Symantec Enterprise Podcasts

This podcast looks at why timely patch management is more important than ever before, as well as some best practices in patch management.

A Symantec Security Response podcast featuring a roundup of the top weblog postings from Symantec Security Response engineers in October. This podcast features a summary of weblogs from Jonathan Omansky, Orla Cox, Candid Wueest and Josh Harriman.

Paul Davis Restoration: Paul Davis Restoration, the leading full-service mitigation, restoration, and reconstruction network in the United States, needed an "instant office" that met corporate standards for security and data protection. Symantec Business Partner JDC America provided it, deploying a comprehensive threat management and data protection solution based on Symantec technologies that has delivered zero disruption from security incidents to date, helped speed data recovery by 40%, and eliminated bi-weekly, six-hour commutes to support remote locations. As a result, Paul Davis Restoration is able to focus on maximizing revenue by focusing on its business--not IT issues.

Continuity of operations (COOP) function requires the identification and installation of backup and recovery solutions that are cost-efficient, but also cause a minimum of disruption. Any disruption, whether planned or unplanned, will cause downtime -- the objective is to minimize the downtime and the costs associated with it.

General overview of Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange: key features, competition, and FAQ.

EDS manages over 100 data centers for its customers, using tools from Symantec Corporation to streamline data center administration. One of these tools is Veritas NetBackup PureDisk software. This software centrally and automatically backs up data in a customer's remote offices to disk, eliminating the need to perform tape backup. It also reduces backup demands on the network through an innovative technology. Through its use of Veritas NetBackup PureDisk, EDS is able to protect customer remote office data while reducing remote storage for customers by fourfold and lowering remote office backup costs by 50 percent.

Quixtar Inc., a subsidiary of Alticor Inc., sought an application management software tool that would improve transaction processing while improving operational efficiencies. The Quixtar IT team implemented a comprehensive application performance management solution based on Symantec i³ that enabled them to speed up critical applications that drive the company's online business (the 20th ranked e-commerce site in the world). And IT administrators can quickly find--and fix--performance bottlenecks that helps Quixtar deliver optimal services to its large network of Independent Business Operators around the world.

In a disaster, LifeGift Organ Donation Center can turn a tragedy into a life-saving opportunity through the gift of organ donation—but only if the organization can stay resilient and operational. Symantec Platinum Partner CompuCom Systems used Symantec data and system protection solutions to improve LifeGift's key recovery metrics by more than 90 percent—and reduce staff time involved— while saving $140,000 over an alternative disaster recovery plan LifeGift had considered.

This Podcast examines some of the primary security issues surrounding mobile devices and offers ideas on how enterprises can address them.

David Smith talks with Symantec's Gordon Cooper about the importance of an effective Identity Management Program