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July 31, 2006
Popular Applications with Critical Vulnerabilities Even the most common desktop applications have vulnerabilities. Bit9 has compiled a list of desktop applications with known vulnerabilities to help IT departments gain control over their desktops. Each application in this list has the following characteristics:
July 28, 2006
Starting a Visible Ops-Based Change Management Program Starting a Visible Ops-Based Change Management Program describes a set of shortcuts to successfully implementing the VisOps methodology by developing a Change Management Database and a process-driven approach to evaluating and mitigating change-related risks. Visible Ops is a practical methodology for implementing the best practices found in the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). It provides a clear path to a more comprehensive IT change management program. Creating a Culture of Change Management Creating a Culture of Change Management shows you how to implement the independent controls necessary to build an effective change management process and how to foster a culture of accountability and consequence to support your change policy. Free podcast: Turn DDoS protection costs into profit With customers demanding DDoS protection, Web Hosting Service Providers can now turn this cost into profit. The netZentry Partner PROFIT Program allows you to offer DDoS protection for your customers at the domain-level while generating additional service revenue. Listen to the Podcast: Partner PROFIT Program and learn more about the Partner PROFIT Program, the benefits to the Web Hosting Service Provider (HSP), and the benefits to HSP customers Migrating Off the Mainframe Regardless of the reasons your business has elected to move off mainframe, once the decision has been made, your IT organization needs to know about the approaches, techniques, and tools to successfully migrate to a more modern application landscape or open standard RDBMS like Oracle. Migrating Off the Mainframe examines both the business and technical challenges of migrating off the mainframe. It outlines the seven mainframe migration approaches that IT organizations can use to develop their migration strategies. It explores common data migration project methodologies and tools, and suggests ways to convert a serial approach to migration into a more effective, iterative process. Finally, this white paper describes how IT organizations can use Informatica enterprise data integration software to effectively migrate off the mainframe to more modernized systems. The Data Quality Business Case: Projecting Return on Investment This white paper outlines the importance of data quality in today's business environment, describing how an organization should tackle a data quality improvement process and where Informatica data quality software solutions fit into that process. July 27, 2006
Best of Breed vs. Suite Anti-spyware: What's Best for You? This free paper offers a compelling first-person account by noted security expert Ira Winkler of a penetration test he devised to demonstrate how hackers could theoretically compromise the highly sensitive Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that secure nuclear reactors. Winkler, who is President of the Internet Security Advisors Group and has been called a "Modern Day James Bond" by the media, describes how his plan lured utility company employees to a Web site that downloaded spyware onto their systems—spyware that ultimately allowed Winkler's team to control the SCADA system and hence a nuclear reactor! Winker's paper points up the critical need for deploying anti-spyware software and builds a strong case for choosing a best of breed, or standalone, anti-spyware solution rather than a suite-based product. Data Breach Notification Laws: The Need for Spyware Detection Capability Much has been written about the pressing need for today's businesses to comply with the corporate governance provisions that are outlined in laws like HIPAA, SOX, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Unfortunately, data breach notification laws have received far less attention, even though noncompliance with such laws can create dire financial consequences for your business. Download this informative white paper to learn more about the growing body of data breach notification laws that are being passed in state legislatures throughout the U.S., the consequences of their reporting requirements, and how a dedicated anti-spyware solution can help you avoid reportable breaches all together. July 24, 2006
Protecting Your Mobile Workforce Against Laptop Theft Last year, roughly 300,000 laptops were reported as either stolen or lost in the U.S., many of them left behind in taxicabs or hotel rooms. Fewer than 2% of such laptops were ever recovered. Request this two-page report to see how you can quickly and cost effectively protect your organization from identity theft and security breaches caused by loss of critical data. Improving Remote Access Security and Monitoring This survey reports that IT decision-makers know remote access is increasing and understand the need to improve security and monitoring activities to protect their company's intellectual assets. With heightened security and increased regulatory requirements, they need solutions that will track and monitor remote access easily and unobtrusively. Ten Steps Towards Achieving Business Compliance Learn the steps that organizations can take to make their Internet communications a business advantage, not a potential threat. This paper demonstrates the need to protect a company's assets, reputation, and employees while providing the Internet communications necessary for modern business. Employees and other users put businesses at risk by sending documents to the wrong people, unknowingly browsing inappropriate Web sites, downloading unapproved applications, or forwarding objectionable email. You need operational visibility in all communications and data, and stop network assaults so your company can use the Internet confidently, without interruption, on and off the network. July 21, 2006
