WHITE PAPER - When an IT skill falls out of favor, it rarely ever comes back. Here's our list of 10 dying IT skills. If any of these skills are your main expertise, perhaps it's time to think about updating your skill set.
Posted: May 13, 2009 | Published: May 13, 2009


Topics:  COBOL | Code Management | IT Best Practices | IT Departments | IT Governance | IT Industry | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services | IT Systems | IT Workforce | Programming | Programming Languages

PODCAST - In this podcast, hear 10 tips on creating an effective password policy and strategies for effectively enforcing it. Following these tips and working out ways to strengthen the policy without making it overly difficult to adhere to will make it easier to obtain and implement a stronger organization-wide password policy.
Posted: December 14, 2009 | Premiered: December 14, 2009


Topics:  Authentication | Authorization | Identity Management | Password Management | Passwords | Security Best Practices | Security Policies

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, and adds significant management challenges. Read this informative white paper written by Enterprise Management Associates to learn what these challenges are as well as some of the solutions and strategies used to deal with them.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Platform as a service | Server Virtualization | Systems Operations

WHITE PAPER - A company’s overall success largely relies on the software team’s success. Organizations that embrace this concept experience less frustration, fewer errors, and faster planning and development cycles. Read this guide to learn about seven essential tips to help you be more successful with requirements management and software development.
Posted: December 8, 2009 | Published: December 8, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Collaboration | Collaborative Product Development | IT Management | Project Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper will focus on the OpenSSH implementation, which was initially developed as part of the OpenBSD project and is installed by default on most modern BSD and Linux-based operating systems, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Authentication | Enterprise | FTP | Linux | SSH | Windows

WHITE PAPER - Authored by Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., author of "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press, March 2009), this white paper describes 8 essential best practices that provide a holistic approach to safeguarding databases and achieving compliance.
Posted: April 3, 2009 | Published: April 3, 2009


Topics:  Data Security | Database Security | DB2 | Oracle (Product) | Security | Security Best Practices | Security Management | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn the four key initiatives for attacking network management inefficiency and how automation solutions from HP can help.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: September 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Processes | Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Management | Network Configuration Management | Network Management | Network Performance

PODCAST - Listen to this podcast Q&A session to learn how batch tuning can enable your organization to reduce their required computing resources and run-time, ultimately saving money. Learn how to significantly gain insight into how you can improve the results of your batch tuning initiative by changing the traditional approach to batch tuning projects.
Posted: February 2, 2010 | Premiered: February 2, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Best Practices | Data Centers | Enterprise Resource Management | IT Management | Job Scheduling Software | Microprocessors | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - The onslaught of Web 2.0 and social networking is essentially unstoppable. This paper will help organizations understand the nature and impact of the Web 2.0 phenomenon. Applicable security challenges will be explored and a concise yet comprehensive strategy will be provided for mitigating them.
Posted: January 14, 2010 | Published: January 14, 2008


Topics:  Internet Security | Internet Usage | Security | Security Policies | Security Threats | Social Networking | Web Services Security

WHITE PAPER - Managing the virtual infrastructure end-to-end is becoming more challenging as virtual environments continue to grow and more data center elements meld into the "cloud". This whitepaper will discuss the push for continued virtualization and the "cloud", and present you with questions that will help you create the best organizational strategy.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Service Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ITIL | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - Ensuring Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance requires expert understanding of data storage and encryption requirements, device integration considerations, and logging and reporting parameters for distributed networks. This white paper covers PCI compliance, what it means, and how to go about achieving it.
Posted: January 14, 2010 | Published: January 14, 2008


Topics:  Integrated Threat Management | Network Security | Network Security Appliances | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Security | Security Audits | Security Management | Security Spending

WEBCAST - This webinar will go through the most critical challenges faced by mid-market companies, and illustrate how collecting and analyzing event data across the enterprise can address those challenges in the context of budget and staff constraints.
Posted: April 20, 2009 | Premiered: May 19, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Data Collection | Regulatory Compliance | Security | Security Event Management | Security Management | Security Spending | SMBs

WEBCAST - Many organizations are turning to cloud computing to realize its promise of cost-efficiency, agility, value and simplicity. But security, compliance and vendor lock-in are rated among the top barriers to its adoption. View this webcast to learn how recent innovations in identity management enable a secure cloud computing environment.
Posted: February 1, 2010 | Premieres: February 25, 2010


Topics:  Application Security | Cloud Computing | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Identity Management | Identity Management Software | Oracle (Product) | Security

TRIAL SOFTWARE - AdminStudio® allows IT to quickly prepare reliable virtual and MSI packages for error-free rollout with leading software deployment solutions. A complete application readiness toolset, AdminStudio also provides automated tools to help ensure application portfolios migrate smoothly to Windows 7. Download this free 21 day trial now!
Posted: January 12, 2010 | Published: January 12, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Downtime | Help Desk Management | IT Management | Operating Systems | Software Migration | Software Testing | Software Virtualization | Windows

WHITE PAPER - The information presented in this white paper discusses various approaches to cryptography and key management, and can be used as a starting point for developing an effective policy-based key management solution. Taking a proactive approach to data protection results in a smoother implementation and a positive return on investment.
Posted: February 8, 2010 | Published: August 28, 2009


Topics:  Data Encryption | Data Encryption Standard | Data Security | Encryption Standards | Public Key Encryption | Security | Security Policies