The cloud is supposed to bring agility to IT, but many strategies for deploying applications to the cloud are so rigid that they force developers to spend time configuring infrastructure and middleware instead of building valuable applications. View this webcast to discover an efficient, flexible alternative approach. 

<p>Featuring a virtualized, enterprise storage architecture and tight integration with VMware software, the Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN helps boost IT agility by efficiently scaling to meet the needs of growing private cloud deployments. Read this white paper to learn more.</p> 

This resource explores how this advanced method can align your business users and IT so you can take advantage of all the new opportunities the private, public, and hybrid clouds introduce. Review essential bursting use cases and considerations, as well as a step-by-step demonstration of the technology. 

Cloud computing is making its way into the public sector, enabling significant cost-savings and providing the tools to enhance communication, monitoring and security. Take a look at this videocast for an in-depth look at the use of the cloud in the public sector and learn about four basic models you can leverage for successful cloud adoption. 

Public sector organisations are experiencing increasing levels of economic crime, including cybercrime, and are particularly at risk from being defrauded by their own employees and their suppliers, according to findings from PwC’s latest Global Economic Crime Survey. 

In a recently-released State of Software Security featured supplement, Veracode examines the software security posture of public companies and the material risks they face due to the weaknesses in their software applications. This webinar uses Veracode data to examine how public companies manage the risks inherited from software. 

Ovum analyses data growth, big data, disk shortages, public cloud storage, flash memory, and other storage trends. 

The rapid growth of public cloud providers offering services present an obvious opportunity for IT managers looking for flexibility without excess spending. In this report, we examine the relative merits of public and private cloud services, and help IT managers to identify when is best to use each to support their IT strategy. 

Public cloud services are so easy to use that their openness can undermine existing IT policies regarding the transmission of confidential data. This paper details a simple three-step approach to helping users manage access to the public without placing your data or your business at risk. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude talks about releasing government datasets to the public and why open data will drive the next industrial revolution. We also review the latest test version of Windows 8 and see how it shapes up for tablet computers and business users and much more. 

There are many free or inexpensive third-party tools available to help server and Active Directory administrators manage their environments. Learn about 5 free tools that are worth your time here. 

While SSH (Secure Shell) user keys are often used for granting system access for system administrators, many organizations lack the proper processes for effectively managing them, introducing a number of security risks. This paper highlights ten (10) technical challenges and risks related to public key authentication and how to address them.