Recovery Point Invests in Additional IBM Enterprise Class Mainframe

Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) February 14, 2011

Recovery Point, a leading national provider of integrated business continuity solutions to government agencies and commercial and non-profit organizations, has completed the installation of a third IBM Mainframe environment.

Mainframe based hot-site service requirements are in increasing demand in the disaster recovery industry, according to Dick Fordham, Recovery Point Director of Marketing and Strategy.

We made significant investments in our facilities and service infrastructure in 2010 and will continue to do so in 2011, the latest being the installation of a third IBM Mainframe to support our growing client base, says Dick. I dont believe any service provider can accurately claim to be in the hot-site services business if they are not able to provide the whole range of technology platforms, including mainframes.

The Z10 Enterprise Class Mainframe has 256 GB of memory and a combination of over 10,000 general purpose and IFL MIPS. The three book system also has pre-provisioned capacity to expand to 17,500 MIPS.

By providing multiple IBM mainframe platforms, Recovery Point joins an elite group of only three services providers nationwide with such technology. The additional mainframe supports the rapid expansion of our services to support clients across the United States, adds Dick. This, in addition to our Tier III certification from the Uptime Institute and our nationwide private cloud network, means that clients can cost effectively access all of our services from anywhere in the country via any carrier, and have them delivered from the most secure and resilient commercially available facilities in the country.

About Recovery Point

Recovery Points family of integrated business continuity solutions includes full service consulting; planning software with built-in notification features; hot site, cold site and work area recovery; off-site data storage and transportation; cloud backup and recovery, and secure hosting provisioned with nationwide, carrier neutral network resources. Delivered from multiple, secure facilities, Recovery Points services can be acquired individually or specially packaged in any combination to help clients reduce risk, eliminate vendor fragmentation and accelerate recovery processes. http://www.recoverypoint.com

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Recovery Point Invests in Additional IBM Enterprise Class Mainframe

CorreLog Announces IBM z/OS Integration to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator for Real-time Mainframe Log Management

Naples, FL (PRWEB) June 18, 2012

CorreLog, the leader in software solutions for IT security event correlation, today announced integration between its IBM z/OS mainframe agent and the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) platform. The integration is highly applicable to financial services, retail/hospitality, health care, and government sectors that store massive quantities of credit card, HIPAA, or other compliance standards-related data (FISMA, NERC, Sarbanes-Oxley, etc) in mainframe environments. IBM mainframe integration to ePO allows CISOs access to a wider swath of message log data at their fingertips to proactively manage cyber-threat and malware across their entire enterprises. A key component of the integration is the CorreLog z/OS Mainframe Agent which can convert critical SMF events (invalid logins and denied resource notifications) to Syslog in real time, straight into ePO. To minimize enterprise bandwidth, CorreLog correlates multiple mainframe events into a single event for passing over to ePO.

Facebook, Twitter, University of Nebraska, Utah Department of Health, another attack at the US Department of Justice these are just a small sample of the attacks in the past few weeks, said George Faucher, president and CEO of CorreLog. Clearly the bad guys are out there on a mission, and the only way to combat the threat is to be proactive and have a platform like ePO for managing all threats across all systems, regardless of platform or device.

CorreLog is a certified McAfee ePO partner and has integrated its solution with the McAfee ePO security management platform using a software development kit (SDK), followed by comprehensive testing by McAfee. This integration allows organizations of any size to proactively monitor and manage IT security and regulatory compliance from a single console.

The CorreLog agent for IBM z/OS mainframe assures mainframe compliance with FISMA, PCI DSS, HIPAA, NERC, and Sarbanes-Oxley. It forwards security, RACF, ACF2, DB2, TCP/IP, job and database events to the ePO console and is compatible with all current releases of z/OS. The agent installs in just a few hours and uses just a few seconds of CPU time per day. For more information on the CorreLog IBM z/OS agent and its certified integration to ePO, please visit http://bit.ly/Ll0bOk.

