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Salesforce.com makes more friends in the cloud
News The tie-ups were announced at Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco this week, where BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp and CA CEO John Swainson both joined Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on stage for... [20 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]
Photos: Qualcomm's Snapdragon-powered Android smartbook on show
Photo With a tablet form factor, Gilbert said there is more scope to create a tactile, Minority Report-style user interface, involving multiple windows being manipulated on a multi-touch screen, incorporating the likes of... [20 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: BlackBerry Storm 2
Photo On-screen keyboard isn't as well-designed as the physical BlackBerry keyboard; user interface is dull; Web browser is comparatively poor; apps can be expensive; heavy But, without a keyboard, its email prowess is... [20 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News Speaking at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco, CEO Marc Benioff said Chatter was the company's "fourth cloud" - joining its Sales Cloud, Service Cloud and Custom Cloud. For example if there is... [19 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought?
Comment Before they knew it they were spending more than £500,000 per year on user fees annually associated with the application. My advice: before you sign your next services or user fee agreement, consider the... [19 Nov 2009]
Revealed: The apps you'll have on your phone in 2012
News But Gartner sees renewed efforts by various players in coming up with innovative models around music, such as device or service bundles, to address pricing and usability issues.iTunes makes people pay for music, which shows that a... [18 Nov 2009]
Photos: Nokia debuts full-Qwerty E72 business smartphone
Photo Nokia has tweaked the email user interface for a more "PC-like" experience and the device comes with a lifetime licence for the Nokia Messaging Service. Not every smartphone has a touchscreen - as Nokia's latest device... [18 Nov 2009]
Logical Access Security: The Role of Smart Cards in Strong Authentication
White Paper With the growing use of wired and wireless networks to access information resources and the increasing occurrence of identity theft and attacks on corporate networks, password-based user authentication is increasingly... [14 Nov 2009]
User Provisioning
White Paper User provisioning is the core component of a successful identity management program. This paper details best practices for developing a user provisioning and access management strategy, key... [13 Nov 2009]
User Provisioning and Access Compliance for Microsoft Environments
White Paper To address these key business priorities, today's IT budgets include significant funding for specific solutions such as password management, user provisioning, automated access compliance and role management. [13 Nov 2009]
Reviewing Database User Rights: Addressing Security, Risk and Compliance Challenges With Comprehensive Planning
White Paper Today's business environment demands that a broad range of internal and external users require access to data. Users include internal employees, as well as external consultants, partners, and clients. [13 Nov 2009]
USB Drives: Friend or Foe?: New User Trends and Exploits in USB Requires Security Controls to Protect Endpoints and the Networked Enterprise
White Paper This whitepaper describes how security professionals can reduce risks of vulnerabilities to portable applications and USB storage. It surveys the current state of USB storage and explains architectural background on the operation of... [13 Nov 2009]
Advantages and Disadvantages of EFS and Effective Recovery of Encrypted Data
White Paper The creators of EFS have also ensured against the loss of the private key by the user, for example as a result of OS reinstallation, or when new user accounts were created. Here, the specially-designed... [13 Nov 2009]
Centralizing Identity and Access Management in Unix/Linux Environments: Using BoKS to Overcome the Inherent Security Gaps of NIS
White Paper User administration in a large Unix/Linux domain is a complex task since each host potentially serves as an autonomous authority. Tools like 'Sudo' introduce yet another layer of user management and... [13 Nov 2009]