Business Panel 10.1, which 6 and Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3.
locking cabinets for efficient storage, charg- has features designed to be simpler and NetBeans IDE 6.8 lets developers more eas-
ing, and security. The AC and DC adapter is more user-friendly. A product demo code ily create Java applications, target and
for the J3400, C5, F5, and LE1700 tablets. and additional customer language pack deploy GlassFish v3, and more. Features
Features include flexibility to charge a tools that enable customers to add their include expanded PHP support, tighter inte- $101.95, static-resistant, powder-coated
Motion Tablet from a wall, automobile, or own language packs are included. Other gration with Project Kenai, improved C/C mount is suitable for displays of up to 50
airplane power socket; an integrated USB features include a migration tool to allow ++ profiling, JavaFX, support for JSF pounds with diagonal screen sizes of up to
port; and a light, compact design. customers to upgrade shared hosting clients 2.0/Facelets, Java Persistence 2.0, EJB 3.1 17 inches, and it can be inverted to hold
to a new setup wizard designed to make it including using EJBs in Web applications, monitors up to 23 inches. The recessed
■ OKI Printing Solutions MC160 Letter/A4
easy for customers to set up and install the and RESTful Web services. mount takes up 9U of vertical rack space. It
Color MFP
system, and file sharing capabilities that comes with 10-32 and 12-24 rack screws
OKI Printing Solutions unveiled the work on both Windows and Linux versions ■ Sun Microsystems Solaris Cluster 3.2 11/09 and is compatible with monitors that fea-
MC160 Letter/A4 Color MFP. The MC160, of the software. Sun introduced its Solaris Cluster 3.2 ture 75mm and 100mm VESA standards.
which is engineered for small workgroups 11/09 software, which is a high-availability
and home offices, offers print, copy, scan, ■ SAP AG SAP BusinessObjects platform based on the Solaris OS. The lat- MESSAGING& TELEPHONY
and fax capabilities and offers a large paper Sustainability Performance Management est version lets users better utilize Solaris
■ Polycom Telepresence Programs
and toner capacity. It boasts a 20ppm mono SAP AG released SAP BusinessObjects OS’ built-in virtualization features and run
print speed, compact design, and an afford- Sustainability Performance Management, Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel CRM 8, Polycom added features to its telepres-
able price. The MC160 MFP provides color which is designed to help enterprises set Single Instance Oracle Database, and ence programs in order to provide users
prints at speeds up to 5ppm and has the goals and objectives for sustainability as Oracle Real Application Clusters inside with more flexibility while using and man-
ability to scan files directly to email. well as calculate and communicate perfor- Solaris Containers. The offering also lets aging their organization’s telepresence
Finally, the MC160 offers 200-sheet stan- mance and decrease data collection costs users take advantage of greater consolida- suites. These telepresence programs include
dard and 700-sheet maximum capacity. and mistakes. With this program, organiza- tion options for end-to-end high-availabili- Polycom RPX (RealPresence Experience),
tions can reduce the amount of time spent ty and disaster recovery solutions with Polycom TPX (Telepresence Experience),
■ Oracle Application Integration Architecture
on data collection and reporting and instead Oracle applications and databases. and Polycom ATX (Architected Telepres-
Release 2.5 PPM Process Integration Packs
focus on improving their economic, social, ence Experience). These programs let users
Oracle announced the Oracle Application and environmental performance. It does ■ Talend Integration Suite LCp manage their own telepresence services by
Integration Architecture Release 2.5 PPM this by providing a comprehensive report Talend announced Talend Integration letting them initiate multisite conferences
Process Integration Packs, which brings on the sustainability of an organization Suite LCp, an enterprise data integration without needing IT administrators. Addi-
with it comprehensive project management while making it easier to track compliance platform that provides enterprise features tionally, the programs let customers cus-
and enterprise resource planning integra- using sustainability strategies. that range from automated testing and code tomize the telepresence program for their
tion. The Oracle Project Portfolio Manage- validation to multienvironment project application requirements and user prefer-
ment Integration Pack for Primavera P6 ■ Sun Microsystems GlassFish repository management. Integration Suite ences. A range of space, capacity, and
and the Oracle E-Business Suite let users Enterprise Server v3 LCp is designed to better facilitate enter- application configurations are also avail-
synchronize project structures, resource Sun, together with the GlassFish commu- prise-wide data integration projects and able for immersive environments.
details, budgets, actual costs, progress, and nity, announced the availability of the Sun deployments. It automates the quality
cost to complete between the platforms, GlassFish Enterprise Server v3, which is assurance and regression testing of data NETWORKING& VPN
regardless of the originating software. the latest release of Sun’s commercial Java integration processes on one single central-
■ Adrem Software MyNet Toolset
Other benefits of the release include the Platform Enterprise Edition application ized platform. As a repository manager,
ability to synchronize business and project server and its open-source counterpart, multiple project repositories can be coordi- Adrem Software released a free scanning
objectives; deliver more projects per finan- GlassFish v3. Sun GlassFish Enterprise nated, and the transfer of processes from and troubleshooting application called
cial and time investment; integrate actual Server v3 fully supports Sun’s Java Plat- one job repository to another can be auto- MyNet Toolset. After scanning the local
costs, schedules, and forecasts; and accu- form Enterprise Edition 6. The offering lets mated. And as an audit platform, organiza- network, MyNet Toolset displays informa-
rately communicate progress, performance, users create and deploy modern Web appli- tions can analyze the degree of compliance tion about the discovered nodes on a graph-
and business intelligence. cations with the Java EE 6 Web Profile and of their data integration processes with ical network map, including IP address,
features enhancements that slash start-up their own set of development standards and MAC address, DNS name, location, and
■ Oracle GRC Enterprise Application Suite
time and cut resource utilization. Sun best practices. node name or type. The network map can
Oracle announced a suite of GRC applica- GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 also fea- then be used for diagnosing problems and
tions designed to offer a complete, end-to- tures fine-grained and low-overhead moni- ■ Veryant isCOBOL Application troubleshooting tasks. The free download is
end, integrated answer to GRC needs. The toring, mod_jk support for service avail- Platform Suite available on Adrem’s Web site.
