Changing Enterprise Security Strategies

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	Changing Enterprise Security Strategies In a recent research survey, ESG asked security professionals working at enterprise organizations (i.e. more than 1,000) how their organizations would change their security management strategy in the next 24 months. Here are the results: • 44% said that they plan to design and build a more integrated security architecture • 39% said that include new data sources for security intelligence • 24%... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Why WAN Optimization won over WAFS The hardware versus software debate Getting the most out of broadband to back up MPLS ShoreTel Sky integrates with Salesforce.com Ayn Rand, IT silos and software-defined data centers Web Application Firewalls and IPv6 Cisco looks to secure the data center with new releases WHITE PAPER: Meru Networks Understanding the 802.11ac standard This white paper gives an overview of this emerging standard, debunks some myths, provides a view on how the technology will be introduced, and describes its importance in the enterprise network. Learn more. Why WAN Optimization won over WAFS In the last few columns we've covered two technologies - server virtualization and colocation - that while not WAN technologies per se, are critical components of the Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture, along with Read More The hardware versus software debate If there's one thing the tech industry does, it's over use terms to the point that they become meaningless. Remember the "everything 2.0" wave? The craze today is around the term "software;" everything is becoming software defined or software enabled or software this that and the other thing. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Oracle Optimized Solutions Learn how full applications-to-disk integration, within Oracle's Optimized Solutions suite, helps businesses increase their ROI while accelerating innovation across the entire technology stack. Learn More Getting the most out of broadband to back up MPLS The problem with using broadband to back up branch office MPLS links is 1) you spend all that money on the pipes and most of the time they simply lie fallow, and 2) when MPLS does go down the failover process often takes so long it kills active sessions. Read More ShoreTel Sky integrates with Salesforce.com ShoreTel announced earlier this month that ShoreTel Sky is the new name for its family of cloud-based solutions, and it more recently announced a cloud-to-cloud CTI integration solution that will be showcased at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce user conference. The ShoreTel Sky AppFuse represents the company's next generation of computer telephony integration with CRM. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle SOA & Cloud: Successful Strategies from Early Adopters Learn the best way to integrate SOA and the cloud while lowering costs, increasing visibility, and improving business efficiency. Learn more Ayn Rand, IT silos and software-defined data centers Who is John Galt? That's the famous opening line from the literacy classic, Atlas Shrugged, by one of my all-time favorite authors, Ayn Rand. If you've read the book, you understand the meaning of the question. If you haven't read it, I'll explain. The question is meant to be a sarcastic phrase used to respond to questions that have no answers, or questions whose answers have no point. Read... Read More Web Application Firewalls and IPv6 Many organizations may be using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to help them achieve security compliance and secure their web applications. Many organizations are also actively deploying IPv6 to their web systems. The intersection of these two groups will experience security vulnerabilities as they IPv6-enable their web applications yet their WAF is not actively inspecting the IPv6 web connections.... Read More Cisco looks to secure the data center with new releases Cisco this week introduced a set of security products designed to fortify data centers as they consolidate, virtualize and morph into clouds. Read More
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