VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform Enables Businesses to Accelerate Digital Transformation

VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 advances security, automation and application continuity; VMware NSX-T 1.1 expands support for new application frameworks and architectures; VMware NSX exits 2016 with more than 2,400 customers PALO ALTO, Calif. – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced new releases of the VMware NSX® network virtualization platform to meet the diverse and evolving… Continue reading VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform Enables Businesses to Accelerate Digital Transformation

HPE Acquires Niara to Enhance Security at the Intelligent Edge

Advances HPE’s strategy for transforming workplace and operational experiences for mobile and IoT devices Niara User and Entity Behavioral Analytics (UEBA) solution leverages machine learning and big data analytics to better protect against next-generation attacks Seamlessly integrates with Aruba ClearPass network security portfolio to create the industry’s most complete visibility and attack detection solution PALO… Continue reading HPE Acquires Niara to Enhance Security at the Intelligent Edge

Have You Automated Your Emergency Notifications? How This One Step Can Save Lives

Emergencies Aren’t The Time to Plan We don’t often think of emergency response until there is an actual emergency which is the absolute worst time to figure it out. When you’re in a crisis, you and your co-workers are less likely to think as clearly as when you aren’t. An emergency “plan” is just that,… Continue reading Have You Automated Your Emergency Notifications? How This One Step Can Save Lives

Ransomware: Is Cyber Insurance On Your Radar?

Hotel guests locked out of their rooms at a four-star hotel in the Austrian Alps? Washington DC’s CCTV system disrupted days before Donald Trump’s inauguration? Libraries in St Louis brought to a standstill? Eight years of digital evidence lost by a Texas police department? Ransomware is not just grabbing headlines, it’s now the favorite method of… Continue reading Ransomware: Is Cyber Insurance On Your Radar?

BCI: Business continuity management is not boring, but the video could be

The Business Continuity Institute This news item contains embedded media. Open the news item in your browser to see the content. Have you watched (or even been forced to watch) a business continuity management (BCM) video? Perhaps it was during your training, or as the business continuity manager when you tried to convince the organization to… Continue reading BCI: Business continuity management is not boring, but the video could be

Wharton Research Data Services Adds Sustainalytics’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Data to its Award-Winning Research Platform

PHILADELPHIA – Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), the award-winning research platform and business intelligence tool for corporate, academic and government institutions worldwide, has added ESG data on more than 4,500 companies from Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of ESG and corporate governance research and ratings. A part of the Wharton School of the University of… Continue reading Wharton Research Data Services Adds Sustainalytics’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Data to its Award-Winning Research Platform

Accenture to Acquire InvestTech Systems Consulting, Further Expanding its Asset-Management Consulting Capabilities

NEW YORK – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to acquire InvestTech Systems Consulting, a market leader in investment technology systems-integration and consulting services that supports many of the world’s largest asset managers and investment service providers.   “By further expanding our systems integration and consulting capabilities in this area, we will be able to do… Continue reading Accenture to Acquire InvestTech Systems Consulting, Further Expanding its Asset-Management Consulting Capabilities

Accenture Helps Seattle Police Department Implement Data Analytics Platform

SEATTLE – Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has helped the Seattle Police Department (SPD) build and deploy a new data analytics platform that provides the Department with reliable and rapidly accessible data to meet its management and governance objectives and support insight-led policing.   “SPD’s vision to embrace analytics combined with Accenture Analytics’ technology expertise, industry experience and strong… Continue reading Accenture Helps Seattle Police Department Implement Data Analytics Platform