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Layered Technologies, Inc. (Layered Tech), a leading global provider of compliant hosting, managed dedicated hosting and cloud services, today announced that it is adding a service-level agreement (SLA) so that all Layered Tech compliance services, including support of Payment Card Industry-Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), are guaranteed to pass 100 percent of every audit or assessment sanctioned by the relevant industry or regulatory entity. Called Compliance Guaranteed, this pledge is the first of its kind in the industry and is not an add-on service; it is offered at no additional fee to all Layered Tech compliant hosting customers. Layered Tech delivers on its promise of 24/7 compliance by actively managing the full scope of IT controls that affect compliance. By proactively monitoring the full sy... (more)

Major Update for Subversion Access Control

SAN RAMON, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/16/12 -- WANdisco, the leading provider of Apache Subversion-based software and services for the enterprise, and a major corporate sponsor of the Subversion project, has announced a substantial update of their Subversion Access Control product. Subversion Access Control 4.1 is an innovative security solution for Subversion that provides full audit, authorization and access control capabilities that go well beyond what Apache Subversion offers on its own, ensuring that valuable intellectual property is protected. Subversion Access Control provi... (more)

Understanding non-consumption and barriers to innovation consumption

Eyes of many inventors lit up when they discover non-consumption (i.e. users who do not use any product for performing a particular function, though their might be alternatives available). For example, when we see people using paper based workflow when they can easily automate the entire process by using electronic workflows. Innovators immediately draw up plans and build a product that targets these non-consumers. But when the results are not as expected, it becomes frustrating and they wonder why the non-consumption still exists. The reason is that non-consumption is most diff... (more)

Catbird Partners With VMware to Ship Firewall Controls for Compliance Monitoring in Virtualized Infrastructure

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Catbird®, the pioneer in security and compliance for virtual, cloud and physical networks, today announced that VMware vShield™ App controls are now available for Catbird vSecurity® through an embedded OEM partnership with VMware. The integration gives Catbird vSecurity customers the ability to immediately deploy VMware vShield App as an integrated component of Catbird's broad security and compliance solution for virtualized infrastructure. (Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120118/LA37457LOGO) "Customers are eager to ... (more)

Marchitecture 101

There was an interesting discussion on one of the table-top wargame lists I belong to (Two Hour Wargames if  you follow the hobby) about the “production value” of a given set of printed products.  While it devolved (as web conversations often seem to) to a comparison with Hollywood, the point was valid. The original reviewer that caused the thread to get started was more interested in how pretty the books were than the quality of the contents. I, personally, don’t care how ugly or mal-produced a wargames ruleset is if the rules are consistent and provide many hours of enjoyable ... (more)