applications include the Oracle Enterprise ability, proactive notification of module Veryant released the latest version of its
■ Apparent Networks PathView
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager updates, and the ability to manage modules isCOBOL Application Platform Suite,
microAppliance
as well as a new release of the Oracle and patches through the GlassFish Update which is aimed at developing, deploying,
Enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compli- Center. Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 and modernizing COBOL apps. The update Apparent Networks announced the
ance Controls, which includes new versions starts at $999 per server. includes support for larger file sizes; up to release of the PathView microAppliance.
of the Oracle Enterprise Transaction Controls a 50% performance increase from an The cell phone-sized device extends the
Governor and the Oracle Application Access ■ Sun Microsystems Java Platform enhanced 100% Java-based ISAM (indexed visibility of Apparent Networks’ solutions
Controls Governor. The products are tightly Enterprise Edition 6 sequential access method) file system; to a wide range of locations throughout the
integrated to help companies identify and Sun unveiled the latest version of its Java improved thin client performance through network, including those without perma-
mitigate risk with both manual and automat- Platform Enterprise Edition, which is Sun’s isCOBOL Server; zero-client, rich Internet nent IP addresses. The microAppliance
ed controls. premier Web and enterprise application app COBOL deployments via advanced supports all of Apparent Networks’ prod-
development and deployment platform. JavaScript embedding abilities and new ucts, including PathView Cloud, PathView,
■ Oracle Remote Data Capture 4.6
Java EE 6 features improved platform flex- isCOBOL Web Direct 2.0 controls; and and AppCritical product families.
Oracle released the latest version of its ibility to support specific application sce- more compatibility with outdated plat-
■ Clerity UniKix 11.2
Remote Data Capture electronic data cap- narios, Profiles designed to target the plat- forms. Veryant says as many as 60% of
ture application designed for organizations form at specific application scenarios, global business apps are written in Clerity announced version 11.2 of
in the life sciences field. Oracle Remote significant improvements to the existing COBOL, which often use ISAM file sys- UniKix, its mainframe rehosting software
Data Capture 4.6 enables organizations to specifications, and EJB (Enterprise Java- tems vs. relational databases. The company suite. UniKix allows users to run legacy
more efficiently and safely launch and con- Beans) 3.1 Lite technology. The latest Java says organizations seeking to deploy apps applications and data on Unix, Linux,
duct global clinical trials and develop and EE SDK also features several enhance- with ISAM files across various devices will Windows, and System z Linux environ-
market new products. The latest version ments, including Context and Dependency benefit from the portability of the Java plat- ments. Features include 64-bit native per-
supports demanding complex study design Injection and EJB 3.1 Lite technologies, the form via isCOBOL JISAM. formance for rehosted online and batch
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workloads, support for sync level 2 com- that are interfaced with MMW (Millimeter prolonged full line-rate 1Gbps and 10Gbps troubleshoot, manage, configure, and re-
munications across SNA networks, and a Wave) or FSO (Free-Space Optics) wireless throughput per port. boot servers.
new JCL preprocessing option that pro- components, thus creating one multigigabit
vides support for the dynamic submission wireless platform. Each IDU can accept up ■ NetScout Systems nGenius SECURITY
Subscriber Intelligence
of JCL batch jobs. to three DNMs (Data Network Muxes) that
■ M86 Secure Web Gateway
offer up to 4GBps each or 12GBps total to NetScout Systems announced an extension
■ Force10 Networks Line Cards
network onsite equipment. of its Unified Service Delivery Management M86 Security announced that it will
For ExaScale E1200 & E600
strategy and framework with its nGenius release Secure Web Gateway in the first
■ ManageEngine ADManager Plus
Force10 Networks announced the avail- Subscriber Intelligence product. An integrat- quarter of this year. Secure Web Gateway
ability of a 10-port 10GbE line card and a ManageEngine released the ADMana- ed software module for the nGenius Service will offer medium-sized and large enter-
50-port GbE line card, designed for use ger Plus, a Windows Active Directory Assurance Solution, nGenius Subscriber prises protection from Web-based threats
with its ExaScale E1200 virtualized core Management and Reporting Solution. The Intelligence features a highly scalable sub- such as Trojans, spyware, scareware, bot-
switch/routers and the ExaScale E600 chas- latest version of ADManager Plus allows scriber session-level analysis for next-gener- nets, blended threats, and other malware.
sis. The new line cards are intended to sup- administrators to delegate multiple, com- ation IP networks, Gigabit and 10 Gigabit The solution will also provide real-time
port a wide range of applications, such as plex directory management tasks to par- nGenius InfiniStream Intelligent Deep content inspection, code analysis technolo-
WANs, long-haul optical networks, and ticular groups of technicians. It features Packet Capture, and Extended Data Rec- gy, and protection against malware de-
data center and cloud computing environ- template-based help desk control, which ord (xDR) technology. nGenius Service signed to penetrate Web 2.0 technologies.
ments. The 10-port line card supports SR, lets administrators limit technicians’ access Assurance Solution also integrates with
■ Sendio First Defense
LR, ER, ZR, and CX4 interfaces, and the to certain templates. The ManageEngine third-party and other internally developed
50-port line card supports pluggable SFP ADManager Plus starts at $495 for a single OSS environments. Sendio announced the Sendio First
modules, which provide support for SX, domain and two help desk technicians. Defense service, which allows organiza-
■ Shavlik Technologies Patch Management
LX, ZX, and 1000Base-T interfaces. tions to reinforce their email protection
■ ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus - For Windows XPe Devices
infrastructure without making changes to
■ Infoblox NIOS Version 5.0r1 MSP Edition
Shavlik Technologies unveiled an agent- the physical environment or user proce-
Infoblox launched the latest version of ManageEngine released the ServiceDesk less solution that delivers complete and com- dures. The Sendio First Defense service
Infoblox NIOS, which is network services Plus - MSP Edition, Web-based help desk prehensive patch management for the includes three of the sender validation tech-
infrastructure software designed to consoli- and IT management software that offers scal- Windows XPe (XP Embedded) devices com- niques, plus an antivirus scan, that are part
date and automate layers of traditionally ability and decreased time-to-resolution. monly used in many applications. It provides of the complete Sendio Full Defense ser-
complex and manual core network ser- Features include separate service dashboards, full support of XPe devices to secure the vice. Sendio says once a First Defense
vices-related tasks, including domain name individual customer reporting, and service devices against viruses, worms, and hackers. account is enabled, a customer points his
resolution, IP address assignment, and IP request management. The Standard Edition Because the XPe devices use thin clients, MX Record to the First Defense service
address management. Infoblox NIOS ver- delivers knowledge base and self-service many of the services and components used in address to redirect the email flow. Mes-
sion 5.0r1 ensures DNS, DHCP, and IPAM portal functions, while the Professional the full version of the Windows XP operating sages are quickly processed and, after elim-
services remain highly available so funda- Edition adds complete asset management system have been disabled or are not avail- inating obvious invalid messages, First
mental IP-based networks and applications to all of the Standard Edition features. able. An agent-based approach to patching Defense forwards the remaining messages
keep the organization productive. This ver- Subscriptions for the ManageEngine Service- these machines often doesn’t work because to the customer’s existing antispam system.
