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	A holistic approach to combating advanced persistent threats Security researcher Michael Sutton is really concerned. He says most companies haven't advanced their security strategies to keep pace with today's threats—especially the most serious advanced persistent threats. He recommends a holistic approach that includes protection, detection and remediation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Exablox How to Leverage New Storage Strategies This ebook covers some of the key challenges organizations are encountering with storage management, data protection and cost containment. It also shows how IT organizations can effectively address these difficulties while getting the most out of their valuable information assets. Read now! In this Issue The best data security offense is a good defense Businesses offer best practices for escaping CryptoLocker hell Best practices for safely moving data in and out of the cloud How Many Data Scientists Does the World Really Need? INSIDER CIOs Must Learn the Politics of No How BYOD Puts Everyone at Legal Risk CIOs and CMOs: Feuding in the C-Suite IBM Will Beat Amazon Web Services Because Process Beats Product WHITE PAPER: Exablox Storage Switzerland: Unstructured Data Storage Unstructured data (data that's outside of databases), is growing at an out-of-control pace in organizations of all sizes. Read now! The best data security offense is a good defense After several missed security audits, the IT team at the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare jumped into action, building an ambitious security risk framework so audit reports could be prepared in a timely fashion. Read More Businesses offer best practices for escaping CryptoLocker hell It is an IT nightmare: Businesses hit with the CryptoLocker malware find their electronic files locked up inside strong encryption and the extortionist operating the malware botnet demanding money to give them the security key that would let companies get their data back. What do you do to escape this crypto hell of ransomware? A few corporations here detail their experiences with the nasty malware and say in many cases back-up and restoration was their only way out. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. The Five Big Lies Leaders Hear About "Going Mobile" Mobile hasn't been around long, but it has already made a tremendous impact. With such a new technology, it's not surprising that a lot of misinformation is floating around. Don't be taken in. Get the truth by reading this paper. It lays out how to develop an effective mobile initiative, one you need to succeed. Learn More Best practices for safely moving data in and out of the cloud As everyone knows, cloud provider Nirvanix recently fell apart, declaring bankruptcy and leaving its customers in the lurch. Nirvanix gave enterprises less than a month to move their data to a new home. To avoid the fate of those customers, follow these best practices for safely moving data in and out of the cloud. Read More How Many Data Scientists Does the World Really Need? The buzz is all about 'Big Data' and how best to use it to generate actionable intelligence. To do this, companies will need to hire loads of highly trained, highly paid data scientists -- or will they? Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Develop Your Service Delivery Monitoring Strategy Service delivery monitoring is a critical enabler that IT infrastructure and operations leaders must invest in to foster the transition from IT to business technology. In this report, Jean-Pierre Garbani at Forrester Research provides insights into this transition and the monitoring solutions needed. Learn More. INSIDER CIOs Must Learn the Politics of No CIOs may have good reason to reject a proposal or nix a technology request, but an inept or frequent 'no' will get you sidelined. Read More How BYOD Puts Everyone at Legal Risk If your BYOD policy goes too far you may be prosecuted for unfair labor practices. However, courts expect you to produce all relevant data in discovery proceedings. Meanwhile, your employees may fear retaliation if they don't sign draconian BYOD policies. CIO.com talks to attorneys to better understand the legal side of BYOD. Read More CIOs and CMOs: Feuding in the C-Suite Survey finds that CIOs and marketing chiefs don't see eye-to-eye on much at all. Read More IBM Will Beat Amazon Web Services Because Process Beats Product IBM will eventually beat Amazon Web Services, writes CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle, but not because AWS has an inferior product. In many ways, AWS is better than IBM's cloud offering. But Big Blue's experience with enterprise customers, not to mention the federal government, shows that great businesses processes often beat great products. Read More
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