OCTOBER 04, 2007Issue 8

One of the challenges facing the (security) industry is how security is viewed by businesses, by governments, by our world.

Dr. Martin Carmichael, chief security officer, McAfee Inc.

Seeking security's value proposition
Traditionally, businesses and security have not had great relationships. Businesses don't cheer when risk management walks into the room. That needs to change by way of demonstrating a value proposition in compliance.
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EMC to take online backup centre stage?
It appears EMC is making a play for the online data backup market, with rumors circulating that it recently acquired Berkeley Data Systems, an ISV responsible for the technology that runs the Mozy online backup service.
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Bandit Project promoting info card technology
To drive better, more secure user management of Internet identities, the Novell-led open source Bandit Project has kicked off the "Control Your Identity" campaign to promote awareness and use of information card technology.
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Adaptec offers SAS/SATA iSCSI combo
With dedicated iSCSI appliances experiencing an 80% CAGR, the Adaptec Snap Server 700i is the first product that combines SAS and SATA drives, making it ideal for both heavy and infrequently used data.
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LeftHand rolls out high-availability virtualization
LeftHand Networks' Virtual SAN Appliance is designed to cluster the internal storage within multiple x86 server hosts, running VMware's ESX Server, providing high availability for both virtual and non-virtual applications.
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