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How to Address Cloud Application Lifecycle Challenges

Taking an agile approach to the application lifecycle in a hybrid cloud environment means moving beyond the one-and-done method of V2C conversions and embracing DevOps. Getting development and operations to collaborate means linking resource, configu

9 May 2012 8 mins

Agile Development Developer Project Management Tools

IT Must Change Security Strategies to Keep Up With Cybercriminals

Businesses may have scaled back their security and risk management investments during the economic downturn, but cybercriminals continued to invest. In the coming years, criminal organizations will grow even more sophisticated. To be prepared for wha

3 Apr 2012 7 mins

Compliance Government Regulation

IT Must Provide Enterprise Collaboration Tools Employees Will Use

Businesses are under pressure to enable collaboration beyond the corporate firewall as workers increasingly need to connect with remote colleagues as well as business partners, suppliers and consultants. The challenge to IT departments is that many e

28 Mar 2012 8 mins

CIO Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business

Texas Ousts IBM, Takes New IT Outsourcing Tack

Second-generation IT services deals almost always go better. But after an especially troubled relationship with IBM, Texas is counting on new vendors and an unproven outsourcing model to deliver the second time around.

23 Mar 2012 6 mins

Government IT Strategy ITIL

Inadequate SSL Certificate Data Threatens IT Security

SSL certificates are a fundamental component of secure online transactions, but a new survey finds that a majority of organizations don't know where or how many certificates they actually have, and nearly as many lack an accurate idea of which c

25 Feb 2012 4 mins

BPM Systems Data Breach Regulation

Adopting ITIL, COBIT Is Not Always the Best Practice

Some process improvement projects and best practice frameworks such as ITIL and COBIT can do more harm than good--particularly when implemented by third-party IT service providers.

22 Feb 2012 3 mins

IT Governance Frameworks IT Strategy ITIL

Tech Leaders Call for Global Harmony on Privacy, Security

In the borderless digital world, tech and finance companies can get tangled up in a web of laws and regulations on privacy and data security.

28 Jan 2012 6 mins

Compliance Cybercrime Government

How Open Source Licenses Affect Your Business and Your Developers

Copyleft licenses have been the most popular choice for new open source projects. Recently, however, developers and companies seem to be moving from the GPL in favor of less restrictive permissive licenses for open source projects. What's behind

25 Jan 2012 6 mins

Compliance Developer IT Strategy

Six Reasons Small Businesses Need Virtualization

If you run a small or mid-sized business, server virtualization promises cost savngs and improved IT efficiency. To help ensure you understand the advantages, we drew up a list of the most tangible benefits that virtualization has to offer small and

12 Jan 2012 8 mins

Desktop Virtualization Server Virtualization System Management

In Search of an Android Mobile Strategy

Challenged by HIPAA privacy requirements and mobile-device limitations, United Orthopedic looks for a device- and hardware-independent mobile strategy

13 Dec 2011 3 mins

HIPAA Healthcare Industry Microsoft Office

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