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	Is your trust in cloud services misplaced or true? Find out with a cloud trust rating How do you know if you can trust a cloud service provider with your enterprise data? Skyhigh Networks, in conjunction with the Cloud Security Alliance, has developed a CloudTrust program that measures and evaluates more than 50 attributes that determine a trust rating. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc Gartner's Unified Communications as a Service Report See what Gartner Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory firm, has to say about choosing the right Unified Communications solution for your business. Gartner's Magic Quadrant compares 16 of the leading UCaaS providers and names 8x8 a leader based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Learn more >> In this Issue Study: Companies that go all-in with SaaS can save big 11 Project Management Tips for Setting and Managing Expectations How to save your email archive from a service provider 10 Eclipse projects that have made waves in IT Three essential steps to a software defined data center Why companies need to check their handling of internal threats Are CIOs losing power? WhatsApp users should switch to a more secure service, German privacy regulator urges White House takes steps against patent trolls 15 Ways to Make Sense of Calls for NSA Reform WEBCAST: SAP SAP IT Transformation Forum On March 6, join us in an exclusive live event featuring Nolan Bushnell, a technology pioneer, entrepreneur, and scientist who's often cited as the father of the video game industry. This event will feature topics on laying the foundations for mobile, Big Data, and cloud applications that business teams require to stay competitive. Learn more Study: Companies that go all-in with SaaS can save big Companies that move the bulk of their IT operations to cloud services can end up realizing significant overall cost savings, according to a study by analyst firm Computer Economics. Read More 11 Project Management Tips for Setting and Managing Expectations Project management experts discuss the best ways to set, manage and adjust expectations to ensure that projects don't veer off course -- and they suggest what steps project managers should take if they do. Read More How to save your email archive from a service provider Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Anticipate, Engage and Deliver Exceptional Web Experiences IBM Customer Experience Suite and IBM Intranet Experience Suite help organizations delight customers through a consistently exceptional web experience and empower employees with the social business tools they need to drive better business results. Learn More. 10 Eclipse projects that have made waves in IT Happy 10th anniversary to the open source foundation that has made millions of developers more productive Read More Three essential steps to a software defined data center Imagine this in your data center: A swath of compute, networking and storage hardware from a variety of different vendors that are all controlled not individually but by software that overlays the entire operation. Read More Why companies need to check their handling of internal threats Security pros should reevaluate their use of technology and policies to bolster defenses against insider threats that many organizations downplay, a new study shows. Read More WEBCAST: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Combat Disasters And Optimize Business Operations Offsite data replication is key to ensuring ongoing business operations, but it can be complex and costly, especially when performed over long distances. Join this discussion to discover how you can apply fast, cost effective and reliable remote replication strategies and technologies. View now >> Are CIOs losing power? A new study by Forrester illuminates the changing IT landscape, finding that the share of IT projects primarily or exclusively run by IT department will decline from 55% in 2009 to 47% in 2015. Read More WhatsApp users should switch to a more secure service, German privacy regulator urges WhatsApp users should switch to a more secure messaging service now that it is being bought by Facebook, a German data protection commissioner urged Thursday. Read More White House takes steps against patent trolls The U.S. White House will launch new efforts aimed at combating abusive patent lawsuits, including a website to assist defendants of patent lawsuits brought by so-called patent trolls. Read More 15 Ways to Make Sense of Calls for NSA Reform President Obama has called for reforms to the National Security Agency's programs in order to strike a balance between privacy and security. However, contrasts abound between what the president has said and what his own review group and independent agencies propose. Read More
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