Graylists: A Powerful Way to Simplify Desktop Security Tired of self-destructive desktop users downloading software? This whitepaper, “Graylists: A Powerful Way to Simplify Desktop Security”, explains how to ensure only approved software is allowed to run and unwanted software is banned on all desktops. Technology & Learning magazine is back! Technology & Learning, with its nationally-acclaimed team of editors and writers, is the #1 publication in the market of educational technology. It's the magazine educators trust to provide helpful information on how to implement technology in schools. Technology & Learning is the only magazine tailor-made to the special needs of a professional educator. July 20, 2006
Grid Computing for Telco: Five Opportunities to Employ Grid Technology Telco providers are seeking technology solutions that will help them better serve a growing customer base while extending competitive advantage. In this white paper, Grid Computing for Telco: Five Opportunities to Employ Grid Technology, find:
Application Virtualization: The Transformation of Enterprise IT Today, applications housing critical business logic are usually built and deployed in some form of dedicated silo. A virtualized infrastructure allows applications to non-invasively leverage and exploit heterogeneous resources across the enterprise. In this white paper, Application Virtualization: The Transformation of Enterprise IT, find out how to create a virtual infrastructure that automatically shares and manages computing resources across all applications to realize the benefits of a true service-oriented architecture. Cost Effective Scalability with Informatica PowerCenter8 on HP Grid on Linux This white paper, “Cost Effective Scalability with Informatica PowerCenter8 on HP Grid on Linux”, publishes the results of benchmark tests measuring the performance and scalability of Informatica® PowerCenter® 8 Enterprise Grid Option in a 64-bit grid system based on HP servers and RedHat Linux. Test results demonstrate that PowerCenter's throughput numbers are the highest ever publicly published in benchmark study of a data integration solution running in a grid environment. The results show near linear scalability in processing data volumes ranging from 100GB to 1TB. July 19, 2006
Security magazine offers technology solutions for security problems Security magazine focuses on ways to apply technology and services to solve security problems. Security reaches 35,000 security end-user and integrator subscribers in government, healthcare, education, airports, seaports, transportation, distribution, utilities, retail, industrial, financial, hospitality / entertainment, construction, industrial/manufacturing, and other markets. July 18, 2006
Get the Green Light: Sharpen Your Business Case and Receive Quick Approval for Your Business Community Initiatives In this white paper, learn why "business as usual" is no longer good enough to ensure continuous, fast-paced or steady growth for financial services organizations. Get the details for why management teams are looking to their business communities of partners and suppliers for new ways to add value for their customers. Dynamic IT and Integrated Financial Services See how the crucial elements of Dynamic IT -- organizational alignment of business and IT, adaptive IT-based business execution, and business-responsive IT automation -- are driving financial services companies to look for new ways to generate growth and drive more revenue from existing customers. In this white paper, Dynamic IT and Integrated Financial Services, Financial Insights considers how financial institutions must meet the demand for growth by extending into the financial supply chains of business customers and partners. Also examines the industry, market drivers, motivators, and technology attributes needed to meet the demand. A case study of Wachovia is included for illustrative purposes. Unraveling the Disconnect: Defining the Meanings and Uses of the Term 'Lead' Take this brief survey and help NetLine uncover the different meanings of leads: what they really mean to organizations, Sales & Marketing disconnect pertaining to leads, and the concept of lead nurturing. All participants will receive a report containing results from the survey. This brief survey is designed for sales and marketing professionals to share their input. NetLine is delving into the depths of varied definitions of the term lead and the way it is used across many different organizations. This survey includes questions in the areas of:
Recent Lessons in Disaster Recovery: The Path from Catastrophic Failure to Elegant Failure to Peace of Mind This white paper, Recent Lessons in Disaster Recovery: The Path from Catastrophic Failure to Elegant Failure to Peace of Mind, looks at some of the lessons learned in recent years in disaster recovery and what they may mean for your disaster recovery planning. Includes an exploration of some of the approaches that work best as well as practical conclusions that you can use to improve your own efforts. True High Availability for Microsoft Windows-based Applications This whitepaper, True High Availability for Microsoft Windows-based Applications, presents the central concepts of the Neverfail software suite through both a product overview and a detailed description. This whitepaper is primarily useful to those wanting to gain a deeper understanding of the Neverfail technology, while remaining a valuable reference guide. Neverfail's holistic view begins with consideration of the real meaning of downtime and the impact of end-user not being able to use their business-critical application. While backups, replication, and clustering approaches address certain aspects and certain failures, the Neverfail approach looks at the whole application stack, including the data, the system (server and operating system), the network, and the application itself. Essential Guide to Disaster Recovery IT managers and consultants have been forced to enlarge the scope of the definition of "disaster." A disaster isn't just a dead hard drive, a power loss, or a serious loss of data due to human error or malware. Instead, a disaster can include the loss of all communication in an area that extends beyond the office or the neighborhood in which the office is located. July 17, 2006
