Customers often try to strike the right balance between managing the “threat from within” while at the same time offering their user population access to network resources. The edge of the network represents a unique opportunity to enforce the company’s security posture and acceptable use policy. No longer is it sufficient to merely leverage 802.1x to authenticate and grant users access to the network.
vSphere 5 has been out for about a month now and we are all really excited about some of the new features. The internal Rutter environment has been running View and vSphere 5 for about a month now with no issues (knock on wood!).
A common problem when migrating objects from one forest to another using Microsoft’s ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) is the inability of the tool to migrate SID history for windows standard domain global groups such as "Domain User" or "Domain Admins." Typically what happens is in situations where administrators have used these groups to assign permissions such as in file and directories on a file and print server, users no longer have access to these files and directories during the interoperability stage of a migration. This stage is when users, groups and workstations have all been migrated to the new forest, but the application servers still remain in the source domain.
Check Point has announced their new line of appliances on October 5, 2011 and they’ve already begun shipping. These new appliances provide up to triple the security performance of their predecessors. In addition, they have introduced more flexibility to implement additional network ports to even the mid-level appliances.
We have found that many of our clients are running into snags when trying to implement this process. So to help, we thought it would be useful to outline the most common pitfalls.
Recently, Rutter Networking Technologies, Inc was in attendance for the annual Digital Summit, held on October 13-14 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. Rutter Networking presented solutions and offerings pertaining to government IT executives. Rutter has over 10 years of experience working with a vast number of Massachusetts agencies, Cities & Towns and educational customers delivering our core services and solutions ( Virtualization & Storage, Monitoring & Management, Directory & Messaging, Security Solutions and Network & Infrastructure Solutions).
Rutter Networking Technologies was recently awarded as an authorized vendor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ITS43 Solution Providers contract, chosen for system integration/networking and system planning services. Awarded by the Massachusetts Operational Services Division (OSD), this 3 year contract is given to those who provide information technology services to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Tech Elite 250 serves as the industry's definitive list of VARs with both deep technical expertise and premier certifications. Rutter Networking Technologies, Inc. has been recognized as a best-of-breed integrator who has invested in technical know-how and earned premier certifications in the areas of enterprise data centers and infrastructure solutions for North American customers.
