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Why One Insurance Company Ditched Its Own Hardware- for a Cloud -Based SAN

Why do some enterprise managers decide to brave their way into the new and unknown of cloud-based services? Sometimes it's simply because the old technology just isn't working out that well anymore.

Centrex: it's Alive (for Now)!

Centrex is a lot like the talking plague victim from Monty Python's "Holy Grail": It's not quite dead yet.

FTC Warns Background Screening Mobile Apps May Be Unlawful

The Federal Trade Commission this week said it sent letters to six unidentified mobile applications makers warning them that their background screening apps may be violating federal statutes.

HP Moves Load Testing Software to the Cloud

With the release of its new LoadRunner in the Cloud application load testing solution, HP aims to provide the flexibility of software-as-a-service in tools that traditionally entailed substantial investments to implement.

New Juniper Routers Converge the Access Net

Juniper Networks this week has unveiled access routers designed to provide an on-ramp to the service provider network from residential, business and mobile networks.

Large Data Center Coming to India, As Regional Demand Booms

Tulip Data Center Services is setting up the largest data center in the country so far

India Builds a Mega Data Center

IBM has designed and helped to build a 900,000-square-foot data center in India that it says is the largest in that country in terms of size and power. It's also among the largest in the world.

Data Breach? Blame Your Third Party's Remote Access Systems

An in-depth study of data-breach problems last year where hackers infiltrated 312 businesses to grab gobs of mainly customer payment-card information found the primary way they got in was through third-party vendor remote-access applications or VPN for systems maintenance.

Copyright Lawsuit Targets Owners of Non-Secure Wireless Networks

A federal lawsuit filed in Massachusetts could test the question of whether individuals who leave their wireless networks unsecured can be held liable if someone uses the network to illegally download copyrighted content.

Analysts Weigh in: How to Prep for Apple IOS Device Flood in the Enterprise

Businesses might long for the relatively simple policies for corporate-owned mobile devices of the BlackBerry age, but today's realities are forcing them to prepare their networks for a continued onslaught of authorized and unauthorized access from a slew of consumer devices, led by iPhones and iPads.

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