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Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources and is now becoming commonplace, with many New Zealand businesses. Virtualisation, of course, comes with many advantages, such as standardisation, simplification, consolidation and control. However, security concerns and challenges…

Today there are many challenges for businesses to keep up with security requirements of social media and Web 2.0 applications. It is necessary for system administrators to use the security policy to overcome these challenges. Below we outline a few of the challenges and also ways in which you can go about preventing them. Malware…

Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 will reach its end of support as of July 14, 2015. What does this mean you ask? It means that Microsoft will cease to offer any security, support, or technical content updates for this operating system. It is estimated that there are more than 15,000,000 physical servers that are likely to…

There are many things that can immediately cause data loss: hardware failure, corrupted files, virus, malware, accidental deletions, saving over a file, or any other accidents. There is little you can do to prevent your computers from giving up the ghost, except to have replacement parts available. There is, however, much you can do to…