As businesses strive to achieve ever more efficient data centers and leverage the cloud, many are turning to virtualization. This IDC report examines how organizations can streamline and mitigate the risks associated with virtualizing their data centers with preconfigured infrastructure. 

Delivering smarter security and more customized services are at the top of any IT agenda. Both would be easier and cheaper to achieve with a common infrastructure, in what we call an identity and context service. In this paper, we’ll address how such a shared service can serve these two very different IT initiatives. 

FoxT and Echelon One conducted a study to identify the persistent threats and appropriate actions that enterprises should consider when implementing effective server access controls. View now to uncover key findings and best practices for protecting against insider threats and the risk of theft and misuse of intellectual property and customer data. 

In this new Quest white paper, learn about the challenges of managing Active Directory using native tools – and how provisioning in your diverse environment is equally difficult. Then, discover a third-party solution that not only delivers a comprehensive provisioning solution, but one that makes it quick, easy and painless. 

Oracle Database 11g Release 2, the second release of the award winning Oracle Database 11g, provides the foundation for IT professionals to successfully deliver more information with higher quality of service, make more efficient use of their budgets, and reduce the risk of change in data centers. 

In this presentation transcript, IT author Jonathan Hassell walks you through some of the key changes made to R2 in three key areas: Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services. 

This white paper focuses on best practices for implementing an enterprise Active Directory infrastructure using virtualization technology. We will discuss how to perform a full migration of your physical AD infrastructure to a virtualized environment. 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security. 

Most enterprises already have a heavy investment in Active Directory. Find out how your business can leverage AD for a more efficient and responsive identity management system. 

The Last Mile of Finance lowers costs, increases productivity and reduces error rates. Yet frustration is still mounting due to too much time spent on mundane tasks, such as digging for data, quality assurance and more. This paper outlines the increased importance placed on insightful analytics and taking a systematic approach to risk management. 

Native Windows tools alone can't protect your business from the many Active Directory (AD) disasters that can occur. Explore comprehensive AD recovery solutions that can help your business recover quickly from disasters ranging from lost AD objects to widespread corruption. 

Learn about the latest security enhancements of active directory and group policy for SMBs, including traditional Group Policy, Group Policy Preferences, AppLocker, BitLocker and more. 

Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 servers provide excellent RAS characteristics that are ideal for maximizing the uptime of business-critical IT services. Highly reliable parts and a relatively low total component count minimize the risk of system errors.