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Cloud encryption: control your own keys in a separate storage vault

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Cloud encryption: control your own keys in a separate storage vault
Much has been written about encrypting data in the cloud, but several challenges persist. Who controls or has access to the keys, and where are the keys stored? KeyNexus, a division of Dark Matter Labs, addresses those challenges with an independent key management solution that separates the lock from the keys and gives the keys solely to the data owner. Read More


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Ensuring Business Continuity of SAN Storage
The Taneja Group examines what business continuity means in storage systems. Built from the ground up with business continuity in mind, Taneja reviews the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 array and highlights how its capabilities deliver a high level of business continuity. Learn More

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Creating and Driving Organizational Agility
IT is all about driving business agility. But you have to be agile to drive agility. And you calls for dynamic, flexible technology, like virtual desktop infrastructure. Explore how leveraging best practices and trusted partners through pre-configured solutions View Now

4 Ways CIOs Can to Respond to a Service Outage
Nasdaq and Intermedia are among the latest firms to suffer lengthy -- and public -- service outages. Eventually, the same thing will happen to you. Here are four key lessons IT leaders can learn from others' mistakes. Read More

The Grill: Verizon's Ajay Waghray tackles a massive project to streamline infrastructure
When Ajay Waghray stepped into the job of CIO at the newly created Verizon Enterprise Solutions in January 2012, he encountered an array of systems that couldn't talk to each other or work together. Recognizing the disparate collection as a barrier to growth, Waghray focused his IT team on consolidating and updating the infrastructure and eliminating redundant systems to create the streamlined backbone that he wanted. His other duties include leading the global IT strategy and initiatives at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, which focuses on serving business and government agencies. Here he talks about some of his most recent work. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Verizon Enterprise Services

How to Leverage Technology for Innovation and Success
This Frost & Sullivan paper presents the many opportunities for C-level management, IT, other services lines and the LOBs to align and unite behind common goals. This cloud-based solution has the strength to underpin enterprise innovation, enabling agility, speed to market and efficiency–which are paramount to ensuring growth and sustained revenue. Learn More>>

Switching IT Outsourcing Providers Easier (and Less Costly) Than Ever
Heading into 2014, IT outsourcing service providers will be hard at work stealing business from their competitors -- and having theirs stolen as well. Read More

Who's Training the Next Generation of Data Scientists?
A projected shortage of qualified data scientists could leave U.S. businesses unable to tap the value of big data. To help meet that demand, the University of California at Berkeley has developed a master's degree program to train new data scientists. Read More


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How to navigate the ever-changing mobile device landscape
Smartphones, tablets, social networks, and cloud services are all popular, incredibly useful, and a security risk. These days, the security focus is on mobile devices, as they tend to be used a lot to work with corporate information. Learn More

IT purchasing: Who decides what tech to buy?
Lowe's knows a thing or two about buying and selling, so it means something that the Mooresville, N.C., home improvement retailer established a procurement department to help its various divisions make better deals. Read More

How to Close the Big Data Skills Gap by Training Your IT Staff
Research firms paint a dire picture of a massive big data skills gap that will get worse over time. But companies like Persado, which uses big data to help marketers optimize their messages, are finding success training their existing staff in the new big data technologies. Read More


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