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eChannelLine USA |
| EMC Unifies IT Management Software Under New Ionix Brand |
EMC is unifying its IT management software solutions into the new Ionix family to better help its customers accelerate their migration from physical to virtual to - eventually - cloud infrastructures. In addition to the technologies acquired from Configuresoft, EMC Ionix also sports technologies developed and acquired by EMC like Smarts, nLayers, Voyence, Infra and ControlCenter.
07/08/09 |
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Information Week |
| EMC To Acquire Configuresoft |
A year after forging a partnership with server configuration provider Configuresoft, EMC as announced that it has acquired the privately held company outright.
The acquisition, announced Wednesday, boosts EMC's ongoing drive into managing the entire IT information infrastructure, which includes enterprise change and compliance management software.
05/28/09 |
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Gazette |
| EMC Buying Springs Software Company |
Computer storage giant EMC agreed Wednesday to buy Colorado Springs-based software company Configuresoft in a deal that began last fall with a marketing agreement. "With Configuresoft, we're gaining market-leading server configuration management solutions," said Chris Gahagan, senior vice president of EMC's Resource Management Software Group.
05/27/09 |
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Virtualization Journal |
| Configuresoft Execs Return to CSI-SX to Speak on Compliance and Virtualization |
Configuresoft, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise server configuration management solutions for physical and virtual environments, today announced the following special presentations at CSI-SX 2009 by Configuresoft virtualization technology experts Chris Farrow and Dennis Moreau. This year marks the second time these recognized authorities in virtualization have presented at CSI-SX.
05/15/09 |
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal |
| First-Ever SANS Virtualization Security Course |
Dave Shackleford, chief security officer at Configuresoft, and Chris Farrow, vice president, teamed up with Rob Vandenbrink, senior consulting engineer at Metafore, to develop the new Virtualization Security and Operations course for the well-respected SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute and address the growing wave of concern over security in the virtualized environment.
05/12/09 |
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Business Journal |
| Configuresoft CSO to Serve as Panelist at Virtualization Congress 2009 |
Virtualization has opened doors to incredible efficiency, agility and cost savings for the enterprise IT environment. But, it may also open the door for added security risks. In the session "Securing the Virtual Data Center (on Earth and on Clouds)" at Virtualization Congress 2009, Dave Shackleford, CSO, Configuresoft, will explore the risks, the options and the best practices for effectively managing the implementation of coupled environments.
05/06/09 |
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DABCC |
| Secure Virtualization: Much Ado About Next To Nothing? |
During a podium discussion as part of security conference RSA Conference 2009, controversial virtualization expert Christopher Hoff and co-panellist David Shackleford, Chief Security Officer at Configuresoft, made clear that IT professionals are, in practice, all too frequently overcomplicating the development of security concepts for virtualized environments.
04/27/09 |
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Government Computer News |
| Security Lags As Virtualization Picks Up Steam |
As with many technologies, virtualization's features have outpaced security, and vendors are now trying to catch up. Dave Shackleford, CTO, and Chris Farrow, Vice President of Market Strategy at Configuresoft began looking for guidance on virtual security in late 2006 and discovered a gap. "There was no industry guidance on how to secure this technology," Farrow said. So he and Shackleford began working on a set of benchmarks.
04/23/09 |
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SearchSecurity |
| Operational Risks Could Mire Virtualization Deployment, Panel Says |
Cloud computing experts at the 2009 RSA Conference said that companies virtualizing their infrastructure could run into a number of operational issues that can result in additional risk and less visibility in the environment. Dave Shackleford, a virtualization security expert and chief security officer of Colorado-based software provider Configuresoft Inc., said the visibility issue is one of the biggest problems that need to be addressed. The same controls implemented to harden a physical operating system should be deployed for virtual machines.
04/23/09 |
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Market Watch |
| Configuresoft Virtualization Experts Return to RSA® to Lead Panel Discussion on Best Practices in Virtualization Security |
Configuresoft, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise server configuration management solutions for physical and virtual environments, announced today that Chris Farrow, vice president of market strategy, will moderate a panel discussion featuring fellow Configuresoft virtualization security expert and chief security officer Dave Shackleford. This marks the second year that Configuresoft experts have been featured on the virtualization security panel at RSA.
04/21/09 |
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VM Blog |
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Configuresoft Enterprise Configuration Manager to Support VMware vSphere™ |
Configuresoft, a leading provider of enterprise server configuration management solutions, today announced that its Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) will support VMware vSphere™. By supporting VMware vSphere, Configuresoft can further extend the capabilities of their customers to manage and secure their environments as they move to the next-generation of dynamic datacenters.
04/21/09 |
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Yahoo!® Finance |
| Configuresoft IT and Systems Expert Authors SANS ITIL Certification Course |
Configuresoft Director of Corporate Strategy and recognized expert in IT configuration and systems architecture George Gerchow has authored an intensive, accelerated course in ITIL for security management for the highly-regarded SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute.
The 2-day program, ITIL Essentials for Security Management, is designed to prepare students for the ITIL Foundations Exam and provide the knowledge and skills necessary to manage IT services within the guidelines of ITIL (the IT Infrastructure Library).
04/14/09 |
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Redmond Channel Partner |
| Product Roundup: It's Virtually Easy Being Green |
Configuresoft Inc. is a virtualization-management company. Its Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) has a number of green features. Among them is a power-management toolkit to monitor power usage among servers and end-user devices like desktops and laptops, and enforce policies on that usage. ECM also provides advice on which servers are the best candidates for virtualization, in order to make best use of resources. Additionally, ECM has an unusual "cold standby" feature for backup and disaster recovery. This lets admins prioritize backup and standby servers, turning off those that house less mission-critical apps.
