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SpamTitan for VMware

tdomf_2703e — Thu, 05 May 2011 19:09:55 +0000

SpamTitan for VMware® is a complete operating system and software suite designed to run on VMware. Using VMware®, this will enable you to run SpamTitan on any server irrespective of the operating system.

Features

Full SpamTitan software and OS can be downloaded for free as an image file and burned to CD for installation on a VMware® platform
VMware® can be downloaded here
Full SpamTitan Software suite including anti-spam, anti-virus, content control, web interface.
Easy to install, simple to configure, up and running in minutes
Low maintenance overhead, fully automated updating
30 Day Free Support
Allows you run SpamTitan on any server irrespective of operating system

Backup Considerations for Virtualized Environments

George — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:16:55 +0000

You cannot just rely on snapshots of your virtual machines even if these are taken on regular basis without having a proper data backup plan in action. Your data backup strategy should be based on a reliable and fast backup/restore solution which at least caters for the business most critical data. What do I mean with a reliable backup/restore solution? – A data backup solution which integrates seamlessly with the underlying hypervisor and one which is regarded trustworthy by fellow system administrators. What do I mean by a fast backup/restore solution? – A data backup solution that does not compromise hypervisor performance and runs autonomously as possible. Some products provide agent less solutions and can backup and restore multiple VMs simultaneously.

The following checklist of features would give you a head start when looking for a backup solution for your virtualized environment…go here for the full article.

Join Altaro Beta Program.

Altaro Software are looking for BETA testers interested in installing Altaro Hyper-V Backup BETA 1. They are giving out 250 Free License Keys to the final version of Altaro Hyper-V Backup.

Altaro Hyper-V Backup is a powerful Hyper-V Aware backup solution that easily backs up Microsoft Hyper-V VMs. Altaro Hyper-V Backup includes innovative and unique features not found in other Hyper-V backup products.

Cloud Opportunities and Risks

George — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:07:50 +0000

A lot of talk has been done about cloud computing and the most cited topics remain security and compliancy in the cloud, and rightly so! However, having experienced a bit of hands-on with Public cloud environments I would like to put security aside for a moment and deal with an equally important risk that is service disruption. I have to admit that service disruption is less frequent but when it happens, it has some worrying consequences. Disruption of services is not just a lost connection but includes cases when virtual servers in an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) setup disappear and cannot be recovered. Some may argue that the cloud concept provides the automated scaling up or down of services where new instances can be instantiated from set templates or images on the fly and hence, can overcome the problem of unexpected shutdown of virtual servers.

Read the full article here.