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IT Management

  • Online ID Theft – employee awareness packPosted:16:03 21 Nov 2008Online ID Theft is a real threat to you and your business. The awareness and vigilance of individual employees is key to ensuring sensitive data is properly protected.
  • Employee web use; Where to draw the line? Posted:15:44 21 Nov 2008Is it okay for employees to spend time on social networking sites? What about a little internet shopping or downloading pirated music?
  • Employee email; Controlling use and misusePosted:15:35 21 Nov 2008When does email misuse in the office turn into employee harassment? Is your confidential information being lost over email? Have you considered the legal requirements to store and secure valuable email records?
  • Why archive your email? And for how long?Posted:15:20 21 Nov 2008Email is a business critical application for nearly every organisation, but the ease of distribution, storage and deletion presents huge challenges as to how to retain vital information contained within email traffic.
  • Next-generation enterprise IT - Datacentre optimisation Posted:14:00 14 Nov 2008Optimising the datacentre is not something you can do with one action. It is a multi-faceted operation, encompassing changes to your facility, equipment and management methodology.
  • Next-generation enterprise IT - achieving business agility through BPM and SOAPosted:14:00 14 Nov 2008Business Process Management (BPM) and Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) can be combined to deliver the holy grail of IT in business: the ability to have real business policy statements translate automatically into outcomes delivered by IT systems.
  • Controlling the ever-expanding network demand with Telecoms 2.0Posted:11:27 04 Nov 2008New, media-rich content and applications are becoming central to how successful organisations operate. The ability to use these next generation applications can hold the key to increasing efficiency and enabling businesses to become more competitive.
  • Securing the business email network from data loss without harming productivityPosted:12:00 05 Sep 2008Security is a holistic issue; it’s not your network you need to protect, it’s the information inside that network and that means guarding against data leaks as well as network intrusions.
  • Unified Threat Management: Solving the IT Infrastructure Security Solutions SprawlPosted:10:00 12 Mar 2008Ensuring that your IT infrastructure is protected against the myriad of different threats is a vastly complicated process; requiring the management and coordination of hardware, software and outsourced services.
  • IT Infrastructures for better business outcomesPosted:16:00 25 Feb 2008A cohesive and robust IT infrastructure is of paramount importance for the development of any company.
  • Deliver resilient, agile and energy-efficient IT infrastructuresPosted:12:17 06 Dec 2007This executive summary suggests how, through a holistic approach to IT systems and communications deployment, and de-perimeterisation – business without boundaries – we can at last start to realise the freedom and opportunities of true flexible working through the creation of resilient, agile and energy-efficient infrastructures.
  • Efficient IT from virtualisationPosted:12:09 06 Dec 2007The capacity you need. Where and when you need it. No more and no less. It’s good for the bottom line and crucial to support business change. It means you can deliver all the services your users need, instantly, while making the most of your IT resources. And it’s also better for the environment.
  • Why green ICT is good for the bottom linePosted:12:01 06 Dec 2007What are the key trends in power consumption through ICT deployment? How can your organisation adopt a responsible ICT strategy that will reduce your power bills, increase your corporate responsibility and deliver significant business process gains? Click here to find out the benefits gained through efficient IT and more intelligent deployment of advanced ICT solutions. advanced ICT solutions.Your busniess may not afford to miss it.
  • Quality Assurance and Testing - The IT Executive's ViewPosted:14:25 04 Dec 2007MissionAssurance and Testing (Mission) is the UK's largest systems quality assurance and testing solutions provider. Mission has conducted a survey to explore the key business and IT issues driving investment in QA and testing
  • Ensuring SOA ROIPosted:14:35 21 Nov 2007Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) have gained much attention as a unifying technical architecture that can be concretely embodied with Web service technologies.
  • Cutter paper: IT's role in determining competitive advantagePosted:14:59 09 Nov 2007IT has been a critical part of the production of running a business since the early days of the IBM 360. IT supports every aspect of the business from human resources to operations - yet it has primarily been perceived to be a part of the backstage crew.
  • A story of innovation for x86-based serversPosted:17:03 23 Oct 2007According to IDC, nearly 70% of IT server spending in 2010 will be on x86 servers. Once, there was a perception in the industry that these servers were suitable primarily for filling low-end computing niches, such as file-and-print, e-mail and departmental serving.
  • Blade servers; the right choice for the SMB or enterprise Posted:17:02 23 Oct 2007The datacentre has become home to a heterogeneous set of mission-critical application and infrastructure servers, supported by any number of communications and storage devices, inter-connected by a tangled web of I/O cables and power cords, creating a complex, administrative nightmare.
