As the number and type of users who require access to organizations’ computer-based resources increase, the traditional method of managing user access on a case-by-case basis has quickly become antiquated. This paper explores a 7-step process which has proven to be an effective method for administrators to identify user roles for access control. 

The definition of a mobile payment is often open to interpretation and can differ from source to source.    Juniper Research has a simple definition of a mobile payment as “payment for goods or services with a mobile device such as a phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other such device.” 

Although strong authentication methods have gained some momentum in the past years, they haven’t become completely widespread enough to replace passwords. This expert E-Guide discusses why this is the case. Uncover the challenges and benefits of strong authentication implementation and if these methods are strong enough for compliance. 

Discover how a broadcast delivery can help you overcome the issues with the currently used HTTP delivery method. Avoid bottlenecks and improve user-experience, all in a cost-effective manner. 

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. 

Read this article to learn how to alert a BlackBerry smartphone user from a Background application. 

This video discusses the benefits of desktop virtualization for a number of reasons including its ability to allow employees to access their desktop from anywhere and to ease virtual IT support. 

The intent of this paper is to offer the reader a basic understanding of the Session Initiated Protocol. SIP is the conduit that will bring together the enterprise and telecommunications to provide IP-based communications. 

Our Virtual Desktop Foundations e-book will prepare you to introduce virtual desktops into your enterprise by answering a few critical questions, including: what are some considerations, how should you upgrade your infrastructure, is your WAN optimized, when is the best time to migrate desktops to a new OS, and more. 

Cisco Virtual Office is a highly scalable solution for medium and large organizations looking to provide teleworkers, small offices, and mobile users with office-like experience combining voice, video, wireless, and real-time data applications in a secure environment. This deployment guide provides full details. 

This guide explores data center automation - methods through which hardware, software, and processes can work together to streamline IT operations. Modern data center challenges include increasing demands from business units with only limited resources to address those demands. 

This paper provides an overview of energy cost and carbon allocation strategies and their precision. We show that it is both easy and inexpensive for any data center, large or small, new or old, to get started allocating costs and carbon, but the expense and complexity escalate and ROI declines when excessive precision is specified.