sion includes IPAM capabilities, adds fea- Desk Plus - MSP Edition start at $595 for the there’s limited disk space or services
■ Sendio Full Defense
tures for logging and compliance, and helps Standard Edition and $1,195 for the required by an agent are not enabled.
users automate DNSSEC. The offering also Professional Edition. However, Shavlik’s agentless approach elim- Sendio unveiled the Sendio Full Defense
ships with an updated Infoblox Grid inates these obstacles. Shavlik’s XPe support service, which delivers the functionality of
■ Micro Focus RUMBA 8
Manager and a role-customizable GUI. also helps organizations using XPe devices the Sendio email system protection soft-
Micro Focus announced RUMBA 8, the to be fully PCI-compliant. ware as a hosted online service. This
■ Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox
latest version of the company’s terminal release makes Sendio email protection
■ Quest Controls TELSEC Web Server
Lenovo released the ThinkVantage emulation suite. RUMBA allows users to available to organizations of all sizes as
Toolbox, a group of system health, securi- reliably connect between Windows desk- Quest Controls unveiled the embedded both a local turnkey appliance and as a
ty, and support services aimed at keeping tops and host systems and protects valuable TELSEC Web Server for TELSEC 800, remotely hosted online service. Sendio Full
Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks and Think- information while securing communica- 1500, 2000 Rack Mount, and Wall Mount Defense delivers all the features and func-
Centre desktop systems running securely tions between workstations. This version is product families. Users can view environ- tionality provided by the product line’s
and efficiently. Lenovo says the Think- designed to support Windows 7 and offers mental changes and internal operations via appliance-based software solutions without
Vantage Toolbox is built on the PC-Doctor an updated user interface as well as produc- Web browsers. The TELSEC Web Server the expense and effort of maintaining in-
diagnostic platform and monitors critical tivity and security updates. controls the following sites: data centers, house hardware. The service is delivered
system components. When problems occur, switching centers, hubs, headends, cabi- from an Orange County, Calif.,-based data
■ Minicom Advanced Systems Smart 108 IP
Toolbox notifies users and offers solutions nets, remote terminals, huts, CEVs, central center and includes 24/7 monitoring and a
before components fail and data is lost. It Minicom Advanced Systems announced offices, and customer premises. Utilizing 99.99% uptime reliability guarantee.
features push-button operation and can be the Smart 108 IP Web-based KVM switch, SMTP for emailing alarm messages and
■ Solutionary & e-Cop Security Services
launched from the blue button on ThinkPad which is ideal for small-scale IT environ- SNMP to locations, the TELSEC Web
laptops or from the System Tray. The soft- ments. With the Smart 108 IP, a remote or Server can contact device locations, includ- Solutionary and e-Cop announced an
ware comes preinstalled on new ThinkPads local user can securely control up to eight ing PCs, PDAs, cell phones, and pagers alliance to provide a comprehensive suite
and ThinkCentre PCs running Windows 7, mixed-platform (USB and PS/2) servers (along with any SNMP manager). The of security and compliance services.
and free copies are available at www simultaneously. The KVM can operate up to TELSEC Web Server also controls envi- Through the alliance, they will provide cus-
.lenovothinkvantagetoolbox.com for sys- 100 feet away from the servers using CAT 5 ronmental monitoring, generator monitor- tomers with common security monitoring,
tems running Windows XP/Vista/7. It cable, and it features HTTPS and 256-bit ing, equipment failure monitoring, intru- management and compliance services,
includes five tabs to help navigate the soft- AES support. The KVM accesses servers at sion alarms, tower light monitoring, and localized in-country support in more than
ware: System Health, System Security, the BIOS level; therefore, it doesn’t matter video camera monitoring. 20 languages, and centralized contracting
Ultimate Business Tool, Diagnostics, and and service delivery management. Eight
Support. Also included is Drive Space PHYSICALINFRASTRUCTURE SOCs (Security Operations Centers)
Manager, a visual file allocation analysis throughout the Americas and Asia will pro-
■ Black Box ServSwitch Multiuser
tool, and Performance and Configuration vide local support for the services. The ser-
KVM Switch
History, a tool that illustrates system per- vices include log monitoring, device man-
formance and hardware and software which OSes the systems are running, and Black Box launched the ServSwitch agement, and full BOT (Build Operate and
changes over time. administrators are able to control servers Multiuser KVM Switch models KVM2016A Transfer) SOC services. A unified portal
even if the system fails. Minicom’s remote and KVM2032A, which provide two local will give customers a global view and
■ LightPointe AireForce
management applications AccessIT and users access to and control of up to 16 or 32 access to both full, global cross-correlation
LightPointe released a commercial prod- KVM.net II can run the Smart 108 IP. PS/2, USB, or mixed-platform servers. Black of log data and strict in-country log correla-
uct line called AireForce that it says can Box says servers can be placed up to 100 feet tion and analysis. Solutionary and e-Cop
■ Napatech Network Adapters
deliver multigigabit data rates wirelessly have each achieved an ISO 27001 rating.
