Cloud computing is experiencing strong, sustained growth across enterprises large and small. Proven benefits like flexibility, cost reduction, and rapid provisioning of new applications and services are among the drivers. But as cloud models continue to mature, IT leaders face a number of decision points as they seek to maximize those benefits. Questions like, “Where ...

Microsoft Lync is not only changing the cost structure of enterprise telephony but it’s also ushering in a new user experience in which every communication is transformed into a more collaborative and engaging interaction. It’s impossible to achieve the promises of Lync if you haven’t fully considered the underlying infrastructure. Fortunately, with a little upfront ...

Microsoft Lync is not only changing the cost structure of enterprise telephony but it’s also ushering in a new user experience in which every communication is transformed into a more collaborative and engaging interaction. It’s impossible to achieve the promises of Lync if you haven’t fully considered the underlying infrastructure. Fortunately, with a little upfront ...

In Forrester’s 47 criteria evaluation of email content security vendors, it identified the nine most significant vendors in the category and researched, analyzed, and scored them: Barracuda Networks, Cisco, McAfee, Proofpoint, Sophos, Symantec, Trend Micro, Trustwave, and Websense. This report details Forrester’s findings about how well each vendor fulfills the criteria and where they stand ...

Application delivery controllers (ADC) are one of the most critical elements of cloud infrastructures and enterprise datacentre architectures. ADCs strongly impact performance, scale and security of the entire application environment, so it is extremely important for IT leaders to choose the right one. Citrix NetScaler is an outstanding ADC, and this Citrix whitepaper looks at ...

On Tuesday 4th of June, popular ZDNet contributor Phil Dobbie talked to: Ed Metcalfe, Director of Product Marketing at McAfee & Perry Olson, Senior Director, Strategic Response and Global Activities at Intel. They participated in a highly informative webinar that tackles the issues IT professionals need to know about Security BYOD. This webinar discussed: the ...

“Real-time business” is a powerful metaphor for today’s forward-thinking companies. These are businesses that have the ability to use all relevant data when and wherever needed for up-to-the moment decision making. In today’s hyperconnected business environment, the demand for faster business cycles and deeper insight is driving a tremendous wave of innovation. Read more in ...

From the Era Before security to this current era of empowerment this infographic from Blue coat provides a timeline navigates the rise of web commerce and the rise in securities which protect us. Starting with when web commerce began to grow and hackers took notice to now when Web Security is able to empower businesses. ...

What will you do when the security systems implemented to secure your IT environment are not secure anymore? Do you know what’s lurking in your network to exploit vulnerabilities and compromise IT security? SolarWinds Log & Event Manager (LEM) provides real-time insight and awareness into all your security, operational and policy-driven activities on your IT ...

Have your scanned documents become a digital landfill? Is an unmanaged assortment of files threatening to become an avalanche in your office? This ebook provides insight into how to get control of your digital assets and increase your office’s productivity without embarking on a complex, disruptive or expensive project. Detailing the differences between Scan & ...

All kinds of IT professionals require access to privileged or shared accounts in order to perform their job. However, IT managers need to strike a balance between providing them the access they need to perform tasks quickly and efficiently against management’s need to ensure that security and compliance objectives are met. Read this white paper ...

Preparing to migrate Lotus Notes apps to SharePoint Online/Microsoft Office 365? In this new white paper, get the “need to know” info for this resource-intensive project. Learn about pre-migration analysis, content migration, security migration, application design, and issues likely to affect this migration project. Read it today. Subscribe to the Developer Insider Newsletter From the ...

For this EMA™ Radar, the focus was put specifically on core capabilities and features primarily associated with network operations’ need to ensure health and availability of the network. 16 current ENMS solutions coming from 15 vendor providers are reviewed and compared according to a broad range of measures regarding both product strength and overall cost ...

Aiming to manage your IT services efficiently and serve the business more effectively? Adapting to a constantly changing IT environment—while also meeting the needs of business and end users— requires a new approach to managing operations. The methodology that has emerged to fill this vacuum is called business service management (BSM). BSM focuses on connecting ...