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	Size matters for firewall rule sets; small is best Two research studies have shown there is a direct correlation between firewall rule set complexity and the likelihood of configuration errors. One study shows most firewalls are badly configured and use "very lax rules that constitute gross mistakes." Could yours be among them? Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: China Telecom Americas Faster Data Traffic to China FOR LESS Shift to dedicated access to China's Internet — and its customers — with faster, special-rate IP network connections from China Telecom Americas. If you're a North American company with at least 15% of your total data traffic moving to and from China, call 1-866-692-8872 for details. Offer expires July 20, 2011 Click to continue In this Issue IT-Business Alignment a Thing of the Past Step up to the Leadership Challenge Making Enterprise Architecture Matter Paradise Lost: How the Amazon outage set cloud computing back years, but helped Cisco Grocer goes with thin clients RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Infoblox 7 Little Secrets of Network Compliance Does your network team dread compliance mandates such as PCI, HIPAA, SOX, FERC, NERC? The stress, anxiety and wasted time distract your team from other strategic projects. Join an industry expert to learn best practices on how to avoid the most common mistakes and ensure real time compliance with more confidence and a single click. Enroll today. IT-Business Alignment a Thing of the Past It's time for CIOs to embrace an integrated, evolving strategy Read More WEBCAST: Cisco Implementing Virtualization-Enabled Collaboration Date: May 11th, 2011; Time: 2 PM EST This webcast will examine the challenges that IT organizations face when deploying desktop virtualization technologies and collaboration tools, and offer strategies for addressing implementing a robust, virtual desktop environment that fosters successful collaboration. Learn more Step up to the Leadership Challenge For Carol Kline, becoming a CIO was just part of being a business leader. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions are large-scale projects that can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations. This white paper examines the process and what's required to meet IT goals and objectives and maintain business continuity. Read now! Making Enterprise Architecture Matter CIOs must develop executives who can establish standards that provide business value Read More Paradise Lost: How the Amazon outage set cloud computing back years, but helped Cisco The New York Times said "Amazon's Trouble Raises Cloud Computing Doubts." I think that this is the best thing that could have happened for Cisco. While the problem that effected AWS and its many customers is not a good thing at all and I feel bad for all of those companies, Cisco has an opportunity. Many customers who are in the cloud or are thinking about the cloud will be rethinking any... Read More Grocer goes with thin clients Ian Cawson faced a hard deadline: Have a PC strategy in place for the Manchester, England-based retailer's 14 corporate offices, and have it ready when the new head office, a green building, opens in 2012. There wasn't time to conduct a full discovery process and gather all of the business requirements. "Best practices in this instance went out the window because of the time scales, and we knew it had to be done without business impact," he says. Read More
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