between remote network locations. The To assist with network monitoring and
product line’s base configuration can analysis of value-added services operating SERVERS
expand the capacity of a new or existing on IP (including VoIP, VPN, and mobile
■ IBM Linux System Z Solutions
gigabit wireless point-to-point link to 4Gbps data), Napatech has added capabilities to
over an area exceeding a mile with a its network adapters to offer better visibil- IBM released Linux offerings for its
99.99% availability rate under typical con- ity into tunnels. According to Ethernet, IP, System z mainframe that are designed to
ditions, LightPointe states. Additionally, MPLS, and Layer 4, as well as GTP, GRE, from the switch. A user’s keyboard, mouse, maximize data center resources and reduce
multiple modules with support for Ethernet and SCTP tunnel information, Napatech’s and video monitor signals provide full access energy costs. The IBM Enterprise Linux
and Fibre Channel protocols can be added network adapters can intelligently circu- to as many as 32 target servers with the Server is now available in Enterprise and
to one AireForce chassis, which lets users late 10Gbps flows in real time to up to 32 ServSwitch Multiuser. Connected directly to Business Class configurations, which are
expand throughput of up to three wireless CPU cores. Additionally, in regards to each server-room computer over CAT 5 equipped with IBM’s virtualization tech-
links to more than 10Gbps. The system uses both reception and transmission of pack- cable, the rackmountable, 1U-sized switch nology, z/Virtual Machine. The Linux
IDU (Intelligent Indoor Unit) components ets, Napatech’s network adapters offer enables two local users to simultaneously Go to Page 6
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Continued from Page 5 Backup Agents for two virtual machine space. Seagate claims performance figures
specialty engine is designed to provide the clients for file-level backup of guest ■ F5 Networks ARX2000 & Data Management of up to 240MBps/30,000I/Ops during read
equivalent computing capacity of more machines, disk backup with up to 250GB Operating System v5.1 operations and up to 200MBps/25,000I/Ops
than 30 virtual x86 images in addition to ability, and tech support. F5 Networks released the ARX2000, for writes and an AFR rating of 0.44% with
security and control features. the company’s latest hardware platform a five-year limited warranty.
■ Cabinet NG CNG-SAFE Version 6.2.1.2410
designed for midsized to large storage
■ WIN Enterprises PL-80100 Cabinet NG announced a version of its environments. The ARX2000 features ■ SGI LiveArc
WIN Enterprises announced the PL- CNG-SAFE (Shared Access Filing Envi- intelligent file virtualization, policy-based SGI announced the release of LiveArc, a
80100, a 2U server-grade platform de- ronment) appliance. Version 6.2.1.2410 now management, and enhanced connectivity. digital asset management platform that is a
signed for network service applications. works with Microsoft Windows 7 and F5 also announced Data Management key part of SGI’s InfiniteStorage Total
The PL-80100 features 10GbE (2x) support Operating System v5.1, which features Control Suite. Designed to allow customers
for high-performance Intel Xeon proces- increased support for Microsoft/CIFS to create and manage digital assets, it fea-
sors, the Intel 5520 chipset (with up to 32 storage environments and scalability for tures flexibility, scalability, and ranges
lanes of PCI Express 2.0), and Intel’s Tier 2 deduplication platforms. from single-user environments to widely
QuickPath Interconnect technology. Other distributed remote collaborations. Other
features include hardware-based crypto- ■ Gridstore NASg Platform Beta features include a multiversioned asset
graphic acceleration and support for DDR3 Windows Server 2008 R2. The latest version Gridstore released the beta version of its management and revision control system
1,333/1,066/800MHz system memory as offers users an updated interface, increased NASg platform, which aggregates proces- with workflow and Web serving in a single
well as a 1 + 1 redundant power supply, reliability, and the ability to meet compli- sor for power client systems and performs package, as well as support for legacy
hot-swappable HDD trays, system fan ance requirements. Version 6.2.1.2410 also parallel storage processes for existing NAS application and metadata integration.
module, and a modularized expansion sys- helps small enterprises achieve a scalable, resources. Primary benefits include unlimit- LiveArc is also tightly integrated with
tem designed to enable the device to offer a paperless office. CNG-SAFE can be inte- ed storage capacity, unlimited network SGI’s DMF tier virtualization solution.
variety of connectivity options. grated in many ways, including using stan- bandwidth, and reliable network storage
■ Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation,
dard Windows features and applying the nodes. The Gridstore NASg relies on the
SERVICES CNG-API to create a custom integration. Gridstore NASg Storage Block, which is an Cluster File System & Cluster Server
Intel/Microsoft-based storage node. The Symantec announced enhancements to
■ Fujitsu Cloud Services ■ Check Point Software Technologies NASg storage platform starts at $800; Veritas Storage Foundation, Veritas Cluster
Full Disk Encryption For Mac OS X 10.6
Fujitsu announced it will begin offering expansion nodes are $300. File System, and Veritas Cluster Server for
Snow Leopard
end-to-end enterprise cloud services aimed Unix, Linux, and Windows environments.
at helping North American enterprises and Check Point Software Technologies ■ LaCie 12big Rack Network The enhancements let organizations capital-
ISVs benefit from a secure and reliable announced security software that chal- LaCie released a file- and block-address- ize on new storage technology, such as
cloud computing platform. Companies will lenges users for authentication via pass- able NAS/iSCSI appliance that brings enter- SSDs and thin provisioning, and reduce
be able to migrate existing multiplatform word, smart card, and/or other tokens prise features to SMEs and branch offices. costs and complexity while improving per-
and multivendor systems. Fujitsu has before allowing the Mac OS to boot. Check formance and scalability. Also, Veritas
upgraded its data center in Sunnyvale, Point Full Disk Encryption for Mac OS X Cluster File System offers near-instanta-
Calif., to a Tier III level to support the API 10.6 Snow Leopard, in effect, lets Check neous recovery of applications through inte-
specification. Components of the service Point extend the same world-class protec- gration with Oracle, Sybase, and IBM DB2.
