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Drafting VARs Could Secure U.S. Digital Infrastructure
The sorry state of cyber-security in the United States has made the nation vulnerable to attacks on its entire infrastructure, from the Internet to the national power grid, according to a Washington-based think tank. Now it’s up to solution providers to help accomplish what the federal government has not been able to–lock down our cyber-borders.…
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Juniper Targets Cisco’s Data Center Dominance
If you could achieve “data center nirvana” for your customers, what would it look like? Analysts say a simple, scalable architecture based on a single, logical core device with unlimited ports, seamless server and storage connections, and a unified management solution would come pretty close to perfection. Fortunately for solution providers, most businesses’ data centers…
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Software Vendors, Solution Providers Eye SAAS Disruptive Threat
IT solution providers aren’t the only businesses keeping a watchful eye on the potential disruptive threat from software-as-a-service offerings. Software vendors have been watching the trend too, as companies such as Salesforce.com have made a splash in the SAAS market and put established business applications players such as SAP and Oracle scrambling for a defensive…
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Microsoft, RSA Partner to Develop Next-Gen Data Loss Prevention
In unveiling a new technology sharing and development alliance, Microsoft and RSA—the security division of storage giant EMC—took the first step toward creating the next-generation of data loss prevention technology in which the protection of sensitive digital assets will eventually reside in the fabric of the IT infrastructure. Microsoft will integrate RSA’s data loss prevention…
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Invest in the 3 R’s of Marketing
You can call our current economic state a downturn, recession or depression, but either way it means that money is tight and it takes more effort to drive customers to your doors. Now is the time when most businesses are reviewing expenses and looking to cut anywhere they can. One of the favorite sacrificial lambs…
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Securing the Cloud: How Safe Is that Data?
As more and more companies embrace cloud computing for their IT business needs, the question becomes how secure is the data that in some cases may reside thousands of miles away? A company using SAAS (software as a service) CRM, ERP or data backup applications not only wants to be sure the data outside its…