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RSS IT vendorUsers tell SAP "we need to talk more"
News SAP UK and Ireland User Group chairman Alan Bowling agreed that the technology vendor could do more to communicate its product roadmap to customers along with the knowledge the company has acquired around staff training... [25 Nov 2009]
Why you must rein in your power users
Comment The Payment Card Industries Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), which any business taking credit or debit card payments should adhere to, recommends "auditing all privileged user activity" as well as avoiding the use of... [25 Nov 2009]
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment John Tuccillo, chairman of the board for The Green Grid, a confederation of end-user and vendor organisations focusing on energy efficiency, believes companies have begun to realise that virtualisation isn't the panacea... [20 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment That's critical and it has to be done in as vendor-neutral a way as possible," says Bamforth. Unified comms holds plenty of promise but businesses hoping to use it must first consider... [17 Nov 2009]
Photos: Dell unveils its very first smartphone
Photo Dell may be better known as a PC vendor but it also has designs on smartphones. Last week the computer giant revealed details of its first foray into the increasingly crowded smartphone market with a... [16 Nov 2009]
IT Infrastructure Management: How to Tame the Beast
White Paper Deploying, configuring and managing a variety of complex devices from the same vendor, let alone multiple vendors, is a daily battle that challenges even the most experienced administrator. IT... [13 Nov 2009]
The Game of the Name Malware Naming, Shape Shifters and Sympathetic Magic
White Paper Even back then, virus naming wasn't very consistent between vendors, but at least virus encyclopaedias and third-party resources like vgrep made it generally straightforward to map one vendor's name for... [12 Nov 2009]
New Standard Lays the Foundation for Coordinated, Multi-Vendor Security
White Paper Later this year, leading vendors will begin delivering products that support a new security standard that opens the door to powerful, multi-vendor defense-in-depth solutions. From Ethernet to HTML, standardization of... [12 Nov 2009]
Why Switch From IPSec to SSL VPN: And Four Steps to Ease Transition
White Paper IPSec needs compatible hardware or software, often from a single vendor, at both endpoint locations. Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) were originally developed over a decade ago to help... [12 Nov 2009]
Reducing the Excess: Using Vendor-Managed Inventory to Improve Productivity Without Sacrificing Customer Service
White Paper This white paper discusses several aspects of vendor-managed inventory, including the business drivers behind its increasing popularity, risks associated with VMI, and implementation considerations. In addition,... [12 Nov 2009]
Open Source Security Myths Dispelled
White Paper Why should we pay an open source vendor when open source is supposed to be free? Is it risky to trust mission-critical infrastructure to open source software? Will a shift to open source add complexity... [12 Nov 2009]
HP print solutions for Logica
White Paper IT services and business provider, Logica wanted to replace an ageing fleet of legacy printers and copies from different vendors with a single-vendor solution which would reduce costs and increase... [12 Nov 2009]
Applied Application Security - Positive & Negative Efficiency
White Paper In the strictest sense of the term, negative security provides the best applied security out of the box due to the effort applied by the security vendor before the product is shipped. The problem with a purely positive... [11 Nov 2009]
TechRepublic Resource Guide: Software as a Service (SaaS) for Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs)
White Paper Discover the most critical questions to ask yourself and your vendor when evaluating a SaaS solutions for your SMB Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) face the same challenges as larger companies when it... [28 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News Alastair Behenna, CIO at Harvey Nash, was also positive about the contribution that open source can make: "There are some genuinely terrific products available that have extended our capabilities whilst easing the pain of having to... [28 Oct 2009]
