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PDF Download ( KB, 8 Pages)A Window Into Mobile Device Security
- Source:
- Symantec
- Posted:
- Sep 22, 2011
Today’s mobile devices operate in an ecosystem, much of it not controlled by the enterprise—they connect and synchronize out-of-the-box with third-party cloud services and computers whose security posture is potentially unknown and outside of the enterprise’s control.
PDF Download ( KB, 23 Pages)Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Security Best Practice
- Source:
- Trend Micro
- Posted:
- Sep 02, 2011
To address the security threats and issue relevant to cloud computing and virtualization, this guide outlines recommended security best practices in virtual and cloud environments. For virtualized environments, private clouds, portions of hybrid clouds, and public Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) deployments, the enterprise, not the service provider – needs to assume responsibility for security. Find out how to meet this requirement in this new paper.
PDF Download ( KB, 9 Pages)Agile for Legacy to SaaS Migration: Ten Key Considerations
- Source:
- Mindtree
- Posted:
- Aug 09, 2011
With the advent of Service-Oriented -Architecture (SOA) and paradigms such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) such challenges posed by legacy web products can be converted into business opportunities. In fact, this HRM product is a good example of a legacy web product or application that needs to be re-architected or transformed to SaaS paradigm.
PDF Download ( KB, 4 Pages)Computing as a Service - Securing Enterprise Cloud
- Source:
- Verizon
- Posted:
- Mar 18, 2011
In this paper security in the enterprise class cloud is explored. Various components of security have been put in place for the enterprise class cloud. This paper outlines Verizon's layered security model—a philosophy around which the cloud computing platform, Computing as a Service (CaaS), is designed—and details the various elements that make up the secure cloud infrastructure.
PDF Download ( KB, 8 Pages)Stringing the Quartet - Cloud, SOA, BPM and BI
- Source:
- Verizon
- Posted:
- Nov 08, 2010
This whitepaper describes the power of leveraging together four related assets used by IT to deliver business needs. A brief introduction is provided of each, however the focus of the content is to support an architecture where SOA, the Cloud, Business Process management together with Business Intelligence emerge as the pillars of the model. The target audience of this publication is the Business User who is becoming increasingly tech savvy. Or the Technical architect who is happily becoming increasingly aware of the business relevance of his creation.
PDF Download ( KB, 19 Pages)What Would Make Cloud Computing Safe For Your Organization?
- Source:
- Fujitsu
- Posted:
- Jul 07, 2010
In a bid to get under the skin of cloud security Fujitsu has conducted in-depth research amongst a selection of senior executives. This could prove very useful indeed. Gartner is already predicting that by 2012, industrialised utility and cloud-based services will account for at least 50% of the new demand for managed IT infrastructure services. Make sure you're ahead of the trend - read the full report.
PDF Download ( KB, 16 Pages)Executive Briefing: Cloud and Security
- Source:
- Brocade
- Posted:
- Jul 07, 2010
Cloud services are gaining popularity amongst IT users, allowing them to access businesses applications and platforms, storage and even whole chunks of IT infrastructure over a public or private network. As a result, users benefit from lower-cost network infrastructure and data centre resources, and can turn fixed. IT costs into variable operational expenses. However, there is a significant problem with cloud offerings, namely that they present new challenges to IT managers, both in general security within their own enterprises and in assessing the risk profiles inherent in each cloud offering they might source.
PDF Download ( KB, 5 Pages)CIO Strategy Guide on Cloud Computing
- Source:
- Brocade
- Posted:
- May 25, 2010
In these tough economic times it is increasingly common for C-level executives to come to IT saying: “I’ve read about that cloud computing thing. Why aren’t we using the cloud instead of buying so many servers?” But is the cloud
ready? As any good engineer would say, the answer is “it depends.”
Virtual Branch Networking (VBN) 2.0 and the Emergence of Cloud-Based Branch Offices
- Source:
- Aruba
- Posted:
- May 03, 2010
VBN 2.0 from Aruba Networks® delivers the corporate network to small offices with up to 60% capital and 75% operational cost savings compared to traditional branch routers. By migrating network and security services to the cloud, VBN 2.0 replaces costly branch routers with a simple, compact and affordable centrally-managed device called a Remote Access Point (RAP).
PDF Download ( KB, 18 Pages)Seeding the Clouds: Key Infrastructure Elements for Cloud Computing
- Source:
- IBM
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2010
Seeding the Clouds: Key Infrastructure Elements for Cloud Computing
PDF Download ( KB, 24 Pages)Google Apps in the Enterprise: A Promotion-Enhancing or Career-Limiting Move for Architects?
- Source:
- Burton Group
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
Google has caught the attention of enterprises with its inexpensive Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE) product: available at $50 per user per year. However, the seductive price can spell trouble for enterprise architects and their companies if they don't do their homework: the solution's rudimentary feature set means that enterprises need to pick carefully and implement slowly. While Google's entrance is adding momentum to using software as a service (SaaS) for communication, collaboration, and content management, it's unclear at this point whether Google will be able to capitalize on the trends that it's accelerating.
PDF Download ( KB, 55 Pages)Server Virtualization for Small and Medium-sized Businesses
- Source:
- StoreVault
- Posted:
- Apr 13, 2009
This solution brief demonstrates how integrating StoreVault technologies in a virtual infrastructure can solve the unique challenges in¬herent with ESX deployments in the areas of storage utilization and management, data protection, and backups. This brief explains how simplifying your hardware and server applications with virtualization software provides key improvements to your IT environment. It also provides a simple overview of how to achieve these benefits of virtualization with a StoreVault.
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