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From the Catbird seat - VMshield 2.0

The traditional leaders in security software along with many startups are trying to be the "go to people" when it comes to security in a virtual world. Each has its own agenda, of course. Catbird has taken one of the more innovative approaches, that is monitoring network traffic to dynamically...

Tags: Network, Monitoring, Virtual Machine, Catbird, VMshield 2.0, VM, Desktop Virtualization, Security, Networking, Hardware, Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Security for virtual environments from the Catbird Seat

Alright, the title is a bit of a stretch. What can I say, I love bad puns. I spoke with my friends from Catbird after VMworld and have only now found the time to post something about that conversation. Bad Analyst! Go to your room! ...

Tags: Network, Compliance, Virtual Environment, Catbird, V-Security 2.0, TrustZones, Catbird Control Center, Security, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Virtualization: What are the security risks?

Virtualization will become dominant in enterprises, but the security risks are fuzzy at best. Meanwhile, the usual defense--firewalls, security appliances and such aren't ready for virtualization. Those are some of the big takeaways from a ThinkEquity report by Jonathan Ruykhaver. Another big takeaway is that enterprises could...

Tags: Hypervisor, Security Risk, Environment, Virtual Machine, Attack, Ruykhaver, Reflex Security, BlueLane, Catbird, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Security, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-22

Response to InfoWorld's Choices on 2007's Top Technology

First of all, I must note for the record that InfoWorld has never given me an award as being top in any category. I'm thankful that they've spared their readers that pain. Now that I've gotten that over with, I'd like to comment on an article I recently read over...

Tags: InfoWorld, Catbird, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Catbird launches Pocket V-agent

As I've mentioned before, I believe that security software for virtualized environments is going to be an increasingly contested market. At this point, a very few entries have been launched. Catbird's V-agent see this post was one of the first. Well, the folks at Catbird have come up with yet...

Tags: Network, Resource, Catbird, Pocket V-Agent, Data Centers, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-10-03

Catbird secures virtualized environments

A short while ago, I had a wonderful conversation with Edmundo Costa, CEO, and Tamra Newberger, VP of marketing, of Catbird , about a new product they were launching. Since I've spoken with them many times in the past when they were associated with Tarantella and the Santa Cruz Operation,...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-07-05

Additional Resources

Layer 7 Technologies Security in the Cloud

Paul Rochester, CEO, and Scott Morrison, VP Engineering and Chief Architect, of Layer 7 Technologies, dropped by virtually to introduce me to their company's technology and the philosophy behind their products. After a while, I was able to understand the approach they were taking and how extensible and flexible it...

Tags: Layer 7 Technologies Inc., XML, Security, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Layer 7 Application Services Governance

Layer 7 Technologies', CEO, Paul Rochester, and VP of Engineering/Chief Architect, K. Scott Morrison, stopped by telephonically to introduce their company, its philosophy and bring me up to date on their product portfolio. The company offers server appliances and virtual appliances that take on the tasks of firewall, compliance enforcer,...

Tags: Web, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Channel Management, Web Services, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-23

ExtraHop

Management of systems, applications and various services has always been challenging. Add virtualization into the mix and the task becomes much more complex. I've spoken with a number of companies that have taken it upon themselves to address this issue. This time, I had an opportunity to speak with Jessie...

Tags: Product, Extrahop Networks, ExtraHop Product, Web Site Development, Servers, Internet, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-03-31

News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Catbird Compliance Enforcer

I believe that security is often the last thing IT planners are thinking about when building a virtual environment. It really ought to be higher up on the priority list. by Dan Kusnetzky

Tags: Software, Security, Virtual Server, Catbird Compliance Enforcer, Compliance Enforcer, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Ip storage, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-18

Altor Networks security for virtual environments

Altor Network's Amir Ben-Efraim, CEO, spoke to me recently about Altor VF. The company claims it is the first "purpose built" firewall for virtualized environments. Like Catbird see Security of virtual environments from the Catbird Seat, Altor sees that controlling the network traffic is a good way to offer a...

Tags: Network, Virtual Environment, Altor Network, Altor VF, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-22

Stonesoft Security in Virtual Environments

Stonesoft Security in Virtual EnvironmentsOther VendorsHow do you think Stonesoft's products compare to other virtualization security vendors such as Altor Networks, Catbird Networks, TBD Networks, or Montego Networks? They all have their own security strategy, but I find the virtual firewalls interesting. You can find a lot of information about...

Tags: Stonesoft, Stonesoft Security, Virtual Environments, security

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Microsoft Vista creates problems - Kidaro to the rescue

I just read through the announcement the Microsoft is acquiring the "desktop virtualization" player Kidaro. It didn't take much thought to understand the reasons why if one only reads media and analyst comments about Microsoft's current desktop operating system, Microsoft Vista Who's Kidaro? I...

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Virtualization, Kidaro Presents Virtual Corporate, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-03-13

Virtual Appliances: Once and done philosophy in action

Suppliers offering "virtual appliance servers" have often stopped by to brief me on their products and how they're going to take over the market in some segment or another. The most recent example was a really interesting discussion I had with Dave Asprey, VP of Marketing for Zeus Technology, about...

Tags: Appliance, Network, Zeus Technology, Product, Networking, Security, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-02-28

Virtualization: What are the security risks?

Virtualization: What are the security risks?The biggest security risk in virtualizationis the usual suspect: the administrator. The only difference is that with virtualization there is a chance that the administrator may let his guard down in areas in which he thinks he is safe when he isn't.RE: Virtualization: What are...

Tags: Firewalls, Utility computing, Storage management, virtualization, security risk, security, firewall

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Mapping Application Dependencies - Tideway Systems Virtual Appliance

As organizational application portfolios become ever more complex and interdependent, it can be quite a challenge for IT administrators to keep current on what applications work with what other applications, what data sources are used by what applications, and, of course, where various IT resources reside at the moment. Tideway...

Tags: Appliance, Application, Tool, Productivity, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-12-19

V-Kernel Capacity and Chargeback Virtual Appliance

The folks from V-Kernel contacted me and asked if I was interested in learning more about their product. I, of course, said yes. I know, it's a disease. I can't help myself. I'm really interested in learning more about virtualization technology. Quick rundown of V-Kernel ...

Tags: Appliance, Chargeback, V-Kernel Here, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Change Management, Hardware, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-11-21

SCO, it was good to know ya... you coulda been so much more

SCO, it was good to know ya... you coulda been so much moreBelated obituaryThe Santa Cruz Operation died in 2002. The pieces were sold to Caldera (a Linux distributor, mind) and the rest eventually went to Sun Microsystems.The last five years haven't been so much a long slide into...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Waywardness, IBM Corp., SCO Group Inc., Caldera Systems Inc., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-09-19

Kidaro Presents Virtual Corporate “To-Go�

Ran Oelgiesser, VP of Product Markting for Kidaro, had a lengthy discussion about the company and it's recently announced product and I'd like to present what I learned. I'd like to also point out that this is the very first time a supplier's representative sent me an encrypted, password protected...

Tags: Access virtualization

Blog posts 2007-07-31