  • Datacentres that work when disaster strikesPosted:12:03 04 Oct 2007Find out about strategies that are flexible enough to cope with tomorrow’s needs, while achieving future proof risk management objectives in affordable ways
  • Software moves out of the enterprise environmentPosted:12:00 04 Oct 2007The rise of a software as a service is changing how enterprises host and manage software
  • Datacentre resurgence to bank the business onPosted:11:51 04 Oct 2007Datacentre hosting is experiencing a renaissance . The hosts offer a more mature prospect and a broader set of services to a broader set of customers than was originally the case.
  • Datacentres evolve beyond disaster recovery Posted:11:49 04 Oct 2007New levels of management complexity of core IT infrastructure and applications will continue to attract many firms to investigate services offered by third-party hosts
  • Sound security: four elements of a successful strategyPosted:10:10 26 Sep 2007Implementing proper security measures can bring about important, positive business benefits.
  • IT service management: too important to leave to the IT department alone?Posted:09:39 18 Sep 2007How and why the IT function needs to change its relationship with the business
  • CRM integration for a Customer Centric ViewPosted:14:00 10 Aug 2007Capabilities, benefits and return on investment that an integrated front and back office solution can provide for your organisation.
  • Beyond disaster recovery: becoming a resilient businessPosted:15:43 09 Aug 2007Your business has to be responsive and resilient—seamlessly taking advantage of opportunities while mitigating risks
  • The high stakes of security - protecting your brandPosted:17:13 05 Jul 2007In security, the rules are constantly changing. Discover some approaches that can help to significantly reduce exposure to risks and meet security compliance obligations
  • The security aspects of collaboration Posted:17:30 29 Jun 2007How to provide end-to-end data security measures that address both passive and active attacks against confidentiality, integrity and availability
  • The importance of security within online meeting technologyPosted:17:30 29 Jun 2007 Why security is a critical consideration when implementing an online meeting solution and the key security questions to ask when implementing collaboration technology
  • The business benefits of Web conferencing for SMEs Posted:17:29 29 Jun 2007Th ebusiness benefits of Web conferencing for growing businesses. It will also show how Web conferencing service meets SMEs' specific needs
  • A Whitepaper for owners of Growing BusinessesPosted:16:14 22 Jun 2007The business benefits of Web conferencing for SMEs and how the appropriate deployment of web conferencing services can meet the specific needs of SMEs and can help them successfully compete with much larger corporations
  • GoToMeeting Security WhitepaperPosted:16:11 22 Jun 2007How to provide end-to-end data security measures that address both passive and active attacks against confidentiality, integrity and availability
  • The Vital Role of Web Conferencing in Small & Medium EnterprisesPosted:16:09 22 Jun 2007A survey looking at the top factors SMEs should consider when choosing a supplier of web conferencing technology. What are the key applications and what is their value
  • Web threats – challenges and solutions Posted:13:35 23 May 2007The new generation of cyber criminals are moving their attention to the web. Using a variety of methods, focused by region and blended for maximum success, they are targeting your business. Download your free web threats whitepaper from Trend Micro.
  • iServer: A Repository for MS Office and Visio usersPosted:10:51 17 May 2007iServer offers organisations a powerful, collaborative Enterprise Architecture (EA) and business process modelling suite that leverages existing investment in Microsoft technologies. It delivers a highly-scalable repository-based environment for combining Microsoft Visio (Visio) and Office documents used in the domain areas of enterprise architecture (EA).
  • How to audit server room securityPosted:09:59 24 Apr 2007Some suggestions to follow for how to best audit your server room security.
  • Backup Buying Guide Chapter 5: CDPPosted:00:00 02 Apr 2007You asked for it, so here it is -- a printable version of our Backup All-In-One Buying Guide. Download Chapter 5: CDP in .pdf format now.
  • IT Briefing: Best practices for selecting a security information management solutionPosted:00:00 26 Mar 2007 This informational white paper examines 10 best practices to help you make the right SIM choice for your environment.
  • NAC technologies and security compliance reportPosted:00:00 20 Mar 2007An IT briefing that examines the role of network access control (NAC) and details a strategy that can help your company.
  • HP Business Continuity and Availability solutionsPosted:00:00 09 Nov 2006How to empower your business with resilient IT operations.
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Networks and Communications

  • Employee email; Controlling use and misusePosted:15:35 21 Nov 2008When does email misuse in the office turn into employee harassment? Is your confidential information being lost over email? Have you considered the legal requirements to store and secure valuable email records?
  • Why archive your email? And for how long?Posted:15:20 21 Nov 2008Email is a business critical application for nearly every organisation, but the ease of distribution, storage and deletion presents huge challenges as to how to retain vital information contained within email traffic.
