Mike Vizard

The trouble with compliance in general and data loss prevention (DLP) in particular is that it can cost quite a bit to put a system into place. Naturally, that leads a lot of people to consider an alternative approach in the cloud. However, a DLP approach to the cloud can introduce additional levels of compliance […]

In a world where virtual machines and the guest operating systems that ride on top of them can come and go in a matter of minutes, keeping track of who accessed what can be problematic. Xceedium this week announced that IT organizations running VMware can now rise to that challenge using XSuite for VMware, a […]

There’s a lot of debate these days about the best place to apply software-defined networking (SDN) technologies. Providers of networking equipment say the center of the networking universe is still the controller. Others argue that SDN by definition needs to be deployed higher up the stack. Now providers of application delivery controllers (ADCs) are starting […]

For the past several years, Strangeloops Networks has carved out a niche by building dedicated appliances that speed up Web application performance. This week it looks like that technology may finally be heading for more mainstream usage following the acquisition of Strangeloop Networks by Radware. According to Radware COO Ilan Kinreich, the long-term plan is […]

As part of a broader effort to create a new standard that will create an open standard to address strong authentication, Nok Nok Labs today launched a Unified Authentication Infrastructure platform that works with a broad array of existing technologies such as fingerprint sensors or webcams, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips, or voice biometrics, to […]

PHP has become increasingly popular as an application development environment in the enterprise primarily because it runs faster inside Web applications than either Java or Microsoft.NET and there is no shortage of developers who know how to program in it. Now Zend wants to make it easier to actually manage the deployment of PHP applications. […]

BYOD Resistance Remains Stiff Within IT The IT community seems to be equally divided between seeing the whole BYOD phenomenon as a boon to corporate productivity or as a disaster in the making. In fact, a new global survey of 1,485 IT leaders, conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Dell Quest suggests it’s even […]

Calling cyber weapons the worst innovation of the century, Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky is calling on world governments to ban their usage in much the same way that chemical weapons have been banned. Speaking at the recent Kaspersky Partner Conference, Kaspersky says he is making it his personal mission to save the world from […]

Thanks to the rise of open source alternatives, we’re starting to see a lot more adoption of IT automation in the data center. But as promising a development as that is, the providers of commercial IT automation offerings say the complexity of managing virtual machines across multiple data centers will soon push IT organizations to […]

State of Mobile Application Development in the Enterprise While all-things mobile are a hot topic in the enterprise, a new survey suggests it may be some time yet before most IT organizations are developing their own mobile applications. A new survey of 146 subscribers of Mobile Enterprise Magazine conducted by moTwin, a provider of a […]

Antivirus (AV) software vendors are taking it on the chin these days. Not only are there more sophisticated attacks than ever, but the quality of free AV software is getting better with each passing day. As a result, many customers are trying to understand whether AV software is critically important enough to pay for, while […]

VDI Adoption Gains SMB Momentum Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has a bad reputation, especially among end users who tend to view it as the IT department impinging one of their essential liberties. And yet VDI adoption continues to grow. Large enterprises, dealing with a host of issues that range from compliance to reducing the cost […]