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Testing security suites in real-life conditions is essential
Anti-malware security suite testing receives a lot of attention, but it's important to appreciate that different testing methods can produce vastly different and even misleading results. A decent security suite is greater than the sum of its parts: it's designed in layers to thwart various attacks at various stages. Testing individual components of a security suite on their own - or testing in an environment that doesn't reflect real-world conditions - often fails to give an accurate picture of a security suite's overall performance.
[ + ]Conroy outlines NBN commitment to AIIA
The Australian Information Industry Association has welcomed the focus on communications, broadband and the digital economy being brought to the national election campaign by the Australian Government. [ + ]
Social media demands a review of your security framework
The time lapse between the beginning of publicly available internet and what we now refer to as Web 2.0 was short. A relative nanosecond in terms of history. Rob Forsyth jumps forward from the history of the internet to social media and advocates that organisations need to embrace security to enable as much access to technologies as possible under a robust security framework.
[ + ]CIO implements cloud-based applications
Having been CIO of South East Water in Victoria for six years has not diminished Marcus Darbyshire’s excitement for the job. In fact, he says he has the best job in the company. How many people can say that and actually mean it? Voice&Data’s Merri Mack finds out why.
[ + ]The hidden challenges of virtualisation
For all its advantages, virtualisation brings some unique challenges. Data centre power consumption may be lower but each server draws more power; and while there are fewer servers, each one becomes more critical than ever. Each beneficial change has flow-on effects that need to be managed. The good news is that there are practical and affordable ways to address all these challenges, and improve data centre efficiency in the process. Who better to explain than Eaton’s Craig Gob.
[ + ]Enabling corporate cloud storage
Innovations in cloud storage services are causing a growing number of enterprises to take notice. After all, keeping up with data growth using the traditional storage model is fast becoming a challenge. Compounding this issue are the challenges of supporting a growing number of critical applications as well as rich media types while also meeting demanding service level requirements within strict budget constraints.
[ + ]Unified data centre infrastructure
Forget separate stacks of networking, storage and servers. The latest trend among vendors and service providers is to offer complete, pre-integrated unified infrastructure platforms. Andrew Collins looks at whether integration equals innovation.
[ + ]Server virtualisation results in a more complex network
Server virtualisation and blade servers may be driving data centre consolidation and changing the way networks are built; they tend to result in more complex network designs. While these technologies are delivering impressive efficiencies on the server side, their impact on rising numbers of network tiers in the data centre is significant.
[ + ]Save energy and costs in the data centre
In the last few years, the data centre industry has been under increasing financial pressure driven by new IT technologies and rising energy costs. Christian Bertolini, APC by Schneider Electric, Chief Technology Officer, Pacific, sets out ways to alleviate these pressures and costs.
[ + ]A passion for high performance and high availability
The challenge for Steve Maddocks, AARNet’s Director of Operations, is to keep AARNet’s vital network in an optimal state, which means high performance and high availability that meet the service level agreement of 99.999%. Achieving this gives him an immense sense of satisfaction. Maddocks explains to Voice&Data’s Merri Mack that the key to success is a strong emphasis on measurement.
[ + ]Government data centres are set for massive shake-up
A metamorphosis underway with government data centres is set to accelerate later this year especially in the federal government sphere. This has been set in train by the Gershon review, an independent review of the Australian government’s use and management of information and communication technology. Merri Mack reports on the evolution of government data centres.
[ + ]Datapod wins international design award
Canberra data centre manufacturer Datapod has won an Australian International Design Award for excellence in innovation and design in the Business and Technology category. It is the first time in the event’s history that a data centre design has received this award. [ + ]
How to deliver a first-class mobile internet experience
Mobile broadband take-up is expanding rapidly but there are steps to be taken that will make the user's experience worthwhile. Tellabs' Mike O'Malley outlines these steps.
[ + ]Is outsourcing your security the best option?
Andrew Collins takes a quick look at the pros and cons of cloud-based hosted security solutions.
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