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	Secure file sharing in the cloud made simple Many enterprises want to use cloud services for file storage and sharing but are hesitant because the cloud provider may be able to access the content. AlephCloud has a service that encrypts files at their creation source. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc SMB Disaster Recovery Strategies Small and midsize businesses are finding a silver lining in cloud communications. Geographical diversity in communications and backup can keep a business up and running no matter the disaster so long as one employee can access a mobile phone or the Internet. Learn how to get your company back in business during a disaster. Learn more >> In this Issue 5 Ways CIOs Can Rationalize Application Portfolios Best Instagram accounts of enterprise technology companies 12 hot cloud computing startups to watch: Product photo gallery CIOs Battle Worker Apathy Towards Lost or Stolen Mobile Phones Best iPhone, iPad Business Apps for 2014 Security Skills Haves and Have Nots New EU cybersecurity law avoids making big Internet companies report breaches Using Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablets in the Enterprise WHITE PAPER: IBM Pay-as-you-Grow Data Protection IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Suite for Unified Recovery gives small and medium businesses the opportunity to start out with only the individual solutions they need, and add new functionalities as they grow. Read Now 5 Ways CIOs Can Rationalize Application Portfolios The pressure is mounting for CIOs and other IT leaders to help the business enable new disruptive technologies like mobile, social, cloud and big data, but many CIOs are struggling to do so because maintaining and supporting legacy applications consumes the lion's share of the budget. Here are five recommendations for rationalizing your application portfolio. Read More Best Instagram accounts of enterprise technology companies Cisco, CA, IBM all diving deep into Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Top 10 Internet Applications Most Likely to be Mobilized Effective mobile application performance management optimizes application availability and response time, ensuring the best user experience. Learn the difference the right management tools make and why tools that monitor the network or focus only on performance at the device level are not enough. Read now! 12 hot cloud computing startups to watch: Product photo gallery Cloud management, development, security and more Read More CIOs Battle Worker Apathy Towards Lost or Stolen Mobile Phones American workers don't get too worked up about lost or stolen mobile phones -- even if those phones contain company data. A large percentage think it's not their problem and don't change their security practices afterwards. Are CIOs partly to blame for not setting stricter and clearer mobile security policies? Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation The IBM Big Data Platform IBM is unique in having developed an enterprise class big data platform that allows you to address the full spectrum of big data business challenges. The real benefit of the platform is leverage -- the ability to start with one capability and easily add others over your big data journey. View Now Best iPhone, iPad Business Apps for 2014 Looking for iPhone and iPads business apps that can boost your productivity? These 12 lesser-known iOS downloads will help extend your mobile display to a desktop, schedule social-media updates, scan documents and much more. Read More Security Skills Haves and Have Nots I've written a lot lately about the cybersecurity skills shortage. For example, 25% of organizations claim that they have a problematic shortage of IT security skills. On an industry basis, 36% of government agencies say they have a problematic shortage of IT security skills, followed by 29% of manufacturing companies, and 28% of financial services firms. Read More New EU cybersecurity law avoids making big Internet companies report breaches Europe on Thursday approved a new cybersecurity law, but held back from requiring Internet giants such as Google, Amazon, Ebay and Skype, to report security incidents. Read More Using Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablets in the Enterprise A couple of months ago, Amazon sent me its (then) new Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" tablet for review. After spending some time with the device, I wrote a piece comparing its strengths to the most popular tablet available today: Apple's iPad. Read More
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