NavigateStorage Tip of the Day.
Few people would argue the importance of IP addresses to network operations, but many don't make managing them a priority in their environment, especially in tough economic times.
Recent research from BT showed that more network managers are moving away from spreadsheets and investing in automation and other tools to manage IP addresses. Still many couldn't get an IP address management (IPAM) project pushed through the budget process for various reasons. Some reasons pointed to other projects taking a higher priority and others simply thought their network was too small to justify the investment.
But many working in network operations today believe managing IP addresses is too critical a project to fall victim to budget crunches.
"Many IT folks and shops don’t get that proper IP address management is more than just housekeeping. Although more appropriately thought of as IP address design, how you determine to lay out your address space becomes a major factor in being able to grow and adapt your organization to the changing needs of IT," says Chad Buzzard, director of network operations at Lending Tree in Charlotte, N.C.
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Buzzard experienced a similar situation last year, with no budget to upgrade his IPAM practices he found another option.
"As the person directly responsible for the IP address allocation within our enterprise I can understand the priority conflict in moving to an automated solution, but the cost of a product should not be a factor for anyone if they take their time to look at the options out there," says Chad Buzzard, director of network operations at Lending Tree in Charlotte, N.C. "Last year we moved from spreadsheets to the open source tool called IPplan."
According to sourceforge.net, IPplan is free, Web-based IPAM software that can help simplify the administration of network IP address space. Available under the GNU General Public License, IPplan includes DNS administration, configuration file management, customizable circuit management and hardware information storage. The application is said to be able to handle a single network or multiple networks and overlapping address space.
For Buzzard, the open source application enables him to make IPAM a priority without paying for it. Using in-house labor and free tools helps keep the IP address space managed according to best practices, which he says will ultimately pay off for his organization.
"We have every IP address in our network integrated into this tool and we perform weekly network scans to find rogue IP addresses that were not documented, as well as to find addresses no longer in use to keep everything up to date," he says. "There was a fair amount of manpower time in that project, but a lot of that comes from our desire to audit every IP address instead of just mapping the spreadsheet in and calling it good."
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Idealstor removeable disk backup appliance
NavigateStorage offers Idealstor a leading developer of removable disk to disk backup solutions. Their systems combine the best of disk and tape by using SATA disks as portable backup media. Rather than sending the data from disk to tape, Idealstor lets you write to the disks like tape for a tape free backup solution.
Idealstor offers the most flexible backup solutions on the market by developing hardware and software that can be used together as a single solution, or that can be used with any third party backup solutions that can backup to disk. All Idealstor systems use disk like tape, not only as a target for backups, but as physically portable and offsite media. Idealstor products offer you………
a) ejectable Disk to Disk Backup ,
b) removable Hard Disk media for archiving data , and
c) the speed of disk with the portability of tape .
Here is just one of the many great Idealstor products ---- The Idealstor 4 Bay Backup Appliance!
The Idealstor 4 Bay backup appliance is a removable disk appliance, and was designed for the medium to large sized business that is looking to backup and restore more data faster. The backup capacity of the 4 bay can be scaled up to 8TB of removable disk capacity. This product comes standard with 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports providing the flexibility that is needed as storage requirements and speeds increase.
The Idealstor Backup Appliance is a complete disk to disk backup solution that becomes the host for your backup software and the target for backup data. Idealstor provides the speed and reliability of disk coupled with the portability of tape. Idealstor uses any capaci-ty Serial ATA or IDE disk as backup media that can be physically removed and taken offsite for backup and offsite storage. Units range in capacity from 80-2000GB using the 1 Bay, up to 16TB using our 8 Bay Backup Appliance. All units come installed with the Windows operating system and function as the media server and target for backup data. Connected to the network via GB Ethernet, our backup systems achieve average speeds of up to 2GB/minute and can perform multiple simultaneous backups. Because these systems run Windows, they can also become the target for replication and server failover in the event of disaster.
Friday, April 10, 2009
NavigateStorage a Premier Nexsan Partner
Nexsan, a leading provider of energy-efficient, long-term disk storage, today continued to deliver enterprise functionality at value prices with the introduction of the Nexsan iSeries™, the company's first iSCSI SAN, which provides customers with more flexibility, scalability and value than any other product in its class.
To learn more and get a competitive quote contact Jim Addlesberger at 978-318-9000.
Designed and priced specifically to give small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a new value-alternative in implementing an iSCSI SAN, the Nexsan iSeries is a complete, easy-to-implement, enterprise-class SAN that is ideal for use in standalone or fully virtualized IT environments.
The Nexsan iSeries delivers advanced storage functionality and independent scaling of performance and capacity. It offers iSCSI, Fibre Channel and NAS configurations from the same system and provides twice the capacity of similar solutions, up to 1PB of storage, at a fraction of the cost of competitive products. It also includes a complete suite of easy-to-use enterprise storage services, including virtualization, for a single up-front price to affordably accommodate a company's increasing storage needs. This holistic approach simplifies pricing, removes hidden costs and licensing fees associated with competitive products and smoothly accommodates an organization's IT requirements as they change.
The Nexsan iSeries offers customers:
*Virtualized storage for flexibility and intelligent automation of routine tasks
*High performance for running multiple demanding applications from a single high-density system
*Simultaneous use of SAS and/or SATA disk drives in the same storage chassis for application flexibility and low-cost scalability
With the iSeries, Nexsan is again delivering Tier 1 enterprise-class features and performance at Tier 2 prices with storage solutions ideal for SMBs and SMEs. The Nexsan iSeries is available in two configurations which include additional storage expansion to meet the needs of customers whose data storage requirements are steadily growing.
To learn more and get a competitive quote contact Jim Addlesberger at 978-318-9000.
Designed and priced specifically to give small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a new value-alternative in implementing an iSCSI SAN, the Nexsan iSeries is a complete, easy-to-implement, enterprise-class SAN that is ideal for use in standalone or fully virtualized IT environments.
The Nexsan iSeries delivers advanced storage functionality and independent scaling of performance and capacity. It offers iSCSI, Fibre Channel and NAS configurations from the same system and provides twice the capacity of similar solutions, up to 1PB of storage, at a fraction of the cost of competitive products. It also includes a complete suite of easy-to-use enterprise storage services, including virtualization, for a single up-front price to affordably accommodate a company's increasing storage needs. This holistic approach simplifies pricing, removes hidden costs and licensing fees associated with competitive products and smoothly accommodates an organization's IT requirements as they change.
The Nexsan iSeries offers customers:
*Virtualized storage for flexibility and intelligent automation of routine tasks
*High performance for running multiple demanding applications from a single high-density system
*Simultaneous use of SAS and/or SATA disk drives in the same storage chassis for application flexibility and low-cost scalability
With the iSeries, Nexsan is again delivering Tier 1 enterprise-class features and performance at Tier 2 prices with storage solutions ideal for SMBs and SMEs. The Nexsan iSeries is available in two configurations which include additional storage expansion to meet the needs of customers whose data storage requirements are steadily growing.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Storage and SDD's for max performance
It turns out Dell/EqualLogic isn’t the only vendor with an all-iSCSI SAN system that supports solid state drives (SSDs).
