Risk is a function of the likelihood that a potential vulnerability will be exploited, and the resulting impact of that exploitation. In IT systems, risk can be introduced from the internet, servers, networks, malicious insiders, and even lapses in physical security. This whitepaper provides IT risk management best practices. 

This expert e-guide presents the most important strategic IT and data centre infrastructure trends that you should consider when building a new facility or pursuing technology upgrade. Get essential tips for better energy efficiency and much more. 

An explosion in system and application vulnerabilities has been met with new ways to attack these weaknesses. In this paper, EMA analysts take a look at factors driving the need for increased security, and how new approaches to mitigating vulnerabilities such as virtual patching or remediation, provide more ways to deliver vulnerability management. 

Check out this new report from Gartner on the latest trends in devices, app stores, and cloud services. Inside, you'll learn how the latest technology trends are driving change, what risks are associated with user mobile demands, impacts, recommendations, and why IT must shift from managing devices to managing apps. 

Sink your teeth into this new case study.  McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants needed better insight to understand and take advantage of key business trends.  Find out why they chose IBM Cognos Express to deliver that insight and what it means for their success in a fiercely competitive market space. 

In May of 2010, AV-Test.org performed endpoint security benchmark testing on five market-leading Enterprise endpoint solutions from Symantec, McAfee, Microsoft, Sophos and Trend Micro. Read this comparative report to see the results of these tests and how Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security stands distinctly apart from other products. 

This E-Guide from SearchNetworking.com explores a new set of switches and updated management platform that aim to help you keep up with the trend of unifying your wired and wireless networks. 

Today's evolving IT environment and trends are providing vast opportunities for organizations – and a new array of security challenges. This webcast examines the emerging technologies and trends and explores 4 distinctive strong authentication technologies to help protect against the changing threat landscape. 

In his presentation "Trends in Business Analytics", Colin White (Founder, BI Research) will explore the impact that trends such as analytic RDBMSes, Hadoop and MapReduce, the NoSQL movement, smarter and real-time analytics, and self-service business intelligence will have on businesses. 

This eguide complied by our editorial team discusses the latest trends in enterprise search technology including how to build a business case for enterprise search projects and guidance on managing these projects. 

To help you build the best backup plan for the new year, read this special report by features writer Carol Sliwa on the hottest backup trends. Learn about what's new in backup software, backup hardware and backup outsourcing. Read on to learn more. 

The evolution of smartphones and mobile networks enable new possibilities for enterprise applications and new challenges for IT. The benefits span organizations. But delivering this requires a sound strategy and close collaboration between business and IT. Learn about key mobile trends and how to develop a mobile enterprise application strategy.