Developing a Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) request for proposal (RFP) is different from on-premise, requiring more attention to the vendor’s financial viability. In this expert guide, readers will get advice on the right questions to ask when purchasing SaaS ERP. 

The way in which enterprises provision and deliver security services must evolve in order to secure private cloud computing.  This paper explores the subject of security as enterprises move beyond virtualizing their data centers to build private cloud-computing infrastructures and outlines the foundational capabilities that are required. 

In order to combat the ever-evolving challenges of today’s networks, it’s time to head back to school in our exclusive Network Evolution University – Featuring three distinct classes and nine progressive learning lessons that explore all there is to know about next generation networks and how to overcome the challenges they present. 

This webcast featuring Wayne Eckerson, BI expert and Director of Research for Business Application and Architecture at TechTarget, examines how BI tools will balance top-down, metrics-reporting with bottom-up, ad hoc analysis in a user friendly manner that delivers fast performance while securing information consistency. 

This classroom highlights three main areas where networking pros should be re-evaluating security methods and taking advantage of improvements in security technologies. 

As applications become more accessible though the web, cloud and mobile devices, they are extending beyond perimeter defences, leaving them and your sensitive data at risk. Discover a proactive approach to eliminating risk in software and explore how you can gain comprehensive security and meet your most essential software security objectives. 

Financial institutions worldwide depend upon the credibility and security of Credit Market Analysis (CMA’s) products and services daily. CMA’s approach to market analysis creates large volumes of highly sensitive data that require secure management and storage. CMA has been running a Dell Compellent enterprise storage solution for over two years. 

This webcast shows how the recently released VMware View 5 environment is being used to deploy virtual desktops to provide mission-critical solutions around Disaster Recover/COOP, telework and secure mobile applications to federal organizations. 

With 85 percent of its ticket sales made online, See Tickets needed a robust, secure, highly accessible website. The company chose the Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager to ensure that its site was always online and fast, even during extreme peaks in traffic. Now the company’s valued customers receive optimal online service. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from Visa Europe CIO Steve Chambers on the technology behind the credit card transactions that retailers rely on. We examine the challenges facing the government's G-Cloud project; and we ask how Microsoft will cope when customers no longer want to purchase software licences. Download the new issue now. 

IANS conducted a Return on Security (ROS) analysis on Q1 Labs’ product, QRadar© Security Intelligence Platform, interviewed two Q1 Labs customers using QRadar to assess the ROS. The data yielded from the interviews showed substantial benefit to the organizations for the cost, both in money and staff time. 

Desktop virtualization is continuing to gain traction throughout the business computing community. Read this exclusive white paper now for a detailed analysis of Citrix XenDesktop 5, one of the latest desktop virtualization platforms on the market. 

Like the idea of cloud computing but seek a provider that supports the applications you already have? How can you be sure you get the needed security with an external cloud? Learn how IT organizations can extend their virtualized environment to the secure Enterprise Cloud to improve business agility, ensure security and manage costs.