NavigateStorage's StoneyFly actually beat Dell to its official announcement of the PS6000 today with its rollout of the Voyager, an active-active midrange IP SAN. Voyager is available with Intel X-25E SSDs, or SAS or SATA drives. It also includes a 10-Gigabit Ethernet option – something that is apparently still on the drawing board at Dell.
It seems like just yesterday – or maybe this morning – that SSDs were considered something for super high performance tier 0 applications. Is anybody using iSCSI for that?
StoneFly product manager Jame Ervin says demand is high for SSD as well as 10-GigE.
“We have customers ready to go with SSD the minute it’s available,” she said. “They’re looking for any performance benefit they can get.”
Contact NavigateStorage for the best prices in town, or just call.
As for 10-gigE, Ervin says it has the greatest appeal among service providers. “Those type of customers seem to have the most interest so far. They seem to be ahead of the game adopting new technologies,” she said.
IDC research analyst Liz Conner doesn’t expect SSD to be a large selling point for iSCSI before 2010, but with iSCSI use growing and budgets shrinking it’s worth taking a look at now.
“I see it popping up more for Fibre Channel SANs, but it will happen with iSCSI,” Conner said. “Most people will go with Fibre Channel for high performance, but with iSCSI offering more high-end features and the way the economy is now, it’s more of an option.”
Conner says 10-gigE is inevitable for iSCSI. “They can say, ‘we’ve got it now, you won’t have to upgrade later,’” she said of StoneFly’s strategy.Trackback URL
NavigateStorage's StoneyFly actually beat Dell to its official announcement of the PS6000 today with its rollout of the Voyager, an active-active midrange IP SAN. Voyager is available with Intel X-25E SSDs, or SAS or SATA drives. It also includes a 10-Gigabit Ethernet option – something that is apparently still on the drawing board at Dell.
It seems like just yesterday – or maybe this morning – that SSDs were considered something for super high performance tier 0 applications. Is anybody using iSCSI for that?
StoneFly product manager Jame Ervin says demand is high for SSD as well as 10-GigE.
“We have customers ready to go with SSD the minute it’s available,” she said. “They’re looking for any performance benefit they can get.”
Contact NavigateStorage for the best prices in town, or just call.
As for 10-gigE, Ervin says it has the greatest appeal among service providers. “Those type of customers seem to have the most interest so far. They seem to be ahead of the game adopting new technologies,” she said.
IDC research analyst Liz Conner doesn’t expect SSD to be a large selling point for iSCSI before 2010, but with iSCSI use growing and budgets shrinking it’s worth taking a look at now.
“I see it popping up more for Fibre Channel SANs, but it will happen with iSCSI,” Conner said. “Most people will go with Fibre Channel for high performance, but with iSCSI offering more high-end features and the way the economy is now, it’s more of an option.”
Conner says 10-gigE is inevitable for iSCSI. “They can say, ‘we’ve got it now, you won’t have to upgrade later,’” she said of StoneFly’s strategy.Trackback URL
Data Robotics introduces DroboPro, a storage array for SMBs
Data Robotics has expanded the market they cover by introducing a new storage appliance, dubbed DroboPro.
Calling on its experience from the Drobo appliance, of which it has shipped 60,000 units, DroboPro is a storage array for SMBs. DroboPro builds on a virtualized storage platform and includes protection against multiple drive failures. In addition capacity of volumes can be expanded or reduced with thin provisioning.
Like Drobo, DroboPro has a series of lights on the front panel that indicated drive failures and capacity. DroboPro connects to the network with iSCSI and supports as many as eight Serial ATA disks for expansion to 16TB. Drives of different capacities and speeds can be mixed with each other in the DroboPro.
DroboPro also has FireWire 800 connections for Macintosh connectivity and USB connectors. It is available either in a rack-mount configuration or desktop model.
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DroboPro is available starting at $1,299 MSRP, with multiple configurations to $3,999 for a 16TB rack-mountable solution. NavigateStorage
Calling on its experience from the Drobo appliance, of which it has shipped 60,000 units, DroboPro is a storage array for SMBs. DroboPro builds on a virtualized storage platform and includes protection against multiple drive failures. In addition capacity of volumes can be expanded or reduced with thin provisioning.
Like Drobo, DroboPro has a series of lights on the front panel that indicated drive failures and capacity. DroboPro connects to the network with iSCSI and supports as many as eight Serial ATA disks for expansion to 16TB. Drives of different capacities and speeds can be mixed with each other in the DroboPro.
DroboPro also has FireWire 800 connections for Macintosh connectivity and USB connectors. It is available either in a rack-mount configuration or desktop model.
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DroboPro is available starting at $1,299 MSRP, with multiple configurations to $3,999 for a 16TB rack-mountable solution. NavigateStorage
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Why Kaspersky Open Space Security?
Kaspersky Open Space Security meets and exceeds core requirements for comprehensive endpoint protection of corporate networks:
* A solution for all network nodes and platforms
* Protection against all types of Internet threats
* Rapid response
*Proactive technologies backed by traditional signature-based protection
Kaspersky Open Space Security provides security on the move:
* Protection for laptops everywhere – in the office, at home and on the move.
* Protection for returning and/or guest computers
Kaspersky Open Space Security successfully counters new attempts by cyber criminals to attack networks and block protection:
* Anti-rootkit technology
* Protection from identity theft
* Rollback of changes made by malicious software
* Self-defense against attacks by malware
Kaspersky Open Space Security diminishes total cost of ownership by providing simple, transparent administration and efficient performance:
* Centralized administration
* Compatibility with third party solutions
* Efficient use of network resources
Let us show you how to save money and be more secure.
* A solution for all network nodes and platforms
* Protection against all types of Internet threats
* Rapid response
*Proactive technologies backed by traditional signature-based protection
Kaspersky Open Space Security provides security on the move:
* Protection for laptops everywhere – in the office, at home and on the move.
* Protection for returning and/or guest computers
Kaspersky Open Space Security successfully counters new attempts by cyber criminals to attack networks and block protection:
* Anti-rootkit technology
* Protection from identity theft
* Rollback of changes made by malicious software
* Self-defense against attacks by malware
Kaspersky Open Space Security diminishes total cost of ownership by providing simple, transparent administration and efficient performance:
* Centralized administration
* Compatibility with third party solutions
* Efficient use of network resources
Let us show you how to save money and be more secure.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Fault Tolerant Maratholn Technologies
Microsoft, Marathon Bring Fault Tolerant Technology to Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V
Microsoft and Marathon Technologies last week unveiled a partnership and a joint development agreement to bring fault tolerant options to companies running Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V.
By John Fontana
Mon, January 12, 2009 — Network World — Microsoft and Marathon Technologies last week unveiled a partnership and a joint development agreement to bring fault tolerant options to companies running Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V.
