This white paper explains claims-based identities and their many concepts for more scalable, dynamic security within Microsoft SharePoint. 

Each month many companies, big or small, well known or unknown, experience a data security loss with the potential exposure of thousands to millions of sensitive customer or employee records. This brief examines cryptographic methods, specifically tape data encryption, to combat such security losses. 

This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement. 

Exadata is Oracle’s fastest growing new product. Much of the growth of Exadata has come at the expense of specialized data warehouse appliance vendors. These vendors have published competitive comparisons to Exadata. Continue reading the learn more. 

This white paper explores how organizations can integrate an agile framework without exposing themselves to undue risk caused by the transition. 

This SearchStorage.com E-Guide outlines how vendors are implementing this technology, and in particular what automated tiered storage approach they’re taking for solid-state drive. 

There have been claims of the development of a self-replicating virus that can be used to proactively go after the attackers before they attack you. Can this “good malware” actually work? In this podcast, ESET researcher explores the notion of this defense technique, including the potential benefits and drawbacks that the technology can introduce. 

Putting to rest many of the claims that tape has passed its prime, this Clipper Note from The Clipper Group confirms that tape can be an important cost-saving storage technology for long-term archiving of big files in a tiered storage architecture.  

This report, the third in a series of studies examining the impact that emerging online media have on B2B technology marketing, shows how three mainstays of the Web 2.0 culture are evolving into B2B information delivery tools: Online video, Social networks and Wikis. 

In this brief podcast, expert James Taylor shares examples of how businesses have benefited from taking a holistic approach to integration. 

GE Centricity EDI, part of GE Healthcare IT’s Centricity portfolio, leverages technology to help healthcare providers improve patient care, streamline operations, trim revenue cycles and improve cash flows. Processes that were once handled manually are automated and can be performed around the clock.  Read this case study to learn more. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we mark the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Bill Gates announcing the Trustworthy Computing initiative, and ask if it has made IT more secure. We look at what Oracle’s latest developments mean for its software users running rivals’ servers, and conclude our Buyer’s Guide to IT consumerisation. Download the issue now.