About CorreLog:

CorreLog, Inc. is the leading independent software vendor (ISV) for IT security log management and event correlation. CorreLog’s flagship product, the CorreLog Enterprise Server, combines log management, Syslog, Syslog-NG, SNMP, auto-learning functions, neural network modeling, proprietary semantic correlation, automated help-desk ticketing and reporting functions into a unique multi-platform security solution. CorreLog Enterprise Server operates across Windows, UNIX, Linux and mainframe platforms, shipping with an out-of-box PCI DSS compliant CorreLog agent for IBM z/OS, the worlds most popular mainframe operating system.

CorreLog delivers an essential viewpoint via dashboard console, providing verifiable and actionable information on the activity of users, devices, and applications to proactively meet organizational SLAs and regulatory requirements. Additionally, CorreLog automatically identifies and responds to any suspicious behavior, network attacks, or policy violations by indexing and correlating user activity and event logs, then archives the data in an enterprise server system location. This allows customer organizations to quickly identify then proactively respond to compliance violations, policy breaches, cyber-attacks and insider threats. For auditing and forensics, CorreLog facilitates regulatory requirements set forth by PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, FISMA, NERC, NCUA, and many other standards. CorreLog markets its solutions through both direct and indirect partner channels.

CorreLog Announces IBM z/OS Integration to McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator for Real-time Mainframe Log Management

CorreLog Further Extends Mainframe Log Management Reach, Announces ACF2 and Top Secret Syslog-to-SIEM Capability

Naples, FL (PRWEB) August 30, 2012

CorreLog, the leader in software solutions for IT security event correlation, today announced that CA ACF2 and Top Secret security events have been added to its industry leading Agent for z/OS. The inclusion of ACF2 and Top Secret data to the Agent for z/OS further broadens CorreLogs mainframe reach into log management for security information and event management (SIEM) systems, a software space predominantly running on distributed platforms. The CorreLog Agent for z/OS is now capable of delivering mainframe event data for SIEM in the form of TSO Logons, Production Job ABENDs, TCP/IP Connections, FTP File Transfers, and data from DB2, RACF, ACF2 and Top Secret.

With more critical enterprise data and applications residing on IBM z/OS, auditing becomes a key concern as organizations prepare to maintain compliance with industry standards such as HIPAA, FERC, FISMA, PCI DSS, SOX and many others. Adding ACF2 and Top Secret data to enterprise SIEM systems not only provides improved visibility to mainframe security but also offers an added reference point for compliance in the event of an audit.

A mainframe is a huge investment for any organization, said George Faucher, CorreLog president and CEO. And Im not just talking about the pure cost of the hardware, Faucher added. When you consider the value of the data and applications running on a mainframe and the consequences of non-compliance, its natural for us to continue to expand the scope of events our z/OS agent can manage. Real-time security and DB events are crucial and required when dealing with regulatory compliance.

The CorreLog Agent for z/OS runs on both the CorreLog Enterprise Server or can run as a complement to another SIEM solution. The Agent for z/OS allows users to view mainframe SMF security, database and TCP/IP events, alongside events from Windows, UNIX, Linux, routers, firewalls, and other IT assets. When included with other log and event data within the CorreLog Server, CorreLogs unique correlation engine and helpdesk ticket auto notification feature can alert IT security personnel of cyber-threats before they happen.

Were striving to give customers a comprehensive view of their IT security with an audit trail, added Faucher. Todays announcement and last weeks announcement of the CorreLog Agent for SAP are two great reasons to look at CorreLog for securing your IT, regardless of your current SIEM system.

The ACF2 and Top Secret inclusion to the CorreLog Agent for z/OS comes on the heels of CorreLog joining the CA Technology Partner Program (TPP) earlier this year. CAs TPP is a collaborative effort with ISVs and IHVs across the world to develop and market integrated solutions that complement CA Technologies offerings. More information on the CA TPP can be found at http://www.ca.com.

