NOVEMBER 08, 2007Issue 9

Now, we need to mix and match and leverage what can be done in both worlds (storage and security) to deliver solutions.

Vincent Franceschini, SNIA's 2007 chairman.

Security's perfect storm
A Webroot survey finds that, with SMBs adding more remote and mobile workers, IT departments are under pressure with staffing while at the same time struggling with the maintaining security for the mobile work force.
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Storage standardization favors EMC
It appears EMC is the major beneficiary in the eXensible Access Method specification for the API that some of the member storage vendors -- EMC, HP, Sun Microsystems and Vignette -- have negotiated through SNIA.
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HP appliance improves security
HP StorageWorks Secure Key Manager is a centralized, hardened security appliance that helps improve privacy compliance and reduce the risk of data loss due to theft, providing a single control point across the data center.
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Disaster recovery a disaster waiting to happen
Research sponsored by Symantec has found that while 91 percent of IT organizations carry out full testing of their disaster recovery plans, almost half of those tests fail. Another surprise: 15 percent have no DR plan whatsoever.
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Challenges confront data centers
Symantec's research reveals data center managers are implementing virtualization and server consolidation strategies, but also face onerous and complicated challenges resulting from SLAs, staffing, expenditures and growth.
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