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- Identity and Information Security Integration
- Off late identity management and information security solutions were often procured, implemented, and managed independently with different tools, processes, and organizational units. The separation is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Identity and security integration is already challenging technology vendors, not just IT professionals. RSA, The Security Division of...
- Tags: Information Security, Enterprise Strategy Group, Identity, Integration, Security
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Increasing Storage Efficiency and Reducing Costs in the Data Center Through Effective Capacity Management
- Despite a faltering global economy and flat or reduced IT budgets, data growth continues unabated. Such growth presents a major challenge for storage administrators as they need to accommodate it in addition to other IT initiatives - all with the same or fewer dollars than last year. ESG research has...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Enterprise Strategy Group, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Securing Personally Identifiable Information
- Sensitive information - such as credit card numbers and social security numbers combined with a person's first and last name, (a.k.a., Personally Identifiable Information, or PII) - is everywhere. Employees have easy access to this data as part of their job responsibilities. Files are copied to laptop hard drives and...
- Tags: Personally Identifiable Information, Enterprise Strategy Group, Files, PII Data, Social Security, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Government, Sales
- White papers 2009-05-01
- NetApp SANscreen: Optimizing the Virtualized Data Center
- Today's business environment is more challenging than ever before. Global market conditions are subject to rapid change while compliance and regulation issues continue to be more demanding on IT. In order to be more responsive to the business, organizations are looking to create greater efficiencies and drive more accountability for...
- Tags: Virtual Data Center, NetApp Inc., Data Center, Enterprise Strategy Group, Market Condition, Data Centers, Data Center Virtualization, Web 2.0, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2009-04-01
- The Inevitable All-Ethernet Data Center
- Over the past 15 years, the Internet has changed global communications, business processes, and consumer behavior in an unprecedented way. This change caused many organizations to consolidate data centers and build new types of web applications for rapid development and integration needs. As a result, data centers have become massive...
- Tags: Data Center, Enterprise Strategy Group, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2009-03-01
- The Pressing Need for an Adaptive Threat Management Architecture
- No organization would purposefully create a network that can't meet business demands, but this may happen by proxy - as a result of poor and increasingly ineffective network security. Logic dictates then that sub-par network security could be the difference between business prosperity and failure. This paper concludes that past...
- Tags: Network, Enterprise Strategy Group, Threat Management, Networking, Security
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Addressing the Top Data Protection Challenges in Mixed Physical and Virtual Server Environments: Symantec Backup and Recovery Solutions for Physical and Virtual Servers
- Server virtualization is pervasive in data centers of medium-size to larger organizations. As these organizations leverage server virtualization for Tier 1 applications, it becomes even more critical to ensure availability and protection of systems and data as physical hardware failures can impact numerous workloads. Data protection is often complicated by...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Symantec Corp., Data Protection, Environment, Enterprise Strategy Group, Disaster Recovery, Server Virtualization, Backups, Virtualization, Servers, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-02-01
- Symantec's Data Management Portfolio
- Organizations of all sizes have been undergoing dramatic changes over the last few years. With an increasingly mobile workforce and global marketplace, dependence on digital content and 24/7 access to information have fueled significant investments in IT infrastructure and a near-exclusive use of messaging systems, office productivity tools, and electronic...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Information Technology, Messaging, Enterprise Strategy Group, Workforce, Strategy, Data Management, Instant Messaging, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Management, Internet, Online Communications, Human Resources
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Finding the "Right Fit" for Protecting Virtual Machine Workloads
- Server virtualization brings many benefits, including improved resource utilization, server consolidation, and lower data center operating costs. However, with these benefits comes complexity. Processes and tools that may have worked perfectly in the physical world need to adapt to working in a virtual one. Virtualization significantly changes the game as...