Microsoft is moving to create a more highly available Windows environment by offering a selection of options to protect business-critical applications. Marathon offers a fault tolerant platform that supports Windows called everRun. The vendor will offer support for Windows Server 2008 before the end of June and for a version of Hyper-V that will ship in a future edition of Windows Server. Microsoft officials would not confirm if it would be the next version after the Windows Server 2008 R2 version, which went into beta last week. Marathon and Microsoft officials said integration with System Center management tools also are in development.
Marathon's everRun has its own management component. Windows Server 2008 includes failover clustering, but Marathon adds a level of fault tolerance that includes options for minimal downtime or none at all. The two companies plan to combine development efforts in building a platform so fault tolerance and high availability can be built on Hyper-V. "That provides the platform element that other partners could [build on]," says Mike Schutz, director of product management for the Windows server division at Microsoft.arathon supports Citrix Xen Hypervisor and the company said once the Hyper-V support ships, everRun will work across both platforms to create a single fault-tolerant environment.
The fault tolerance will come in three levels: the failover clustering shipping in Windows Server 2008; a component level fault tolerance via everRun that protects storage and system components with little or no down time; and an everRun system level setting that ensures availability including memory for applications that require zero downtime.
NavigateStorage, a long term partner can be contacted at 978-318-9000 for information and competitive pricing.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
New Voyager IP SAN SAS, SATA and Solid State
NavigateStorage, a StoneFly partner, announces a 40GB Virtualized IP San with with any combination of SAS, SATA, and Solid State Drives. For only an initial price of $25,000. Expansion arrays begin at $11,000. Let us give you a 20 minute telephone briefing with all the details. Call Jim at 978-318-9000 or drop a line to jima@navigatestorage.com
Mar 17, 2009 08:30 ET
StoneFly, Inc.'s New Voyager IP SANs Deliver Exceptional Enterprise-Class Performance at an Economical Price PointDelivering Performance of More Than 900 MBps Over 10Gb Ethernet, Voyager Represents StoneFly's Fastest Virtualized IP SAN Appliance
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HAYWARD, CA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2009) - StoneFly, Inc., a leading supplier of integrated IP storage area network (SAN) systems and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory, Inc. (DNF), today introduced Voyager, a new line of virtualized IP SAN appliances designed to deliver exceptional performance at an economical price point. With entry-level pricing starting at US$25,000 MSRP, Voyager is ideal for enterprise customers in need of a robust SAN offering both high availability and versatility for primary and secondary storage applications.
As the newest member of the StoneFly Storage Concentrator™ family of IP SANs, Voyager comes standard with six or 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) iSCSI connections, but is offered with optional quad 10Gb Ethernet connections to achieve performance of up to 950MB/s. This performance makes Voyager ideal for critical applications involving online transaction processing, databases, email, disk-based archives, disk-to-disk backup, virtual servers and other core business uses.
Voyager supports a wide range of virtual server environments including VMware, Citrix XenServer, Virtual Iron and Microsoft. "With more than 75 percent of our customers either considering or currently using server virtualization, Voyager gives them all the speed and performance they require, plus high availability to ensure support of the most demanding applications and IT environments," said Bahman Jalali, director of product management for StoneFly.
Featuring active-active components for business continuity, Voyager offers full RAID protection and requires no down time for storage expansion. Although less scalable than other StoneFly IP SANs such as the OptiSAN™, Voyager's architecture enables customers to start smaller and then expand to up to 128 drives via expansion arrays. For added flexibility, configurations can be mixed and matched according to customer need with any combinations of SAS, SATA, and SSD drives.
At the cornerstone of the Voyager design is StoneFly's patented storage virtualization engine, which delivers quad-core processing power, dedicated iSCSI cache, and the StoneFly StoneFusion™ storage management operating system. StoneFusion provides block-level provisioning as well as centralized storage management and advanced storage features including replication, mirroring and snapshotting.
Voyager is now available, with prices starting at US$25,000 MSRP for a standard 5U rackmount configuration. Expansion arrays in 3U rackmount form factors start at US$11,000.
Mar 17, 2009 08:30 ET
StoneFly, Inc.'s New Voyager IP SANs Deliver Exceptional Enterprise-Class Performance at an Economical Price PointDelivering Performance of More Than 900 MBps Over 10Gb Ethernet, Voyager Represents StoneFly's Fastest Virtualized IP SAN Appliance
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HAYWARD, CA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2009) - StoneFly, Inc., a leading supplier of integrated IP storage area network (SAN) systems and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynamic Network Factory, Inc. (DNF), today introduced Voyager, a new line of virtualized IP SAN appliances designed to deliver exceptional performance at an economical price point. With entry-level pricing starting at US$25,000 MSRP, Voyager is ideal for enterprise customers in need of a robust SAN offering both high availability and versatility for primary and secondary storage applications.
As the newest member of the StoneFly Storage Concentrator™ family of IP SANs, Voyager comes standard with six or 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) iSCSI connections, but is offered with optional quad 10Gb Ethernet connections to achieve performance of up to 950MB/s. This performance makes Voyager ideal for critical applications involving online transaction processing, databases, email, disk-based archives, disk-to-disk backup, virtual servers and other core business uses.
Voyager supports a wide range of virtual server environments including VMware, Citrix XenServer, Virtual Iron and Microsoft. "With more than 75 percent of our customers either considering or currently using server virtualization, Voyager gives them all the speed and performance they require, plus high availability to ensure support of the most demanding applications and IT environments," said Bahman Jalali, director of product management for StoneFly.
Featuring active-active components for business continuity, Voyager offers full RAID protection and requires no down time for storage expansion. Although less scalable than other StoneFly IP SANs such as the OptiSAN™, Voyager's architecture enables customers to start smaller and then expand to up to 128 drives via expansion arrays. For added flexibility, configurations can be mixed and matched according to customer need with any combinations of SAS, SATA, and SSD drives.
At the cornerstone of the Voyager design is StoneFly's patented storage virtualization engine, which delivers quad-core processing power, dedicated iSCSI cache, and the StoneFly StoneFusion™ storage management operating system. StoneFusion provides block-level provisioning as well as centralized storage management and advanced storage features including replication, mirroring and snapshotting.
Voyager is now available, with prices starting at US$25,000 MSRP for a standard 5U rackmount configuration. Expansion arrays in 3U rackmount form factors start at US$11,000.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
TAPE MEDIA BONANZA....PRICE REDUCTIONS
Tape is still the media of choice for backing up those critical applications. NavigateStorage recognizes that things are tight and for that reason is slashing prices across the board on all its name brand "new" tape media. Quantum, IBM, Imation, Memorex and many more.
Give us your business. We will save you money. TELL us your needs. Shipping free on orders over 50 tapes.
Give us your business. We will save you money. TELL us your needs. Shipping free on orders over 50 tapes.
Friday, October 3, 2008
FAS2000 Series from NavigateStorage
Key Points:
Gain enterprise-level reliability in a smaller and cost-effective package Integrate storage and processing into a single unit.
Cost-effective and reliable disaster recovery.
Manage and store applications and data using several standard protocols.
Slash your backup and restore times by half.
