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Converged compute and storage solutions
Lately I have been looking more and more in to converged compute and storage solutions, or “datacenter in a box” solutions as some like to call them. I am a big believer of this concept as some of you...
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The “Switch Target” Part I – Why Me?
By Peter M. Tran, Senior Director, RSA Advanced Cyber Defense Practice Conventional computer network defense (CND) concepts in the past 10 + years introduced practices such as adversary “beach head,...
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My Favorite Posts
I've been taking a break over the last month or so from my typically frenetic blogging pace. For me, it's a good time for reflection, contemplation and recalibration -- all positive. Part of looking...
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The Big Data Storymap
In "The Power Of Visual Thinking?" I shared a great visual tool that had been created by EMC Global Services -- a somewhat humorous storymap showing how IT organizations transformed from silos to...
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How Starbucks is Revolutionizing Mobile (micro) Payments
For those of you that have not been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you may have patronized a Starbucks and seen a customer scan their phone at the checkout and then somehow...
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Storage DRS Survey – Please fill it out
If you have a couple of minutes, please take the time to fill out this survey about Storage DRS. It literally takes about 5 minutes to fill out and it would help the Product Management team a lot!...
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Fixed: Macbook waking up every hour or so
For the last months I have people asking me why on earth I was on google talk / messenger in the middle of the night, but then did not respond when they said hi. It appears that my Macbook had been...
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How does vSphere recognize an NFS Datastore?
This question has popped up various times now, how does vSphere recognize an NFS Datastore? This concept has changed over time and hence the reason many people are confused. I am going to try to...
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How to disable ESXi firewall
For a project I had to disable the ESXi firewall on a host permanently. To be honest, it isn’t something I would do normally or would recommend even. It wasn’t listed in “chkconfig”, which kinda makes...
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Disk.SchedulerWithReservation aka mClock
A long time ago when playing around in my lab with vSphere 5.1 I stumbled across this advanced setting called Disk.SchedulerWithReservation. I start digging to see what I could do with it and what it...
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Awesome appliance, vCenter Support Assistant
Today an awesome appliance called the vCenter Support Assistant was made available to the world. I have seen some screenshots and a demo and feel that this appliance is a MUST HAVE for anyone who...
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Storage vMotion does not rename files?
A while back I posted that 5.0 U2 re-introduced the renaming behavior for VM file names. I was just informed by our excellent Support Team that unfortunately the release notes missed something crucial...
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Converged compute and storage solutions
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When Big Data Changed Security
This morning, EMC announced a new landmark product: RSA Security Analytics. While there's a lot to appreciate in the specifics of the product itself, I think the real story is how this announcement...
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Must-have Competencies for the Cloud in 2013
Following on from my last blog ‘Re-enforcing our doors in 2013’ solving all of the issues of disruptive innovations isn’t going to be possible in a year but we must take strides towards making some of...
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SQL Injection and Distributed Security
By Sandra Carielli, Senior Product Manager, Access and Data Protection It amazes me that SQL injection attacks are still prevalent, much less that they remain one of the most popular forms of attack....
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2012: A Good Year In Storage For EMC
There’s simply no arguing with the numbers – EMC continues to do very well indeed in the broader storage market and continuing to gain share in almost all sub-segments. While we’re not ones to rest on...
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vMotion over VXLAN is it supported?
I have seen this question popping up in multiple places now, vMotion over VXLAN is it supported? I googled it and nothing turned up, so I figured I would write a short statement: In vSphere 5.1 (and...
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The Big Data Security Analytics Era Is Here
By Matthew Gardiner, Senior Manager, RSA Security Management & Compliance My blog today reflects on newly published research from Jon Olstik at ESG (from whom I borrowed the title of this blog),...
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Realizing all the Promises of Mobility
The SBIC has produced a new report that is mobile centric called “Realizing the Mobile Enterprise.” The council builds on data. In this case, it builds on a fascinating series of online polls that...
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