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AppSense Unveils Smartphone Encryption
February 22, 2012
DataLocker, which will enable smartphone users to encrypt sensitive information in personal cloud services like Dropbox, is the first product to come out of the new research arm created by virtualization technology provider AppSense. Intended to create new computing technologies geared at both end users and IT, the focus of AppSense Labs will be "to research technologies that include cloud, mobile and data, and to build prototype products that bring a consumer experience to IT," the company says.
Annual e-Discovery Demands, Expenses Skyrocket
February 21, 2012
The good news is companies are becoming increasingly familiar with predictive coding, but the more unsettling news is they are facing up to $20 million in annual e-discovery expenses. According to the third annual study of streamlining and reducing the cost of e-discovery on inside counsel at mostly Fortune 1000 companies, 81% of respondents are familiar with predictive coding to determine whether a document is appropriate to include in a case, states legal industry analyst Ari Kaplan, who conducted the study in tandem with e-discovery provider FTI Technology. Predictive coding is an algorithm that provides the ability to review documents combining artificial intelligence with a lawyer's input.
Virtual Backup Challenges Enterprise IT
February 21, 2012
Organizations continue to remain challenged when it comes to ensuring data is adequately protected and recoverable, even though advances have been made in backup and data protection technology, industry observers say. Among the reasons cited are that data protection processes don't get reviewed frequently enough, there are few SLA requirements, and a lack of visibility into the results of data protection activities.
Cloud Security: No Guarantees
February 17, 2012
When adopting a cloud service--whether it's software as a service or platform as a service--enterprise IT organizations frequently make the assumption that the provider's security will be an improvement over the security of their own on-premise systems. Verifying that this is true, however, is tricky, and, in the end, there are no guarantees.
Skanska Joins The Data Center Mod Squad
February 17, 2012
Infrastructure and construction contractor Skanska USA has unveiled what it is calling one of the most efficient, greenest data centers in the world. The Mission Critical Center of Excellence will use Skanska's new modular design strategy, which will deliver a power usage efficiency (PUE) of 1.15, company officials say. Traditional data centers have a PUE of 2.0, says Terry Rennaker, VP of Skanska USA CoE.
Cisco & Friends Debate Cloud Future
February 17, 2012
Cloud computing is evolving to the point where unique clouds will be developed for specific industry verticals, such as healthcare, government and financial services, predicts a Cisco Systems executive speaking at the CloudConnect 2012 conference this week in Silicon Valley. This runs contrary to what some have called the Coke versus Pepsi rule--that companies would not want to be in multitenant cloud environments with their competitors.
Flexibility Key To Next-Gen Networks
February 16, 2012
Data centers are becoming more scalable, but networking equipment can't keep up, and that's causing problems. In the new world of virtualization, cloud and data center consolidation, networks must become as flexible as virtualization has made servers.
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