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When cloud computing first emerged, fears started to grow among IT staff that it would affect their jobs as a result of the business outsourcing functions that currently lay within their remit. That worry undoubtedly still exists but the picture isn’t as simple as ‘cloud computing equals...
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David Shephard
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May 16, 2013
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Filed under: Cloud Computing, cloud security, Cloud, CIO, outsourcing, Access Management, BYOD, Bring Your Own Device, David Shephard, Data Leak, Security Web, IDG Connect, Microsoft Exchange, Cloud Provider, Cloud Services, IT department, Security Specialist
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Whether it’s lifestyle or investing, taking the balanced approach often provides the best results. The same can said for cloud security. Cloud is popular because it offers flexibility of resources (including people), allows new ways to conduct business (especially collaboration) and a way to sidestep...
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Kent Purdy
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May 15, 2013
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Filed under: Cloud Computing, Gartner, InfoWorld, Risk Management, Regulations, Consumerization, Cloud, Risk, HR Policy, Human Resources, mandates, BYOD, Kent Purdy, Bring Your Own Device, Security Web, Sophie Vanhegan, David Linthicum, Information Leaks, Budget, HR Magazine, GQ Employment Law, CIOs, Intellectual Assets
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We like to think of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as a new phenomenon but nothing could be further from the truth. In the 1980s when the PC was introduced, employees started buying them on departmental budgets and running spreadsheets because of the difficulty of getting time on the corporate mainframe...
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David Shephard
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May 1, 2013
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Filed under: Data Breach, Compliance, Cloud, iPad, BYOD, Bring Your Own Device, David Shephard, Security Web, PC, Salesforce.com, Lotus 1-2-3
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In some ways—the identity and access management world is more abstract than art nowadays. Identity and access management are mostly services, not hardware devices. Sure - all those services are still running on hardware somewhere - no matter how "virtualized" or "cloud-based"...
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Wes Heaps
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Apr 22, 2013
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Filed under: Cloud Computing, Cloud, SaaS, Service Providers, IAM, Identity Management, Identity and Access Management, Access Management, Wes Heaps, Security Web, Privileged User, Ghost in the Machine
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Employee-owned devices – also known as BYOD – are quickly becoming the norm in most businesses. Not only does BYOD lead to greater employee satisfaction, it can reduce the hardware, support and maintenance bills and improve recruitment, as people increasingly expect to be able to use the...
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Hacking will begin on April 8th for the NetIQ Cloud Manager Hack Week. We'll be breaking out of our normal teams and collaborating with those around us - including you. Hack Week is one way we encourage innovation through experimentation around the company. This week, a wide range of folks here are...
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David Shephard
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Apr 2, 2013
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Filed under: NetIQ, Cloud computing, cloud, Cloud Manager, David Shephard, Innovation, Data Center Solutions, Product, Development, Hack Week, Engineering, HackWeek
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on Wednesday, I had the pleasure of presenting at ISACA's Enterprise Risk Management: Provide Security from CyberThreats virtual conference on Building a Cloud-Ready Security Program. I talked about the Cloud, about the ways that cloud makes your world complex and some things you can control. Here...
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Renee Bradshaw
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Mar 22, 2013
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Filed under: NetIQ, Change Control, cloud security, Cloud, ISACA, Renee Bradshaw, DropBox, Access Management, BYOD, Bring Your Own Device, IT Security, Security Web, Privileged User Monitoring, hacktivism, CyberThrearts
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In my previous blog post , I concluded that Recovery-as-a-service (RaaS) offers the benefits of traditional offsite recovery at a fraction of the price. It does this by combining the benefits of virtual infrastructure and cloud, offering businesses an opportunity to reduce the cost and increase the flexibility...
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Steve Stavridis
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Jan 31, 2013
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Filed under: vmware, virtualization, NetIQ, cloud, PlateSpin Protect, Disaster Recovery, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, Privatete/hybrid RaaS, PlateSpin Forge, Public RaaS
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Extending on the benefits of Virtual Disaster Recovery that I covered in Part 4 –“Virtualization has changed nearly everything, including DR” , I would like to take a look at its natural evolution in taking DR to Cloud. So what is Cloud based DR? The term ‘Cloud based Disaster...
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Steve Stavridis
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Jan 15, 2013
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Filed under: virtualization, cloud, Forrester, Disaster Recovery, RPO, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, RTO, Virtual Disaster Recovery, failover, Cloud based Disaster Recovery, Storage-as-a-Service, DR-as-a-Service, Cloud-to-Cloud Disaster Recovery, Do-it-Yourself, DRaaS, DIY, C2C DR, Data Center Solutions
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Virtualization has changed nearly everything in the data center including servers, network, storage and DR. A few years back, I heard the phrase that in IT, there is a “virtual version of virtually everything”. No doubting that the phrase rings true today. In this part, I would like to take...
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Steve Stavridis
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Jan 9, 2013
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Filed under: vmware, workload, virtualization, Windows, cloud, Disaster Recovery, RPO, Phyical Server, IT, Risk, Linux, DR, Steve Stavridis, RTO, Traditional Disaster Recovery, Virtual Disaster Recovery, Production Source Workloads, recovery, failover, Virtual DR, Data Center Solutions
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With the new year comes an article at Computerworld titled, " The IT manager's revitalization guide ". It's basically a link to a variety of opinions on how IT managers can progress their professional and personal growth in 2013. There's a lot of interesting topics in there, but...
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Before delving any further, in this part of my “Should you move your DR to the Cloud” blog series, I think it is important that I cover some DR concepts and acronyms. An understanding of these concepts and acronyms are essential in any DR discussion. It will also ensure we’re all on...
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Steve Stavridis
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Dec 18, 2012
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Filed under: virtualization, cloud, Recovery Point Objective, Disaster Recovery, BackUp, RPO, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, Restore, RTO, Recovery Time Objective, Traditional Disaster Recovery, Server Workload, Virtual Disaster Recovery, Data Center Solutions
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In a recent article on ZDNet , Nick Heath summarizes the Forrester predictions for changes to cloud computing to be expected in 2013. One of the predictions in particular struck me, because it's what I hear from many of you. "Businesses will acknowledge that virtualization does not mean cloud"...
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Travis Greene
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Dec 14, 2012
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Filed under: virtualization, cloud, Forrester Research, ZDNet, Public Cloud, Private Cloud, IaaS, 2013 Predictions, AWS, Amazon Web Services, Nick Heah, Data Center Solutions
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It’s true that nobody likes expensive insurance. Most of us look at ways to reduce our insurance premiums on our homes, cars, boats etc. We do this because it’s a cost that we don’t initially see the value in. It’s also something we may never need. So therefore, minimizing the...
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Steve Stavridis
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Dec 12, 2012
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Filed under: vmware, NetIQ, cloud, Gartner, Disaster Recovery, DR, Steve Stavridis, vForum, Insurance, 80/20 Rule, Critical, Data Center Solutions
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In my travels across the Asia Pacific region in recent months, I’ve been talking to several Managed Service/Cloud Providers and customers about Disaster Recovery (DR) in the cloud. Interestingly, Gartner states that by 2014, over 30% of midsize companies will have adopted DR in the cloud or recovery...
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Steve Stavridis
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Dec 10, 2012
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Filed under: vmware, virtualization, NetIQ, cloud, Australia, Gartner, Disaster Recovery, DR, RaaS, Recovery-as-a-Service, Steve Stavridis, vForum, Data Center Solutions