The hidden dangers of short-term outsourcing deals

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	The hidden dangers of short-term outsourcing deals In today's dynamic business and technology environment, companies have embraced the flexibility that comes with shorter term IT outsourcing deals. However, exits from short-term IT outsourcing contracts can be costly, time-consuming and disruptive to the business, warns Paul Roy, business and technology sourcing partner at law firm Mayer Brown. Read More   : Venafi Securing Keys and Certificates to Critical Assets Today's most devastating cyber attacks—including ShellShock, Heartbleed and Zombie Zero—prey on trust. And that puts your digital certificates at risk. This informative resource center explores how next-generation trust protection can help you combat today's attacks, ensuring trusted access to critical assets. Learn More In this Issue 3 things Microsoft has to prove at its Windows 10 event What if Windows 10 fails? INSIDER SUSE Linux 12 challenges Red Hat Cities cheer Obama's push for municipal broadband MacGyver IT: 21 tools for IT heroes Juniper taps switching chief to run product development 9 reasons your employees are unhappy Self-repairing disk arrays: Cheaper and more reliable than RAID 6 Republican net neutrality bill allows 'reasonable' network management WHITE PAPER: Curvature The State of IT Infrastructure & Operations The challenge that IT decision-makers face is the pressure to reduce costs paired with the pressure to progress digital maturity. Curvature analyzes why businesses miss significant CapEx and OpEx cost savings and how to refocus IT strategy. View now 3 things Microsoft has to prove at its Windows 10 event When Microsoft unveils the consumer editions of Windows 10 next week, key questions about the OS will be on the table. Will Windows remain relevant? In a world of choices, would you willingly choose Windows 10? And in a business where others make these choices for you, would they choose Windows 10? Read More   What if Windows 10 fails? It has been 25 years since the potential market failure of a Microsoft operating system carried serious consequences outside the corporation's own campus. Read More     INSIDER SUSE Linux 12 challenges Red Hat It's been more than five years since SUSE delivered a full release of its Enterprise Linux software, and a lot has happened to the company during that time. But in our testing we find that SUSE 12 has been worth the wait. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Jive Software   Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace With its in-depth guidance and independent third-party vendor evaluations, Gartner's Magic Quadrant market assessment can assist your organization in implementing an effective communication and collaboration solution. The full report covers 17 vendors, with specific information on their ability to execute and completeness of vision. Learn more. Cities cheer Obama's push for municipal broadband Dozens of U.S. cities are cheering President Obama's proposal this week for the Federal Communications Commission to allow municipalities to provide their own Internet broadband services even in states that have banned such services. Read More   MacGyver IT: 21 tools for IT heroes On the road, under duress, or out in the boonies -- save the day with these essential IT troubleshooting and repair tools. Read More   Juniper taps switching chief to run product development Juniper Networks this week tapped security and switching executive Jonathan Davidson to lead its product development group. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Dell Networking Solutions Overview By offering end-to-end solutions, including highly integrated, yet scalable options for mission-critical business workloads, Dell provides the flexibility, visibility and tools IT managers need to meet their most important business requirements. View Now 9 reasons your employees are unhappy There's a disturbing trend in the American workplace: Employers don't understand what motivates and satisfies their employees, and that leads to poor performance, disengagement and high turnover rates, according to the Answers.com 2014 American Employee Study. Read More   Self-repairing disk arrays: Cheaper and more reliable than RAID 6 Any organization that's serious about its data integrity uses storage systems based on RAID level 6 (that's block-level striping with double distributed parity) which can tolerate the failure of two simultaneous disk failures. Read More   Republican net neutrality bill allows 'reasonable' network management Draft net neutrality legislation released Friday by Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress would prohibit broadband providers from blocking or selectively slowing legal Web content, but it would allow them to engage in "reasonable" network management.e Read More
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