Economies of scale, flexibility and costreduction – cloud advocates have made sure that we are familiar with these potential benefits, even if we have yet to agree on an exact definition of cloud computing. But doubters argue that none of these benefits will actually be available unless some fundamental security issues can be overcome. 

This week’s Computer Weekly, we talk exclusively to Tesco CIO Mike McNamara about why the UK's biggest retailer is spending £150m on its online business. And, with the London 2012 Olympics only weeks away; we look at how IT testing is progressing. 

Why Outsource to Russia? How about scalable IT labor resources, low employee turnover, and reasonable prices. Do you need further convincing? The Read this white paper! 

<p>Discover five reasons why outsourcing your network security management can help you combat malware, hackers, and the evolving threat landscape.</p> 

Cloud Computing is easy to deploy, flexible and cost-effective.  As federal agencies continue to outsource data management and operations to third-party cloud providers, their ability to ensure data integrity and privacy is becoming a potential security risk. Read this white paper to learn how you can manage Cloud Computing safely and efficiently. 

While cloud computing has gained increasing popularity, the concerns about user access and privilege accounts are still often left to be addressed. In this resource, uncover an approach to help tackle these challenges and proactively enforce access policies to control privileged accounts in the cloud. 

This white paper examines how SAP customers improved B2B integration by implementing a cloud-based solution - SAP Information Interchange OnDemand - and the reasons, challenges, and benefits behind doing so. 

A common requirement in many of today’s compliance mandates relate to the concept of knowing who users are, what applications and resource they have access to, and when they access them. In this paper, uncover how to maintain continuous compliance though a centralized and integrated identity and access management (IAM) platform. 

With ever-changing user populations, access points and applications, advancements in computing and stringent compliance requirements, identity and access management (IAM) has become more complex than ever. In this paper, explore how to improve visibility and control to protect assets and ensure you provide the right access to the right people. 

As VoIP usage becomes widespread, enterprise users will become subject to many of the same security risks that have affected data networks. This report highlights some of the potential security problems associated with VoIP and address what measures can be taken to secure enterprise VoIP deployments. 

This paper explores the challenges with local privilege accounts in Windows Server 2003 R3 or 2008 R2 and uncovers an approach to address them, enabling you to centrally provision and administer Windows Server local accounts and easily centralize and implement security policies for the support staff controlling access to privilege accounts. 

While Microsoft SharePoint offers exceptional business benefits, it also presents significant security challenges. Access this resource to uncover how to strike the balance between providing users easy access to the information they need, while implementing the necessary controls to adequately protect your business and its sensitive data.