Simplify management through consolidation of virtualized server environments.
With our FAS2000 series you can manage your growing, complex data in dispersed departments or remote locations, add functionality with ease, and increase capacity by up to 104TB.
Manage your dispersed, expanding, and complex data requirements with the FAS2000 series. FAS2000 systems are ideal if you have dispersed departments or remote branch offices.
Leverage our common operating system, management tools, backup and restore functions, and disaster recovery solutions to support your special business needs:
Bolster your storage efficiency through higher utilization and our thin-provisioning technology
Expand capacity and functionality easily using a uniform architecture
Reduce your system costs with the FAS2000 high data availability and downtime costs, which are half those of other systems
Learn more about how you can use the FAS2000 series for your dispersed or growing storage needs: FAS2000 from NavigateStorage
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Norman Virus Control: The Anti-Symantec Approach
Hear what a user wrote:
Norman Virus Control is simply an anti-virus program that goes back to the basics with solid virus protection without all the added bloatware that most modern antivirus programs are prone to bring with them. It uses a simple interface that is both easy to use and intuitive for people who appreciate less complicated software. The software is compatible with Windows XP and Vista as well as the 64-bit version of both operating systems.
Currently I am running it side by side with Avast antivirus and both run perfectly with each other without conflict. Norman also has a full security suite but I can't use it because I am running a 64-bit operating system. The antivirus, however, runs on any Windows XP or Vista system 64 or 32 bit.Installation and updatesInstallation is a breeze. You can install from the CD or download the program from the companie's web site.
You install the program by launching setup.exe or just insert the CD. During the installation you have the option of installing the program where you like but it is probably best to install it to the default location. After the installation is finished you will want to update the program to get the latest protection from the newest viruses out there. You'll notice a new icon in the program tray at the bottom right of the screen. It is a little blue square with a white "N" in it. Right click and choose "Internet Update" and the program will download and update the latest protection. One thing that I really like about this program is that it doesn't nag you every day to download updates or announce with an annoyingly friendly voice that "You're antivirus program has just been updated" like others do. The program quietly does what it is supposed to do and that is to protect my computer from viruses. SchedulingYou can set the program to update at any time you set over the internet.
If you use dial-up access you can have the program automatically dial-up and hang up when it is done. You can schedule the program to run at any time as well. The Norman Antivirus interface is very easy to familiarize yourself with quickly and changing settings takes seconds. The program can be set to run hidden until a virus is found of cleaning fails to keep it out of your way. The software is very non-intrusive. It's nice to have an antivirus program that doesn't draw attention to itself unless there is a reason for it.
Luckily, I have not had any virus attacks since I installed it but I have the program running hidden so I wouldn't know unless it couldn't clean them anyway.The program also installs a "scan for virus" option to your drop down menus. You can right click on a file and choose "scan for virus" to launch the virus scanner. The program works pretty much the same way as other antivirus programs where you can choose which drive to scan or just scan a folder or file if you like.ConclusionNorman Antivirus is a good solid antivirus program that does it job and does it quietly. It is really nice to have an antivirus that doesn't announce everything it does; I mean I have it running in the background for a reason. If you need a good antivirus and are tired of the big bad yellow box, try this one.
Give it try by clicking here
Norman Virus Control is simply an anti-virus program that goes back to the basics with solid virus protection without all the added bloatware that most modern antivirus programs are prone to bring with them. It uses a simple interface that is both easy to use and intuitive for people who appreciate less complicated software. The software is compatible with Windows XP and Vista as well as the 64-bit version of both operating systems.
Currently I am running it side by side with Avast antivirus and both run perfectly with each other without conflict. Norman also has a full security suite but I can't use it because I am running a 64-bit operating system. The antivirus, however, runs on any Windows XP or Vista system 64 or 32 bit.Installation and updatesInstallation is a breeze. You can install from the CD or download the program from the companie's web site.
You install the program by launching setup.exe or just insert the CD. During the installation you have the option of installing the program where you like but it is probably best to install it to the default location. After the installation is finished you will want to update the program to get the latest protection from the newest viruses out there. You'll notice a new icon in the program tray at the bottom right of the screen. It is a little blue square with a white "N" in it. Right click and choose "Internet Update" and the program will download and update the latest protection. One thing that I really like about this program is that it doesn't nag you every day to download updates or announce with an annoyingly friendly voice that "You're antivirus program has just been updated" like others do. The program quietly does what it is supposed to do and that is to protect my computer from viruses. SchedulingYou can set the program to update at any time you set over the internet.
If you use dial-up access you can have the program automatically dial-up and hang up when it is done. You can schedule the program to run at any time as well. The Norman Antivirus interface is very easy to familiarize yourself with quickly and changing settings takes seconds. The program can be set to run hidden until a virus is found of cleaning fails to keep it out of your way. The software is very non-intrusive. It's nice to have an antivirus program that doesn't draw attention to itself unless there is a reason for it.
Luckily, I have not had any virus attacks since I installed it but I have the program running hidden so I wouldn't know unless it couldn't clean them anyway.The program also installs a "scan for virus" option to your drop down menus. You can right click on a file and choose "scan for virus" to launch the virus scanner. The program works pretty much the same way as other antivirus programs where you can choose which drive to scan or just scan a folder or file if you like.ConclusionNorman Antivirus is a good solid antivirus program that does it job and does it quietly. It is really nice to have an antivirus that doesn't announce everything it does; I mean I have it running in the background for a reason. If you need a good antivirus and are tired of the big bad yellow box, try this one.
Give it try by clicking here
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
NetApp and NavigateStorage announces the 50% Virtualization Guarantee Program
Today, NavigateStorage and NetApp announced the 50% Virtualization Guarantee Program* for all your NavigateStorage customers! This unprecedented program guarantees* that your customers will use 50% less storage with NetApp in their VMware Virtual Environment compared to a traditional storage baseline - or NetApp will provide the additional capacity at no additional charge!
* Here's the fine print
NavigateStorage established in 1999 specializes in storage - iSCSI, IPSAN, NAS and Unified (block and file) from a wide variety of vendors. Features such as Replication, ILM, Data-Deduplication, Compression and Encryption are readily available. We represent market leading Tape Libraries, Virtual Tape Libraries, backup and replication software and new, name brand media at great prices.
Software solutions include Email/IM archiving (onsite software) or Hosted Email Archiving for compliance or just good governance, VMware, Virtual Iron, and security solutions for Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam (both as a service and appliance) and data leakage solutions. And a full line of Xerox Printers and Copiers with the new solid ink and Page Pack all in one progam.
Network products include QLogic and Brocade switches.
Contact us for the very best solutions at a price you can afford. Tell us your interests by clicking here today.
* Here's the fine print
NavigateStorage established in 1999 specializes in storage - iSCSI, IPSAN, NAS and Unified (block and file) from a wide variety of vendors. Features such as Replication, ILM, Data-Deduplication, Compression and Encryption are readily available. We represent market leading Tape Libraries, Virtual Tape Libraries, backup and replication software and new, name brand media at great prices.
