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Two years ago it was all about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Medium- to enterprise-sized businesses were concerned with finding the “right way” to leverage SOA to reap widely-touted cost and revenue advantages. Getting it right meant the business became more nimble and IT became more efficient; getting it wrong meant that “haves” reduced costs and...

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Fortunately for me (I was going to say “unfortunately,” but in retrospect I think it was a Godsend), I was in South America with extremely limited connectivity when the Intel-McAfee story broke. This, however, gave me some time to a) enjoy the spectacular scenery of Rio de Janeiro, and b) formulate my thoughts about this eyebrow-raising deal...

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In my last post, I talked about getting beyond “the business of no” in security, to a more effective and thorough approach in which organizations define their objectives, actually implement them, maintain visibility into the environment for consistency with those objectives or activity that could indicate threats, and respond accordingly. This more mature approach is...

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In my opinion, GPS navigation is one of the best inventions ever conceived. I have no sense of direction, and now I know I’ll never be lost again. My navigation system even gives me a choice of route style. I can choose “Fastest,” “Traffic Optimized,” “Shortest,” “Street,” or “Highway” styles. Of these options, who wouldn’t...

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What makes our coverage of security at EMA different? Simply this: We do not see security management as something confined to narrow segments of technology, isolated from other aspects of IT or from the people and processes that make up the business. At first blush, this may seem fairly obvious, considering that security is, after...

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I have to admit earlier this week I thought Hewlett Packard’s (HP) move to outbid Dell for 3PAR was more a competitive jab than anything else. Last week Dell and 3Par came to terms for a $1.15bn deal but HP jumped in the game on Monday this week with a significantly larger offer bringing the...

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