While doing some research on a related topic, I ran across this question and thought “that deserves an answer” because it certainly seems like a no-brainer. If you want to decrease bandwidth – which subsequently decreases response time and improves application performance – turn on compression.
According to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group , the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications… Read more at VMblog.com.
Veeam Software, award-winning provider of systems management tools for VMware virtual datacenter environments, today made available version 4.0 of… Read more at VMblog.com.
It’s safe to say, nearly all enterprise network security teams tightly control what physical devices get connected to their networks. Most have clearly defined process and procedures in place with regard to controlling and securing any new devices plugging into their physical networks. Industry statistics show that the vast majority of security breaches initiate from inside the network, and not from an intruder penetrating the perimeter, physical network access control has become standard practice. As a result, it is increasingly rare to allow anyone in an organization to plug in a new server or system without first making sure the new device has been adequately secured in accordance with their corporate security standards including anti-virus protection, firewall policies, etc. For physical devices, the process begins as soon as the ‘box’ hits the receiving dock; the equipment is intercepted and is put through the process of being secured. Once it’s been properly configured to meet the corporate requirements as defined by the security policy, it’s distributed for deployment. Then, and only then, is it plugged into the physical network.
Enter the virtual system, be it a virtual server or virtual desktop. These devices are nothing more than software however, to users, they look and feel exactly like actual physical devices on the network. At issue is the ease in which these systems can be created and connected to the corporate network. In about as much time as it takes to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a VM administrator can spin up a new virtual server with all of the attributes of its physical server counterpart including nic, disk, memory, etc. However, this new virtual server can be deployed and added to the network without ever being secured by the security process described earlier. Furthermore, because the virtual server is deployed inside the internal network on a VMware ESX host with vswitches and full connectivity to the network it represents significant security vulnerability if it has not been properly secured.
What’s more, because the network traffic traversing inside the virtual network is invisible to network monitoring tools operated on the physical network, the network traffic to and from these unsecured virtual servers inside the ESX host goes completely undetected. The virtual network is in reality an internal network inside the physical network. There is simply no way to see or control the traffic running within the virtual infrastructure.
Companies are exposed to numerous security vulnerabilities and compliance issues because of the high percentage of security breaches coming from the internal network along with the fact that the ESX Host(s) represent invisible networks inside the internal network. Any new virtual server being added to the virtual network is not subject to the same corporate security policy for network access control as physical servers.
For all of these reasons, security teams must take control of their virtual networks. They must ensure that any system, be it physical or virtual, be properly secured. We encourage security teams to explore virtualized security in detail.
Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) announced that Quest vWorkspace, formerly Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite, received two SYS-CON Virtualization Journal Readers’ Choice Awards in the categories of “Best Desktop Virtualization Platform” and “Best VDI – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.” Known as the “Oscars of the Software Industry,” the SYS-CON Readers’ Choice Awards has been one of the industry’s most prestigious award programs for more than a decade.
The challenge for EA is to be able to balance the long-term goals against the pressing short-term needs of the business. There are intense commercial pressures right now to reduce costs at a time when capital expenditure is severely constrained. Operational efficiency has become an imperative, but agility and speed to market are equally as important. How to reconcile the short-term needs with the long-term goals? Can they be done simultaneously? Can the architects bridge the two?
ZL Technologies, Inc. (ZL), the leader in Integrated Content Archiving for compliance, storage optimization, records management, and E-Discovery, today announces that effective May 1, 2009, NTT Data Security Corporation of Japan (NDS) has signed on as a non-exclusive Tier 1 reseller. NDS provides a broad range of system integration and consulting services, especially in the arena of enterprise information security management. NDS will resell ZL Unified Archival TM (ZL UA), ZL’s flagship product, which has been localized with Japanese user interface (UI) and optimization for character language indexing and searching.
Apple Computer’s iPhone is not the only Apple technology that is gaining traction in business. Apple’s Mac notebooks, desktops and server sales to both small business and enterprise work groups have grown. And more third-party technology that supports the Mac platform is now available too — from servers to storage to virtualization to email.
- Apple Computer has never been known for its strong reseller channel partner program or its efforts to woo the channel with discounts and back-end rebates. But over the years as Apples Mac platform has made inroads into small businesses and workgroups within larger enterprises, the channel has come…
One thing in the Microsoft cloud I find really interesting is SQL Data Services and Huron/Data Hub - SQL cloud sync service, one of the “cloud” offerings I believe has lots of potential and will really make sharing of data in the cloud so much easier.
DataCore Software has announced that its SANmelody storage virtualization software has been deployed by Advocacy Inc. The network administrator at Advocacy Inc. was confronted with disk space issues after allowing employees to scan relevant documents onto shared drives. The organization was compelled to find a better solution to enable users to use the system without interruption. The objective was to find a solution to the organization’s capacity issue that would enable the business – and its data – to grow. Federally-funded, there is an “Advocacy” in every single state. The organization is mandated by the federal government to provide legal services to people with disabilities.