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<title><![CDATA[Encrypting Critical Backup Data]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356096]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Given the recent spate of high-profile cases where lost or stolen backup tapes exposed thousands of confidential health and financial records, the need to encrypt sensitive data has taken on even greater urgency. This paper looks at some of the options today's enterprises have when it comes to protecting critical backup data.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:06:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Data Center Automation in a New Light]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356095]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[In most modern data centers today, application management is a major undertaking. Large enterprises may have hundreds to thousands of servers, hosting thousands of applications. For a subset of applications needing specific uptimes, enterprises may deploy traditional high availability clustering. But these applications generally represent less than 10 percent of the total applications within a data center. While the rest may not have application clustering deployed, end users are still affected if outages occur. For this large application set, most data centers rely on a combination of scripting and monitoring to keep applications available to users. Large companies generally deploy an enterprise monitoring framework to monitor the availability of specific network, server, and application components. This framework provides status and notification to operations staff.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:05:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Changing Face of Online Fraud]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356093]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Not that long ago some officials were declaring the war against spam all but won. The Federal Trade Commission as recently as December 2006 published a "State of spam" report, citing research indicating spam had leveled off or even dropped during the previous year. But lately there have been disturbing signs that spam is staging a comeback - and becoming more widespread than ever. In fact, some reports suggest there is twice as much spam circulating today as a year ago. What's worse, researchers attribute this resurgence in unwanted email to so-called "Image spam" that is often tied to fraudulent penny stock schemes.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:04:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Advanced Storage for Microsoft Exchange]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356092]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[As every enterprise knows all too well, the amount of email generated by workers every day is skyrocketing. And yet many enterprises continue to rely on point products to solve their storage management challenges. That's a problem, according to Forrester Research Analyst, who observed recently: "As storage budgets skyrocket, enterprises need to take a more holistic approach to their storage environment by developing a comprehensive storage strategy and shifting their focus to storage processes and management tools - not just technology... Improvements to storage processes and management tools will have the biggest impact on internal customers, as well as on the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the storage organization." ("The Next-Generation Storage Organization," Forrester Research, September 25, 2006).]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:03:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Increasing Control in the Storage Environment]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356091]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[With budgets decreasing and storage requirements increasing, the need for better storage management is apparent. The decision to implement a storage resource management solution, however, isn't one that should be taken lightly. While the rewards can be significant, so too can the up-front effort required to achieve the vision. Storage resource management is more than technology; it's also dependent on how the organization drives the business, manages the information, and uses that information to make better business decisions. Ultimately, the desired result of such a solution is to enable IT to deliver storage services to the business that are measurable, accountable, and tightly integrated with business objectives.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:02:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Security 2.0]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356090]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Security 2.0 is not a new service or application. Rather, it is an integration of software, services, and partnerships that protect the most important asset - information - and interactions. Security 2.0 has evolved in response to a dramatically shifting threat landscape. Previous editions of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report have documented that attack activity has evolved from being motivated by status for technical prowess to being motivated by financial gain. Many of today's threats are designed to gather information that has financial value to the attacker. This can include personal information that can be used for the purpose of identity theft (the act of stealing the information) or fraud (using the information to commit fraud).]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:01:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing the Windows Vista Migration]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356089]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[As organizations move to Windows Vista, they'll need a migration strategy that keeps conflicts and system disruptions in check, minimizes user downtime and inconvenience, and doesn't expose systems to security threats. Symantec's Ghost Solution Suite can help with all stages of an OS migration. This paper looks at how a successful migration strategy will keep conflicts and system disruptions in check, minimize user downtime and inconvenience, and avoid exposure to security threats. It then shows how Symantec's Ghost Solution Suite can help with the principal stages of a Windows OS migration, including Windows Vista.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:00:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latest Symantec Security Report Sheds Light on Data Theft]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356088]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Today's threat environment is characterized by an increase in data theft and data leakage, and the creation of malicious code that targets specific organizations for information that can be used for financial gain. That's the conclusion of the latest Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, released March 19. The semi-annual report, one of the most anticipated works of research in the global IT community, also finds that increasingly refined attack methods are being supported by growing global networks of cyber criminals.