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* NEWS FROM THE SECURITY STANDARD CONFERENCE:
Video: Security Buzz: What concerns attendees: Attendees at The Security Standard conference in Chicago share their thoughts on the biggest security threats facing enterprises today.
9/11 security lessons lost on businesses?, 09/11/07: In the six years since 9/11 people in charge of key infrastructure have lost their sense of urgency to improve security, according to a panel at the Security Standard conference today.
Data-leakage prevention tools catch errors, not theft, 09/11/07: Data-leakage prevention tools from vendors such as Reonnex, Vontu, Onigma (bought by McAfee), Tablus (bought by EMC/RSA) and Port Authoritiy (bought by WebSense) are more effective against people making honest errors than they are against criminals trying to steal data, said Nick Selby, an analyst with 451 Group who spoke at the Security Standard conference.
Cisco says acquisitions don’t impede best-of-breed, 09/11/07: At the Security Standard Conference in Chicago, Cisco deflected criticism that its acquisitions are hurting innovation by pointing to the maturing security market.
Cisco extends reach of NAC gear, 09/10/07: At the Security Standard conference Monday, Cisco announced it is adding a network access control blade for its branch office routers in a move the company says will push the admission technology to sites where it might not have been affordable before.
* NEWS FROM VMWORLD:
Windows hypervisor gets first public betaCitrix and Microsoft share details of virtualization alliance)
Microsoft later this month will release the first publicly available beta preview of its new hypervisor virtualization technology,company officials said Tuesday. (Read what the bloggers are saying:
VMware acquires virtualization management vendor Dunes, 09/11/07: VMware Tuesday announced it had snapped-up Dunes Technologies, a start-up specializing in business process automation and management in virtual environments.
VMware, beware, 09/10/07: Competition looms for the virtualization frontrunner as VMworld conference kicks off.
VMworld a launching pad for virtualization wares, 09/10/07: VMware isn’t the only vendor unveiling technology at its annual conference. Several exhibitors, too, plan to demonstrate new wares at this week’s VMworld conference in San Francisco, which is expected to draw as many as 10,000 IT professionals. (See main story for more details.)
Chambers gives keynote at after buying $150M of VMware stock: Cisco Chairman and CEO, JOhn Chambers, will be the keynote speaker at VMworld 2007 on Wed. Sept. 12.
InovaWave launches VMware-optimization software, 09/04/07: InovaWave VirtualOctane for ESXServer helps companies optimize the number of virtual machines per physical servers and get better performance out of their VMware environment.
Automation vendor streamlines virtual-server management, 09/04/07: Run-book automation provide Opalis released Process Catalog for Virtualization, a catalog of workflows and automated tasks specific to managing virtual environments. The software will be on display at VMware’s VMWorld 2007 conference.
Dunes unveils SMB-ready virtual appliances, 09/04/07: Dunes packages its virtual data-center automation platform onto two virtual appliances to offer small to midsize companies enterprise-level provisioning and desktop life-cycle management.
Veeam takes on virtual management, 09/05/07: Veeam offers freeware application and commercial products to manage VMware environments.
Virtugo Software pumps up virtual management suite, 09/05/07: Virtugo Software this week announced it had upgraded its flagship software suite with capabilities to better plan for necessary virtual capacity, manage virtual desktops and track resource use within physical and virtual environments.
Virtualization company XenSource unveils OEM edition, 09/05/07: Virtualization vendor XenSource is making an OEM edition of its open source Xen virtualization hypervisor available for server manufacturers.
EMC unveils dedupe, backup for virtual, physical environments, 09/06/07: EMC introduces two appliances for protecting virtual and physical environments.
Microsoft whips up virtualization spin ahead of VMWorld, 09/06/07: Microsoft Thursday went on the offensive saying its first virtual machine management tool would ship next month and spinning its virtualization wares and strategy days ahead of rival VMware’s annual conference scheduled for next week.
Automation vendor streamlines virtual-server management, 09/04/07: Run-book automation provide Opalis released Process Catalog for Virtualization, a catalog of workflows and automated tasks specific to managing virtual environments. The software will be on display at VMware’s VMWorld 2007 conference.
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