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Symantec Technology Network > Expert Blogs
Expert Blogs
Can You REALLY customize your backup reporting product?Data Center12-29-2008 Pretty much every backup reporting product claims their product is customizable (including us). Let’s take a closer look at this. With each backup product, there is a set of reports that comes with it. These are often referred to as “canned reports” or “out-of-the-box-reports” where, once you’ve installed, you can start generating these reports. These reports typically are bound to a pre-defined timeframe (i.e. last 24 hours, last week etc..) and represent a pre-defined target (all backup domains, a tape library, a backup server etc So, when someone asks “can I customize reports”, what do they mean? What are they expecting? 
Some Changes Made to the Management ServerSecurity11-25-2008 Last time we took a look at some of the performance improvements we made in MR3 in the client towards our goal of "zero-impact security". Now let's look at some of the changes we made in the management server itself. One of the biggest improvements is a change we made in the LiveUpdate signature delta generator. When LiveUpdate runs on the management server and downloads new virus and IPS signatures from the Symantec server, it creates deltas, so that minimal data is transmitted over your company's pipes when your clients request the latest virus and IPS signatures. We completely redid the delta generator in MR3, resulting in an increase of 1000% in time to create the deltas! Not only is this process unbelievably faster than before, but it also creates significantly smaller deltas. The overall benefit is that the management server is more responsive than before, since it is no longer spending as much time creating deltas.
Exec-Tech Blogs
 Business Value in the 2009 Economic Climate The economic climate has changed dramatically over the past several months, and the ramifications across the economy are still being played out. Within a matter of a few weeks, a significant contraction in IT spending took place and IT executives are re-prioritizing 2009 initiatives on the change in landscape.... - read more > 
Holiday Gift Giving
It's the holidays and I'm feeling a little more silly than usual.... - read more >
Maintenance Release 3 (MR3)
My team has been diligently working over the past few months to produce... - read more >
Rumours of our demise have been greatly exaggerated....! )
Contrary to a few hopeful blog postings predicting the early demise of the EV product team... - read more > | ||||||||||||||||||
