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	Skyhigh Networks helps you discover every cloud service your company uses There's hardly a company that doesn't have a problem with cloud services creating "shadow IT." That is, employees using services that you may or may not know about. Most CIOs think their company uses about 25 to 40 cloud services, but the reality is more like 200 to 400. Skyhigh Networks lets you discover and control all the cloud services your company uses -- whether you've authorized them or not. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: VMware Innovation Awards Showcase Your Company's Leadership Share your story and gain recognition for your leadership. Nominations are now being accepted for the first annual VMware Innovation Awards, produced by Computerworld. Categories include: Cloud, Mobility, Software-Defined Data Center, Transforming the Workforce with New Tech. Learn more. In this Issue Viewpoint: When it comes to enterprise security, is it better to focus on compliance or risk? 3 Tips to Get a Payoff From Collaboration Tools CIO at hospital caring for Boston Marathon bombing victims and suspect shares lessons learned 4 Mobile Security Predictions to Help CIOs Plan for the Future WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Service-Oriented Performance Management Strategy This white paper is to help IT organizations adopt a management methodology that enables them to improve the user experience by focusing on service delivery management. Learn More. Viewpoint: When it comes to enterprise security, is it better to focus on compliance or risk? A CIO once quipped, "Security isn't hard, compliance is." And in fact many companies focus their security efforts on meeting compliance requirements. But if you are audit compliant, have you in fact addressed all of your risks, or are you just kidding yourself? Is it better to focus on the risks presuming that doing so will cover you off on the compliance side? Network World Editor in Chief put the question to two practitioners, both of whom come down on the side of risk. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware, Cisco and NetApp Meritrust Sees Results with FlexPod and VMware Faced with an aging physical IT infrastructure, Meritrust Credit Union sought a more stable foundation for its business critical applications and for its Oracle database, which is central to its operations. Read Now! 3 Tips to Get a Payoff From Collaboration Tools To reap the value of collaboration tool investments, CIOs study employee behavior, create incentives and embed capabilities in current workflows Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com The Science of Social Listening for Customer Experience Customers today expect immediate service and fast resolutions from the social Web. These conversations are happening right now, on millions of sites, among millions of people. Are you listening? Learn how your business can transform the customer service experience into a more social one. Learn More! CIO at hospital caring for Boston Marathon bombing victims and suspect shares lessons learned Dr. John Halamka, CIO at the hospital where Boston Marathon bombing patients and suspects have been treated over the past week, has shared in a blog post Tuesday lessons learned from an IT and security management perspective. Read More 4 Mobile Security Predictions to Help CIOs Plan for the Future Few things can keep CIOs up at night these days like mobility, particularly bring your own device (BYOD). After all, mobile, consumerization of IT and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) are turning enterprise security models on their heads. Privacy implications--let alone the potential for data loss and data leakage--are enough to make a CIO break out in a cold sweat. Read More
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