Security World: Review: Software-based NAS

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Review: NAS goes outside the box
Earlier this year we tested Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Now we're reviewing software-based NAS that you can load onto your own equipment—whether it's a PC, server, virtual machine, or in the cloud. We looked at FreeNAS, Openfiler, Open-E DSS, NexentaStor, and SoftNAS. All offer some sort of free solution or service, with some being fully open sourced.  Here are the individual reviews, Read More

WHITE PAPER: CDW

Software Asset Management: Practices for Success
This white paper discusses best practices that can dramatically increase your success rate of a SAM deployment. Make sure and follow these steps and verify that your SAM toolkit has the necessary functionality to keep your organization steps ahead of the competition -it's a long term investment. Read Now

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WEBCAST: IBM

Webinar: IBM IIM for Fraud, Abuse and Waste in Government
View this IBM webinar to learn about the challenges and opportunities in fraud reduction, waste, and abuse in government programs and agencies. You will learn how IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager (IIM) can help your organization. Learn More.

INSIDER

Is open source encryption the answer to NSA snooping?
When Unisys CISO John Frymier came in to work on Friday, Sept. 6, the phones were ringing, and continued to ring all day. Customers were panicking over the news headlines of the day before. Read More

WHITE PAPER: VCE

Private Cloud Wins in Competitive Wireless Services Market
Learn how Vblock systems enabledBrightstar to build their own on-demand private cloud to improve turnaround time for new services from months to days, slash provisioning costs in half, and meet the most demanding SLAs. Learn More

12 jobs getting the biggest raises in 2014
The average salary for newly hired IT pros is expected to increase 5.6% in the coming year Read More

WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky

Your Data under Siege: Protection in the Age of BYODs
Download Kaspersky Lab's new whitepaper, Your Data under Siege: Protection in the Age of BYODs, to learn about: - How a mobile workforce stretches your secured perimeter - Why saying "no" is not an effective BYOD policy Learn More.

10 things we love about Windows Server 2012 R2
Did you know that with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor, you can run Linux instances? Read More

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