GreenPages' Newsletter August 2009

What You Need to Know and How to Simplify and Improve Your Process!

By David Crockett, GreenPages' Security Solutions Architect, CISSP

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The old adage proves to be especially true when it comes to IT security. Many organizations look back after a security incident only to find that the cost to implement a proper security strategy would have cost them significantly less than the incident they have just experienced. One of the areas where this is especially true is patch and configuration management.





Google Search Appliance provides fast, relevant search for your website or intranet. An on-premise, easy-to-deploy solution, the GSA provides high relevancy right out of the box, can be customized to meet your specific needs, and scales easily as your content grows. Give your organization and customers the right information to make smart decisions and use their time productively.


Touchdowns for Technology is back and ready for Patriots football season! Kaspersky’s Touchdowns for Technology program donates one computer to a deserving school in the New England area for every touchdown that the Patriots score. The program embodies Kaspersky’s corporate mission to make the Internet safe for all, while educating users about the threats that exist online. Visit Touchdowns for Technology for all the rules and become a program Champion by spreading the word on Facebook!


Fortinet, a leader in the new Gartner Multifunction Firewall Magic Quadrant is participating in many events and trade shows all across the U.S. through 2009. So check the link below for your city and then stop by and learn how Fortinet can help you consolidate your network security while achieving better security and lower costs at the same time.


The Shavlik Security Suite simplifies and automates critical IT operations for both physical and virtual machines including discovery, patch management, configuration management, compliance auditing, and antivirus + antispyware. The Butler Group—a leading provider of IT research, analysis, and advice—recently reviewed the Shavlik Security Suite product. Read what they had to say: http://www.shavlik.com/ShavlikSecuritySuite


Read about the technical capabilities of DR-Scout in, “How One Company Built a Business Case for Its Disaster Recovery Highway,” by Jerome Wendt, President and Lead Analyst of DCIG Inc.—an independent storage analyst and consulting firm.


World’s First FIPS 140-2 Validated 802.11N Solution Raises the Standard for Secure Wireless Networking; Aruba Networks Uniquely Positioned to Address Challenging High Security Indoor, Outdoor, Mesh, and Remote Site Applications. Read the full release: http://www.arubanetworks.com/release


Webinar: How to Get a Grip on Storage Growth and Reduce Costs
Join Randy Weis, GreenPages’ Senior Solutions Architect to learn how leading companies are using intelligent file virtualization to reduce infrastructure complexity, boost operational efficiency, and get costs under control.

September 10 - 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST

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Visit GreenPages at VMworld:
Booth #2214!
(right across from Cisco and EMC)

The Only Booth Where You’ll Be Able to Witness a Large Scale VDI Deployment (up to 1500 desktops) in an Integrated UCS Environment

GreenPages' engineers will be demonstrating the scalability of:

  • An enterprise class VMware View virtual desktop environment

  • On a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)

  • Connected to an EMC Symmetrix V-Max storage system
For more information: http://www.greenpages.com/vmw



We’re proud to announce that VMware has named GreenPages “Desktop Virtualization Partner of the Year 2008"! Read the release here:
http://www.greenpages.com/release




GreenPages is proud to announce that it was recently named 2009 Education Solution Provider of the Year by Everything Channel. Read the full release:
http://www.greenpages.com/EduPR



GreenPages Wins Dell’s “2009 U.S. Enterprise Architecture Partner of the Year” Award! Read the release here: http://www.greenpages.com/DellPR


NEW! Patch & Configuration Management: What You Need to Know and How to Simplify and Improve Your Process!
Join David Crockett, GreenPages Security Solutions Architect, Kim Fors, Shavlik’s Director of Systems Engineering, and Nancee Melby, Shavlik’s Senior Product Marketing Manager, as they discuss why patch and configuration management is so critical to keeping your business running smoothly and how the right tools and processes can simplify and make your patch and configuration management more effective.

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News. Opinion. Analysis.

ChannelWeb, August 3, 2009
Read what Ron Dupler, GreenPages’ President & CEO, had to say about the IT industry’s move toward utility computing and why integrated technologies hold the key to a successful transition to the cloud.


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