Risk Management White Papers

Integration may not be new, but its role has drastically changed. Once used simply for support, it is now an enabler – serving as an indispensable foundation critical to achieving agility, efficiency, and growth. Done well, it can drive better business decisions, more cost-effective operations, and be the catalyst for competitive advantage. Architected without a clearly defined strategy, however, integration will fail to deliver on its promise. What are some of the pitfalls you can avoid when augmenting an existing infrastructure to maximize performance, results, and success? Read on.

This whitepaper will demonstrate how implementing the McAfee solution to assess vulnerability, provides comprehensive, risk-based vulnerability assessment for your organizatin to help you manage the 400 new vulnerabilites per month with the fewest possible resources.

The costs and risks associated with the entire interfacing lifecycle are no longer acceptable in a world that requires fast turnarounds and go-live dates. Those implementing HL7 interfaces can tap into new – and proven – best practices for more effective scoping and overall project success.

Construction companies are meeting the challenge of ever-intensifying competition by refining their business operations with standardized operating practices and “visible” information that is shared among multiple departments. “Before, only owners who wanted to grow a very large company would worry about transitioning from the informal business they started to formalized, standardized business processes,” says Jim Flynn, CEO of Maxwell Systems, a leading provider of construction management software solutions, expert services, and best practices. “But in the current environment, you also have to make that transition just to stay competitive and improve your profitability.”

Gaining Insights from Your Data Faster than Ever and Sharing the Insights with Others

A Research Report Detailing How Organizations are Using Data Visualization to Succeed with Big Data

This 30- minute webcast recording reviews the basics of project management and reporting for government contractors. Based on content from the Deltek Special Edition Government Contracting for Dummies e-book.

In this white paper Datto explores the different types of risk in IT infrastructure and the ways intelligent business continuity can best mitigate that risk.

The Definitive Guide to Marketing Metrics and Marketing Analytics shows marketing professionals how to talk the talk of C-level executives in terms of forecasting and reporting, and walk the walk to the revenue table by leveraging metrics that matter.

This white paper published by independent security research firm, Securosis takes a brutally candid look at triggers for considering a new security management platform, walking through each aspect of the decision, and presenting a process to migrate.

This survey shows how organizations leverage strategic risk management and mitigation solutions such as risk analysis, security information event management (SIEM), and vulnerability scanning as part of their overall risk and compliance programs.

Download this paper by Riverbed and discover a clear 5-step approach to making sure every consolidation project is successful.

Riverbed® Cascade® is an application-aware network performance management solution with built-in application discovery and dependency mapping capabilities. The result is dramatically shortened project times, reduced costs, and improved efficiencies.

his independent study by the International Technology group found IBM PowerVM more cost-competitive over time, compared to VMware, in terms of IT costs and the costs of downtime.

The paper explains virtualization in the context of mid-sized businesses and shows how they can reduce costs, improve services and simplify management.

With the sophistication and sheer volume of exploits targeting major applications and OS's, the speed of assessment and deployment of security patches across your complex IT infrastructure is key to mitigating risks and re-mediating vulnerabilities.

The What, Why and How to Employ NAC to Apply Guest Networking, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and Endpoint Security Policies. Many of today's endpoints are neither known nor protected. According to Gartner, enterprises are only aware of 80 percent of the devices on their network. Those 20 percent of unknown devices are inside the perimeter of the network, are unmanaged and provide users with access. They are small, varied and highly mobile, and they are loaded with their own applications, can act as WAPs, and often contain outdated firmware or are jailbroken. Even as the devices are accessing personal applications on the web, they are also accessing corporate resources such as e-mail-all from the very same unmanaged devices, which have not been vetted by the security organization. Smartphones, notebooks, netbooks, iPads, e-readers, gaming consoles and more-the list of personal devices attempting access to employer networks seems to grow every day in what's come to be known as the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) era in networking.

Most organizations today understand that a disaster recovery (DR) plan is essential to their continued survival should a natural disaster occur. But implementing a DR plan entails substantial time, effort and cost - not to mention significant investment in developing new areas of technical expertise within the organization. As a result, many organizations are turning to disaster recovery service providers (DRSPs) to offload their disaster recovery operations.

Remote computer repair is easier with Intel® CoreT vProT technology. IT professionals can remotely diagnose and repair PCs to get users back to work fast

Learn how respondents, including nearly 400 senior executives from some of the world's largest enterprises, are incorporating holistic business resilience planning into their businesses through top-level findings and case studies. Download the research report here.

Enterprise security should not be taken lightly but it also doesn't have to be a major roadblock either. By following these guidelines, organizations can structure security and compliance programs to take advantage of the economic advantages of managed cloud applications and services while meeting organizational security and compliance objectives.

This White discusses how IDC customer-based studies show that using appropriate technology in consistent ways helps SMB organizations mitigate business risk and improve overall business protection by avoiding unplanned downtime.

Download this guide to help you take the guesswork out of implementing SSL for Exchange 2010, making it easier than ever to get the SSL certificate you need for a successful and secure Exchange implementation.

SilkPerformer is a cost-effective, enterprise-class performance testing solution for optimizing the performance of business apps. SilkPerformer enables performance tests that accurately simulate peak demand loads and isolate performance bottlenecks.

This paper explores the question: what could your organization do with faster, better answers, and provides possible use case scenarios that illustrate the value this technology brings to a variety of industries.