will include system construction, opera- tion to Apple systems as it does to The enhancements provide coordinated
tions, maintenance services, and full-fea- Windows, Linux, VMware, and other sys- server and storage visibility and policy-
tured vertical applications. Fujitsu will host tems including mobile ones. It has won cer- The 12big Rack Network is powered by based, nondisruptive information move-
retail transactional apps in a PCI-compliant tifications such as FIPS-140-2, BITS, and Windows Storage Server 2008 and offers ment. Storage Foundation can automatically
data center and healthcare apps will be International Common Criteria EAL4. data deduplication, file replication, data discover SSD devices from leading array
hosted in a HIPAA-compliant setting. Check Point Full Disk Encryption offers encryption, and built-in backup. Its hardware and server vendors and optimize data place-
simplified deployment and management of XOR controller supports RAID types 0, 1, 5, ment on SSD devices transparently. Also
STORAGE endpoint security because it encrypts all 6, 10, and 50. Redundant PSUs come stan- included in the enhancements is improved
hard drive contents automatically. dard in the 2U/19-inch chassis, and its fans availability of Oracle environments in
■ Addonics Technologies Pocket eSATA/USB are hot-swappable. The 12big Rack Network Cluster File System and Cluster Server.
DigiDrive & Internal SATA/USB DigiDrive ■ EMC Retrospect 7.7
is run by an Intel Xeon quad-core chip and
■ Unitrends Recovery-7 Series
Addonics released a line of multi-flash EMC announced an upgraded version of features enterprise-class hard drives.
readers that are based on the SATA inter- its Retrospect backup and recovery soft- Unitrends announced details concerning
face. The line consists of the Pocket ware for SMEs that adds integration with ■ Open-E Data Storage Software v6 Recovery-7 Series data protection vault and
eSATA/USB DigiDrive ($64) and Internal VMware Consolidated Backup (allowing DSS (Data Storage Software) v6 is the lat- cross-vault off-premise appliances that
SATA/USB DigiDrive ($59.99). Both Retrospect to execute off-host backups of est unified file and block storage manage- offer a No Limits licensing model, which
drives come in standard read/write and active virtual machines), Windows 7 sup- ment OS from Open-E. The software now the company says isn’t limited on a protect-
read-only versions. Roughly the size of a port, a Retrospect Emergency Recovery allows users to scale systems to more than ed storage or client basis. Unitrends says
floppy diskette, the plug-and-play Pocket feature for the recovery of Windows 48TB. It’s licensed by support for 4, 8, or the appliances support advanced in-flight
eSATA/USB DigiDrive connects nearly servers and computers, wake-on-LAN tech- 16TB per logical volume. The system can be data deduplication for optimized WAN per-
any flash memory media (including those nology for better energy usage, and support expanded with optional 2TB storage exten- formance and automatically and seamlessly
using the SDHC standard) to computers or for 64-bit processors and OSes. The sion keys; capacity expansion above 48TB transfer data from onsite to offsite locations
other devices. When media is attached to Emergency Recovery CD can also be requires no further expenditures. Other fea- for homogeneous small and medium-sized
eSATA ports, customers can use the media downloaded as an ISO image from tures of the Open-E DSS v6 include faster replicated branch operations. Appliances in
as a bootable device with read/write speeds Retrospect’s Web site with a valid license switchover during failover and failback oper- the series include the Recovery-710v and
up to 150MBps. The device also comes code and can be used to start most systems ations; a high-performance, intuitive Web- Recovery-710cv with 3TB unformatted
with upgradeable firmware, can read and running Windows XP/Vista/7/Server based GUI; volume replication; and an capacity, the Recovery-720v and Recovery-
write to 15 popular forms of digital media, 2003/Server 2008 to then allow for direct SNMP-based monitoring system. 720cv with 6TB, and the Recovery-730v
and has four slots for memory cards. The restoring with Retrospect. The Professional and Recovery-730cv with 15TB. Pricing
Internal SATA/USB DigiDrive is designed version runs $119 ($29 upgrade); the Small ■ Seagate Momentus Thin starts at $9,995 for the fully integrated
to mount into 3.5-inch drive bays. Business Server Premium and Standard 7.7 Seagate announced the Momentus Thin, Recovery-710v. The onsite logical appli-
versions are priced at $729 ($169 upgrade) which it says is the world’s thinnest 2.5- ance of the Recovery-7 Series Data
■ Arkeia Software Virtual Appliance and $479 ($119 upgrade), respectively; the inch hard drive for ultra-portable and entry- Protection Cross-Vaults also comes with
Free Use Edition Single Server 7.7 version costs $679 ($169 level laptops, high-end netbooks, backup Rapid Recovery Console with BareMetal,
Arkeia Software released the Virtual upgrade); and the Multi Server 7.7 version devices, and consumer electronics. The file, Exchange, and SQL data protection
Application Free Use Edition, a no-cost vir- is $1,409 ($299 upgrade). 3Gbps SATA drive is 7mm thick, or 25% abilities and 256-bit AES encryption.
tual appliance that’s designed to back up thinner than traditional 9.5mm-thick 2.5-inch
■ Ensim BackupAgent Connector
virtual machines. The company says the laptop hard drives, and comes in 250GB
free edition bundles software that will put in Ensim announced that BackupAgent is and 160GB versions with 8MB of cache
Do you have a
place a backup solution that lets enterprises now integrated with the Ensim Unify and a 5,400rpm rotational speed. Seagate
using VMware improve hardware operating Service Provider. The integration is says the Momentus Thin offers lower cost-
NEW PRODUCT
efficiency for data protection while simulta- designed to allow Ensim Unify Service per-gigabyte than SSDs and 1.8-inch drives
neously saving time and money. Overall, Provider users to roll out and seamlessly and rivals traditional 2.5-inch laptop drives
that data center/IT managers
the free edition includes Arkeia Network provision online backup services using in performance and power efficiency.
Backup software using a backup-optimized BackupAgent. Benefits of the integration would be interested in
Linux OS that’s packaged in a VMware vir- include a shortened time-to-market, an ■ Seagate Pulsar
learning about?
tual machine. Arkeia says all the compo- increase in profits, and a fast ROI. Seagate announced the first product in its
nents needed to protect a small virtualized BackupAgent is also integrated with enterprise SSD lineup, the Seagate Pulsar
environment are included. Disk-based back- Microsoft’s HMC (Hosted Messaging & drive. As an enterprise product intended for Send your press release or
ups of two virtual machines include free Collaboration) platform and Active server and blade applications, the Seagate related product information
perpetual licenses, including Arkeia Backup Directory, which features scalable and easi- Pulsar is a 2.5-inch SATA unit with SLC to [email protected].
