CLOUD CONSULTANCY
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Hewlett-Packard has launched a new design service aimed at helping organizations accelerate the adoption of cloud-based infrastructures.
The practice, called HP Cloud Design Service, will see HP work with clients to understand their requirements and existing IT investments. HP consultants will then create customized cloud blueprints and an implementation plan, including cost estimates, guidelines for deployment, testing, management, governance and support. Key services offered by the practice include:
* The HP reference architecture for cloud computing, which acts as a common framework, and accommodates different business technologies, software stacks and cloud service requirements.
* Use of tested, repeatable planning and analysis tools from HP Labs, which incorporates Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices.
* Faster time to delivery and mitigated implementation risk through the use of a design blueprint.
COMMUNICATION BPM
Software AG has unveiled its webMethods Communicate BPM solution. The new product enables users to integrate their communication infrastructure into complex business processes and control them centrally-independently of the client-side ITC infrastructure. As a Communication Enabled Business Process Management product, the new communication layer enables customers to incorporate automated means of communication. Employees and customers benefit from increased responsiveness regardless of their physical location, the company says. Within the organization, employees can make rapid decisions, collaborate more effectively and ensure processes complete on time, regardless of their location and availability. This, in turn, boosts both the efficiency and service quality of the overall business, the company says.
GRC SUITE
Agiliance Inc., a San Jose-based provider of integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, has released RiskVision 5.0. This solution gives organizations a continuous link between enterprise compliance and risk objectives, and security threats in cloud, mobile and on-premise environments. RiskVision 5.0 also drives advancements in user interface, audit management, vendor risk management, policy import, data connectors and regulatory content, the company says. New features in Agiliance RiskVision 5.0 include:
* Vulnerable Asset Identification - to identify vulnerable assets based on live connection to threat intelligence sources.
* Active Correlation of Security Data Sources - to correlate and normalize data from common security solutions, such as scanners, configuration checkers, and patch managers, etc.
* Risk Assessment and Scoring Automation - to assess and prioritize threats and incidents using standard and proprietary risk scoring engines.
* Risk Driven Threat Response - to prioritize and mitigate threats and incidents based on risk level and business impact.
* Risk Centric Reports and Dashboards - to provide continuous, risk-centric visibility and analysis of security posture.
* Incident Management - to provide continuous incident reporting and response management, including integration with leading Security Information Management products.
* Remediation Automation - to enable bi-directional integration with patch management and help desk systems for end-to-end automation of remediation.
