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	Don't open that email! How to reduce the threat of phishing There are two best practices when it comes to avoiding the harmful effects of a phishing attack: email filtering and user education. Wombat Security Technologies, a spin-off from the Carnegie Mellon University CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory, offers very innovative – and very effective – solutions in both areas. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Why BMC is the ITSM Market Leader Some vendors may force you to make difficult upgrades. Not us. BMC offers Rapid Results implementation services and BMC Remedy OnDemand, a SaaS version of the industry-leading IT Service Management suite. Read more to learn the top reasons why BMC Remedy offers true ITSM with out-of-the-box ease. Read More Today! In this Issue Cloud CIO: Like Open Source, Cloud Hides in Plain Sight Need IPv4 addresses? Get 'em here Successful tech startups offer IT tips for CIOs The rising use of SSL raises new risks WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Gartner Reviews IT Service Desk Vendors Gartner's 2010 Magic Quadrant report found IT organizations struggle to align service support and business needs – despite a competitive vendor market. Read Gartner's analysis to see why BMC is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for the IT Service Desk. Read More Today! Cloud CIO: Like Open Source, Cloud Hides in Plain Sight Open source caused many embarrassing conversations for CIOs: A CIO would say we have no open source software -- then walk the halls and find it in use. This same scenario is playing out with cloud services, says CIO.com's Bernard Golden. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Software Get the Leading ITSM Suite on your Terms BMC Remedy OnDemand offers the power of the industry's leading IT Service Management solution with the flexibility of Software as a Service. And when your needs change, switching between the OnDemand and on-premise BMC Remedy suite is seamless. Watch the demo for a peek inside BMC Remedy OnDemand. View Today! Need IPv4 addresses? Get 'em here A vibrant market for buying and selling IPv4 addresses is emerging, and policymakers are clarifying the rules associated with how network operators can monetize this precious Internet addressing resource. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software A Cost-Effective Solution for ITSM If you're tired of the costly upgrades and difficult implementations other vendors put you through, BMC Remedy OnDemand offers an alternative. It can be implemented in days and significantly lower overall IT Service Management costs. Read the white paper to learn more about BMC Remedy OnDemand. Read More Today! Successful tech startups offer IT tips for CIOs Successful technology startups are usually keen to draw attention to their hot products, not to their internal use of IT. But companies such as Groupon, Box.net, Zendesk and SlideShare can offer CIOs lessons from what they've accomplished with limited resources, a blank slate for IT infrastructure and their finger on the pulse of the latest IT tools and services. Read More The rising use of SSL raises new risks As more applications employ Secure Sockets Layer encryption, a certain amount of traffic visibility is lost, making it more challenging to vet those bits for viruses, worms, and other malicious payloads. Read More
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