In order to combat the ever-evolving challenges of today’s networks, it’s time to head back to school in our exclusive Network Evolution University – Featuring three distinct classes and nine progressive learning lessons that explore all there is to know about next generation networks and how to overcome the challenges they present. 

This summary of findings from Forrester Research will help shed light on how to evaluate, select and work with technology consultants on IT consolidation projects in order to pick just the right consulting resource for your particular application and challenge. 

CIOs are more confident of securing technology budget increases than at any time in the last five years, according to the CIO Technology Survey 2012. 

This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. 

This paper from Kurt Salmon identifies the common inhibitors to innovation and how to overcome them, and sets out some important principles that can help organizations establish innovation more firmly within their normal operations. 

It may be surprising to some that Cisco routers run many services that could create vulnerabilities. This paper is meant to be a vehicle for discussion regarding the security of Cisco routers. Additionally, some best practices for securing your Cisco routers are defined. 

In this white paper, we'll take a look at access control lists, often referred to as access lists or ACLs (sometimes pronounced "ackels"). 

<p>2011 brought new awareness to cybercrime with the rise of advanced threats as witnessed worldwide; and it doesn’t look like cybercrime is slowing down. The RSA AFCC developed a set of predictions on what to expect in the coming year. View now to uncover the top six (6) cybercrime trends to help you prepare for the next wave of threats.</p> 

<p>Join Chris Eng, VP of Security Research and one of the 30 contributing authors of the SANS Top 25, as he discusses the Top 5 most prevalent application vulnerabilities, impact of attacks on your application and your customers, methods to identify, track and remediate these vulnerabilities and more.</p> 

With a strong background of being an extremely secure platform for virtualized environments and workloads, mainframes can be a viable alternative to the massively scaled-out environments often deployed in the cloud. In this paper, explore a mainframe cloud approach that delivers a solid, secure foundation on which to build a cloud environment. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project. 

Writing a corporate security policy might seem complex, but ultimately it is a collection of many small policies. These ten security policies (or sub-policies) are essential to every organization, regardless of size, location, age, mission, or the product or service produced, and are presented here (in no particular order).