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Cloud Computing— Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future?
White Paper What are its payoffs and pitfalls? Cloud computing frees up budgets hand-cuffed by IT expenses. Instead of purchasing software licenses and hardware for new employees and locations, businesses simply add accounts to... [22 Oct 2009]
Hard Hat Myth: Myths and Pitfalls of Data Mining
White Paper It's critical to understand that data mining is a business process—a way of finding patterns in your data that provide insight you can use to conduct your business more effectively. This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths,... [07 Oct 2009]
Getting Serious About PCI Compliance
White Paper This paper lays out the rationale for undertaking PCI compliance, outlines seven key steps in developing a compliance program and explains how to avoid some of common pitfalls en route to compliance. With so many data... [05 Oct 2009]
Coping with SAN Storage Frustration Caused by Server Virtualization
White Paper The results are both operationally and economically compelling, however, they are not without their pitfalls as server virtualization unless properly managed with appropriate SAN storage. Coping with SAN Storage... [05 Oct 2009]
Extending BAN Logic for Reasoning With Modern PKI-Based Protocols
White Paper Common pitfalls in public-key based protocol design are due to insufficient attention placed on the "Intended recipient" as well as the "Stated sender" of a message. BAN Logic is a well-known authentication logic which,... [02 Oct 2009]
Organizational Goal Alignment in Ten Easy Steps
White Paper How to avoid common pitfalls, such as planning a multi-tiered rollout to help goals work their way down an organization How aligned is your organization? Companies that manage goal alignment well boast significant... [01 Oct 2009]
Case Study Webinar? How to Secure Your Cisco WLAN Today
White Paper This webcast will give attendees a real life case study of how one organization avoided pitfalls while expanding and remediating it's Cisco WLAN and achieved the best performance and robust and accurate wireless security... [01 Oct 2009]
Assessing endpoint security solutions: Why detection rates aren't enough
White Paper This paper highlights the pitfalls of simply looking at virus detection rates and investigates the effect of the rapidly developing IT environment and fast-moving threat landscape on assessment criteria. [30 Sep 2009]
Beyond FTP: Securing and Managing File Transfers
White Paper It identifies the key pitfalls that face management using this open protocol. This paper examines how FTP has become the standard for business-to-business file transfers. Finally, it demonstrates how IT can begin the... [19 Sep 2009]
Optimize Your Warranty Reserves: Sophisticated Data Modeling and Automated Forecast Accuracy Is the Key to Right-Sizing Your Warranty Reserves and Putting That Lazy Capital Back to Work
White Paper This paper outlines some of the pitfalls of traditional methods, the best practices that can transform the process, and the significant monetary gains that can be achieved by improving the accuracy and adaptability of... [16 Sep 2009]
Pervasive Business Intelligence: Techniques and Technologies to Deploy BI on an Enterprise Scale
White Paper This paper is designed for business and technical managers who oversee a business intelligence environment and wish to learn the best practices and pitfalls for deploying reporting and analysis tools on an enterprise basis. [01 Sep 2009]
Dashboard: The New Face of Business Intelligence
White Paper By avoiding some common pitfalls in its implementation, a Dashboard can truly help a company become the best it can be. This paper outlines the best-practice standards of Dashboard implementation. Dashboards can be a... [31 Aug 2009]
Data Mining in the Real World: Experiences, Challenges, and Recommendations
White Paper However, applying data mining methods to complex real-world tasks is far from straightforward and many pitfalls face data mining practitioners. However, most research in the field tends to focus on the algorithmic issues... [29 Aug 2009]
Crime In Focus : A paper examining pitfalls in public crime mapping
White Paper In July 2008, UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith pledged that interactive maps, which allow every neighbourhood in England and Wales to access local crime information, were to be put in place by every police force in the land by the end of... [19 Aug 2009]
10 Reasons Why e-Commerce Fails
White Paper This whitepaper covers ten reasons why e-commerce fails, providing readers with advice on how to avoid these pitfalls. While there are a number of reasons why a business may not succeed in e-Commerce, these are the most... [15 Aug 2009]