Henry Baltazar

With privacy-protection laws and regulatory-compliance guidelines hardening in virtually every industry, IT managers who dont have encryption in place should be scouring the marketplace for an appropriate solution. There is a wide range of encryption solutions, providing many ways to protect business data. Some encryption systems are easier to implement than others, however, so when […]

Unencrypted credit card numbers were a gamble that Vegas.com was unwilling to take. Security implemented to protect credit card data in Microsoft Corp. SQL Server databases not only had to exceed compliance standards but also had to be flexible enough to evolve with the Web site, said Brian Hayashi, Vegas.coms director of engineering. To help […]

Ingrian Networks Inc.s Ingrian i321 DataSecure Appliance provides powerful application-level encryption to protect critical business data. Click here to read the full review of the Ingrian i321 DataSecure Appliance. 2 Ingrian Networks Inc.s Ingrian i321 DataSecure Appliance provides powerful application-level encryption to protect critical business data. With the seemingly constant introduction of stringent regulations calling […]

With 400GB total capacity, 7,200 rpm and 16MB of onboard cache, the current specs of the new Western Digital WD Caviar RE2 may look pretty boring—until you discover that the drive is designed for 24/7 duty cycles. Why am I making a big fuss over a hard-working SATA (Serial ATA) drive? With 24/7 levels of […]

Blending flexibility and functionality, Compellents Storage Center 3.2 array proves that IT managers dont have to purchase different arrays to meet their various storage needs. Click here to read the full review of Compellents Storage Center 3.2. 2 Blending flexibility and functionality, Compellents Storage Center 3.2 array proves that IT managers dont have to purchase […]

With its ability to work in heterogeneous SAN environments and its impressive scalability, Sun Microsystems Inc.s StorEdge 6920 system is an attractive unit that should expand Suns reach in the storage arena. Click here to read the full review of Suns StorEdge 6920. 2 With its ability to work in heterogeneous SAN environments and its […]

Sun Microsystems Inc.s Content Infrastructure System, a turnkey archive solution for storing digital content, provides a simple solution to a difficult problem. Click here to read the full review of Suns Content Infrastructure System. 2 Sun Microsystems Inc.s Content Infrastructure System, a turnkey archive solution for storing digital content, provides a simple solution to a […]

Content is king for every broadcast company, so when it came time for TV4 in Sweden to upgrade from its antiquated Betamax tape library to a digital repository, the television network decided to tune in Sun Microsystems Inc.s Content Infrastructure System to house its precious content. Stockholm-based TV4, Swedens second-largest television network, broadcasts on five […]

Network Appliances $272 million acquisition of Decru (which is expected to close in October) is just one of many signs that the worlds of storage and security are converging. And its a timely convergence. In the good old days, bad security news was a DDOS (distributed denial of service) attack or the emergence of yet […]

Total Tec Systems Inc.s TrustWorthy Appliance helps small and midsize businesses achieve messaging and regulatory compliance. Click here to read the full review of the TrustWorthy Appliance. 2 Total Tec Systems Inc.s TrustWorthy Appliance helps small and midsize businesses achieve messaging and regulatory compliance. The TrustWorthy Appliance, released earlier this month, is a turnkey solution […]