Gartner Survey: CIOs Report Identity Management is #1 Priority

S E C U R I T Y When talking about IT, "security" means different things to different people: Anti-virus Firewalls Intrusion Detection Event Logging Data-loss prevention etc This year, though, CIOs are saying that Identity Management is the top priority. Combined with a recent report that shows that deploying Identity and Access Management solutions has a very short ROI, that bodes well for firms like Adaris that have great solutions to offer customers! See the article … [Read more...]

Manage Identities, Save Money

We've been telling customers for a while that deploying the proper solutions can save you money. You know: "Spend money to save money"? Well, now IDC has confirmed that investing in an Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution does indeed generate huge returns. Like, how about a 6.3 month ROI?? Read the report here! … [Read more...]

You Get What You Pay For!

Almost every time I ask customers how they handle patch management in their environment, they respond with "Oh, we have a WSUS server." Really? Here's what Gartner said about that: “Although Microsoft has improved WSUS, client feedback suggests that WSUS is not as rich in content and as robust in targeting and reporting as the focused patch solutions. Thus, organizations accepting WSUS as “good enough” have significantly higher labor costs for content analysis, testing and deployment. … [Read more...]

Doc Chevalier and the Boma

I remember attending a conference sometime in the mid-90's. This was at the time when everyone was "getting on the net". Back then, of course, we were talking mostly about 64kbps ISDN lines, or - for those with real money - perhaps even 128kbps. And, of course, everyone was obsessed with...firewalls. This device was now becoming the most important piece of equipment on the network. After all, we had to protect our networks from the evil Hackers! The first speaker at the conference was a … [Read more...]