| Date |
For IT, By IT Articles |
Author
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| July |
Server Virtualization: Inside Xen Source
As IT moves more applications to virtualized platforms, assessing their impact on application performance becomes all the more critical. Network Computing puts numbers behind the problem with this performance analysis of XenSource. We'll uncover Xen's performance for a range of applications and environments, so you can anticipate its impact on your environment.
Section: Virtualization
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Joe Hernick |
| August |
Rolling Review: InLine NAC
A thorough threat defense requires blocking and quarantining computers not in conformance with IT's computing policies. In-line NAC appliances are just the products for the job. In this Rolling Review, renowned NAC expert, Mike Fratto, takes a test these devices to ensure that they can enforce policies on managed and unmanaged computers while integrating well with the rest of the IT infrastructure.
Section: NAC
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Mike Fratto |
| September |
Enterprise Mashups: The Key to Business Transformation?
Mashups have swept the consumer web, offering a means for integrating information from disparate databases. Enterprise mashups make the same promise, but can they really deliver value for the business? We'll find out in this in-depth analysis.
Section: SOA / Web 2.0
|
Andy Dornan |
| October |
FMC: One Phone to Rule Them All
One phone for in and out of the office may come sooner than you think. Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions now claim to do for voice what RIM has done for e-mail. To see if the end-user experience is all that it's cracked up to be, we put solutions from both leading telephony suppliers and third-party FMC vendor through the test.
Section: Wireless / Mobility
|
Frank Bulk |
| November |
Policy-Based Systems Management: The Missing Link to Business Driven-IT
The Ultimate Enterprise needs the Ultimate in IT, but what does the ultimate IT infrastructure look like? Find out as we take a unique graphical look at the technologies and architectures that will power the Ultimate Enterprise.
Section: Data Center and Design
|
Michael Biddick |
| December |
State of SaaS
We follow up our TCO analysis of software as a service with an analysis of where renting makes more sense than buying.
Section: SaaS
|
Andrew-Conry Murray |
| Date |
Strategic Security Articles |
Author
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| July |
SOA Security: Locking Down Inter-Organizational Business Processes
Business partners want to tie their processes together to reduce production times and improve customer service, security architects would rather keep those networks separate. IT can only negotiate those waters if it understands the new threat models posed by SOA and how to defend against them. Join Andy Dornan as he examines SOA security and explains what IT needs to know to keep companies secure at this new frontier.
Section: NAC
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Andy Dornan |
| August |
Virtualization: A Threat to Security?
Virtualization may make data centers more agile and less costly to run, but does a single computer expose the enterprise to too much risk? Network Computing takes a close look at the threat models for compromising a virtualized server to help IT find the most effective defense infrastructure.
Section: Virtualization
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Joe Hernick |
| September |
Scouring Ajax Vulnerabilities
As more programs take to the Web, your defenses become even more critical. Web application scanners claims to have the answer, uncovering those exploitable flaws in your Web applications. Do they succeed? We'll answer that question when we wrap up our four months of hands on analysis of these scanners.
Section: Data Protection / Data Privacy
|
Jordan Weins |
| October |
Out-of-Band NAC
Access protection means making sure that incoming devices conform to IT policies and guidelines, out-of-band NAC means that IT can gain access protection with less cost and network disruption than competing architectures. In this labs based analysis, NAC expert Mike Fratto will build on his ongoing inline NAC assessment research (see September 3) and test the claims of out-of-band NAC suppliers.
Section: NAC
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Mike Fratto |
| November |
Identifying Data Leakage Threat Models
The quest to secure data traverses many different paths. From network data leakage detection to host-based security products and everything in between, we look at what each class of product brings to the table and help IT form an appropriate defense strategy.
Section: Data Protection / Data Privacy
|
Jordan Weins |
| December |
Devising Your Mobile Security Posture
Mobility introduces a completely new range of security concerns, including viruses, secure mobile access, loss of devices or data, and the protection and integrity of portable storage devices. We'll examine the security issues in deploying mobile solutions and help IT find the right security posture.
Section: Data Protection / Data Privacy
|
Sean Ginevan |
| BONUS: January '08 |
Host-based NAC: The Cure for IT Policy Enforcement?
With more employees logging hours outside the confines of corporate networks keeping them protected and in compliance with IT policies is critical for the organization. Host-based NAC vendors claim to have just the solution. We'll assess those vendor claims and examine the IT management issues such as software management, policy development, and solution effectiveness.
Section: NAC
|
Mike Fratto |
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| August |
Location Services in the Enterprise
Emergency services might be the most popular example of an application requiring pinpoint locations, but its hardly the only usage. Find out about location services that leverage WLAN investments as this Rolling Review.
Section: Wireless / Mobility
|
Frank Bulk |
| August |
The Greening of the Data Center
For those interested in going green in the data center, vendor announcements have been coming at a furious pace. From new and improved cooling systems to better server power supplies, the press has treated the news as hotter than an over-clocked Xeon.
Section: Data Center Design & Management
|
Art Wittmann |
| September |
Unfied Storage Management Standards: Still In the Wind
SSMIS (Systems Management Interface Specification), all the rage last year, was supposed to allow storage management consoles to monitor and control third-party devices. Despite the accolades from the vendor community, the fact is that 12 months later few have implemented SMIS in their products. Jon Toigo investigates.
