Efficient Data Protection with EMC Avamar Global Deduplication Software

Abstract: This white paper provides a technical overview of EMC Avamar backup and recovery software. It provides a closer look at patented Avamar global, source deduplication technology, Avamar's architecture, supported platforms, high availability and ease of management. Other topics include integrity checking, encryption and integration with event management solutions.

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Cisco UCS Manager Architecture

Abstract: The management infrastructure of a traditional blade server solution must deliver and control the power, cooling, network, and logic to the blades. The management process is made complex by the need for various products to achieve some level of integration to create the overall solution. Each component vendor (and often each of these vendor’s products) has its own unique management interface and set of protocols. To bring order to this challenging situation, Cisco® UCS Manager v1.0.1 software manages all components of the Cisco Unified Computing System server solution through a single pane of glass.

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SAS-70 Evaluation Service Organizations' Internal Controls is Key to Section 404 Compliance

Abstract: Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, requires public companies to assess the effectiveness of their internal controls over financial reporting. Many public companies, as part of their respective efforts to achieve compliance under Section 404, discovered that certain financial reporting controls that they relied upon were actually maintained by outsourced third-party providers.

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SAS-70 Audits: A response to the Critics

Abstract: In 2001, a network security consulting company published an article titled "SAS 70: The Emperor Has No Clothes" on their website The Emperor article is a heavily opinionated editorial proclaiming that minimal value of SAS 70 audits. The article contains inaccuracies and misleading views regarding a well respected audit standard. This commentary is offered as an overdue response to the assertions of the Emperor article.

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Educating Decision Makers on the Need for Encryption

Abstract: Sensitive and confidential messages and documents – proposals, contracts, purchase orders, personnel records, discussion threads between senior managers, etc. – are sent via email, instant messaging, in unified communications systems and file transfer systems in just about every organization. This information is stored on desktop computers, laptops, smart phones, backup tapes, archives, file servers and other data repositories. However, despite the sensitivity of much of this information, the vast majority of it is never encrypted but instead left vulnerable for interception and review by virtually anyone inside or outside of an organization.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The use of good encryption technology can reduce an organization’s risk of noncompliance, and
• It can produce new opportunities for revenue generation and competitive advantage that would not otherwise be available.

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Are Managed Services Right for You

Abstract: Managed services delivered by a service provider is an increasingly
popular and preferred alternative to internal management of network-based
services. This primer explains when managed services are beneficial, how
managed services reduce costs, and factors to consider when choosing a
managed services provider. The Expanding Role of the Network in Business Success

What Are Managed Services?

• Would Your Business Benefit from Managed Services?
• The Business Case for Managed Services
• Identifying the Managed Services That Are Right for Your Business
• Selecting a Managed Services Provider
• The Cisco® Powered Program

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The Benefits of Out-Tasking

Abstract: Out-tasking network management to a managed services provider is more than a technology solution. Rather, by reducing costs and freeing up the IT staff to focus on the core business, managed services can play an
important role in a company’s business strategy. This primer explains the what,
why, and how of managed services:

• The Expanding Role of the Network in Business Success
• What Are Managed Services?
• Reasons for Adopting Managed Services
• Types of Managed Services
• The Cisco® Powered Program

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Practical Business Continuity for the SMB

Abstract: Small and medium sized businesses have been unwilling to commit time, financial and human resources to implement a true business continuity plan. The high adoption rate of technology in SMB is placing companies without contingency plans at high risk. This paper describes practical achieve operational benefits by adopting processes that also mitigate business risk.

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VoIP Telephony: Benefits for Businesses

Abstract: Voice-over-Internet Protocol, or VoIP service, has been talked about for a number of years, but is now being adopted by businesses in the mainstream in order to save money as well as deploy powerful new capabilities for end-users. Recent product launches by RBOCs and long-distance carriers, as well as an onslaught of "network convergent" companies offering both voice and data services, are successfully penetrating a range of industry sectors. This paper explores the benefits of VoIP technology to businesses as end-users, as well as steps for acquiring service.

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Productivity and the IPC Business Case:
Analysis of Small-to-Medium Size Businesses

Abstract: IP Communications (IPC) has led to concrete productivity gains within small-to-medium size businesses-benefits which can be categorized into three areas: organizational efficiency, end-user productivity, and IT staff productivity. This paper reports the ways in which real-world IPC adopters experience IPC benefits, including examples of specific time-saving and revenue-generating metrics.

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