Connecting virtual desktop technology with the disaster recovery process has probably not been a major focus for organizations; however, integrating a disaster recovery plan for the virtual desktop is moving up organizational priority lists for a multitude of reasons. 

Business continuity/disaster recovery requires a holistic approach that includes storage, infrastructure, servers, applications, middleware and the network. If that weren't complicated enough, today's new technologies are testing traditional methods of backup and data protection. It's time to take another look at your BC/DR plan. 

Industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI. 

This SAP Executive Insight examines specific concerns that confront utility executives in today's economy. Further, it describes how gaining greater business visibility and transparency can enable organizations to execute decisively and effectively in this challenging climate. 

Join Brian Babineau, Senior Analyst with ESG, as he explores high-speed, power-efficient deduplication with industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor who have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI. 

There are two sides to desktop business continuity: users' needs and IT management. Users need on-demand accessibility of their desktops, applications and data. IT managers must limit complexity caused by supporting diverse users and hardware. This webcast discusses how to automate and simplify virtual desktop management to improve efficiency. 

Solid state drives (SSD) are going to play everywhere in the enterprise—at the storage array level, at the server level and in users’ notebook computers. This podcast discusses the issues involved in integrating SSDs at these three junctions in enterprise storage environments. 

In this white paper, we take a look at how strong authentication can benefit eCommerce and online services. We will evaluate the risks that identity fraud, phishing and cybercrime pose for online service providers and discuss how strong user authentication can alleviate these risks. 

Device manufacturers are balancing control with innovation, a dynamic that often controls the mobile ecosystem. This is why the McAfee Mobile Security Report 2009 is taking a closer look at manufacturers’ security experiences, their concerns and priorities, and their approach to major security challenges that lie ahead of them in the near future. 

Medium organizations around the globe are increasingly concerned about cyberthreats, and the rising number of incidents shared publicly certainly justifies their worries. At the same time, most organizations have frozen or cut their IT security budgets. Threats up, budgets down. This is what we call the “security paradox.” Read on to learn more. 

CA Virtualization Management solutions provide integrated end-to-end management, business-driven automation and security. As such, CA facilitates virtualization's promise of cost reduction and efficiency gains through consolidation, standardization and lower energy consumption, which drive better business outcomes. 

This paper is actually a combination of four smaller papers all rolled into one PDF. It features articles on revisiting old virtualization practices for new business purposes, desktop virtualization strategies for faster provisioning and migration, network security concerns in a virtual environment, and more.