Section: Data Center Design & Management
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Jon Toigo |
| September |
The Data Guardians: Inside Database Extrusion Prevention
Preventing the theft or misuse of data from corporate databases is of top concern to any IT organization. Database extrusion prevention products claim to keep an eye on database assets, reporting when data has been exported or even stopping queries in mid-process. Security expert John Sawyer wraps up months of testing database extrusion prevention products and provides in-depth competitive analysis.
Section: Data Protection / Data Privacy
|
John Sawyer |
| October |
802.11n: The Enterprise and the Wireless Speed Burner
A The fastest WiFi specification yet is out, and now comes the hard part. Should enterprises purchase early 802.11n WiFi products or not? Dave Molta investigates.
Section: Wireless / Mobility
|
Dave Molta |
| October |
On Location: SaaS
We profile a company that's making SaaS work for the business.
Section: SaaS
|
Andrew-Conry Murray |
| October |
Encryption: Don't Leave Home Without It
What happens when a mobile device loaded with sensitive data is lost? Encryption can lessen your worries.
Section: Data Protection / Data Privacy
|
Avi Baumstein |
| October |
Forensics: New Options for the Enterprise
It used to be that when a company needed to find out who did what with its data, the only option was to call in high-priced, specialized consultants armed with high-priced, specialized and highly complex software like Guidance Software's Encase. Is that still the case? John Sawyer investigates.
Section: Data Protection / Data Privacy
|
John Sawyer |
| November |
Virtualization Management
So you've got your VMs deployed. Now how ar eyou going to manage them?
Section: Virtualization
|
Joe Hernick |
| November |
WrapUp: Location Services in the Enterprise
With enterprise Wi-Fi deployments past trial stages and into pervasive coverage, applications such as location services can now be leveraged at a relatively low cost against an installed asset. The retail and healthcare segments are an obvious target for such location plays, but do these Wi-Fi location solutions really provide the accuracy, speed, and application interfaces to make it a competitive business advantage? We'll help you decide as we provide contextual analysis based on our ongoing Location Services test.
Section: Wireless / Mobility
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Frank Bulk |
| November |
One Size Does Not Fit All: WLAN Analysis
Midsize businesses stand to benefit greatly from WLANs, yet too often they're forced to choose: Deploy SOHO gear that lacks managability and security, or commit to enterprise-class systems whose cost and complexity are beyond what their IT staffs -- and budgets -- can bear. Vendors have caught on to this emerging market and are creating controller-based WLAN infrastructures that offer the flexibility of an enterprise system with the management ease of a SOHO access point. We'll look to see how these offerings compare, with an eye toward future developments like 802.11n.
Section: Wireless / Mobility
|
Sean Ginevan |
| December |
Inside Microsoft's SOA Strategy
Andy Dornan examines Microsoft's SOA strategy.
Section: SOA / Web 2.0
|
Andy Dornan |
| December |
User Monitoring: Shortcuts to Solving IT Complaints
With budgets tight, lowering support costs is a priority for any IT organization. Yet all user complaints often take too long to resolve due to a lack of visibility into the user's own experience of the network. User monitors claim to solve the problem. We'll examine the user monitoring market, identify benefits and drawbacks, and help IT select between the various monitoring architectures.
Section: Data Center Design & Management
|
Michael Biddick |
| December |
Storage Problems for Virtual Machines
Server-based virtualization is proving to be the hot technology for hardware consolidation in the data center, but how does the sharing of block- and file-based storage impact the performance of virtual machines? Whether you're using iSCSI or Fibre Channel SANs, NAS, or a mix, we'll explore the ins and outs of attached storage for virtualization, and offer best practices to keep your virtual machines just as happy and well-fed as their physical counterparts.
Section: Virtualization
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Joe Hernick |
| December |
Pre Holiday Issue: Consumer Stuff for Everyone's Network
We review the coolest consumer gadgets for the networking geeks in your life.
Section: Personal Technology
|
Mike Fratto |
| December |
WrapUp: Application Performance Management
Application performance management (APM) is critical to delivering high quality services to end users. In this Rolling Review wrap-up, we offer in-depth, comparative assessments on how well APM solutions deliver on their claims of end-to-end management.
Section: Data Center Design & Management
|
Michael Biddick |
| December |
Is AV Still Relevant?
There's lots of rumbling about the commoditization of antivirus, and AV vendors are all scampering to talk about the "next generation" of endpoint protection to keep their products relevant. With zero-day attacks going from hypothetical (2004) to a common reality (2007), the folks relying purely on signatures are setting themselves up for disaster. We'll look at the road maps of traditional AV vendors like F-Secure, McAfee, Symantec and ISS (IBM) to see what they're doing to stay viable in 2008 and beyond.
Section: Data Protection / Data Privacy
|
John Sawyer |
| BONUS: January '08 |
The 11n Comparative
Comparative of 11n WLAN gear.
Section: Wireless / Mobility
|
Sean Ginevan |
| BONUS: January '08 |
Next Generation Business Processes on the Internet: Web 2.0 Gets Business Chops
The Internet has already had a huge impact on the way enterprise companies operate, but one of the most exciting Internet trends ı Internet-based social networking ı has yet to deliver any benefit to the business community. That's set to change as major software developers and startups alike ready products that aim to bring all of the benefits of wikis, blogs and other hallmarks of online social networking to the enterpris. We examine what's coming down the pike and look at the benefits and pitfalls.
Section: SOA / Web 2.0
|
Andy Dornan |
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