This white paper takes an industry-specific look at the IT security issues tied to regulatory compliance within the financial services sector. Based on in-depth interviews with more than 40 senior IT executives from Fortune 2000 companies, the findings provide insight into some of the most important trends in information security.

This technical briefing paper examines the concepts, operation and analysis of converged networks - networking infrastructures based on the Internet Protocol (IP) and designed to support voice, data, video and other types of information flows.

Join MarketingSherpa and NetLine for a teleconference on Feb 15, and learn survey results from recent MarketingSherpa reports: "Search Marketing Benchmark Guide" and the "Email Marketing Benchmark Guide" Register today: Invite your entire team - attendance is free!

Phone+ focuses on emerging technologies, operations, marketing strategies, industry trends, and packaging of multiple telecom services. Each issue offers readers the information they need to modify and expand their product base to serve a more experienced consumer.

As the telecom industry evolves, xchange continues to provide information that facilities-based service providers need to stay ahead. From telco TV to broadband wireless to IMS and beyond, xchange offers top-to-bottom editorial coverage of current technologies, business and marketing strategies, and features new services in the market.

Focused exclusively on the K-12 education IT community, T.H.E. Journal is dedicated to informing and educating senior-level district and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educators within districts, schools, and classrooms to improve and advance the learning process through the use of technology.

CAP Today, the College of American Pathologists' monthly news magazine, covers business and medical news in the clinical laboratory. Regular items include feature articles, concise news items, columns, CPT coding questions, and scientific abstracts.

This Oracle whitepaper, Strategies for SOA Success, highlights customer best practices for planning around the the lifecylcle of a Service-Oriented Architecture and evaluating SOA solutions based on how well they address the requirements for each phase of that lifecycle. The paper also discusses Oracle's Fusion Middleware, a product family that offers support for the development, deployment, and management of an SOA.

Gear Solutions magazine addresses issues including safety, gear-tooth geometry, laser technology, and technical standards developed by AGMA. Featured articles cover everything from heat treating to work holding, noise analysis, software, gear inspection, and new materials.

Data governance plays a critical role in an IT organization's ability to deliver on important regulatory compliance and risk management initiatives. IT organizations need to take metadata, or "data about data," into account when setting up a data governance practice.

This white paper examines the business advantages of effectively managing metadata to achieve the goals of data governance across a full spectrum of IT initiatives.

The successful implementation of mission-critical SAP enterprise applications requires a mission-critical approach to data migration. Data migration is not just about moving the data into SAP; it's about making the data work once within SAP.

This white paper examines five common data migration challenges associated with SAP implementations.

Learn how database and synchronization technology enable a mobile Wi-Fi bridge inspection application used by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

This case study provides an overview of the development and deployment of the North Carolina Department of Transportation Mobile Inspector application, describing how database and synchronization technology enable the timely exchange of information between the bridge inspectors and the central office, as well as the accurate and secure synchronization of distributed data across a multi-tiered Wi-Fi and wireline LAN architecture.

No more late-night trips to the server room! This research report, Understanding Remote Server Management in Small and Medium Size Business, reviews the challenges related to managing remote servers in smaller organizations.

Many small businesses are beginning to face the issues that come with managing servers remotely. This report identifies many of the major problems they face, including, among other pain points, the need to make off-hour trips to the server room. The report also identifies KVM-over-IP and other solutions for remote infrastructure management that small businesses have implemented or considered.

Promowear Magazine serves the promotional products industry, focusing on sales techniques, fashion trends, pricing, and the latest information and advice for successful promotional products distributors.

Published 19 times per year, Purchasing magazine serves procurement and buying professionals by providing the latest market forecasts, supply chain tactics, technologies and detailed articles on how the best and brightest buy.

New threats increased by 48 percent in 2005 as cyber criminals joined forces to create targeted malware attacks for financial gain. This report discusses the increasing complexity of threats, the changing motivation of malware authors, and the potential for the threat landscape in 2006.

Join webcast expert Bill Reinstein for this on-demand program, On-Demand Rich Media: The Next Generation of Webcasting, as he shows you how to break out of the 30-second "sound bite" mode so your message is absorbed and understood.

You'll learn why on-demand rich media should be playing a role in your communications strategy in a world where engaging your target audience is paramount.

Good web response management techniques are essential for building relationships with new visitors to your web site, especially if your site is a sales channel.

Online Data Collection: Tips for Optimizing and Managing Web Response can be used as a checklist when creating forms or as a guide for evaluating tools to manage your online registration processes from the point of creation and data collection through the distribution of clean records to many points of contact.

Each year, thousands of companies succumb to phishing attacks, losing valuable credit card information, bank account numbers, passwords, and company secrets to phishers who claim to be from authentic businesses. Employees may unknowingly divulge private company information when they respond to deceptive e-mails.

In this free white paper, Phishing Attacks: Keeping Employees (and the Enterprise) Off the Hook, 8e6 Technologies teaches you how to protect your company from these attacks.

Two new white papers from Core Security examine trends in the vulnerability management and assessment market and discuss the value of penetration testing as part of an organization's comprehensive security plan.

Download Penetration Testing: Taking the Guess Work Out of Vulnerability Management to review how penetration testing helps organizations:

• Understand the actual risk to their business posed by specific vulnerabilities
• Test the security of their network
• Determine if their security investments are actually detecting and preventing attacks

Read The Positive ROI of Managing Vulnerabilities with Penetration Testing for real-world case studies demonstrating the ROI of managing vulnerabilities with automated penetration testing products, a review of the latest trends in cybercrime, and an overview of the cost of security breaches.

Two new papers from Symmetricom explain the importance of maintaining precisely synchronized IT and VoIP networks.

In Network Time Synchronization: 5 Essential Elements, you'll learn why the "Now" must be the same throughout an IT network...or bad things will happen.

It's All in the Timing — Synchronizing the VoIP Network for Quality, Savings and Performance will help you convince those who approve budgets that a high quality VoIP network requires the highest quality network synchronization. In the words of Symmetricom, "Sync Now or Sink Later."

The content of Hospitality Construction Magazine is centered on the relationships and people involved in the design, construction, management, and operation of hotel, motel, and resort facilities.

This bi-monthly publication includes industry news, regular features, industry trends, project profiles, and annual rankings of the top architecture, contracting, maintenance, sign, and ownership companies.

We are excited to offer free subscriptions to Packet magazine, the award-winning publication exclusively for technical users of Cisco solutions. Each quarter, Packet offers engaging coverage of the latest industry tips, trends and resources as well as current updates on Cisco products and solutions for skilled technology professionals worldwide.

Subscribe to the digital edition and receive the content, look, and feel of the print edition delivered directly to your PC every quarter -- weeks before the print edition is mailed.

Written for top-level insurance technology and business professionals, TechDecisions for Insurance:

• Delivers the latest intelligence on implementations and solutions,
  
• Addresses key issues and challenges driving the business domestically and globally,
  
• Discusses technology initiatives meeting those challenges, and
  
• Provides useful insights into emerging technologies and new directions for the industry.