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Why security is best served in the cloud
With the web becoming the prime method of attack as other vectors are closed through security solutions, organisations are increasingly looking to beef up their security controls for web threats. But for many resource-strapped organisations looking to do more with less, managing an in-house deployment can prove to be too great a challenge.
11 days ago by Webroot SoftwareVirtualizing Microsoft Exchange on VMware vSphere 4: Reduce Costs, Increase Performance and Maximize Availability
Many customers are looking to upgrade their existing Exchange environments, and this is the perfect time to virtualize business-critical Exchange environments to cut costs, increase availability and transform e-mail into a dynamic IT service. With VMware vSphere 4, all the barriers to virtualizing Exchange have been removed. In fact, a virtualized Exchange deployment will not only match, but exceed the performance achieved on physical servers.
33 days ago by VMwareThe benefits of a cloud-based service for web security
The use of a web security service based ion the cloud can be of great value to any or¬ganisation, from the smallest ot the very large, and can also allow it to shave costs off the investment and to reduce the risks that a security attack will be successful.
34 days ago by Bloor ResearchWhat the ideal cloud-based web security service should provide
The components required of an effective web security solution are many and varied, including a range of tools that guard against specific types of threats. This document provides an outline of the main components of a cloud-based web security solution that will give organisations the assurance that they need that the threats are ef¬fectively under control.
34 days ago by Bloor ResearchThe drivers for web security in the cloud
With cost-cutting a reality for the majority of organisations over the past couple of years, new delivery options such as software-as-a-service and cloud-based computing models can not only allow technology to be consumed for lower costs that running applications in-house, but can also lead to a higher level of service provision that if the organisation tried to manage it itself.
34 days ago by Bloor ResearchThe realities of web security
The web has become a prime vector of attack favoured by financially motivated hackers looking to get their hands on sensitive or confidential information flowing across the internet. To better defend against attacks, it makes sense to move security protections to where the threats are coming from-in the cloud.
35 days ago by Bloor ResearchCentrica Energy Increases Profit by US$1.6 Million and Gains Instant Return on Investment
Centrica Energy wanted to improve the accuracy of risk assessments undertaken prior to power plant shutdowns for routine inspection and maintenance and predict cost and duration of outages and optimize scheduling to mitigate risk of overruns at average daily cost of US$245,000. The challenge was to identify, quantify, and manage both probabilistic and unknown areas of risk and uncertainty throughout entire project lifecycle and calculate additional energy to meet customer demand during an outage and to source at the most advantageous prices. Centrica Energy implemented Oracle's Primavera Risk Analysis to leverage risk and adjusted scheduling to mitigate cost and duration of US$49 million overhaul of the 1,260 MW South Humber Bank plant.
49 days ago by OracleMomentum Webcast: Reduce Costs in Your Branch Offices (Level 100)
Branch sites may be the frontline of the organization, but branch sites are out of the immediate control. Organizations are challenged with controlling management costs, securing data stored and transmitted to branch sites, and providing an infrastructure that can adapt quickly to the changing needs of the business. Microsoft optimization models are designed to address these challenges. Organizations that optimize their branch infrastructure use hardware and bandwidth more efficiently, establish comprehensive and integrated security, and increase business continuity through automated data backup. The presenter of this webcast presents how the attendee can simplify branch site infrastructures to control costs, enhance service levels, and improve business agility with the branch infrastructure solutions from Microsoft.
54 days ago by MicrosoftUnderstanding TCO & ROI for VMware View 4 - Purpose Built for Desktops
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is one of the key criteria for evaluating desktop architecture. The attendee will listen to VMware and IDC talk about measuring TCO and ROI for a VMware View implementation. The presenter will cover IDC findings on real cost savings achieved by VMware View customers, the methodology used for the TCO/ROI analysis, and the tools one can leverage to customize and perform own TCO analysis.
54 days ago by VMwareMaximize the Green Efficiency of Multi-Site National Rollouts of Technology
The largest business-based contributor to carbon emissions is the service industry which generates 10s to 100s of thousands of truck rolls per year. As stated in Telephonyonline.com's May 2009 series article on Green Telecom, "If a large wireless provider with a fleet of 1000 trucks was able to eliminate three truck rolls a week, that would represent a savings of 3.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions." This industry, and untold others, in efforts to work hard to serve customers, dispatch multiple trucks carrying multiple technicians to perform multiple services at multiple sites. This process burns millions of gallons of fuel and pumps out billions of pounds of emissions.
59 days ago by Concert Technologies
