This paper discusses how to defend against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and strengthen your security controls. A DDoS attack involves flooding a server with traffic until it becomes overloaded and can no longer function. 

While plenty of file storage and sharing methods abound, what looks like a good deal on the surface can end up costing plenty in the end. Read this white paper to discover more about the true cost of “free” file sharing systems and file sharing best practices. 

This white paper takes a look at some Windows 7 technologies that you may be able to put to use in order to make the transition from XP (or perhaps from Vista) more successful. 

In part two of “The Path to Cloud Enablement: Data Center Optimization,” explore how you can build a successful, scalable and open cloud with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 and Cisco’s UCS platform. 

The first edition of Cloud Computing Review tackles the big questions about cloud computing, such as does the cloud really save you money? Find out about the hidden costs of cloud, as well as what you should pay attention to in cloud contracts. Plus, explore the link between enterprise applications and the cloud through a detailed case study. 

This report compares the performance and costs of two servers, the Dell PowerEdge R720 and Dell PowerEdge R710, and provides a comprehensive breakdown of your savings with each of these solutions. 

This report compares the performance and costs of two servers, the Dell PowerEdge R620 and HP Proliant DL360 G7, and provides a comprehensive breakdown of your savings with each of these solutions. 

Storing data in the cloud overcomes a serious challenge for IT departments: how to manage the vast, and ever-growing, amount of data that must be protected. This paper makes the business case for cloud storage, outlining where capital and operational costs can be eliminated or avoided by using the cloud for backup and archive storage. 

This exclusive resource discusses an open approach that offers unified and consolidated management capabilities for virtualized platforms deploying hypervisors from multiple vendors. Read on to learn more about this unique, multivendor approach and how it can benefit your organization. 

Strategic HR is essential to the long-term health of your organization. Focusing on talent identification and retention, workforce planning and succession management, rather than tactical HR duties such as payroll processing, can yield significant results. This paper outlines the business benefits of investing in strategic HR capabilities. 

The O-ISM3 is The Open Group framework for managing information security and information in the Open Information Security Management Maturity Model (O-ISM3) wider context. It aims to ensure that security processes in any organization are implemented so as to operate at a level consistent with that organization's business requirements. 

Read this white paper to learn about an energy company that leveraged an automated data entry system to quickly upload non-payroll contractor and third-party supplier information into SAP. 

When AlertBoot, a leading provider of full disk encryption, made the switch to the cloud it needed to find a load balancing solution that would support its migration and prevent downtime. The company chose Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager to use while transitioning its infrastructure to an entirely virtualized environment.