Server for VMware ESX or ESXi, Arekia ly deployable online backup software. technology and up to 200GB of storage
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Page 8 Processor.com January 1, 2010
The Year Ahead In Storage Not all experts agree that deduplication
Biggest Trend
will fade away, however. In fact, GTSI’s
Sweeney says that deduplication will have
To Watch For:
the biggest impact of all storage technolo-
Continued from Page 1 gies in 2010. Paired with tiered storage Solid-State Drives
Key Points
such as CIFS and NFS are obvious starting architectures, deduplication will help data
points for cloud storage access, but other centers more effectively store data with- Flash-based storage technologies are undeni-
approaches utilizing object storage tech- (cid:127) Data centers will continue to harness the out wrecking their budgets, he notes, ably the wave of the future for data centers,
niques have also been proposed.” performance benefits of storage virtualiza- adding that this trend will become partic- but they’re set to gain serious traction in 2010.
To prepare for cloud storage, Clark says tion, which has moved beyond its one- ularly relevant as new laws and litigation Alastair McAulay, a managing consultant in
data centers will need to determine a small time role as a tool for SAN data migration. force organizations to keep data practical- PA Consulting Group’s solutions and infra-
number of focused areas to use as starting (cid:127) Storage clouds will see more rollouts in ly forever. structure practice (www.paconsulting.com),
points. Along with solid-state drives, cloud 2010, but experts advise initial use within says that although solid-state storage devices
Management Takes Center Stage
storage isn’t a technology that will be focused areas to best determine the use are already in use within niche areas, the
deployed across the enterprise, so Clark of clouds across the enterprise and to For many data centers, efficiently han- technology they use is now mature enough to
recommends carefully choosing areas to build skills. dling the nonstop flow of data is nearly as deal with any of the disadvantages of solid-
pilot the technology where managers can (cid:127) Data deduplication could take a back difficult as handling the wide variety of state products. Further, the total cost of own-
generate insight into where they can extend seat to tiered archiving in some arenas, storage technologies built to accommodate ership of SSDs will fall sufficiently to ease the
usage into other areas and build skills for but the technology remains poised to that data. IBM’s Clark predicts a rise in business case and help the devices become
when it becomes more widely deployable. have a significant impact on data centers 2010 of storage management strategies, the first storage choice for corporate users.
in the coming year. which will include an increased use of
A Case For Archiving
SRM (storage resource management), data “Heat output and electricity used to power the
According to Bobby Moulton, president deduplication, consolidated backup and devices will be lower, the overall read and
of Seven10 Storage Software (www.seven practices have not evolved as quickly, and data recovery, managed archives, and write performance is better than spinning
tenstorage.com), although data centers con- as such, IT management has been using scale-out file storage. disks, and they are more manageable when
tinue to pour money into data backups, a legacy backup applications as their long- “Scale-out file storage has previously one considers that they typically fail with warn-
large majority of data created today is refer- term archives. The result is a very reactive lived in the domain of high-performance ing” McAulay says. “[These are] all important
ence data—or data that’s not changing and approach to data management.” computing and other data-intensive appli- factors that will help to overcome the current
never will. However, despite that data’s sta- Moulton predicts that reactive storage cations,” he says. “I expect the reach of and short-term cost disadvantage in purchase
tic nature, data center managers continue to strategies, such as traditional backup and such scale-out storage to begin penetrating costs for large-scale deployment.”
back up that data and even make multiple deduplication, will have less of an impact the data center in 2010. Use of scale-out or
copies of it. But as budgets perpetually in 2010 as data centers seek alternatives to clustered NAS file serving streamlines the He adds that the beauty of SSDs is that they
shrink, that practice is becoming less feasi- buying more storage infrastructure to han- management of file servers in enterprise have already evolved to fit within existing infra-
ble, paving a path for archiving technology dle overflowing data. Instead, he says that storage environments, allowing many structures and systems management regimes.
to make more of an impact in 2010. managers might start looking more toward smaller NAS servers to be consolidated As a result, deployment is typically easier than
“In the digital era, the world of data man- intelligent tiered archiving to get away into fewer, scaled file servers, which can with other technologies, but he still recom-
agement has changed drastically as rules from the need to store unnecessary data then share storage space, simplify storage mends testing the devices in trials to become
for long-term retention have become more and spend resources to identify and re- management, and provide a global name- familiar with their operating characteristics.
widespread,” Moulton says. “However, IT move duplicate data. space for applications.” P
Data Center Strategies For 2010 monitoring power consumption at the in- ages required by different components, but
frastructure level, data centers will be mon- this is an often inefficient process that loses
itoring at the wall and even at the rack. anywhere from 10 to 50% of the energy as
“While monitoring power usage at a facil- waste heat depending on the power supplies
Continued from Page 1 feels that service-oriented infrastructure will ities level provides some basic insight,” says and load specifics. Further conversions at
In the past 12 to 18 months, we’ve continue to grow in 2010, in part because Stahl, “there is not enough information to UPSes compound the problem.
