Today's White Papers & Guides...

• Avoid the Frustrations of Software Development with Release Management | Businesses are struggling to keep up with the massive amount of change to their software applications.
  Most businesses have invested in automating their development processes. But few have automated the most critical part of the application lifecycle: release management. Release management is the process of deploying application changes into production without disrupting the business. Read this white paper and find out how you can create a crisp, accurate process that dramatically boosts the competitive edge you get from application change, optimize the path to production, and reduce costs and your risk. (courtesy of SERENA)
• Common Indicators for Business and IT Collaboration | In many organizations, business teams and IT often lack a common vocabulary for working together. In this Quest white paper, see how business stakeholders and IT can better understand both perspectives on the end-user experience. Discover the most common UEM indicators and what they mean to both the business and IT, and how they can help address real-world performance problems. (courtesy of Quest Software)
• 7 Capabilities You'll Gain When You upgrade to Enterprise 2.0 | Information workers must carry out their tasks and duties in a complex and increasingly regulated world, and so you must find new ways to empower the beleaguered workforce without transferring that burden to your already overstretched IT department.
  This white paper makes the case for socially oriented, web-based Enterprise 2.0, combining Web 2.0 technologies, functionality and reduced costs for many business processes. You'll also read about Enterprise 2.0's top seven capabilities, including authoring, sharing and more! (courtesy of IBM)
• Unleash the Secret Weapon to Smarter Data Loss Prevention | Data leaks caused by insiders are a growing concern for CIOs and CSOs.
  The vast majority of these leaks are accidental, caused by users who are simply trying to do their work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.  Most organizations place high expectations on the IT department to prevent these leaks. Yet there is only so much that IT can achieve on their own, due to the size and complexity of the problem. This white paper looks at best practices for making users the first line of defense against data loss. By following these best practices, you can significantly reduce data loss incidents, and free up IT departments for more targeted security enforcement and education. (courtesy of TITUS)
• How to Minimize the Risk of Attacks: Web App Security Guide | Web application vulnerabilities accounted for over 55% of all vulnerabilities disclosed in 2010 and are now the largest source of enterprise security attacks.
  As many organizations have discovered, these attacks will evade traditional enterprise network defenses unless you take new precautions. 
  To help you understand how to minimize these risks, read this guide as a primer to web application security. (courtesy of Qualys)
• How Best to Test Virtual Data Center Security - Guide | New network threats are always grabbing the headlines. And with the added complexities of the virtual world, security is becoming even harder. But many solutions to solve the security crisis are unable to be tested in your system.
  Download this free guide and learn how to test the various components of your virtual data center, in order to ensure a protected, secured environment. (courtesy of HP)
• The Challenges and Benefits of the Cloud: A Free Handbook | As cloud technology takes shape it can be difficult to define its capabilities and benefits; however, there are two areas of cloud computing that have some very persuasive benefits: cloud storage and cloud backup/recovery.
  Download this free handbook and learn more about the issues, benefits, and strategies surrounding cloud backup and recovery. Learn more about the cost benefits of switching, as well as the direct impacts to your network. (courtesy of i365)
• White Paper: Cloud Computing - Performance in the Cloud | Cloud computing is driving a fundamental shift in the way organizations build, deploy and use applications, and it’s raising expectations on how quickly and cost-effectively new IT functionality can be made available to the business.
  But before clouds are deployed, organizations need to have a detailed strategy that address three major IT issues:
  • Security
  • Availability
  • Performance
  (courtesy of Compuware / GOMEZ)

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