Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
Microsoft SharePoint server is a widely implemented information portal. One of the main drivers of its success is that it is largely free. In a typical enterprise, there might be any number of authorized SharePoint servers to which almost everyone has access, plus a few that simply spring up and start growing for specific projects….
Many senior IT staff believe that if they could only protect users from themselves then everyone would be a lot safer and IT processes would be more efficient. Imagine never having to allocate resources to fix a workstation that a user screwed up by downloading free Internet games that were really key loggers. It’s hard…
Over the past few years, more and more businesses have turned to software as a service (SaaS) to bring down costs. One category of offerings, which we’ll call “security as a service” deserves special consideration. More and more traditional software security vendors are developing and enhancing their service based offerings. These offerings typically include protection…
Carlo Strozzi coined the term NoSQL (“Not only SQL”) in 1998, referring to a lightweight database that did not expose a SQL interface. In 2009, Eric Evans of Rackspace dredged up the term and its meaning was still being debated by its coiner while organizing an event with Johan Oskarsson of Last.fm to discuss the…
Many organizations are not only facing increased security risks but also increased regulatory compliance such as that of HIPAA or PCI, both of which mandate that certain security measures be taken. These two factors result in increased attention being paid to security on all levels and all sizes of organizations. In addition, as security plays…
Virtualization is a pretty hot topic in enterprise IT these days. It’s safe to say that everyone has some sort of virtualization project going on. according to a survey by TheInfoPro more than half of new servers in 2009 will be virtualized compared to 30% in 2008. In some way, virtualization is a VMware world….
Given the recent focus on data breaches, it’s no wonder that the data loss prevention (DLP) market is getting a lot of attention these days. In general, these products catalog data, assign security classification, and then monitor and protect data files at rest, in motion, and in use. Knowing who accesses which data files, what…