Tag: cloud

  • Virtualization, Cloud Technologies Add Complexity to Disaster Recovery Initiatives: Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    Security specialist Symantec  announced the global results of its sixth annual Symantec Disaster Recovery Study, which demonstrates the growing challenge of managing disparate virtual, physical and cloud resources because of added complexity for organizations protecting and recovering mission-critical applications and data. In addition, the study shows that virtual systems are not properly protected. The study… Read more

  • Study: Virtualization, Cloud Management Can Be Tricky

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Network Instruments announced the findings of its fourth annual State of the Network Global Study. The study’s findings suggest a need for IT organizations to monitor performance and identify potential trouble spots as organizations move to cloud-based projects, virtualization, and unified communication initiatives. The report concluded these technologies, while being adopted, present “enormous” troubleshooting challenges… Read more

  • Google Apps To Switch or Not to Switch

    Google Apps To Switch or Not to Switch

    Chris Talbot

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    Google Apps To Switch or Not to Switch Time for a refreshChoosing Google Apps just after you’ve made a significant hardware and software upgrade doesn’t make much sense. The right time to consider a change is when it’s time to refresh your organizations technology again. No Title PricingCohn said the difference in cost between Google… Read more

  • Physical Appliances Replaced by “on-Demand”

    Physical Appliances Replaced by “on-Demand”

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Physical Appliances Replaced by “on-Demand” When it comes to private clouds, Gartner says traditional silo-ed security deployments on physical appliances won’t cut it. Instead, delivering security solutions through a service model will help security controls to adapt and protect information and workloads where needed. Exposure of Security APIs Gartner says RESTful APIs (open representational state… Read more

  • Cloud Storage Vendors Worth a Look

    Cloud Storage Vendors Worth a Look

    Chris Talbot

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    Cloud Storage Vendors Worth a Look Google AppsWith online document creation and sharing features, Google Apps has become a major player in the cloud services market for consumers and businesses. Google unveiled its cloud storage service earlier this year as part of its Google Apps business offerings. For $50 per user per month, businesses get… Read more

  • Google Apps Authorized Reseller Program Doubles its Ranks

    Jessica Davis

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    Google Apps Authorized Reseller Program has reached another milestone – over 2,000 global resellers, the company announced in the Official Google Enterprise Blog this week. Google was quick to point out that it has doubled its number in the last eight months and reached the number less than two years after the program’s launch. In… Read more