Software solutions include Email/IM archiving (onsite software) or Hosted Email Archiving for compliance or just good governance, VMware, Virtual Iron, and security solutions for Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam (both as a service and appliance) and data leakage solutions. And a full line of Xerox Printers and Copiers with the new solid ink and Page Pack all in one progam.
Network products include QLogic and Brocade switches.
Contact us for the very best solutions at a price you can afford. Tell us your interests by clicking here today.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
IP SAN solutions from NavigateStorage are the right choice
Ease the storage management and economic burden of data storage by implementing an IP SAN from NavigateStorage. We are experts in the field with over eight years of SAN experience.
Whether you're currently managing multiple direct-attached storage devices or you're looking for enterprise-class features in an IP SAN, we will meet your requirements for simplicity, performance and functionality. Our IPSAN arrays come from vendors from A -Z but only from vendors with the reputation for quality, performance and value.
So give us a shout today and let us propose the right solution for you. Contact us and let us know how we can help.
Whether you're currently managing multiple direct-attached storage devices or you're looking for enterprise-class features in an IP SAN, we will meet your requirements for simplicity, performance and functionality. Our IPSAN arrays come from vendors from A -Z but only from vendors with the reputation for quality, performance and value.
So give us a shout today and let us propose the right solution for you. Contact us and let us know how we can help.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
PandaLabs detects a malicious program used to create fake YouTube pages for infecting users
PandaLabs, Panda Security’s laboratory for detecting and analyzing malware, has detected YTFakeCreator, a program used by cyber-crooks to create fake YouTube pages to infect users with malware.
The infection method is as follows: cyber-crooks send an email containing a video with supposedly sensational content (erotic images, death of a celebrity, etc.) and encourage users to click a link to watch the video. This is known as social engineering.
Once they reach the fake page, which is very similar to the actual YouTube site (see image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/panda_security/2840011688/), the user will see an error message informing that they can’t watch the video as a certain component is missing (a codec, an Adobe Flash update, etc.) and prompting them to download it. However, on doing it, they will actually be allowing malware onto their computers.
YTFakeCreator lets cyber-criminals create these fake YouTube pages very easily. They can enter the text for the error message displayed by the web page; define how long it takes the message to appear; enter the link to the infected file downloaded onto the victim’s computer; and create a false profile similar to those in YouTube to pretend the video has been uploaded by a real user. All this with just a single program (image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/panda_security/2839993538/).
The criminal can choose the type of malicious code to be distributed from these fake pages: viruses, worms, adware, Trojans, etc. “This type of program has led to the increased use of this technique to infect users. The tools made available to cyber-criminals nowadays force users to take every precaution to avoid falling victim to these attacks”, explains Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs. “Also, the fact that the pages used by criminals are very difficult to distinguish from the legitimate pages helps ensure that a growing number of users are infected”.
NavigateStorage is a Panda partner and welcomes you to take a free trial or request more information or a quote.
The infection method is as follows: cyber-crooks send an email containing a video with supposedly sensational content (erotic images, death of a celebrity, etc.) and encourage users to click a link to watch the video. This is known as social engineering.
Once they reach the fake page, which is very similar to the actual YouTube site (see image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/panda_security/2840011688/), the user will see an error message informing that they can’t watch the video as a certain component is missing (a codec, an Adobe Flash update, etc.) and prompting them to download it. However, on doing it, they will actually be allowing malware onto their computers.
YTFakeCreator lets cyber-criminals create these fake YouTube pages very easily. They can enter the text for the error message displayed by the web page; define how long it takes the message to appear; enter the link to the infected file downloaded onto the victim’s computer; and create a false profile similar to those in YouTube to pretend the video has been uploaded by a real user. All this with just a single program (image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/panda_security/2839993538/).
The criminal can choose the type of malicious code to be distributed from these fake pages: viruses, worms, adware, Trojans, etc. “This type of program has led to the increased use of this technique to infect users. The tools made available to cyber-criminals nowadays force users to take every precaution to avoid falling victim to these attacks”, explains Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs. “Also, the fact that the pages used by criminals are very difficult to distinguish from the legitimate pages helps ensure that a growing number of users are infected”.
NavigateStorage is a Panda partner and welcomes you to take a free trial or request more information or a quote.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
FalconStor VTL really got it right
The FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) is as good as a VTL Library can get. And you don't have to believe NavigateStorage, a leading provider of Storage, Backup/Data Protection, Email archiving and Security solutions, has to say. Read it yourself. Read what Forrester Research a world leading research company had to say earlier this year.
FalconStor VTL Enterprise Edition (they have great solutions for SMB and Virtual environments too) provides large organizations with high-performance enterprise-level disk-based data protection to meet backup demands, simplify tape management, and enhance tape security. It is integrated with FalconStor Single Instance Repository (SIR) to deliver post-process global deduplication without impacting the backup window. With SIR, only unique data blocks are replicated to the remote site, slashing network traffic over 95%. Offering multi-node scalability, FalconStor VTL emulates vast arrays of tape libraries, drives, and cartridges, ensuring complete backup transparency. By enabling companies to keep backup data on disk, FalconStor VTL significantly improves the speed and dependability of recovery.
Take a look at more FalconStor VTL info at our website. Then fill out our Request Info or call us right away at 978-318-9000
FalconStor VTL Enterprise Edition (they have great solutions for SMB and Virtual environments too) provides large organizations with high-performance enterprise-level disk-based data protection to meet backup demands, simplify tape management, and enhance tape security. It is integrated with FalconStor Single Instance Repository (SIR) to deliver post-process global deduplication without impacting the backup window. With SIR, only unique data blocks are replicated to the remote site, slashing network traffic over 95%. Offering multi-node scalability, FalconStor VTL emulates vast arrays of tape libraries, drives, and cartridges, ensuring complete backup transparency. By enabling companies to keep backup data on disk, FalconStor VTL significantly improves the speed and dependability of recovery.
Take a look at more FalconStor VTL info at our website. Then fill out our Request Info or call us right away at 978-318-9000
StoneFly's StoneFusion Platform from NavigateStorage
NavigateStorage's Optisan presents the award-winning StoneFusion® Intelligent Network Storage Platform (NSP), StoneFly's patent-pending baseline storage networking architecture, reduces the total cost of ownership by lowering management costs and increasing storage utilization.
By adding block level storage intelligence to the IP networking core, StoneFusion powered Storage Concentrators deliver all the benefits of managed SANs, including increased storage utilization through resource consolidation, storage provisioning, access control, volume management, and feature-rich managed storage supporting advanced storage services including clustering, mirroring, and snapshotting.
At the core of StoneFusion is a robust storage virtualization engine that enables provisioning of physical storage resources in to virtual storage volumes. These logical volumes are presented to the host as normal SCSI disks, using industry standard hardware and software iSCSI initiators. With StoneFusion the power of IP SAN centralization is at your fingertips.
Tell us what your looking for and let us provide you with market leading prices and performance.