For more information on the CorreLog Agent for z/OS please click here.

About CorreLog:

CorreLog, Inc. is the leading independent software vendor (ISV) for IT security log management and event correlation. CorreLog’s flagship product, the CorreLog Enterprise Server, combines log management, Syslog, Syslog-NG, SNMP, auto-learning functions, neural network modeling, proprietary semantic correlation, automated help-desk ticketing and reporting functions into a unique multi-platform security solution. CorreLog Enterprise Server operates across Windows, UNIX, Linux and mainframe platforms, shipping with an out-of-box PCI DSS compliant CorreLog agent for IBM z/OS, the worlds most popular mainframe operating system.

CorreLog delivers an essential viewpoint via dashboard console, providing verifiable and actionable information on the activity of users, devices, and applications to proactively meet organizational SLAs and regulatory requirements. Additionally, CorreLog automatically identifies and responds to any suspicious behavior, network attacks, or policy violations by indexing and correlating user activity and event logs, then archives the data in an enterprise server system location. This allows customer organizations to quickly identify then proactively respond to compliance violations, policy breaches, cyber-attacks and insider threats. For auditing and forensics, CorreLog facilitates regulatory requirements set forth by PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, FISMA, NERC, NCUA, and many other standards. CorreLog markets its solutions through both direct and indirect partner channels.

CorreLog Further Extends Mainframe Log Management Reach, Announces ACF2 and Top Secret Syslog-to-SIEM Capability

Traditional Disaster Recovery Services Continue to Grow with Expanded IBM Mainframe, IBM Power, iSeries and Open System Recovery Solutions

ATLANTA, GA (PRWEB) August 24, 2012

Corus360s RES-Q Services, an Atlanta-based Disaster Recovery and Managed Services division, is pleased to announce the expansion of their offerings. Even with the explosion of cloud services, Corus360 continues to see an increase in traditional tape-based recovery clients. This increase is coming from clients looking to reduce their existing DR spend as well as organizations who are implementing DR for the first time due to internal mandates or compliance reasons. The newly expanded services of RES-Q include traditional recovery options for IBM Mainframe, IBM Power Series, iSeries and various backup and recovery options for Intel-based systems, along with Dell Desktop Workgroup Recovery positions for end-user and call center recovery.

Under the umbrella of technology consulting and solutions company Corus360, RES-Q Services provides Production, Testing and Recovery Services, including business continuity consulting to local, national and international clients.

These additional platforms as well as expanded engineering support allow RES-Q to provide Disaster Recovery as a Service with many options interfacing with a variety of IT tools and products. Moreover, the RES-Q platforms may be used for disaster recovery testing, evaluating system upgrades, new applications or technologies and as a convenient location for remote exercises that cannot be scheduled with other providers.

Due to our recent investments in IBM hardware, infrastructure and engineering resources, there is no one else in the marketplace that has the flexibility and ability to provide the many options for recovery and testing that we offer today. These solutions, coupled with our cost-effective utility pricing model, give our clients many affordable options. Additionally, our remote testing capabilities help organizations reduce their costs to test their recovery strategy, stated Steve Gruber, RES-Q Senior Business Continuity Director.

Corus360s RES-Q Services

Corus360s RES-Q Services provides a full range of Managed Services, Disaster Recovery and Quick-Ship Service offerings. Corus360 has multiple locations with its flagship LEED Gold Certified Recovery Center located in Norcross, Georgia. RES-Q delivers recovery options for all major technology platforms, including IBM Mainframe as well as providing workgroup recovery positions for call center or business recovery. Our contractual flexibility and solution scalability is unmatched in the industry.

To obtain more information on how RES-Q can help with your Disaster Recovery, Managed Services and business continuity needs, please visit our website at http://www.resqdr.com

Traditional Disaster Recovery Services Continue to Grow with Expanded IBM Mainframe, IBM Power, iSeries and Open System Recovery Solutions