Tips

Tips

• Evaluating options for portable hard drive and USB key encryption

  To protect your customers' data on portable media, should you choose a hardware or software encryption solution? Security expert Joel Snyder compares your options.  Continue Reading

• New vSphere 4.1 resource controls for storage, networking

  New vSphere 4.1 resource controls, such as Storage I/O Control or Network I/O Control, will enforce storage priorities or help you control individual VM network traffic.  Continue Reading

• Utilizing vSphere features, resource controls for VM priority

  Solution providers can show customers the value of virtualization by configuring vSphere features and resource controls to prioritize VMs and give them proper access to resources.  Continue Reading

• Offering WLAN analysis and assessment services

  WLAN analysis and assessment tools let solution providers offer WLAN security and troubleshooting services to protect clients from hackers or outages.  Continue Reading

• Troubleshooting Hyper-V R2 VM import and export

  Completing a Hyper-V R2 VM import and export may be more complex than necessary, but this tip explains how to work around issues such as being unable to move VMs after an import.  Continue Reading

• Patrolling the Channel: Global business expansion for security VARs

  In this podcast, Lieberman Software's Jess Richter discusses when, why and how security solution providers should expand their businesses to other countries.  Continue Reading

• Global deduplication implementation varies by product

  Find out about the different types of global deduplication – in software and in hardware -- and why its definition and functionality vary from product to product.  Continue Reading

• PCI and virtualization: Enabling VMs with PCI compliance services

  The new PCI DSS security standard allows merchants to run a virtualized environment and still be compliant. David Jacobs explains they will need your help with tools and processes.  Continue Reading

• SAN troubleshooting: Should your customer fix or replace a problem SAN?

  When customers complain about their SAN, before you suggest a replacement, you need to determine with SAN troubleshooting whether the problem is a technical or subjective one. Here's how.  Continue Reading

• Using XenConvert for XenServer 5.6 workload, machine conversions

  Solution providers using XenConvert to convert XenServer 5.6 physical machines and workloads to a virtual environment should also know best practices for troubleshooting issues during conversion.  Continue Reading

• Server virtualization, disaster recovery go hand-in-hand

  Learn why server virtualization makes sense for disaster recovery, how disaster recovery differs in a physical server environment and a virtual server environment, how to leverage virtualization from the physical server realm, and how the cloud fits...  Continue Reading

• How to sell security by focusing on return on security investment

  Here security solution providers will receive advice on selling information security, including how to focus on return on security investment (ROSI).  Continue Reading

• VCenter Update Manager installation and configuration

  Follow these steps to install and configure vCenter Update Manager, which can help solution providers with patching hosts and virtual machines.  Continue Reading

• Implementing data leakage prevention products

  Data leakage prevention products can be overwhelming and daunting for businesses. See what companies are doing to help alleviate some of the fears and make the DLP implementation process easier.  Continue Reading

• High-availability solutions for SQL Server 2008 R2

  Find out how to implement SQL Server 2008 R2 high-availability solutions, including failover clustering, database mirroring and log shipping, and learn how they affect a database.  Continue Reading