By adding block level storage intelligence to the IP networking core, StoneFusion powered Storage Concentrators deliver all the benefits of managed SANs, including increased storage utilization through resource consolidation, storage provisioning, access control, volume management, and feature-rich managed storage supporting advanced storage services including clustering, mirroring, and snapshotting.
At the core of StoneFusion is a robust storage virtualization engine that enables provisioning of physical storage resources in to virtual storage volumes. These logical volumes are presented to the host as normal SCSI disks, using industry standard hardware and software iSCSI initiators. With StoneFusion the power of IP SAN centralization is at your fingertips.
Tell us what your looking for and let us provide you with market leading prices and performance.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Hosted Email Archiving from NavigateStorage
Facts about Our Secure Hosted Email Archiving from Global Relay
With the escalating volumes of email, the Hosted Email Archiving and Compliance solution of NavigateStorage, in partnership with Global Relay, provides organizations with a comprehensive email compliance solution for addressing business demands in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, including: Mail Management and long-term storage of email communications with online search and retrieval. Regulatory Compliance such as SEC, FINRA, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, privacy. Litigation eDiscovery and audit requests. Security and protection of mission-critical business information. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning. Migration and consolidation of PST files, backup tapes and historical data, in a central online repository, together with email, BlackBerry, Bloomberg, Reuters, instant messaging and e-fax.
With the escalating volumes of email, the Hosted Email Archiving and Compliance solution of NavigateStorage, in partnership with Global Relay, provides organizations with a comprehensive email compliance solution for addressing business demands in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, including: Mail Management and long-term storage of email communications with online search and retrieval. Regulatory Compliance such as SEC, FINRA, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, privacy. Litigation eDiscovery and audit requests. Security and protection of mission-critical business information. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning. Migration and consolidation of PST files, backup tapes and historical data, in a central online repository, together with email, BlackBerry, Bloomberg, Reuters, instant messaging and e-fax.
Global Relay's Message Archiver
Global Relay's Message Archiver provides secure, off-site email archiving and long-term storage with online access. An authentic copy of all incoming, internal and outgoing hosted Exchange or in-house email & attachments, IM, Bloomberg, Reuters, BlackBerry, e-fax and any PST files and imported legacy email, is captured, replicated and unified in the Message Archiver for rapid web-based search, retrieval & monitoring. Fully and professionally managed, Global Relay's Message Archiver securely stores and organizes all messages in Global Relay's mirrored SAS 70 Certified Data Centers. The simple web-based search and retrieval process provides rapid access by all users to current and historical email records, even if the original has been deleted.
With our service you have no software or hardware to buy, no resource drain just sit back and let us manage it for you. Learn more then let us set up a trial for you in less than an hour. Contact NavigateStorage or call at 978-318-9000 today.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Xerox Solid Ink from NavigateStorage
Curious about Xerox's new Solid Ink?
With a low entry price and cost per page, solid ink products truly give customers the most value for their money. Solid ink produces brilliant, vibrant prints on a wide range of media, allowing you confidently bring your print jobs in-house.
Solid ink is also the easiest technology on the market to use, and it's easy on the environment with 95% less waist than a typical laser printer.
High Performance Solid Ink Technology »
Solid Ink White Paper » (PDF)
Now that you know, let NavigateStorage show you how to print all the color you want for the same price as black and white. Contact us or call 978-318-9000
With a low entry price and cost per page, solid ink products truly give customers the most value for their money. Solid ink produces brilliant, vibrant prints on a wide range of media, allowing you confidently bring your print jobs in-house.
Solid ink is also the easiest technology on the market to use, and it's easy on the environment with 95% less waist than a typical laser printer.
High Performance Solid Ink Technology »
Solid Ink White Paper » (PDF)
Now that you know, let NavigateStorage show you how to print all the color you want for the same price as black and white. Contact us or call 978-318-9000
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Simplify VMware Environments with NetApp Virtualization Solutions
The Challenge
NavigateStorage and NetApp would like to help you maximize the benefits of a virtualized server environment. Server consolidation and virtualization promise an enterprise infrastructure that is efficient, flexible, and scalable. To maximize your responsiveness to market and business needs and to fully realize the benefits of server virtualization, you need to address the increased demands that virtualized servers pose for your storage infrastructure. Backup becomes more difficult and rapid recovery is increasingly imperative with virtualized servers. To take full advantage of all the benefits associated with server virtualization, your data-center transformation strategy must consider storage as well as servers.
The SOLUTION
Include NetApp’s unified storage architecture as part of your virtualization solution. Building a comprehensive virtualized infra-structure begins with NetApp. We do for storage what VMware does for servers. Our automated backup and recovery solutions provide best-in-class data protection. With our solutions, you can protect your infrastructure with recovery times that are twice as fast as other solutions in VMware environments. At the same time, you can maximize utilization and lower total cost of ownership without affecting performance by using our deduplication and thin provisioning technologies. We also help you simplify management and administrative complexity with the industry’s broadest unified storage architecture. Our virtualization solutions for production, testing, development, and desktop environments complement the manageability, utilization, and cost-saving benefits of your VMware deployments.
Request more information or call us at 978-318-9000 today.
NavigateStorage and NetApp would like to help you maximize the benefits of a virtualized server environment. Server consolidation and virtualization promise an enterprise infrastructure that is efficient, flexible, and scalable. To maximize your responsiveness to market and business needs and to fully realize the benefits of server virtualization, you need to address the increased demands that virtualized servers pose for your storage infrastructure. Backup becomes more difficult and rapid recovery is increasingly imperative with virtualized servers. To take full advantage of all the benefits associated with server virtualization, your data-center transformation strategy must consider storage as well as servers.
The SOLUTION
Include NetApp’s unified storage architecture as part of your virtualization solution. Building a comprehensive virtualized infra-structure begins with NetApp. We do for storage what VMware does for servers. Our automated backup and recovery solutions provide best-in-class data protection. With our solutions, you can protect your infrastructure with recovery times that are twice as fast as other solutions in VMware environments. At the same time, you can maximize utilization and lower total cost of ownership without affecting performance by using our deduplication and thin provisioning technologies. We also help you simplify management and administrative complexity with the industry’s broadest unified storage architecture. Our virtualization solutions for production, testing, development, and desktop environments complement the manageability, utilization, and cost-saving benefits of your VMware deployments.
Request more information or call us at 978-318-9000 today.
Print color at the same price as black and white
Yes that's the truth. Our new PagePack offering from NavigateStorage enables you to use the latest technology "solid ink" from Xerox.
And better yet our offering is Simple and Flexible
• We will help you determine a PagePack Service and Supplies Plan that perfectly suits your needs.
• All-in PagePack plans provide predictable invoices from a singlesource, giving you clear visibility of total printing costs and enablingyou to accurately budget for your office printing.
• Any page volume over and above the low plan minimum is chargedat a flat rate per page.
• PagePack Assistant monitoring – simply use the unique PagePack on-line tool to order supplies when you need them and they will be delivered direct to your door.Peace of Mind and Value for your Money
• Xerox on-site servicing and genuine Xerox supplies, ensure your equipment delivers optimum print quality and total dependability.
