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SkillSoft, a leading SaaS provider of e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government, education and small-to-medium-sized businesses, recently introduced its list of Books24x7 “What’s Popular” titles from the second quarter of 2011. The list reveals the leading reading trends for business and IT executives and professionals. By analyzing the 100 most popular book […]

According to Chris Lynch from TIBCO Software Inc., there’s been no shortage of people saying that social computing represents the next wave of the corporate intranet, the latter being a piece of technology that’s been perpetually disappointing. For a place that’s supposed to be the starting point of people’s day, it has never lived up […]

Data Security Policy Template Setting and enforcing system access is the most fundamental step in protecting the data and assets on your network. This policy template gives you an outline of how to ensure access rights match business needs. Securing your company’s data is perhaps the most vital responsibility of the modern IT department. And […]

Every once in a while, we come across new apps or services that we adopt into our personal cache of "must-have" tools. Gaining inspiration from a New York Times article earlier this year that talked about tools to help solo entrepreneurs and small businesses look bigger than they are, Paul decided to come up with […]

For a lot of IT folks working on business-to-consumer websites, it’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas. Many consumer-oriented companies are pulling together their holiday sales strategies for the Web right now. Unfortunately, IT is ignorant of many of the programs being created and no one has actually tested whether the websites can actually […]

In the wake of the increasing threats to the data center via cybercrime and the recent natural disasters occurring across the globe, AFCOM's Data Center Institute believes it is time to review the adequacy of existing data center business continuity and disaster recovery plans. They maintain that the cloud offers new and dynamic approaches to […]

Of Passwords and People: Measuring the Effect of Password-Composition Policies Requiring users to set strong passwords shores up one aspect of your network security, but it also may encourage other bad password management practices. This research report details the findings of a survey of 5,000 users who were asked to create passwords in various strength […]

Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and analytics around what consumers buy and watch, recently released the first mobile media rankings based on audience measurement data from the company’s new Nielsen Smartphone Analytics. This new service uses metered data from thousands of Android and iOS smartphones in the United States to report actual consumer […]

RFID-based Localization and Tracking Technologies Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has gained traction as a way to locate and track resources, particularly in disciplines such enterprise supply chain management. This paper looks at various models for employing cost-effective RFID chips to support your location-based technologies. 1.5 MB | 3 files |  PDF Among its many applications, […]

IT pros managing data centers with massive mixed network environments, long lists of remote access protocols and applications, multiple user interfaces, and what often feels like way too many tools are increasingly searching for remote access management solutions that are both efficient and secure to use as well as cost effective to deploy.  According to […]

With the launch of the z/Enterprise mainframe platform, IBM set out to reinvent the definition of a mainframe. Now almost a year later, a new worldwide survey of 1,347 mainframe professionals conducted by BMC Software finds that while the core z/Enterprise system itself is being received with enthusiasm, IBM’s efforts to converge mainframe and distributed […]

Minimizing Information Leakage in the DNS Signature-based DNS security extensions have given hackers a way to scope out information on networks before they begin a direct attack. This paper looks at methods for mitigating this risk while still using DNSSEC to augment Internet security. The Domain Name System is the global lookup service for network resources. […]