12 must-watch security startups for 2013

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	12 must-watch security startups for 2013 Despite security concerns, businesses are growing more confident in adopting cloud-based services, and in addition are investing more in corporate mobile devices while also allowing employees to use their own in bring-your-own-device mode at work. So it's not surprising that recent security startups are zeroing in on things such as encrypting data held in the cloud or how to safeguard corporate data on BYOD devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: SuccessFactors 6 Tips for Delivering the Workforce of the Future Executing talent management activities before they're needed is an earmark of a successful business. In fact, strategic workforce planning has become one of HR's most important responsibilities. This complimentary whitepaper outlines six pitfalls to avoid. Read Now! In this Issue Gartner: Cloud storage viable option, but proceed carefully NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks growth, strategy and life with Oracle Cloud computing is the new rage in the wireless world. But will it really fix your Wi-Fi problems? Dell may wait until end of year to launch OpenStack public cloud Cisco, others eyeing $3.7 billion SDN market It's not all about the cloud: Why hybrid ITSM is here to stay Amazon's cloud hiccups, again How to set up iCloud Gartner: Cloud computing, mobile ushering in "major shift" for enterprise security practices 2012: The year cloud computing took a bite out of IT WHITE PAPER: Cisco Entering the Cloud: 4 Things You Need to Know Wondering which cloud collaboration solution is best for your business? Learn the four key factors you must consider when choosing a supplier--and find the right solution that will enable faster time to market. Read Now Gartner: Cloud storage viable option, but proceed carefully Storing information in the public cloud from a growing market of vendors is a viable alternative to on-premise, traditional storage options for some use cases, research firm Gartner says. Read More NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks growth, strategy and life with Oracle NetSuite is one of the SaaS (software as a service) market's pioneers, having sold its growing family of ERP (enterprise resource planning), e-commerce and other applications since 1998. The vendor's results have been beating Wall Street's predictions, and may yet again in a few weeks, when NetSuite is expected to announce its fourth-quarter and year-end results. Read More Cloud computing is the new rage in the wireless world. But will it really fix your Wi-Fi problems? With the increased performance and reliability of Wi-Fi technology, businesses are tossing Ethernet connections aside. As Wi-Fi gains favor and usurps wired access, Wi-Fi capabilities are changing quickly, causing significant disparity in WLAN architectures and implementation models. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Test Report: Mobile Device & App Behavior Over Wi-Fi Based on our recent mobile app usage survey of 204 organizations, more than 50% allow business-critical apps to be used on mobile devices. Download this Best Practices paper to learn more about the new norms of Wi-Fi networking for mobile devices and apps. Learn More Dell may wait until end of year to launch OpenStack public cloud Dell may wait until the end of this year to launch its anticipated OpenStack-powered public cloud, a vice president with the company told Network World sister site ITWorld, a move that puts the company behind other big-name vendors that are already executing on their cloud strategies. Read More Cisco, others eyeing $3.7 billion SDN market The worldwide market for software-defined networking products and services in the enterprise and cloud service provider segments will grow from $360 million in 2013 to $3.7 billion by 2016, according to IDC. This represents a compound annual growth rate of 117.42% and includes network infrastructure, SDN applications and control plane solutions, and related professional services. Read More It's not all about the cloud: Why hybrid ITSM is here to stay "Cloud-based" might be the most overused marketing term of 2012. Vendors of all stripes seem to believe an edict has been handed down to enterprise IT management who now want all cloud all the time. Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Solve QoS Problems in VoIP Call Centers View this short video "Maintaining High VoIP Quality for Call/Contact Centers with Network Time Machine", to learn more about how carrier and call center customers are using Network Time Machine to rapidly determine problem domain and identify choke points in the network. View Now! Amazon's cloud hiccups, again Less than a month after a 12-hour-plus outage on Christmas Eve, Amazon Web Service's Elastic Block Storage (EBS) service in its US-East availability zone experienced elevated error rates for about 45 minutes. Read More How to set up iCloud If you recently picked up a new Mac, iPhone, iPod, or iPad, you may have seen mention of something called iCloud when setting up your device. If you don't already know, iCloud is a free syncing and backup service from Apple that aims to keep all of your devices--mobile devices running iOS 5 or later and desktop computers running OS X Lion or later, or Windows Vista or later--on the same page, with the same data, no matter which one you're using at any given moment. Read More Gartner: Cloud computing, mobile ushering in "major shift" for enterprise security practices Gartner Thursday held forth on what it expects to be the top security trends for 2013, citing the rise of cloud computing, social media and employees bringing their own devices to work as among the forces likely to produce radical changes in how enterprises manage IT security. The market research firm also says the "major shift" expected in IT security in 2013 will shake up established IT security vendors as newer players in cloud and mobile challenge them. Read More 2012: The year cloud computing took a bite out of IT As new public cloud plays leap in and the private cloud slowly evolves, we're on the brink of a shift to cloud computing for critical business workloads. Read More
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