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Where Are They Now? FishNet Security (March 2010)
By The Business Solutions Network
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
In our March 2010 issue, we featured FishNet Security, a large security VAR that was projecting 15% growth by the end of the year due in part to offering virtualization and wireless solutions and adding new employees. (Check out, “Simplify Your Security Offerings To Spur Sales”).  Continue Reading..
How A Virus Made Me Rethink Cloud Security
By The Business Solutions Network
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Early this morning as I was about to send an email to a colleague, my email shut down and multiple popup messages flashed on my screen telling me my hard drive was unresponsive. Additional messages popped up from my Sophos antivirus software telling me that a virus had been detected and quarantined.  Continue Reading..
  • Do You Make This Mistake With Your Network Security Assessments?
    3/13/2012

    In last month's issue of Business Solutions magazine, I talked with Charles Johnson, CEO of $5.5 million network security consultant and VAR EDTS. (See 4 Secrets Of A  Trusted Network Security Advisor) His company experienced 45% revenue growth in 2011, and it's projecting 15% growth this year. One of the secrets Johnson shared with me was that he's learned to take a more consultative approach to interacting with his customers. I hear that statement so often from interviewees that it feels like a cliché at times, but the reality is that manyVARs are still stuck in the mode of trying to push products.
  • Video Blog: Should VDI Be Your Next Big Move?
    3/9/2012

    I've been hearing a lot about VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) lately. ABI Research predicts this technology is going to grow from $500 million in 2009 to $5 billion by 2016. For the March issue of Business Solutions magazine, I interviewed MSP (managed services provider) RMC ProIT, a division of Ray Morgan Company. This company is projecting 100% growth this year, and it's attributing much of its growth to VDI opportunities in the education vertical. You can check out this article here: www.bsminfo.com/go/0312VDIfeature.
  • What's The Truth About Tape As A Viable Storage Media?
    3/6/2012

    I’ve been writing a lot lately about BDR (backup and disaster recovery), and I’ve even been trying to keep my eye on where storage is trending. Based on some of my recent interviews with solid state vendors Nimbus Data Systems and WhipTail, it looks like the future of storage is heading toward solid state. (Coming soon, I’ll be interviewing Violin Memory, another solid state storage vendor to get their perspective on solid state storage’s play in the enterprise).