New Next Gen Firewall Technology Provides Full App Control and Malware Protection
SonicWALL - a 19 year-old organization that has become a leader in network security - debuted its new firewall technology product at Interop Las Vegas 2010.
The new product, Project SuperMassive, becomes the industry’s first next-generation security platform and technology capable of detecting and controlling [...]
Cloud Computing Lessons Learned from the Executives
While attending Interop 2010 in Las Vegas, I had the opportunity to sit in on a session about Lessons Learned in implementing cloud computing. The moderator over this discussion was Killian Murphy, who had just started as the Director of Product Management at VMware two days prior to the [...]
As the Cloud View Matures, Reality Sets In
The latest and greatest thing is never as clean and clear cut as you’d like it to be. There’s usually a catch, right? Right. In the case of cloud computing, it’s so far been big concerns over data security and the lack of any standardization. News from a [...]
In Times of Crisis Can You Retrieve Your Disaster Recovery Docs in a Flash?
Disasters don’t make appointments. And most organizations fail to ensure that all key personnel have access to the most up-to-date versions of disaster recovery and business continuity documents.
“They’re on my desk at the office” is a common response when a key person [...]
Controlling Any Desktop from an iPad
I’ve been resisting the urge to get an iPad myself - I don’t know why, but I have. That may now have to end after I read Rich Jaroslovsky’s article in Bloomberg Businessweek yesterday.
It starts out with the catchy line “Don’t tell Steve Jobs, but I’ve been running Adobe Flash [...]
The Acer Netbook - Should You Buy It?
I’ve had the Acer Aspire One netbook model AO532h-2326 in my possession for about a month so far and I’ve been testing it out ‘in the field.’ I have two netbooks in my house - both are ASUS Eee models and two of my kids use them for [...]
Netbooks as Field Tools for IT Professionals - First Look
Forgive me if I don’t come across as your normal IT product reviewer - because I’m definitely not. But I am an IT professional and therefore the netbook has caught my eye as a potential tool for IT professionals in the field who frequently have to [...]
Assess PC Performance at Fossiltoys.com
I ran across an interesting site while trying to find a way to compare PC performance for several systems I’m currently reviewing: Fossiltoys.com.
Fossiltoys.com is a completely free and very interesting JavaScript tool that actually embeds itself in the web browser rather than the web server so it is a true monitor [...]
IT Smartphone Adoption Stagnate Due to Budget, Security Management Concerns
In the electronic device world a lot can happen in the course of a couple of years. Better phones, fancier phones, faster networks …. just stop and think about what is available today that wasn’t on table two short years ago.
Two years ago enterprise deployment of [...]
Personal Texting at Work … Beware
We’re all guilty. It’s too easy to do and too hard to avoid. Whether you’re making lunch plans with a friend or texting your vacation itinerary to loved ones. We’ve all probably used business phones to send text messages that were definitely not business related.
Is it wrong? Should companies have [...]