Nortec News September 2007
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September 2007

A NEW TAKE ON ENDPOINT SECURITY

Small and mid-sized businesses are becoming keenly aware of the increasing need to protect their endpoints from exposure. Endpoint devices include servers, laptops, and desktops, and these devices are vital to a business' operations. While threats are becoming more sophisticated and targeting endpoint devices, end users are demanding increased productivity and access into the network (remote, VPN, web-based, telecommuting, use of unmanaged devices). Throw regulatory compliance mandates into the mix, and businesses are finding themselves scrambling to implement, monitor and enforce controls that protect endpoint devices. Read the article.


TEAM NORTEC
Callaghan

Meet Bryan Callaghan, Senior Consultant in Nortec's Falls Church, Virginia office. Bryan's core capabilities are in Active Directory, MS Exchange, and Enterprise Vault, and Bryan knows a thing or two about making Exchange migrations easier, faster, and safer for your data.

Q: What are most of your customers looking to accomplish with Exchange 2007 migrations with Enterprise Vault?

A: Most of my clients are embarking on high-level migrations or implementations to move to the next platform level. Some are also concerned with compliance issues related to data storage. Read the article.


GOOD TO GO

So, you know you want to virtualize, but where do you start?

Should you virtualize all of your servers? How many VMWare server platforms will you have to buy? Which physical servers should go on which VMWare servers? How many servers can you put on one VMWare server? How are you going to migrate your servers to the virtual platforms? What about your remote offices? There are many questions to answer before you decide to virtualize that first production server, and that's why Nortec provides the Nortec Virtualization Capacity Planner Assessment. Read the article.


D.C. METRO TECHNOLOGY EVENTS & NEWS

Nortec's Tech Tour 2007
October 2, 2007
The Sheraton Premiere, Vienna, VA
Registration is free but space is limit. Register today!

Momentum Event Series: Building a Better Infrastructure
November 15, 2007
Baltimore, MD

Nortec would like to thank Bioreliance for signing on as a new client for a Global Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Project.


Nortec QuickTip
Get an insider's tip from Nortec's expert engineers

QuickTip: Ensure the Enterprise Vault server associated with that user remains consistent; it is a relatively smooth process and will work the same regardless of it being an intra-domain, inter-domain or inter-forest move. The only difference will be in your setup work, which is essentially making sure the required trust relationships are there.

The Nortec Nine

Here you'll find helpful links to whitepapers, datasheets, user guides and more.

VMware Infrastructure Increases Scalability & Performance

VMwareServer Consolidation and Containment

VMware Capacity Planner

FAQ: Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 & Symantec Network Access Control 11.0

More info on Endpoint Protection

Download the Endpoint Protection Beta

Endpoint Protection Migration Guide

Endpoint Protection for Small Business

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