2012 IBM X-Force Annual Trend and Risk Report [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- The IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report is produced twice per year: once at mid-year and once at year-end. This report provides statistical information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity. They are intended to help customers, fellow researchers, and the public at large understand the changing nature of the threat landscape and what might be done ...

The Business Analyst's Guide to Hadoop [ Source: Hortonworks and Alteryx ]

May 2013- Rapidly emerging as a transformative technology framework for storing and processing massive amounts of structured and unstructured data, Apache Hadoop plays a central role in Big Data. However, most Big Data strategies stall with IT challenges. In order to harness Big Data for competitive advantage, organizations must enable more than a handful of scarce IT specialists and expensive data scientists to access the information.

By making Big Data usable by business decision-makers and ...

Wireless Infrastructure Management in the Cloud [ Source: Xirrus ]

May 2013- Wireless devices have changed the way organizations and their users interact. Mobile smartphones, tablets, laptops, and wireless enabled devices have driven the mindset that wireless networks must be ubiquitous, fast, and constantly available. These are demands that have traditionally put organizations and their users in direct contrast with their IT departments, as constructing and maintaining wireless infrastructures have typically been time-consuming, complex, and costly endeavors.

Demystifying 802.11ac [ Source: Xirrus ]

May 2013- 802.11ac is a new very high throughput Wi-Fi standard (final approval in 2014). It delivers data rates in excess of 1Gbps in its first phase of products with future iterations planned to take performance to nearly 7Gbps. 802.11ac maintains backward compatibility with existing 802.11 equipment to simplify network migration to the new technology.

Deploying Business Ultrabook Devices in the Enterprise [ Source: Intel ]

May 2013- Recognizing the productivity and flexibility benefits that business Ultrabook devices deliver to mobile employees, Intel IT has established a fast-track strategy for offering business Ultrabook devices as an option in our regular corporate supplied PC refresh cycle, making them available to all employees who currently use a mobile business PC. This strategy provides employees with greater choice in mobile computing platforms and form factors, enabling them to select the compute platform that best fits their ...

How to test and launch a world-class application [ Source: uTest ]

May 2013- Testing and launching a web application isn't getting any easier. In fact, with the assortment of new browsers, plugins, third party apps and programming languages, this process has never been more complicated. Unfortunately, it's also never been more critical for success.

IDC Analyst Connection: Risk Management Considerations for Datacenters in 2013 [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- Innovative Canadian IT executives are becoming "service brokers" rather than "service providers" to drive productivity and competitive advantage. Managed hosting is a key part of their sourcing strategy, offering enterprise-class datacentres that can support today's business requirements of performance, security, and resiliency. The following questions were posed to Mark Schrutt, Director of IDC's Service and Enterprise Applications research regarding the role of managed hosting in supporting leading Canadian executives and what to look for in ...

Five Steps to Achieve Success in your Application Security Program [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- This white paper provides a general framework your organization can use to create or build upon an application security program. It includes guidelines that can be useful at different stages of your security program's maturity. By addressing key considerations, providing clear and actionable items, and offering real-world examples, these five steps provide an adaptable strategy to help your organization get started and maintain an effective, ongoing application-security strategy.

The Top Ten Headaches Caused by Remote Office Storage [ Source: Nasuni ]

May 2013- IT directors at growing, distributed enterprises face a number of unique challenges, particularly when it comes to storage. Nasuni has worked with hundreds of customers to alleviate the pain that today's enterprise IT departments face in trying to manage storage remotely.

We drew upon the insights and experiences of IT directors at enterprises that range from five to fifty locations and often cross multiple continents. In every case, IT has to ensure that ...

Intelligent Role Management For Improved Security and Compliance [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- In complex organizations with sprawling role structures, managing user access and entitlements can be overwhelming. As part of an effective strategy for identity and access management governance, role management is a powerful method with which to strengthen and streamline the management process. Although role management solutions may help, many are overly complex and are not suited for business users. To find out how the integrated Role and Policy Modeler component of IBM Security Identity Manager ...

Transitioning to Multicore Development [ Source: Rogue Wave Software ]

May 2013- As you think about your application in the context of new multicore systems you may wonder: What does it mean to transition my application to multicore? What is the essence of a multicore application? What are the tradeoffs involved? What are the changes you need to make?

This paper, part one of two, answers these questions, showing you how to transition an application to run on a multicore system smoothly and correctly.
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Preventing Security Risks in Real Time [ Source: IBM ]

May 2013- The growth of cloud, mobility, social business and big data mean that botnets, credit card theft, cyber criminals and other external threats pose increasing risk to business continuity, financial stability and brand reputation. Read the white paper, "Preventing security risks in real time," to learn how this new reality is forcing the evolution of organizations' defenses to become more intelligent-using global analytics to scale visibility across broad data sets, both diverse and complementary, in real ...

Strategy Guide to Converged Infrastructure in Higher Education [ Source: HP/Intel® ]

May 2013- The pressure to achieve in education has never been greater. Students are expected to learn more, teachers and administrators are expected to do more and all of this has to be measured more, even while budgets are cut. This strategy guide explains how you can upgrade technology, standardize equipment and improve IT practices in your school district.

This whitepaper is a rich media document, and includes IDC Analyst reasearch, multimedia content, solutions brief, ...