Alinean, a leader in IT value measurement, teamed up with HP and Novell to assess the financial merits of moving from a legacy Sun Solaris and SPARC environment to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) running on HP ProLiant DL 785 G6 x86 Servers versus upgrading to SUN Solaris 10 running on Sun SPARC T5440. Read this paper for the results. 

Read this whitepaper to find out how Novell's Sentinel™ Log Management solution simplifies compliance by collecting, storing, analyzing and managing data logs from all across your enterprise. 

In this case study, learn how <i>bwin</i> used Novell Sentinel solution to improve security, reduce administrative effort and make it easier to demonstrate PCI DSS compliance. 

Using Novell® Sentinel™ as part of its PROMETHEUS system, the Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) has automated and centralized security monitoring across hundreds of diverse locations worldwide. 

This issue of information security magazine provides a step-by-step guide to securing database systems, explores the important factors in selecting a SaaS provider, presents a whole new approach to security management that has nothing to do with structure-driven policy architecture, and more. 

As IT shops continue to look for ways to cut costs, increase efficiency and improve service, many turn to IT Service Management frameworks for guidance. Learn how to adopt or advance your use of ITSM practices to streamline IT and build an efficient, service-oriented organization. 

When an IT skill falls out of favor, it rarely ever comes back. Here's our list of 10 dying IT skills. If any of these skills are your main expertise, perhaps it's time to think about updating your skill set. 

In this special video presentation, Burton Group's point person for authentication, Senior Analyst Mark Diodati, drills into the new organizational needs and evaluates the current crop of authentication technologies. 

Single sign-on has long been touted as the ultimate solution for a growing number of login and password-management challenges. This paper looks at the current standing of single sign-on authentication technology and explores the benefits, security concerns, costs and ROI that can come from the right kind of single sign-on solution. 

This article discusses running Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on servers configured with Sun™ Logical Domains (LDoms). Sun LDoms virtualization technology allows the creation of multiple virtual systems on a single physical system, and enables fine-grained assignment of CPU and memory resources to an Oracle RAC workload. 

This podcast educates information security and IT pros on the right tools and technologies to create a solid process that provides the data, insight and metrics you need to meet your compliance and business objectives. 

Check out this download to see how the Orion Network Configuration Manager aids in managing network configuration files in multi-vendor network environments, monitoring changes to device configurations and ensuring compliance with federal and corporate policies. 

This Yankee Group report outlines the importance of taking both a broad and narrow approach to maintaining the health of network and security infrastructure. In the following sections, we describe and analyze the current risk landscape for enterprises and show the current state of operational management for enterprise networks and security.