OK, So Hu Yoshida asked a question that seems a bit silly to a lot of us storage geeks.  I guess this just means that Hu's storage interests are mostly at work and that he doesn't relish the stuff at home as much as some of the rest of us storage sickos.  So whether you work at EqualLogic, EMC, ESG, Netapp, HDS, HP, SUN, iSTOR, Lefthand, Xiotech, Microsoft, IBM, Data Domain, Gear 6, Adaptec, Acopia, Ibrix, Red Hat, Compellent and all the other companies I forgot to name - here's the question for you:   Click To Play ... (more)

Telefónica Mexico And Myriad Group Named As Finalist For GSMA Global Mobile Award

Largest Health Survey Ever Conducted via Mobile Phones Nominated for Top Honour for 'Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development' MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS - February 16, 2010 - Telefónica Mexico and Myriad Group AG, in partnership with the Mexican Federal Ministry of Health and researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, today announced that their combined effort in conducting a H1N1 flu survey via mobile phones has been named a finalist for 'Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development' at the GSM Association 2010 Global Mobile Awards. With more than 56,000 responses from Telefónica subscribers collected in just one day, the survey set a revolutionary benchmark in using mobile technology to analyze the spread of epidemic disease. "The outbreak of H1N1 flu was the largest public health challenge in recent Mexican history," said Fabian Bifar... (more)

Start-Up Encrypts Data in the Cloud

By Maureen O’gara, Cloud Expo A Tel Aviv start-up called Porticor that’s just hit the radar says it’s got a way to secure the cloud, any cloud. Fancy that, a trustworthy cloud. And Porticor delivers its data encryption solution to IaaS and PaaS users through the cloud in minutes. Fancy that. It’s supposed to solve the biggest challenge for data encryption in the cloud – storing keys. It promises that a user’s data encryption key will never be exposed and that it can deliver data security across virtual disks, databases, distributed storage and file systems. All this wonderfulness, called the Porticor Virtual Private Data (VPD) System, a combination of the start-up’s Virtual Appliance and Virtual Key Management Service, comes complements of its patent-pending homomorphic split-key encryption technology, which is supposed to increase security by an order of magnitude... (more)

Run Away From Information!

In the past people would go to professionals because of the lack of information. Now they go to profies because of its abundance. This happens everywhere. If 20 years ago you had stomachache, you’d go to a doctor. Today, you go to Google to find out what helped other people when they had stomachache. After spending several hours trying to narrow down the symptoms so they’d match yours, you’d give up and go to the doctor. OK, I can understand such a pattern. But people don’t stop there. This is how it works more often than not: 1. Got stomachache. 2. Go to Google.com and enter “I got stomachache”. 3. Several hours later, call your doctor and make an appointment. 4. Visit your doctor and get the prescription for XYZin to be taken twice a day. 5. Go to Google.com and enter “XYZin”. Confirm that it helped to most of the people with stomachache. Pretend that you haven’t even... (more)

McAfee, Inc. Named Most Valued Security Vendor by IT Executives

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. , the leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, today announced that CIO Insight, a Ziff Davis publication for IT executives, ranked the company fourth overall in its Vendor Value Research Study alongside Red Hat, Apple, Cisco and Dell. The study also named McAfee(R) the leader in the security vendor category with the most-improved score since 2003 in that category. The CIO Insight Research Study surveyed top IT executives and CIOs to measure their perception of the business value of their vendors' product and service offerings. "It is a great validation to be continually recognized by our customers and partners for our commitment to their success through innovative and reliable security solutions as well as industry best customer service," said Parveen Jain, executive vice pres... (more)

Proofpoint Version 4 Delivers Next-generation Messaging Security to Protect Enterprises from Spam and Viruses, Ensure Privacy of Customer and Employee Data and Guard Against Intellectual Property Leaks