Free book: Sales Compensation for Dummies Learn how to incent right and sell more of your most profitable products by moving beyond the limitations of spreadsheets. July 13, 2006
Queue magazine is back! Queue is a monthly magazine written specifically for the software development and IT practitioner community. Rather than covering emerging technologies from a solutions-oriented perspective, Queue's unique take on technology focuses on the problems and their impact on the IT environment. ATG Demo on Multi-Channel Personalized Customer Service Learn how to keep interactions consistent through every channel, arm agents with more useful customer information, and give customers the answers they want, the first time they ask, while simultaneously keeping your operations efficient and effective. Managing Wireless LANS for Highly Available Voice This white paper looks at the issues surrounding voice over Wi-Fi in the enterprise and how to leverage spectrum tools to make sure your voice-over-Wi-Fi network meets the high-availability enterprise requirements necessary for success. July 07, 2006
FierceGameBiz offers daily video game industry insights FierceGameBiz is an easy to ready daily business email newsletter on the video game industry with a special focus on online games, mobile games and in-game advertising. In five minutes or less --- one quick email per day -- FierceGameBiz will give you must-know news, trends, game reviews, and insights about the video game industry. Join more than 3000 serious game industry professionals in receiving this insiders-only daily briefing, complete with articles, breaking news, interviews, and game industry deals that will save you time and keep you ahead of competition. Digital Transactions magazine covers the consumer electronic transaction market Digital Transactions is the only publication tracking the trends in the 64-billion-transaction consumer electronic transactions market. Published nine times a year, the magazine, website, and Newsletter reach more than 20,000 senior executives in banks, retailers, and processors. Free guide to managing Services spend Today, every enterprise must put the reins on spending in every location and category. This white paper, Managing Services Spend, highlights how some companies are using world class applications to manage services spend. Architectural Products magazine serves commercial and institutional architects Architectural Products provides product and product application information to architects and designers engaged in commercial and institutional building. It is devoted entirely to the products of C&I design and includes features on products, product trends, technologies, case studies and more. July 06, 2006
How to Detect and Remove Malicious Software without Signatures or Scanning Malicious software attacks of today are more complex, more stealthy and faster than ever, making your current security solutions outdated. Your organization needs a security strategy that provides an instant response to spyware and adware without impacting your company's productivity. Attend this webcast featuring Yankee Group's Senior Analyst for Security Solutions and Services, Andrew Jaquith, and discover:
Enterprise Security for Financial Services Signature-based anti-virus and anti-spyware systems on your host do not provide sufficient protection against changing threats and today's other complex attacks. To properly secure your system, additional protection is needed to defend modern security threats with no reliance on signatures or updates. Download this white paper and discover effective security strategies to protect your company and customer data from theft and other security threats. This white paper also examines:
Payment Card Industry Compliance and Primary Response This white paper, Payment Card Industry Compliance and Primary Response, examines solutions to overcome Payment Card Industry (PCI) requirements and protect your customer's valuable credit card information. Download this white paper and discover how to overcome PCI regulations and protect customer data. July 05, 2006
New magazine to focus on the business of unconventional oil The Oilsands Review is the first-ever publication to focus entirely on the facts, the figures, and the stories behind the business of unconventional oil. Officially being launched in June 2006, this magazine is the latest offering from Canada's most established oil and gas publisher, JuneWarren Publishing. Oilweek Magazine covers the Canadian petroleum industry Published monthly, Oilweek Magazine is a distinctive source for information about the Canadian petroleum industry and all its regions, from the Arctic to the East Coast and increasingly on international development frontiers. Oilweek Magazine reports on the facts, the figures, and the stories that drive Canada's oil and gas industry, examining the industry's role as a mainstay for the Canadian economy, energy supplier to North America, and cradle of technological advances adopted around the world. |