heard from countless vendors, analysts, it will help reduce spending on IT opera- allow the data center manager to implement “We’ve actually got three stages of con-
and enterprises that purchases were being tional staff. If the services prove to be cyclic targeted changes in the environment to con- version,” says O’Donnell, “and at every
deferred if not cancelled outright. But if and/or predictable, then the process of con- trol load. More granular instrumentation pro- stage you lose energy, and we deploy cap-
the front office is doing its job, then the tinually approving those resources can be vides a more holistic view of the relationship ital equipment that doesn’t need to be
back office and infrastructure eventually automated, requiring less time to execute between facilities power consumption and deployed. This is why more forward-look-
have no choice but to keep up and scale. activities and further reducing total costs. IT infrastructure load. By examining the ing data centers are starting to deploy
“That deferred investment has now crept However, achieving a better level of con- relationship between power usage and IT direct DC-powered equipment. They bring
up,” says Steve Fink, director of the infra- trol may not mean adopting “best of breed” services—applications, batch, backup, AC in from the street, rectify it, charge up
structure service line at Avanade (www management strategies in 2010. According restores, etc.—it’s possible to modify the run batteries, and then deliver the DC from the
.avanade.com). “We have deferred func- to Darin Stahl, lead analyst for Info-Tech times of events to smooth out the spikes that batteries straight to the computer equip-
tionality increases across corporate IT Research Group, data centers have by now threaten to push the facility over capacity.” ment, taking out the UPSes and the power
departments. Any expenditure that has hap- invested in tens if not hundreds of “best of Enterprise Strategy Group (www.enter supplies—taking out two stages of conver-
pened must demonstrate a hard savings on breed” solutions for managing infrastruc- prisestrategygroup.com) senior analyst sion—and saving somewhere between 6%
capital expenditure. As a result, we’ve ture. “This strategy actually moves the data Steve O’Donnell believes that the energy and 12% of compute energy.”
developed this habit of thinking that if an center organization farther away from the trends we’ve seen develop during the oil Server vendors have claimed heat sav-
investment isn’t going to have a 12-month lowest cost-to-serve or TCO utility infra- spike and recession will only continue and ings of 15 to 30% from adopting DC-pow-
return on investment, it’s probably going to structure, significantly erodes any previous expand in 2010. The key drivers here are ered systems.
get deferred or cancelled off. That habit investment assumptions made on large still-high energy costs, ever-increasing
Gone But Not Forgotten
isn’t going to die anytime soon.” infrastructure tools, and places in jeopardy compute density in the data center, and the
Hence, IT managers are going to find the data center being able to manage and 1:1 relationship between compute energy The past decade, and the past couple of
themselves in the unenviable position dur- view the infrastructure end to end through and cooling dollars. years in particular, have brought many new
ing 2010 of having to add new infrastruc- the implementation of spot tools that don’t “A decade ago, data centers had a power tools and technologies to data centers, some
ture and support that has been put off as integrate without significant and redundant density of about 50 watts per square foot, of which can revolutionize an organiza-
long as possible, yet will be subject to an investment of time and money.” or 500 watts per square meter,” says tion’s effectiveness and profitability, but
unprecedented need for justification. O’Donnell. “Nowadays, we’re looking at 10 some of the biggest gains remain to be had
A Different Shade Of Green
Tolerance for capital expenditures will kilowatts per square meter—20 times more.” from the simplest back-to-basics concepts.
continue to be relatively minimal, but this Additionally, Info-Tech’s Stahl believes The cost of dealing with that heat is “One data center issue that’s gained a lot
is likely to engender new thinking on how that reducing energy costs will continue increasingly becoming data centers’ leading of traction heading into 2010 is maximizing
purchases and programs are evaluated. to be a data center focus in 2010. The dif- headache, so an increasing number of tech- the value of existing hardware and software
Avanade’s Fink believes that organiza- ference between past and present will nologies are rising to meet the problem in assets,” says Charles King, principal analyst
tions will need to carefully orchestrate IT involve finer levels of metering. Instead of the coming year. Flywheel UPSes are far at Pund-IT (www.pund-it.com). “Consol-
processes to show that they’re really deliv- greener and generate less heat than their idating applications and workloads through
ering service at an optimal or at least conventional battery-based counterparts. virtualization is a popular method for
SME Quick Stats
required rate. As an example, he points to Economizers—systems that use cool out- achieving this, but businesses can also profit
compute resources and how most servers side air to drop data center temps rather from more mundane solutions, such as data
underutilize their processing capacity. According to recent Info-Tech Research than expensive air conditioning—are rising center asset discovery and management. The
Fink believes that enterprises in 2010 will Group survey data, 11% of enterprises will in popularity. Concurrently, hardware man- only thing more wasteful than a misused tool
adopt more and better tools for analyzing build a new data center in 2010 and 33% of ufacturers are raising their ambient temper- is one that is unused, lost, or forgotten.”
compute usage and planning appropriately enterprises will renovate or refresh existing ature specs so that data center managers can As managers look forward into 2010,
for the expansion and contraction of the facilities. Interestingly, more than half of the raise the set points of their facilities. they should also look back and assess
resources needed. facilities projects (56%) involve data centers Yet another trend in energy saving is the what some of the most successful strate-
Naturally, the easiest way to grab com- or server rooms of 1,000 square feet or less move to computer systems based on DC gies of the past were. Perhaps blending
pute resources on an as-needed basis is within small enterprises. power. The power supplies in servers con- something old with something new is the
through service providers, and Fink strongly vert AC power into the various DC volt- way to longest-lasting success. P
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UpcomingIT Events
C O V E R F O C U S
For more Upcoming IT Events, see page 3.
ISSA Inland Empire
2010’s
Jan. 26
ie.issa.org
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ISSA Baltimore
Jan. 27, 4:30 p.m.
Sparta Inc.
7110 Samuel Morse Drive, Suite 200
Columbia, Md. Security
www.issa-balt.org
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AITP California Southland
Jan. 27
www.aitpcalsouthland.org
- FEBRUARY -
Outlook
Windows Server 2008-
What’s New Hands on Lab
Feb. 1-2, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Max Technical Training
4900 Parkway Drive, Suite 160
Mason, Ohio
www.maxtrain.com
What SMEs Can Expect
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Green Data Center Conference
This Year When It Comes To
Feb. 2
University Of California San Diego
Keeping Data Centers Locked Down
San Diego Super Computer Center
10100 Hopkins Drive
San Diego, Calif.
greendatacenterconference.com
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) by Elizabeth Millard says. This strategy creates a baseline of nor-
AFCOM St. Louis “Gateway” Chapter More Focus On Logs
Feb. 9 (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) mal users, application transactions, and net-
Schneider Electric Technology Center THE IT WORLD has a shortage of crystal “In our incident response work, we find work bandwidth behavior. A behavioral
807 Corporate Centre Drive balls for predicting the future, but it’s at that all too often, the logs we need to engine has the ability to detect, in real time,
O’Fallon, Mo. least possible to foresee some security accomplish an investigation—ranging from cyber criminal activities that run attacks by
www.afcom.com/afcomnew/stlouis.html
trends based on recent and past activity. firewall and proxy logs to application-level misusing application and network resources.
