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- The state of IT risk management
- The state of IT risk managementIT Risk AssessmentIt is good to see more awareness of Risks but how do practitioners assess Risk. Most people rely on past experiences and knowledge but in some cases (i.e Public Accounting firms) they have neither but are faced with the task of assessing...
- Tags: Strategy, IT Risk Management, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- The state of IT risk management
- Symantec issued its second annual report on IT risk management. Key findings from "IT Risk Management Report" that surveyed 405 IT professionals include: IT professionals are adopting a more balanced, less security-centric view of IT riskâ€"more of them now see availability risk as critical or...
- Tags: Information Technology, IT Professional, Risk Management, IT Risk Management, Strategy, Security, Management, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Rethinking Risk Management
- Almost every white paper on IT Risk Management starts with the advice to first identify and assign values to every IT asset. This means finding and cataloging every PC, laptop, printer, server, etc. and deciding if it is of High, Medium or Low value. A couple of...
- Tags: IT Risk Management, information technology
- Blog posts 2005-06-21
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- Practical Approaches for Securing Web Applications across the Software Delivery Lifecycle
- Enterprises understand the importance of securing web applications to protect critical corporate and customer data. What many don't understand, is how to implement a robust process for integrating security and risk management throughout the web application software development lifecycle. Securing the web application lifecycle does not...
- Tags: Software, Web Application, Cloud Computing
- White papers 2009-11-19
- Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1
- Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations
- In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...
- Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-11
- Mac OS 10.6.2 breaks hackintoshes
- Author's views please ...... does the ZDNET author of this post care to say:1. Whether the 'hack' in 'hackintosh' is morally acceptable and/or legal?2. Whether there is any merit in Psystar's case that OSX is tied to Apple hardware? i.e. the vendor makes it a condition of purchasing the OS...
- Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., Mac OS 10.6.2, PC, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- The Journey Along an Information-Led Transformation
- A shift is underway from simple automation to business optimization, and information is at the center of it. Information, when aligned with your business strategy, holds the key to driving profitable growth, cost take out and proactive risk management. However, despite the tremendous growth in information, most organizations are...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Management
- White papers 2009-11-09
- 18 truths: The long fail of complexity
- Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...
- Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda
- Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- 10 ways to evaluate your IT management software
- Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-05
- JumpBox for Tomcat Java Web Application Deployment 1.1.1 (Mac)
- Apache Tomcat is an open source servlet container that implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages specifications. Like other deployment JumpBoxes, the JumpBox for Tomcat makes it easy to deploy a web application (specifically a java-based web application). Notable features of this JumpBox include: Flexible deployment options: Applications...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Web Application, Backup, Apache Tomcat, JumpBox, Application Servers, Open Source, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- ADmitMac 5.0 (Mac)
- ADmitMac v3 allows Macintosh users running Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, or Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger with the latest updates, to participate in and take advantage of all the directory services provided by Microsoft's Active Directory, NT, and Apple's Workgroup Manager. As a result, administrators can manage their domain...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Administrator, Network, Domain, ADmitMac 5.0, Apple Mac OS X, Kerberos, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- JumpBox for LAMP Deployment 1.1.13 (Mac)
- The JumpBox for LAMP Deployment is a great utility system that allows you to easily deploy applications where a tailored JumpBox may not exist. It contains MySQL plus PHP, Perl, Ruby and Python along with PHPMyAdmin to help you manage the database. Using the JumpBox for LAMP Deployment you can...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Ruby, JumpBox, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Servers, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Management, Human Resources, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- What should open source do in a car?
- Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...
- Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- JumpBox for the MySQL Relational Database 1.1.11 (Mac)
- MySQL is probably the most widely used relational databases around. It's used as an integral component in many JumpBoxes and is also useful to have available in an easy to use standalone version. This JumpBox includes MySQL 5 along with PHPMyAdmin setup and ready to run. It's a great tool...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, MySQL, Benefit, JumpBox, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Open Source, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server
- What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Workload, Virtual Server, Server, Strategy, Management, virtualization, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-10-29
- JumpBox for the PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System 1.1.5 (Mac)
- PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system that's been under active development for over 15 years. An enterprise class database, PostgreSQL boasts sophisticated features such as Multi-Version Concurrency Control MVCC, point in time recovery, tablespaces, asynchronous replication, nested transactions savepoints, online/hot backups, a sophisticated query planner/optimizer, and write...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Server, PostgreSQL, JumpBox, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- JumpBox for the Joomla! CMS 1.1.14 (Mac)
- Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System CMS that will help you build websites and other powerful online applications. It's one of the most popular Open Source applications around and the JumpBox for Joomla is a huge time saver. It captures the experience of a skilled IT admin in a...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Content Management System, JumpBox, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Content Management, Servers, Management, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- JumpBox for the Movable Type Blogging System 1.1.12 (Mac)
- Movable Type is Six Apart's flagship blog software product, launched in 2001. Today, this robust social publishing platform powers the websites and blogs of many of the world's largest media companies, Fortune 100 businesses, small and medium sized businesses, and power bloggers. Movable Type is a fully integrated, scalable, proven...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Blog, Movable Type, JumpBox, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Servers, Internet, Management, Human Resources, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
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