• Cloud IAM Services-Everyone's New Punching Bag
    Any new product or technology is invariably accompanied by certain levels of skepticism and cynicism.  Whether it is the latest smart phone lacking a certain mega-pixel camera or a new version of enterprise software not supporting a given operating system or standard, critics will always appear to question these new products' viability. As we enter 2012, cloud computing, or more...

     
  • DLP as a process
      I read with interest recently a paper from Forrester called 'Rethinking DLP' by John Kindervag. John made two observations about DLP strategies today: 1) strategies treat DLP as a product rather than an embedded function or process 2) most strategies focus on financial data such as cardholder information or personal identifiable information such as social security numbers in the...

     
  • What I learned at the 12th International Common Criteria Conference (Part 2)
    In October, I wrote about the issue that the "Common" in Common Criteria is at risk of disintegrating, which was the first of two main themes from the International Common Criteria Conference (ICCC), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As promised, in this post, I cover the second main theme: supply chain integrity.  This year I introduced the rather small Common Criteria (CC) community...

     
  • Speaking from Experience

    BrianEnabling cloud computing. Virtualizing business critical applications. Moving end-user computing into the post-PC era. Selling to small-and-midsized business. You'll learn more about these topics from experienced VMware alliance partners during the breakout sessions at this year's VMware Partner Exchange (PEX).

    There's nothing like in-depth knowledge of customer engagements to help everyone in our VMware Partner Network maximize opportunities. And there's nothing like hearing first hand from experts about how your specific business might benefit.

    Take a minute to review the daily sessions, and then add the right ones for you to your PEX schedule:

    NetApp - Get the details on virtualizing various business-critical applications--Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Oracle and SAP--using NetApp and VMware solutions

    Dell - Turn expertise into profit by teaming up with Dell PartnerDirect and Intel

    EMC - Learn more about the journey and accelerating your business with the cloud 

    Cisco - Attend a panel discussion about transforming customer datacenters and developing business-critical solutions that address the virtualized workspace

    HP - Gain further insight as market research firm Enterprise Strategy Group teams with HP to discuss converged storage

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    Whether you go to all five PEX breakout sessions or just one, I know every session you attend will be an hour well spent. Also don't forget that each of the...

  • Don't Miss the Partner Appreciation Party at Partner Exchange 2012

    We are excited to announce some of the party specifics and band.

    Make your way to the Palazzo Ballroom at 7:00pm for cocktails and food while networking with your peers. You can connect with old friends, make new ones and enjoy the ambiance before you hear these momentous words...

    Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome............the Barenaked Ladies!

    Yes, the band that has brought such hits as One Week, Thanks That Was Fun and It's Only Me will be playing just for you and your colleagues.

    It promises to be an exciting evening full of good food, great drinks and one of the hottest rock bands playing today.

    Bnl

  • Top Reasons to Attend VMware Partner Exchange 2012

     

    VMware Partner Exchange 2012 promises to be bigger and better than ever! Get the Top Reasons to attend this year's event from some of VMware's biggest partner advocates.