Since the Internet has become a staple of businesses and homes we've become familiar with the term “virus” and what it means from a technology perspective. In recent years viruses have evolved into more powerful 'botnets'. While we've discussed the effects of botnets several times in this blog we've never defined the term.
Why using technology in business meant for personal use is a bad idea
Technology is necessary in order to run almost any business imaginable. Even the smallest organization, such as an auto repair shop or a flower stand, has website to attract new customers and the larger the organization the more technology the company needs.
Free Astaro Security Gateway Essential Firewall edition available
This morning, Astaro announced the availability of the free Astaro Security Gateway Essential Firewall edition. The Essential Firewall edition includes basic, yet critical functionality that all organizations need to secure their networks and operate a successful business.
Network Instrument’s “State of the Network Global Study”
Even though there has been a huge adoption of virtual environments, the recent Network Instruments "State of the Network Global Study" came out,and shows that three quarters of networks lack the appropriate tools, and visibility. Here is the original press release on the study. Key Statistics Virtualization 75% of respondents have implemented virtualization 75% lacked […]
Risks of forgoing security outweigh the cost savings
When operating a small or even a medium sized business there are certain technologies your business can not do without – no matter what market your business is in. However, because of their size, many organizations forgo purchasing these essential business functions due to budgetary reasons. Depending on the type of technology, the organization may be able to get by without these tools, but there are technologies that no organization can do without.
Astaro Mail Archiving Service Open BETA Launched
I am pleased to annoucne that the BETA for the first release of our new Astaro Mail Archiving Service is now available. Participation in the open BETA program is free for all interested end customers and partners. As a thank you for your active participation we will provide active participants with a free 6 months subscription to the archiving service! Discover the advantages of our hosted e-mail archiving solution: Â Offload your Mail Server Regain valuable resources back from your messaging server by reducing the storage occupied by e-mails with a reliable and secure way to transfer them to the hosted archiving service
Red Flag Guidelines and Small Business
It's no surprise that as the scope of the Internet and the services it provides the public grows that national legislators are behooved to pass laws to ensure public safety and security online.
AxG 7.501 Up2Date Released
Following our successful launch of 7.500, there is now Up2Date 7.501 released which addresses a few bugs and adds some backend adjustments for compatibility with the new Astaro Command Center 2.1, which is currently in open Beta testing. You can read on for the specifics of this minor Up2Date.
Apples can be infected too!
One of the Apple's marketing lines for Macs has been that they do not suffer from the same virus infections that PCs have. This clearly has nothing to do with Macs being more stable than PCs, it is because fewer people own Macs than own PCs. Cyber-criminals are looking to infect as many machines as possible because this is how they create profit
Astaro Command Center 2.1 BETA Begins
The Astaro Command Center V2 has proven to be a great tool for management of multiple Astaro devices. We have been hard at work adding more features and tools into it for you. Today we are unveiling the chance for you to download and test ACC V2.1 BETA, which adds the ability to centrally define and use objects like Network and Service definitions, improvements in multi-user/multi-device operations, and a totally new aggregated reporting ability which collects and displays reports from single or multiple installations