  • Controlling the ever-expanding network demand with Telecoms 2.0Posted:11:27 04 Nov 2008New, media-rich content and applications are becoming central to how successful organisations operate. The ability to use these next generation applications can hold the key to increasing efficiency and enabling businesses to become more competitive.
  • Three steps for remote access connection Posted:16:33 09 Oct 2008A virtual private network or VPN is essential to remote working which once may have seemed a rare and expensive technology affordable but it is now part of everyday working life.
  • Online social networking: The employers’ dilemmaPosted:16:31 09 Oct 2008The majority of employers permit employees to have reasonable personal use of the Internet during working hours. Employers have sought to minimise the risks that this personal use might present by introducing Acceptable Use Policies and monitoring employee use.
  • An IT manager’s guide to social networkingPosted:16:28 09 Oct 2008Social and business networking sites are changing the way people talk online. Sites like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo help friends stay in touch while LinkedIn and Plaxo mainly connect business users.
  • Data backup: protecting your most valuable assetPosted:15:01 19 Sep 2008A growing number of businesses rely on data or electronically stored information. As a result, they need to know that it can be recovered easily in the event of a serious failure or major incident. Without contingency plans for such recovery the very survival of a company could be at stake. Archiving and restoration of data can be a complicated and time-consuming process and more businesses are relying on third party providers to support them with this.
  • Ensuring your business can operate in the event of a disasterPosted:14:58 19 Sep 2008Business continuity is becoming a key issue for businesses. The worst may never happen, but if it does you need to be prepared. Recent disasters and freak weather events have affected a number of organisations; this has led to many questioning whether they would be able to continue to operate in the event of a major incident. The ability to anticipate and effectively manage potential threats is a key part of the business planning process. Read this paper to discover the key areas firms should consider when planning for business continuity.
  • 10-point guide for effective email security for SMBsPosted:14:51 19 Sep 2008Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) face a growing number of e-mail threats from spam, unacceptable content and viruses that can bring communications and operations to a grinding halt. Virus writers are now using more covert methods to deploy their attacks and penetrate networks which often lie undetected until damage occurs. This paper provides a summary of the key points SMBs need to consider when reviewing email security.
  • Tough times, invisible threatsPosted:15:24 09 Sep 2008When market conditions turn bad and new sales are harder to come by, it’s easy to switch focus from protecting the business to bringing in new business. Yet businesses that find themselves struggling are likely to suffer doubly – by taking their eye off the ball, they may be unwittingly leaving themselves vulnerable to unseen yet highly damaging malware attacks.
  • Beware skimping on securityPosted:15:21 09 Sep 2008The trouble with IT security is that it is not a one-off investment. New threats emerge daily, increasing the burden on the internal IT support team. The cost of security breaches to businesses large and small has been well documented, yet many still cut corners.
  • Beating the recession with an intelligent networkPosted:15:17 09 Sep 2008Over recent years, IT’s position in the average company has been elevated from supporter of the business, to the basis of its competitive edge. Some IT vendors will even go so far as to suggest that a company’s network is its business. To illustrate the point, they urge firms to imagine the damaging impact if they lost network access for more than a few minutes…
  • Securing the business email network from data loss without harming productivityPosted:12:00 05 Sep 2008Security is a holistic issue; it’s not your network you need to protect, it’s the information inside that network and that means guarding against data leaks as well as network intrusions.
  • Unified Threat Management: Solving the IT Infrastructure Security Solutions SprawlPosted:10:00 12 Mar 2008Ensuring that your IT infrastructure is protected against the myriad of different threats is a vastly complicated process; requiring the management and coordination of hardware, software and outsourced services.
  • IT Infrastructures for better business outcomesPosted:16:00 25 Feb 2008A cohesive and robust IT infrastructure is of paramount importance for the development of any company.
  • Hyperconnectivity leads to enterprise transformationPosted:16:08 12 Dec 2007Hyperconnectivity is what people describe as a mega-trend — a phenomenon through which everyone and everything that can benefit from being connected to the network will be connected.
  • Enterprise Unified CommunicationsPosted:15:05 21 Nov 2007Session Initiation Protocol, known by its acronym, SIP, is the standard protocol used by VoIP. SIP data is sent from user to server, server to server, and user to user to provide the encapsulated voice, audio, and data packets to establish these modes of communication.
  • Determining total cost of ownership for datacentre and network room infrastructuresPosted:16:39 13 Jan 2006This paper describes, with examples, an improved method for measuring Total Cost of Ownership of data centre and network room physical infrastructure and relating these costs to the overall Information Technology infrastructure.
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