Firewalls don't cut it anymore as the first line of defense

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	Firewalls don't cut it anymore as the first line of defense Eight major U.S. banks were recently brought to their knees by daylong DDoS attacks. Experts say these types of attacks are on the rise, and every business or agency with a Web presence is vulnerable. A new first line of defense is needed -- one that sits in front of the firewall. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Consolidation Without Compromise Pay more to get less consolidation? The Iron Age is over. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x consolidation. For less. Get Consolidation Without Compromise now. Learn More In this Issue Companies Race to the Patent Office to Protect Their IT Breakthroughs Are You Ready For A Cloud Security Officer? INSIDER IT Resume Makeover: How to Create a Resume That Gets Noticed IBM makes security push with cloud services, products aimed at mobile and Big Data Managed Private Cloud-As-A-Service Via Metacloud IT workers staying put, CIOs staying longer RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Companies Race to the Patent Office to Protect Their IT Breakthroughs As companies strive to regain the ground lost to the recession, CEOs are talking a lot about innovation. Some have decreed that a certain percentage of revenue must come from brand-new products and services each year. If CEOs want innovation, then CIOs ought to want patents. Not for internal IT operations inventions, but for unique business methods and other inventions made possible by new technology. The innovation mandate, and the convergence of social media, mobile technology and analytics, has companies running to the patent office, trying to lock in ownership of new ways to do business and interact with customers. Read More Are You Ready For A Cloud Security Officer? GRC has always been a solution for big companies. Governance, Risk and Compliance pulls together lots of disparate data and seeks to give a broader picture of an organizations Risk posture, where it stands on compliance with various rules and regulations and its own thresholds for security. The problem is putting all of that together is a big job that only a big company could handle. Now TraceCSO... Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee Blueprint to Secure Cloud-Based Communications Secure cloud-based communications with a risk-based approach that helps businesses to safely use web and email channels, protect against data leakage and intellectual property loss, and reduce support and audit costs. Download the technology blueprint now. Learn more. INSIDER IT Resume Makeover: How to Create a Resume That Gets Noticed In the latest installment of CIO.com's resume makeover series, resume expert and career strategist Stephen Van Vreede shows how to produce a clear and simple message that will get IT executives to notice. Read More IBM makes security push with cloud services, products aimed at mobile and Big Data IBM today widened its security offerings with products and cloud-based services focused broadly on both mobile devices and Big Data, both areas where IBM foresees growth as enterprises sort out their strategies toward both. Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Optimize Your Storage Volume for Better Performance Managing a windows network? This brief discusses 5 technical proof-points clearly showing how the Windows Built-in Disk Defragmenter is not adequate for the enterprise. New innovations in Diskeeper® and V-locity® meet today's demands for optimal storage and system performance. Read Now! Managed Private Cloud-As-A-Service Via Metacloud It seems today everyone wants their own cloud, but how many can actually set them up and run them well? Now you can have Managed Private Cloud-as-a-Service thanks to a new company recently out of stealth called Metacloud. You provide the hardware and data center and they will supply the OpenStack and manage it for you. Read More IT workers staying put, CIOs staying longer CIOs are being predicably cautious with IT budgets for next year, and are focusing on increasing use of cloud technologies and offshore outsourcing, according IR execs surveyed by the Society for Information Management. Read More
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