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
Here’s a look at what data center man- logs—are either turned off or have so little “It then automatically creates a real-time sig-
Cincinnati .NET Users Group
Feb. 9, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. agers might expect from the security arena space assigned to them that they are over- nature, which accurately characterizes the
Max Technical Training in the year to come. written in a very short period,” says Alan attack pattern to only filter out malicious
4900 Parkway Drive, Suite 160 Brill, senior managing director of computer activity without blocking legitimate user
Mason, Ohio Social Engineering As The Primary
forensics at storage firm Kroll Ontrack traffic so as not to affect the availability of
www.maxtrain.com Attack Vector
(www.krollontrack.com). services across the Internet,” Chesla says.
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PASS Wisconsin SQL Server User’s Group Increasingly, attackers are going directly Low-cost, high-volume storage has be-
Changes In Attacker Motivation
Feb. 9, 4:30 after end users and attempting to trick them come increasingly affordable, he notes, and
Microsoft Office into downloading malware or divulging space for log storage has to be re-evaluated Hackers have realized for a long time that
2176 Woodcrest Drive
sensitive information, according to Zulfikar based on the new economic realities of stor- they can make money from cybercrime, but
Green Bay, Wis.
Ramzan, technical director at Symantec age technology. Having logs can make it increasingly, they’re offering their services
wisconsin.sqlpass.org
Security Response (www.symantec.com). possible to understand what happened in an for rent, says Chesla.
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Greater Wheeling AITP Ramzan believes that an end user’s Web incident and define what data might have
Feb. 10 browser or operating system is irrelevant been stolen. “This is an area where you can
Wheeling, W.Va. Key Points
when it comes to social engineering proactively manage your management,”
www.aitp-wheeling.org
attacks because it’s not the user’s machine says Brill. “A higher level of service at a
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
AITP San Diego that’s being targeted, it’s the user himself. very low cost is possible in many instances. (cid:127) Social engineering will become more
Feb. 10, 5:30 p.m. Social engineering is already one of the Not doing so can make a data center look dominant in the year ahead, as attackers
National University-Kearny Mesa Campus primary attack vectors used today, he ineffective after an incident.” go after end users directly.
3678 Aero Court
adds, and Symantec estimates that the (cid:127) Companies will have to be more aware
San Diego, Calif. Signature Detection Technology Stumbles
number of attempted attacks using social of rogue security software vendors, who
sandiego.aitp.org
engineering techniques is sure to increase Designed to detect attacks that exploit churn out software scams.
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
ISSA San Diego in 2010. known application vulnerabilities, signa- (cid:127) Data centers will look to better log man-
Feb. 10 ture detection technology has been in agement to recover faster after a security
www.sdissa.org Windows 7 Will Be Under Attack
place for two decades, notes Avi Chesla, incident, and more attention will be paid
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127)
AITP Washington D.C. Microsoft has already released the first vice president of security products at to behavioral analysis technology over
Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m. security patches for the new operating Radware (www.radware.com), an applica- signature detection technology.
Alfio’s Restaurant system, but Ramzan believes that as long tion delivery provider.
4515 Willard Ave. as humans are programming computer “The bad guys today are smart,” he says,
Chevy Chase, Md.
code, flaws will be introduced, no matter “They deploy non-vulnerability-based at- “Organized crime now controls and
aitpwashdc.ning.com
how thorough prerelease testing is. tacks that cannot be detected by static signa- operates the majority of cybercrime
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AITP Southwest Missouri The more complex the code, the more ture technology. They develop new types of activities on the Internet,” he says. “The
Feb. 16 likely that undiscovered vulnerabilities malware every day, so one now needs mil- prime target is, of course, anyone who
Springfield, Mo. exist, and as Windows 7 hits the pavement lions of signatures to block every instance processes [or] stores money or has confi-
aitpspringfield.org
and gains traction in 2010, attackers will of malware that exists in cyberspace.” dential information.” In the year ahead,
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find ways to exploit its users, he says. The year ahead will bring greater attention this type of for-hire activity is likely to
ISSA St. Louis Chapter
Feb. 16 to behavioral analysis technology, Chesla increase, Chesla believes. P
Rise Of Rogue Security
St. Louis, Mo.
stl.issa.org Software Vendors
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) In the coming year, expect to see the Biggest Trend To Watch For:
Oklahoma City AITP Chapter
propagators of rogue security software
Feb. 16 Cloud Computing & Virtualization Issues
Oklahoma City, Okla. scams taking their efforts to the next level,
www.aitp.org/organization/chapters Ramzan says, and that can include hijack-
/chapterhome.jsp?chapter=40 ing users’ computers, rendering them use- “2010 will mark the year themselves with how virtual- “Companies will get the big-
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) less, and holding them for ransom. where virtualized servers start ization works and what specif- gest bang for their buck on
AITP Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter to surpass physical servers ically needs to be addressed initiatives that focus on mak-
A less dramatic next step, though,
Feb. 17, 4:15 p.m.
in many companies,” says to satisfy their requirements.” ing the data they put into
Holiday Inn Select would be software that’s not explicitly
Branden Williams, director of the virtual world less valuable
150 S. Nicolet Road malicious but dubious at best. For exam-
Appleton, Wis. ple, Symantec has already observed security consulting for RSA, From an IT perspective, he to thieves,” says Williams.
new.aitp.org the security division of EMC notes, this added complexity Combining security for virtual-
some rogue antivirus vendors selling
(cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (www.rsa.com). “This focus forces the organization to ized environments and data
rebranded copies of free third-party
AITP Atlanta
on cloud computing will drive consider a whole new set security will allow companies
Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m. antivirus software as their own offerings.
several security and compli- of security and compliance to securely scale with the
Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter NW “In these cases, users are technically
6345 Powers Ferry Road NW getting the antivirus software that they ance issues and force the implications and handle demand on their IT systems,
Atlanta, Ga. entire audit and assessment these new concerns with the he says.
pay for, but the reality is that this same
www.aitpatlanta.org community to familiarize same resources.
software can actually be downloaded for
free elsewhere.”