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Proofpoint, Inc., the leader in large-enterprise messaging security solutions, today announced the availability of its next-generation messaging security solutions, the Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway(TM) 4.0 appliance and Proofpoint Protection Server(R) 4.0 software. Proofpoint 4 builds on Proofpoint's industry-leading messaging security technology to provide rapid response protection against spam and viruses, enhanced content security features, advanced message processing features and a variety of core platform enhancements. Proofpoint 4 provides the industry's most comprehensive defense against all forms of message-borne threats including spam, viruses, intellectual property leakage and breaches of customer and employee data. "The release of Proofpoint 4 supports our continued focus on providing our global custome... (more)

atsec information security Evaluates Red Hat Linux 4 Update 2 at Common Criteria EAL3

AUSTIN, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/07/06 -- atsec information security is proud to announce completion of its Common Criteria evaluation of Red Hat Linux 4 Update 2 at evaluation assurance level (EAL) 3 in just six months. The accomplishment adds to atsec's unparalleled reputation for timely completion of Linux evaluations; since December 1, 2004, atsec has initiated and completed five Linux evaluations at EAL3+ and EAL4+ for three different customers. The timely completion of evaluation projects is critical if sponsors are to reap maximum benefit from their investment. atsec's proven success in timely evaluation of Linux products is attributable to the extensive experience of its Linux product evaluators, its ongoing working partnerships with Linux product sponsors, and its excellent relationships with the Common Criteria certifying and validating bodies. Red Hat L... (more)

Elemental Security Platform Earns Certification from the Center for Internet Security

SAN MATEO, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Elemental Security, Inc., the award-winning pioneer of new technology in enterprise information security, today announced that its Elemental Security Platform (ESP) v2.0 has been certified by the Center for Internet Security (CIS) for computing platforms supported by the latest release of Elemental's policy and risk management product. In addition, ESP v2.0 is the industry's first product to complete the CIS' rigorous certification process for the IBM UNIX (AIX) and Sun Solaris 10 platforms. The CIS Benchmark is a set of technical standards that draws upon best practices published by The SANS Institute, the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), as well as consensus guidance from CIS members and users. The CIS Certi... (more)

Platform Computing Launches New Cluster Management Solution

Solution Provides Superior Performance, Reliability and Value TORONTO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Platform Computing, the global leader in High Performance Computing (HPC) management software announces the availability of Platform HPC Workgroup Manager, a new channel-specific solution developed for organizations with workgroup and departmental sized compute clusters. Designed with performance and ease of use in mind, Platform HPC Workgroup Manager is a powerful, turn-key solution, featuring an intuitive web-based management interface and delivering sophisticated workload management capabilities. It includes all the cluster management tools an organization will need to meet the most demanding requirements for application performance and workload management. Platform HPC Workgroup Manager dramatically reduces the engineering effort required to develop and deliver Intel... (more)

DataCore Software Partner Endurance Network Services Finds High-Availability Storage Virtualization Key to Its Success; Spotlight on New DataCore Customer Wins

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. and FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- DataCore Software, a leading provider of storage virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, today announced that Endurance Network Services, a network services integrator specializing in virtualization infrastructure, storage virtualization and high-end operating system integration, has realized great success in backing its clients' virtualized IT environments with DataCore's storage virtualization software solutions. Today, Endurance Network Services has 85 clients, representing all different sizes and all different vertical markets, however, most fall into the category of SMB. New customers for Endurance Network Services that are all leveraging shared storage from DataCore in a virtualized IT environment include: City of Newport News Waterworks; Dominion Termi... (more)

Sun Microsystems' Tech Days Conference World Tour Kicks Off in Brazil

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the details of the Sun Tech Days worldwide developer conference for 2009-10 at http://developers.sun.com/events/techdays/index.jsp. Sun Tech Days is a multi-city world tour designed to showcase how the developer community can leverage Sun technologies, services and products to drive the next generation of industry innovation. Since 1998, the Sun Tech Days worldwide conference has brought together hundreds of thousands of developers and students to learn about technology from industry experts. Sun Tech Days are loaded with technical content, practical "how to" information, examples of real-world solutions, tips on application performance tuning, hands-on training and more. The theme for this year's Sun Tech Days program is "Innovation for the Enterprise" and the first stop for the 2009-10 world tour is in Sao Paul... (more)