• With all supplies included at a fixed price per page, you don’tneed to worry about print area coverage on your documents.
• You benefit from predictable invoicing, allowing you to accuratelybudget your print costs.
• Any page volume above your monthly page commitment is a flat rate per page.
Eligible Products for PagePack
PagePack is available on the following products: Phaser® 4500,Phaser 5500, Phaser 7760, Phaser 8550, Phaser 6350, Phaser 7400,WorkCentre® 7132, WorkCentre C2424, WorkCentre Pro 123/128/133,WorkCentre 4150. Ask us on eligibility of other products.
Click here for a list of all products for your review.
So why not let us give you some more information and see how much money you can save. And while your thinking about it, see all the many offerings from NavigateStorage such as IPSANs, Email archiving both hosted and on-site software, failover software and much more.
And better yet our offering is Simple and Flexible
• We will help you determine a PagePack Service and Supplies Plan that perfectly suits your needs.
• All-in PagePack plans provide predictable invoices from a singlesource, giving you clear visibility of total printing costs and enablingyou to accurately budget for your office printing.
• Any page volume over and above the low plan minimum is chargedat a flat rate per page.
• PagePack Assistant monitoring – simply use the unique PagePack on-line tool to order supplies when you need them and they will be delivered direct to your door.Peace of Mind and Value for your Money
• Xerox on-site servicing and genuine Xerox supplies, ensure your equipment delivers optimum print quality and total dependability.
• With all supplies included at a fixed price per page, you don’tneed to worry about print area coverage on your documents.
• You benefit from predictable invoicing, allowing you to accuratelybudget your print costs.
• Any page volume above your monthly page commitment is a flat rate per page.
Eligible Products for PagePack
PagePack is available on the following products: Phaser® 4500,Phaser 5500, Phaser 7760, Phaser 8550, Phaser 6350, Phaser 7400,WorkCentre® 7132, WorkCentre C2424, WorkCentre Pro 123/128/133,WorkCentre 4150. Ask us on eligibility of other products.
Click here for a list of all products for your review.
So why not let us give you some more information and see how much money you can save. And while your thinking about it, see all the many offerings from NavigateStorage such as IPSANs, Email archiving both hosted and on-site software, failover software and much more.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Share application data across multiple virtual machines
Virtual machines running Windows operating systems on VMware ESX can now share access to application data on SAN volumes and maintain access to application data, even when virtual servers are migrated between physical host servers. Now Sanbolic’s Melio clustered file system available from NavigateStorage addresses a shortcoming of virtualization across all major platforms – an inability to share application data between multiple virtual machines, which creates an inflexible storage platform for virtual data centers.
"Previously, a SAN storage volume containing application data had to be assigned uniquely to a single physical or virtual server, limiting flexibility and providing a single path to application data," said Momchil Michailov, Sanbolic’s founder. "Sanbolic’s Melio file system (Melio FS) enables multiple paths to the data and concurrent read/write access to the application data using a high performance, low latency SAN storage fabric. Shared access to application data on SAN storage infrastructures enhances application availability, and also provides flexibility to scale applications and improve performance of tiered applications."
"We are building a VMware-based virtual environment for most of our servers," said Anders Alexandersson of GVA Consultants AB, a KBR company. "All of the physical and virtual servers have common shared storage volumes formatted with Melio FS. All of our data is placed on the Melio FS formatted volumes, and we can dynamically add both physical and virtual machines to access the data. This kind on infrastructure not only significantly reduces our administrative costs, but also allows us to keep a single set of the data and increase the processing times significantly."
Sanbolic’s Melio clustered file system and LaScala volume manager are designed to support Windows applications which benefit from central administration of a large virtual storage pool simultaneously accessed by multiple physical or virtual servers. Melio FS uses 64 bit architecture, allowing very large volume and file system sizes. These products install easily on physical or virtual servers, and can utilize any fibre channel or iSCSI storage hardware. Windows directory, reporting, and clustering features are supported. Reporting on storage I/O and transaction performance facilitates optimization of storage intensive workloads.
To learn more and see a demo contact NavigateStorage
"Previously, a SAN storage volume containing application data had to be assigned uniquely to a single physical or virtual server, limiting flexibility and providing a single path to application data," said Momchil Michailov, Sanbolic’s founder. "Sanbolic’s Melio file system (Melio FS) enables multiple paths to the data and concurrent read/write access to the application data using a high performance, low latency SAN storage fabric. Shared access to application data on SAN storage infrastructures enhances application availability, and also provides flexibility to scale applications and improve performance of tiered applications."
"We are building a VMware-based virtual environment for most of our servers," said Anders Alexandersson of GVA Consultants AB, a KBR company. "All of the physical and virtual servers have common shared storage volumes formatted with Melio FS. All of our data is placed on the Melio FS formatted volumes, and we can dynamically add both physical and virtual machines to access the data. This kind on infrastructure not only significantly reduces our administrative costs, but also allows us to keep a single set of the data and increase the processing times significantly."
Sanbolic’s Melio clustered file system and LaScala volume manager are designed to support Windows applications which benefit from central administration of a large virtual storage pool simultaneously accessed by multiple physical or virtual servers. Melio FS uses 64 bit architecture, allowing very large volume and file system sizes. These products install easily on physical or virtual servers, and can utilize any fibre channel or iSCSI storage hardware. Windows directory, reporting, and clustering features are supported. Reporting on storage I/O and transaction performance facilitates optimization of storage intensive workloads.
To learn more and see a demo contact NavigateStorage
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
iQStor Storage Enterprise-Level Features - High Performance - Affordable Price
The iQ2880 storage system from NavigateStorage delivers the high performance and reliability required by today’s demanding applications, at an affordable price. The iQ2880 combines enterprise-level features such as storage virtualization, snapshot, mirroring, remote replication, storage provisioning and automated capacity growth with fully redundant components, to deliver storage scalability, data protection, storage automation and management simplicity. And all this at a price point that’s dramatically less than competing storage solutions on the market today.
Modular Configurations
Each iQ2880 supports up to fifteen Fibre Channel drives providing 4.5TB of storage capacity using 300GB disk drives or 15TB with 1TB SATA disk drives. This capacity can be easily and dynamically scaled to 240TB by attaching optional J2880 disk enclosure with FC or SATA disk drives to the iQ2880 storage system, creating a tiered-storage environment, with Fibre Channel drives for primary storage and SATA drives for secondary storage.
If you would like a competitive quote or more information please contact us. Or just pick up the phone and call 978-308-9000 or e mail us with your questions.
Modular Configurations
Each iQ2880 supports up to fifteen Fibre Channel drives providing 4.5TB of storage capacity using 300GB disk drives or 15TB with 1TB SATA disk drives. This capacity can be easily and dynamically scaled to 240TB by attaching optional J2880 disk enclosure with FC or SATA disk drives to the iQ2880 storage system, creating a tiered-storage environment, with Fibre Channel drives for primary storage and SATA drives for secondary storage.
