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	A detailed guide for cybersecurity to ensure business vitality Many small- to midsize businesses have woeful cybersecurity plans—if they have a plan at all. Cybersecurity is a complex issue but there are many simple steps that businesses can take to protect themselves. The Greater Houston Partnership has developed a thorough (but free) guide to help SMBs improve their security posture. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Application Performance in a World of Cloud and Mobility Cloud, mobility, and networking have shifted the dynamics of application performance. As a result, IT is under more pressure than ever to improve application performance. Learn how to ensure that employees and customers can access applications effectively without being forced to expend more resources on network upgrades. Read more >> In this Issue 4 ideas to steal from IT upstarts 12 Big Data Predictions for 2014 Switch to open source successfully completed, city of Munich says Avon halts work on global SAP implementation HP makes a case for the private cloud Corporate-owned smartphones back in vogue in Q3 The top 8 security threats of 2013 WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks Predictive Performance: Measuring the Digital Experience As websites get more immersive and more complex, organizations need to rethink what, and how, digital experience performance is measured. Speed (or responsiveness) is only one of several factors to consider. Learn More 4 ideas to steal from IT upstarts Fast-growing companies like Square and MongoDB are driving IT innovation with leaner staffs, cloud-first computing, self-service everything and CTOs rather than CIOs. Read More 12 Big Data Predictions for 2014 It's been one of the big buzzwords of 2013, but what does 2014 have in store for big data? CIO.com looks at 12 ways the technology and the market will evolve in the coming year. Read More WEBCAST: Attachmate Workforce Mobilization for Improved Productivity A mobility research director from Aberdeen discusses reasons for extending legacy applications to mobile devices, and an integration strategist from Attachmate shows how easy it can be. Learn More Switch to open source successfully completed, city of Munich says Munich's switch to open-source software has been successfully completed, with the vast majority of the public administration's users now running its own version of Linux, city officials said Thursday. Read More Avon halts work on global SAP implementation Avon Products has halted the rollout of a global SAP implementation, with the cosmetics maker saying in a regulatory filing that a pilot program in Canada caused "significant business disruption in that market, and did not show a clear return on investment." Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Four Steps toward Planning a Successful Email Migration Email migrations isn't as simple as purchasing new hardware and moving user accounts. Strong planning and good tools are also essential. In this tech brief, learn how you can execute four key steps in your email migration, and the tools that make it easy and secure. Read now! HP makes a case for the private cloud Hewlett Packard is making the case for private and hybrid clouds in Barcelona this week at its annual HP Discover user conference. Read More Corporate-owned smartphones back in vogue in Q3 A steady increase in corporate purchasing through the first three quarters of the year hints that enterprises are already rethinking how far BYOD (bring-your-own-device) programs will be allowed to expand, according to Strategy Analytics. Read More The top 8 security threats of 2013 The past year has seen its share of newly emerging or persistent threats that security and IT executives need to be aware of and in many cases defend against. Read More
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