The majority of user authentication schemes today still use userid and password. The burden to users of managing large numbers of userids and passwords has led to proposals for Federated Identity systems, where a single set of credentials can be used to authenticate with several organisations, which have agreed to work together as a federation. 

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. 

After carefully weighing competing options, Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility chose Quantum's DXi-Series solution with deduplication technology for its data protection system upgrade. This case study explains why they made that choice. 

Learn how your company can change from a lead generation business model to a dynamic lead development process in this joint Webcast from SiriusDecisions and KnowledgeStorm. 

Read this white paper to learn more about how this solution can provide assessment for up to 50 of your applications and help you align business and technical goals. 

In this discussion with Steve Katz from Seagate, gain insight into how the company changed their application performance monitoring paradigms and strategies to keep pace with evolving cloud-service delivery models to ensure best-in-class user experience. 

Storage performance and capacity demands are increasing rapidly, creating storage input/output challenges for many enterprises running applications that need fast response times. This Webcast will address those challenges and explore a proven solution: Oracle's Sun Flash storage portfolio. 

Dynamic application security testing (DAST) technologies are designed to examine an application in its running state to detect any security vulnerabilities; Gartner evaluated DAST vendor offerings based on a variety of criteria. View now to explore the strengths and cautions of each DAST tool and where they stand in the Magic Quadrant. 

This white paper outlines the benefits associated with virtualizing Microsoft applications, and discusses how a newly-introduced infrastructure solution can simplify the management and cost associated with this process. Read on to learn more about this emerging technology and its benefits. 

As more people become attached to their mobile devices, mobile application development should be high on your list of priorities as it may be the best way to reach your target audience. Read this expertly-compiled e-to learn how you can best develop your mobile applications to optimize their speed and reliability to surpass user expectations. 

There are many reasons why outsourcing with Advent OnDemand℠ may be the right answer for your firm. These are just ten of them. Find out why nearly 500 investment management firms have staked their future on our outsourcing services. 

View this webcast to explore how to gain a deeper level of network visibility to thwart emerging threats and reduce risk with an interactive threat analysis application. Explore how NetWitness Investigator works, its benefits and how you can take advantage of them with this complimentary training session. 

Check out this webcast to learn about a unified architecture for virtualization environments built on a flexible, jointly supported infrastructure that can be easily scaled and optimized for mixed application workloads.  This platform can also be configured for dedicated workloads like virtualized desktops or business applications. Watch for more.