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Malcovery Security offers unique services to put a stop on phishing attacks
Startup Malcovery Security has a unique way of looking at phishing attacks. Through deep analysis of phishing spam, Malcovery can often identify the precise person behind waves of attacks. The idea is to take that person out of commission – preferably to put them behind bars – in order to eliminate the source rather than just the symptoms of phishing. Read More


WEBCAST: HP

HP Webcast: Mobile Application Development
More than 50% of custom mobile apps have been deployed by business units without IT oversight. The results of this Mobile App Development Survey highlight the responses of 208 IT leaders surveyed by IDC. Hear how your peers are grappling with app testing processes, cross-platform development approaches, performance and security concerns. View Now

WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Demonstrate the Business Value of Security
This Forrester report highlights the most common mistakes made in the budgeting process and offers Forrester's step-by-step Information Security Value Model to guide you through a strategy to support smart investment and resource allocation. Learn More

4 ways metrics can improve security awareness programs
Useful and legitimate metrics have long evaded the information security community as a whole. Without proper metrics, you cannot truly prove the value of a security program. This makes it difficult to justify increasing the budget and even maintaining the budget that you have. Read More

CIOs Want to Be Allies, Not Adversaries, With Business Users
For years, CIOs raged against stealth technology that could put their company's security - and maybe their authority - at risk. Today, though, IT executives see the world differently and are quick to explain that they should be ambassadors between tech vendors and business users. Read More

16 Traits of Great IT Leaders
Being an exceptional leader is about more than getting the job done. You've got to balance your team's need with your goals and objectives as well as your emotions. You've got to think about things from other people's perspective and sometimes do things that, while are in the best interest of the team, might not be great for you. While there a number of different leadership styles, the best leaders share some common traits. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc.

Solution Guide: Application Performance Management
Application performance management today sits at a juncture that crosses many disciplines and domains such as software dev, IT services, mainframes, mobile, cloud services, virtualization, app testing, network infrastructure, and storage. This report aims to clarify the definition of an APM solution, and how vendors are taking them forward. Learn More

Even the tech-savvy are prone to compromise
The millennial generation, those of us who were born and raised alongside the Internet, should be wise enough to avoid account hijackings and other scams, but we're not. In fact, one out of four millennials have admitted to having at least once incident where an online account was hacked. Read More

Does Mavericks Burst Open the Door to BYOD for OS X?
By offering a free Mac OS X upgrade that's (quietly) enterprise-friendly, Apple may have found a way to appeal to both the consumer and business sides of Mac users' persona. And once they have a chance to test it, it may even make CIOs happy. Read More

Researchers tout electricity storage technology that could recharge devices in minutes
Vanderbilt University researchers say they have come up with a way to store electricity on a silicon-based supercapacitor that would let mobile phones recharge in seconds and let them continue to operate for weeks without recharging. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky

Delivering Endpoint Integration and Control
Read this report to learn more about the offerings of platform-based secure content and threat management and why businesses should put an increased focus around an endpoint security platform implementation. Learn more.

How the cloud is blowing up the network
For networking folks, the good old days are fading away. Read More

What 3 Big Google Updates Mean for Your SEO Strategy
Recent changes to Google's search algorithm, its keyword planner tool and the availability of search query data may have you rethinking your SEO and online marketing strategies, but experts say it's best not to overthink things. Read More

Top 10 most powerful network management companies
Having a powerful network is increasingly a matter of managing it effectively, and some companies are better than others at helping with that. And as a major part of a market sector that IDC expects to reach $50 billion in annual revenues next year, network management products are more important than ever. Here's our list – in no particular order – of the 10 most powerful firms in the world of network management, based on our own knowledge and consultations with researchers at Gartner, 451 Research and IDC. Read More

Cisco beefs up enterprise collaboration tools
Cisco will boost its enterprise collaboration stack with products designed to simplify the way companies secure communications, interact with external parties and manage their collaboration tools. Read More

Newest forecast kicks Windows' rebound further down the road
Gartner this week downgraded its Windows device shipment forecast for the second time this year, saying that while Microsoft's platform is still expected to rebound in 2014, its climb out of the PC slump will take longer. Read More


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