04/01/09 |
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Compliance Week |
| Configuresoft Enhances Enterprise Configuration Manager |
Configuresoft, an enterprise server configuration management company, has announced the release of ECM v5.1, a major expansion of its configuration audit management solution designed to help organizations achieve and maintain a cost-effective, secure, and compliant posture across heterogeneous platforms in the enterprise.
03/12/09 |
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NetworkWorld |
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Configuresoft introduced Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) 5.1 with a VMware VirtualCenter Compliance Plug-in that the company says enables VMware administrators to achieve compliance across virtual and physical infrastructure. The automated analysis enables administrators to ensure that a change made across the environment doesn't impact pre-defined policies.
03/11/09 |
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The Denver Post |
| Configuresoft Rolls Out Major Enhancements to Enterprise Configuration Manager |
Configuresoft, a leading enterprise server configuration management company, has announced the release of ECM v5.1, a major expansion of its award-winning configuration management solution designed to help organizations achieve and maintain a cost effective, secure and compliant posture across heterogeneous platforms in the enterprise.
03/10/09 |
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Virtualization Journal |
| Configuresoft Develops SANS Virtualization Security Course |
Configuresoft announced that two of the company's resident IT security experts have collaborated to develop the new Virtualization Security and Operations course for the SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute. Dave Shackleford, chief security officer at Configuresoft, and Chris Farrow, vice president, teamed up with Rob Vandenbrink, senior consulting engineer at Metafore, to develop the course and address the growing wave of concern over security in the virtualized environment.
02/18/09 |
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SearchVMware.com |
| The Top 10 Free VMware Tools of 2008 |
Configuresoft Compliance Checker is relatively small but can quickly assess the security of VMware ESX servers and offer step-by-step instructions on how to resolve security vulnerabilities. This tool is free and easy enough to download, install and run that you could receive reports on your production network in less than 20 minutes.
02/03/09 |
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Kiosk Marketplace |
| Move Over TJX: Heartland Data Breach May Be Biggest Yet |
David Shackelford, the chief security officer at Configuresoft Inc., says the abundance of unknowns is the most troubling aspect of the Heartland breach. "These guys had malicious software installed in their environment that monitored transactions going pretty much across the board, and the big thing about this is they didn't know when it was installed, how it was installed or how long it was there," said Shackelford, whose company provides IT solutions for businesses.
01/29/09 |
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ITnews |
| Configuresoft Announces Industry's First Free Utility to Help Ensure Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v1.2 Compliance |
Configuresoft, a leading enterprise server configuration management company, today announced the limited availability of Configuresoft Compliance Checker for PCI DSS v1.2, the industry's first-ever free downloadable utility that helps organizations validate IT infrastructure compliance with the just-released Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v1.2.
01/28/09 |
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Reuters |
| Compliance Checker Delivers Immediate Assessment Against PCI DSS v1.2 as Defined by PCI Security Standards Council |
Configuresoft launched Compliance Checker for PCI DSS v1.2 at the National Retail Federation's 98th Annual Convention & Expo in New York as a must-have utility for delivering audit-quality reports that help organizations ensure the security and compliance of servers and desktops handling credit card data.
01/12/09 |
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Socialized Software |
| Cfengine Launches Commercial Open Source Company |
Configuration management is one of the most difficult and complex aspects of IT infrastructure management and there is no clear leader for this type of tool. The largest commercial company dedicated to solving this problem is ConfigureSoft since others got acquired.
01/06/09 |
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Dark Reading |
| The New Secure Operating System |
While the arrival of the Integrity OS isn't expected to majorly shake up the commercial OS market, it likely will force OS vendors to pay more attention to the Common Criteria EAL security standards, says Dennis Moreau, CTO and founder of Configuresoft. Windows and Linux, for example, are EAL4+ certified, which means they can defend against "inadvertent and casual" security breach attempts.
12/02/08 |
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TechTarget |
| VMware Makes The Case for PCI DSS Compliance |
Dave Shackleford, Director of the Center for Policy and Compliance (CP&C) for Configuresoft and former Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), discusses the critical need of the PCI Security Standards Council to incorporate virtualization awareness into forthcoming versions of the PCI DSS standard. Shackleford goes on to say, "right now, it's left to the subjective guidance of an auditor as to whether they feel that the environment meets PCI compliance."
11/12/08 |
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SearchSecurity |
| How Network Access Protection Improves Patch Management |
Various third-party endpoint security vendors, such as Configuresoft, are now interacting with NAP. So if you already have one of their solutions deployed, you can better integrate their patch management and other functions directly into your Windows environment.
10/23/08 |
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BNET |
| Configuresoft Awarded Red Hat Enterprise Linux Benchmark Certification From Center for Internet Security |
Configuresoft continues to demonstrate leadership to ensure secure and compliant Red Hat Linux system configurations.
10/23/08 |
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SearchVMware.com |
| Two Free Tools To Help Ensure Virtual Machine Compliance |
Compliance Checker is a bit more robust then ConfigCheck as it allows for scanning multiple ESX hosts at once, scans against two different benchmarks and also allows you to print or save the results.
10/08/08 |
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Processor |
| Configuresoft Compliance Checker - Compliance For Free |
Every company needs to ensure compliance, so having a free tool that helps administrators meet compliance standards in real time is invaluable. Configuresoft addresses this very issue with the Configuresoft Compliance Checker, a utility designed to help VMware customers ensure security compliance with industry standards and best practices across ESX virtual infrastructures.
10/03/08 |
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