Many businesses have adopted virtualization solutions to consolidate hardware resources, particularly as the technology has evolved to enable easy provisioning. However, businesses have recently run into some challenges that stem from a proliferation of virtual machines. The first, according to a re...

With data entering and exiting organizations from every angle, it can be difficult to pinpoint where the data security risks lie. Fortunately, a recent MeriTalk survey of government IT managers outlined the most frequent sources of data loss. What may be surprising is that trends like bring-your-own...

Virtualization is a highly effective method for increasing the efficiency and availability of physical IT infrastructures, and reducing traditionally high fixed infrastructure costs. According to leading research firms, as many as 95% of enterprises are using some form of virtualization. Today, orga...

The value of physical data backup methods is that they are frequently considered more secure than their virtual or web-connected counterparts. However, that logic may be giving organizations a false sense of security and raising the risk of information loss. One financial institution recently learn...

In the past, data center security was simpler to implement; in fact, there was a time when data center managers could see all the inputs and outputs to the mainframe in one or two rooms. However, this was when data was input via punched cards and output was recorded on tape or impact printers using ...