Tag: NEC

Sophos UTM Manager 4 Public Beta Begins

With UTM 9 fast approaching it's mid-July release date, we'd like to invite you to test the next major version of our central management tool. Previously called Astaro Command Center, it is now named Sophos UTM Manager (SUM).  You can test out SUM 4 with UTM 9, and also see how it operates against your older installations; things should be backwards compatible.

Monitor Your vFabric tc Server using Applications Manager

With the need for scalability and faster application delivery, businesses today are reconsidering the platform to be used for application deployment. With vFabric tc Server, enterprise users are now provided with a lightweight Java application server combined with the swiftness of the Spring framework with mission-critical support capabilities. vFabric tc Server, a runtime server at the heart of the VMware vFabric Cloud Application Platform, is based on Tomcat with a number of crucial enhancements to it, making it suitable for enterprises.

WatchGuard Technologies: Best-in-Class by Design

WatchGuard Technologies: Best-in-Class by Design WatchGuard’s XTM line of powerful, multipurpose appliances has been engineered to seamlessly integrate many security controls into one easy to manage package. Each security service leverages the advanced technology of a thoroughly vetted industry luminary (AVG, WebSense, Commtouch, BroadWeb, Kaspersky, etc.). Layer-by -layer, this stacks up to superior defense-in-depth when compared to the solutions of our competitors, who largely take a “do it all by ourselves” approach to tackling the many different and unique security challenges out there

Data Breach at LinkedIn: Time to Seriously Consider Using a Password Manager!

Just in the last post, we were discussing how even some of the world’s mightiest enterprises were falling prey to hackers.  Now comes the bad news about the security breach in LinkedIn! Reports claim that over 6.46 million hashed passwords stolen from LinkedIn have been published on a Russian forum. In a blog post , LinkedIn has confirmed the security breach, but remains silent on the magnitude: “We can confirm that some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts. We are continuing to investigate this situation”, says the post

Virtualization Manager Guided Tour

See how SolarWinds Virtualization Manager takes you from the early stages of virtualization deployment and all the way to implementation of private cloud initiatives and IT-as-a-Service. SolarWinds Virtualization Manager takes you from the early stages of virtualization deployment and all the way to implementation of private cloud initiatives and IT-as-a-Service. Our unified approach to VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V capacity planning, VM sprawl control, performance monitoring, configuration management, and chargeback automation makes it easy to take control of your virtualized environment—regardless of whether you manage as few as fifty virtual machines or a corporate cloud the size of a small planet.

Upstart Script for Collectd

We have been doing some internal testing with Collectd. “collectd gathers statistics about the system it is running on and stores this information. Those statistics can then be used to find current performance bottlenecks (i.e. performance analysis) and predict future system load (i.e. capacity planning).

STF Consulting Flexes Air-Tight Defense & Game-Changing Centralized Management from WatchGuard

(Watch in HD 1080 for optimal quality) Serving 35 customers and over 800 users across a diverse range of industries, STF consulting is a 5-person Managed Service Provider leveraging WatchGuard solutions to deliver air-tight defense and reliable networking performance to clients who put a premium on uptime. The powerful centralized management console of the WatchGuard System Manager allows STF Consulting to dramatically reduce the time it takes to onboard new customers, implement updates, and perform other tasks when compared with competitor solutions. Watch to learn how the simplified management and reliability of WatchGuard allows STF Consulting to meet the demands of its broad customer base, while still enjoying a great work/life balance