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:59:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Security 2.0 and the Challenge of Managing User Identities]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356087]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations that deliver a secure experience to end users - regardless of whether they're partners, suppliers, or customers - will not only reduce their risks but also create a competitive advantage for their companies. With more secure identities and transactions, businesses will be better able to retain customers and reduce their own risk of fraud. The ultimate goal of Security 2.0 is the protection of users - regardless of the device they use, the online transaction they conduct, or the threat they face.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:58:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Importance of Rapid System Recovery]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356086]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Windows system recovery has never been easy. Traditionally, it has been a very manual, intensive, and lengthy process. It can involve repairing the hardware and then reinstalling the operating system, applications, patches, and system updates - with several reboots along the way. Administrators then need to reconfigure the system back to its pre-failure state. All told, the process can take days or even weeks. That sort of timetable is untenable in today's mission-critical environments. Today, all systems - from servers to desktops to laptops - must be quickly recoverable, whether to similar or dissimilar hardware. Failure to return promptly to a productive state could result in significant lost revenue, loss of employee productivity, not to mention a damaged reputation.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:56:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Make Data Deduplication Part of Your Overall Backup Strategy]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356085]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Rapid storage growth across the enterprise, both inside and outside the data center, has challenged traditional backup approaches. This paper examines these challenges, sheds light on symptoms that often precede larger data protection problems, and investigates how a new disk-based backup technology called data deduplication can be an effective tool for solving pressing backup and recovery challenges.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:55:48 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Key Considerations for Classifying and Intelligently Archiving Email]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356084]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Email has become as mission-critical as any other IT system. As a result, organizations are evaluating their overall policies and systems for managing email, and IT professionals are being called on to address the most common email management concerns, including resource management, retention management, and discovery management. Enterprises are evaluating or using email archiving software solutions to manage these issues. With these systems, IT can control the growth in email storage costs while giving end users email storage and search in a more userfriendly manner and providing legal departments a consistent system for retaining and finding emails. While these systems simplify the issues of archive storage size, archive retention period, and archive search, they do not make them disappear.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:54:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Comprehensive Approach to Securing and Managing Endpoints]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356083]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[As today's IT professionals know all too well, managing the dynamics of their endpoint infrastructure is a challenging task. Organizations now face a threat landscape that involves stealthy, targeted, and financially motivated attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in endpoint devices. Many of these sophisticated threats can evade traditional security solutions, leaving organizations vulnerable to data theft and manipulation, disruption of business-critical services, and damage to corporate brand and reputation. Traditionally, administrators have made sure that each endpoint has antivirus, antispyware, desktop firewall, intrusion prevention, and device control technologies installed on it. But deploying these security products individually on each endpoint is not only time-consuming, it also increases IT complexity and costs. This paper outlines a new approach to securing and managing the enterprise endpoint computing environment.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:53:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Solid Windows Vista Protection]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356082]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The new security features included in Vista are a step forward in helping businesses defend against attacks, but they cannot be considered a complete, multi-layered defense. It goes without saying that attackers follow security vulnerabilities, as these are a requirement for their success. Over the past several years, these vulnerabilities have increasingly moved up the application stack and away from the core operating system. Threats have moved (and will continue to move) into other areas, such as the Web application layer, where the majority of all new security vulnerabilities reside today. These threats target more available technologies, including email, IM, and the Web, leveraging social engineering and other convincing trickery in order to infect their victims.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:52:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing IT Risk]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=356081]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[For today's CIOs, there can be little doubt that these are the proverbial "Interesting times." Think about it: One is more dependent than ever on IT to run the businesses, yet IT failures are commonplace. At the same time, the IT environments are becoming more complex, thus increasing the exposure to all forms of IT risk. The fact is, if one doesn't get IT risk under control, one puts the entire business at risk. That's why Symantec believes there has never been a better time for taking a comprehensive approach to IT Risk Management.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:51:38 -0700</pubDate>
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