If you would like a competitive quote or more information please contact us. Or just pick up the phone and call 978-308-9000 or e mail us with your questions.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
E-Mail Discovery Best Practices
NavigateStorage has been in the email archiving solutions business since 2001. Intitially with Educomm which was later bought by ZANTAZ. Today we offer solutions from ZANTAZ and Global Relay. We are experts in the field and offer a full range of services. Give us a call at 978-318-9000 or request us to contact you here.
Be proactive.
Don't wait to be on the receiving end of a subpoena or regulatory investigation before acting. Whether it is because of Enron, Elliot Spitzer, or the Wall Street Journal, regulators and the courts have become increasingly aggressive in enforcing regulations, all of which involve e-discovery. Courts view e-mails as the place to find out who knew what and when in civil, criminal, or patent litigation. Sooner or later, it will happen to you. So be proactive and invest in processes and products to minimize the impact of e-discovery on your organization.
What you don't know can hurt you.
If only the old adage ("what you don't know won't hurt you") were true. You could simply delete all e-mails and minimize the risk of someone using them against you. But in today's increasingly inter-connected world, that is no longer an option. E-mail flows freely across organizational boundaries, making it impossible to destroy all copies of any given message. Enterprises are better off storing all business-related e-mails and knowing what they contain. Ultimately, when you sit down to determine your legal strategy (e.g., "do we settle or fight?"), it's not unlike playing a game of poker. By storing e-mails, you not only know your cards but you also know the cards that your opponent may have.
Pick your partner carefully.
Given that keyword search tools from e-mail archives or other vendors aren't sufficient, you'll need to pick an e-discovery partner. There are a wide range of e-discovery products and services to choose from. Whatever you decide, make sure that your chosen solution has everything it takes to address the problem: a single interface to all of your e-mail repositories so nothing is missed; the linking of e-mails into discussion threads to establish who knew what and when; the ranking of e-mail search results by relevance; and so on.
Take e-discovery products for a test drive.
Don't take the word of an e-discovery vendor. Ask them to install their product in your environment and try it out before you buy. (With Global Relay we can have you operational in a test environment in about an hour. ZANTAZ is more difficult to install and test environments require much more.) Ask the solution vendors to provide customer references and case studies of enterprise deployments. Speak with their existing customers to learn about the solution as well as the company. It is worth spending the time to evaluate before you buy.
Document processes and best practices.
Document your end-to-end e-discovery processes, from collection to analysis to review to production. Capture all the tasks and document how each task addresses chain of custody, spoliation, and security issues. Outline all the parties involved in each task and their roles and responsibilities. Conduct post-mortem analyses after every large case or several small cases to identify opportunities for improvement. This will help ensure the highest return on your investments in automating and streamlining your e-discovery processes.
This article is an excerpt from Aaref Hilaly's article, "So You Bought An E-Mail Archive System. Now What?" originally published in the July 2006 issue of E-Discovery Advisor Magazine.
Be proactive.
Don't wait to be on the receiving end of a subpoena or regulatory investigation before acting. Whether it is because of Enron, Elliot Spitzer, or the Wall Street Journal, regulators and the courts have become increasingly aggressive in enforcing regulations, all of which involve e-discovery. Courts view e-mails as the place to find out who knew what and when in civil, criminal, or patent litigation. Sooner or later, it will happen to you. So be proactive and invest in processes and products to minimize the impact of e-discovery on your organization.
What you don't know can hurt you.
If only the old adage ("what you don't know won't hurt you") were true. You could simply delete all e-mails and minimize the risk of someone using them against you. But in today's increasingly inter-connected world, that is no longer an option. E-mail flows freely across organizational boundaries, making it impossible to destroy all copies of any given message. Enterprises are better off storing all business-related e-mails and knowing what they contain. Ultimately, when you sit down to determine your legal strategy (e.g., "do we settle or fight?"), it's not unlike playing a game of poker. By storing e-mails, you not only know your cards but you also know the cards that your opponent may have.
Pick your partner carefully.
Given that keyword search tools from e-mail archives or other vendors aren't sufficient, you'll need to pick an e-discovery partner. There are a wide range of e-discovery products and services to choose from. Whatever you decide, make sure that your chosen solution has everything it takes to address the problem: a single interface to all of your e-mail repositories so nothing is missed; the linking of e-mails into discussion threads to establish who knew what and when; the ranking of e-mail search results by relevance; and so on.
Take e-discovery products for a test drive.
Don't take the word of an e-discovery vendor. Ask them to install their product in your environment and try it out before you buy. (With Global Relay we can have you operational in a test environment in about an hour. ZANTAZ is more difficult to install and test environments require much more.) Ask the solution vendors to provide customer references and case studies of enterprise deployments. Speak with their existing customers to learn about the solution as well as the company. It is worth spending the time to evaluate before you buy.
Document processes and best practices.
Document your end-to-end e-discovery processes, from collection to analysis to review to production. Capture all the tasks and document how each task addresses chain of custody, spoliation, and security issues. Outline all the parties involved in each task and their roles and responsibilities. Conduct post-mortem analyses after every large case or several small cases to identify opportunities for improvement. This will help ensure the highest return on your investments in automating and streamlining your e-discovery processes.
This article is an excerpt from Aaref Hilaly's article, "So You Bought An E-Mail Archive System. Now What?" originally published in the July 2006 issue of E-Discovery Advisor Magazine.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Color at Black-and-white Prices
It's time to add color to every document you produce and no longer worry about how much it costs. The Phaser 8860 color printer and Phaser 8860MFP color multifunction printer from NavigateStorage make it easy to create beautiful color documents for the same cost as your typical black-and-white prints.
Everyday Color Printing is Here
It's not a dream. Busy workgroups with high print demands can now afford to print in attention-grabbing color every day. You pay a little more for the printer or MFP, but the printing ink costs are so low that you could recoup that extra cost in a hurry depending on how much you print.
Low cost of ownership with color ink sticks that cost a fraction of laser toner cartridges
View SpencerLab Digital Color Laboratory analysis (PDF)
View IDC white paper (PDF)
Create more effective documents by using color that is more affordable than ever and savings add up fast with every color print - the more you print, the more you save. Finally you can drop the restrictions you have on color printing and be the hero.
Everyday Color Printing is Here
It's not a dream. Busy workgroups with high print demands can now afford to print in attention-grabbing color every day. You pay a little more for the printer or MFP, but the printing ink costs are so low that you could recoup that extra cost in a hurry depending on how much you print.
Low cost of ownership with color ink sticks that cost a fraction of laser toner cartridges
View SpencerLab Digital Color Laboratory analysis (PDF)
View IDC white paper (PDF)
Create more effective documents by using color that is more affordable than ever and savings add up fast with every color print - the more you print, the more you save. Finally you can drop the restrictions you have on color printing and be the hero.
Find out how much you could save
Your cost savings could be significant if you use the Phaser 8860 color printer or Phaser 8860MFP color multifunction printer over typical color laser devices. Give us a shout at NavigateStorage to see how much. Its easy.
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