Browsing Posts published in January, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes To add other information to the previous post I would add to point some interesting features for ExaGrid products. Encryption The Exagrid EX13000-SEC offers improved data security with enterprise-proven, industry standard Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) technology. SEDs provide a high level of security for data-at-rest and can help reduce IT drive retirement costs in the data center. All data on the disk drive is encrypted automatically without any action required by users. Encryption and authentication keys are never accessible to outside systems, where they can be stolen. Unlike software-based encryption methods, SEDs typically have a better […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The ExaGrid system is a “cost effective” and scalable backup to disk (B2D) solution that works with most of existing backup application (it does not provide a backup engine itself, but can use other programs with the requirement that they must be able to save the backup to a network share). ExaGrid’s innovative approach minimizes the amount of data to be stored by providing standard data compression for the most recent back ups, along with byte level data deduplication for all previous backups. ExaGrid’s post-process deduplication technology stores changes from backup to backup instead of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The first 2012 event of VMUG.IT is a “Hands-On Lab” day, with the format presented on the event of October 2011. The Hands-On Lab format is a one day of lab and test, where a single vendor can present his own solution for a virtual infrastructructure. The audience target is technical. When: Wed January, 18 gennaio 2012 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Where: Moresi.Com SA, Via Pedemonte di Sopra, 6818 Melano (Switzerland) Vendor: ExaGrid More information: event page Note that this first event will be most in English language, so is not reserved only […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes KACE is not only a series of management appliances, but also a set of tools, scripts, knowledge base articles, … related to IT world with attention on IT management and security. In the free tools area, one interesting solution is a browser designed for people that require more security during Internet browsing: the name of this solution is Secure Browser. Before the Dell acquisition, this product was sold  by KACE  with a commercial license, but now it is free , both for personal and commercial use and can be downloaded from KACE web site. (just […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes About one year ago Dell announce the acquisition of KACE, a company established in 2003 specializes in delivering appliance-based computer systems management solutions which allow organizations (medium and large to 3.500 devices). The Kace products family is mainly based on two different product lines with different purposes (and that can work together): Dell KACE K1000 Management Appliance fulfills the systems management needs of an organization including device discovery and inventory, software distribution, configuration and policy management, patch management, security audit and enforcement, asset management, service desk, power management, remote control and reporting. Dell KACE K2000 Deployment Appliance fulfills […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Finally the Europen edition of Dell Storage Forum 2012 is over, after four full intesive days (some moments are also in this fotogallery). The main theme of the event was the “Fluid by Design” approach of Dell Storage products (and not only), already discussed in the previous post. Interesting the video (also presented during the last general session) with the answers by several attendees at what does “Fluid by Design” mean to you? About my technicals wish-list, in the NDA sessions there were several interesting announces and future plans… most on the right way. The Hand-on-labs were really interesting and […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The last event day has started at 8 AM with the general sessions “Efficient IT – Shifting from Operation to Innovation” with Stephen Murdoch (VP & GM of Public and Large Enterprise, EMEA). In my opinion, this was the best general session of the entire event, maybe with a less impact compared with the one yesterday morning, with a lot of interesting points, like:  “Dell is focusing on people & process not just the technology”, “17% of IT hardware is storage 60% of storage cost is labour “, “shadow IT is when users just go […]

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