IBM offers the first integrated software platform dedicated to the delivery of smarter products, with our portfolio of software, hardware and services, IBM can help companies create and manage smarter products for a smarter planet. Read on to learn more. 

Datamonitor surveyed 100 SAP customers to understand the implications of sole-sourcing. Read the survey findings and learn the trends and behaviors associated with sole-sourcing BI from ERP vendors. 

In this series, independent information security expert and noted author Kevin Beaver discusses laptop security issues he has recently seen in the field that you may not have considered or that you might be looking at from the wrong perspective. 

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

Check out this price list and specifications of all of Zenith's ARCA (Advanced Recovery and Continuity Appliance) models available. 

If users are the lynchpin of Identity Management, then groups are the catalyst to security and productivity. Your organization wants to provision users into Active Directory and keep that data accurate. When an organization provisions a user, they want them to be automatically added to the correct security groups and distribution lists. 

This paper explains how whitelisting (accepting only applications and behaviors that are on the approved list and denying everything else) provides a lighter, more agile alternative to blacklisting as a means to protect networks and end points. 

Check out this data sheet for a categorized listing of 600 common applications for which Blue Coat PacketShaper delivers an accurate picture of network traffic. 

This paper shows how next-generation Sun servers, based on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, allow IT organizations to meet these challenges by delivering game-changing performance and virtualization improvements that help enable companies to leverage best practices for IT management, application deployment, work processes, and cost control. 

This toolkit will help you to fully understand the new rules that have been installed to United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and how it is being used in conjunction with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). 

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. 

Imanami's GroupID revolutionizes how IT manages groups. Your company's distribution and security groups will never again be out of date. Membership will always be accurate and outdated groups will be removed from Active Directory. Automatically. 

PCI DSS is an opportunity for security professionals to leverage compliance initiatives to improve security and risk management. This presentation transcript illustrates how organizations must go beyond “checklist” compliance to improve security and IT efficiency -- through automation, prioritization, and focused attention on the critical issues.