- Tags: Enterprise Strategy Group, Virtual Machine, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Server Consolidation, Benefits, Data Centers, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Storage, Data Management
- White papers 2008-12-01
- Symantec Cuts Storage Costs With Enterprise Vault 8.0
- A consistent innovator in the archive market, Symantec has been continually improving its Enterprise Vault solution to allow customers to save more information with greater efficiency. Enterprise Vault version 8.0, the latest release of the product, has plenty of features that knowledge workers, corporate counsel, and IT can benefit from,...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Enterprise Strategy Group, Enterprise Vault, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-12-01
- Enhancing Operations Efficiency: Symantec Delivers Veritas Operations Services
- Symantec has launched a new suite of services called Veritas Operations Services aimed at improving operational efficiencies in day to day activities like software upgrades, ensuring best practices and accelerating troubleshooting. Today it will work in Symantec's Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server environments. In order for IT to...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., VERITAS Software Corp., Information Technology, Enterprise Strategy Group, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-11-01
- Managing Cost and Risk With Email Archiving for Lotus Domino Presented by Enterprise Strategy Group
- For many global organizations, IBM Lotus Domino is a mission critical application. Just like other e-mail applications, managing Domino has become more challenging in recent years. Messages are now considered business records and sources of electronic evidence. In addition to this legal and regulatory burden, IT has to worry about...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., E-mail Archiving, IBM Lotus Domino, Enterprise Strategy Group, IBM Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications
- Webcasts 2008-09-30
- Trend Micro Smart Protection: Enterprise Strategy Group - Information Security Brief
- 2 ESG Senior Analysts provide their perspective on Trend Micro Smart Protection Network: "The new SaaS model is spot on and a view of things to come for threat management. If Trend Micro can educate the market, convert customers and execute with sales and marketing, the Trend Micro Smart Protection...
- Tags: Information Security, Trend Micro Inc., Enterprise Strategy Group, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Strategy, Managed Hosting, Networking, Emerging Technologies, Sales
- White papers 2008-07-01
- The Growing Need for Endpoint Risk and Operations Management (EROM)
- The irony with EROM is that deployment may be limited by IT culture rather than technology restrictions. IT operations, security, and desktop support tend to act as independent groups with their own budgets and methodologies. Since no one "Owns" EROM or has an EROM budget, this could preclude implementation. ESG...
- Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise Strategy Group, EROM, ESG, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-07-01
- CCS 9.0: A Comprehensive Compliance Management Suite, an Opportunity for Symantec
- Symantec announced a new version of its Control Compliance Suite at its recent Vision event in Las Vegas. What's the big deal? Its new CCS 9.0 may be the most comprehensive compliance suite available today. Since large organizations are clamoring for compliance automation, Symantec may be in a unique position...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Compliance, Enterprise Strategy Group
- White papers 2008-06-01
- Extending Information Control to the Edge
- Most corporate information is created by employees and ends up scattered throughout hard drives, shared file servers or messaging systems. On the surface, it may appear that the growth of unstructured information is solely an IT problem because this group must find cost effective ways to keep it available and...
- Tags: Messaging, Enterprise Strategy Group, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Instant Messaging, File Servers, Groupware, Business Operations, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Enterprise Strategy Group: Data Management Challenges in the Internet Computing Era
- Ever feel like you're storing everything and managing nothing? As data evolves, so must your file management skills. You need new tools to help you keep up. Thankfully, Brocade File Solutions for Windows File Administrators can clear the clutter. With Brocade File Solutions, you'll consolidate, automate, and manage your files...
- Tags: Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Enterprise Strategy Group, Data Management, Internet, Storage, Data Centers, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Grounds for Message Governance
- Electronic communication is the lifeblood of today's organizations. The prevalence of, and dependence on, information exchange vehicles such as e-mail, Instant Messaging IM and File Transfer Protocol FTP increases the likelihood that proprietary information could be exposed to someone other than the intended recipient. Privacy is just one component of...
- Tags: Messaging, Enterprise Strategy Group, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Litigation, Online Communications, E-mail, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Critical Design Decisions: Server Virtualization and Networked Storage
- End-users should be looking for proven technologies that leverage existing investments and expertise. Why try to reinvent the wheel? Creating a virtual machine always involves the provisioning of additional storage resources and the process should be planned with the entire environment in mind. The potential for heterogeneous hypervisor environments is...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Environment, Server, Enterprise Strategy Group, Server Virtualization, Storage, Virtualization, Hardware
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Controlling Storage Costs With Oracle Database 11g
- Recent ESG research indicates that the average database is expected to grow 25% annually. More resources are needed to retain and manage corporate data. Expenses increase due to poor resource utilization - most organizations think 50% storage utilization is acceptable - as companies buy more systems instead of leveraging existing...
- Tags: Database, Oracle Corp., Information Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Strategy Group, Oracle Database, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), Storage, Process Improvement, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-02-01
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