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	Best practices for firewall management Year after year, the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report shows that device misconfigurations are a leading source of vulnerabilities that open the door to data breaches. With that in mind, here are some best practices for firewall management. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE Business Benefits of Running SAP on Converged Infrastructure Forrester Consulting conducted a Total Economic Impact™ study and examined the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by replatforming SAP on factory-integrated systems. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact on their organization. Learn more In this Issue Government Cloud Use Requires a Culture Shift CIOs, IT Hiring Managers Optimistic, But Challenges Remain How to protect yourself against privileged user abuse 11 ways LXLE Linux will make you forget all about XP 6 of the very coolest new Microsoft lab projects 5 key takeaways from Amazon's big cloud day Worst data breaches of 2014…So far Hero hacks: 14 Raspberry Pi projects primed for IT WHITE PAPER: VCE Vblock™ Systems and SAP: Transform Your Business You rely on your ERP System to drive your business and give you a strategic advantage. Now you can speed time-to-value throughout your operations while also lowering costs by running your SAP applications on VCE™ Vblock™ Systems. Learn More Government Cloud Use Requires a Culture Shift If government CIOs are the only voice in their agency championing the shift to cloud computing, it can be a lonely fight. That's why leaders say they need support from the upper echelons of their agencies as well as the business units. Read More CIOs, IT Hiring Managers Optimistic, But Challenges Remain Almost 90 percent of U.S. CIOs and about 70 percent of U.S. hiring managers plan to hire IT professionals in the second half of 2014, according to separate research reports from Robert Half Technology and Dice.com, respectively. That adds up to great news for the IT industry and for tech pros looking to land a new job, but hiring companies must adapt to upward pressure on salaries and stem high turnover rates.I've never seen as many IT projects being funded as I am right now. More projects mean a need for more people, so demand is up, but the supply remains stagnant. According to Robert Half Technology's IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report, which surveyed more than 2,400 U.S. CIOs, 89 percent say they're optimistic about their companies' prospects for growth over the next six months, says John Reed, senior executive director, Robert Half Technology. But 61 percent of respondents admitted it would be somewhat or very challenging to find skilled IT pros to fill their open positions, Reed says.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Essential Elements of Data Center Facility Operations This paper describes unique management principles and provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the necessary program elements for operating a mission critical facility efficiently and reliably throughout its life cycle. Learn more! How to protect yourself against privileged user abuse The typical organization loses 5% of its revenues to fraud by its own employees each year, with most thefts committed by trusted employees in executive management, operations, accounting, sales, customer service or purchasing, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). This type of malicious behavior by “privileged users” who have been given broad access to the company’s computer assets has captured the attention of CIOs across the country. It’s no mystery why: insider breaches can damage a company’s reputation, market advantage and its bottom line, stretching into billions of dollars. Despite the increased awareness and severity of the risk, a recent Ponemon survey of 693 IT professionals, commissioned by Raytheon revealed only 40% of IT budgets have dedicated funding to fight insider threats.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More 11 ways LXLE Linux will make you forget all about XP The lightweight, speedy and feature-packed LXLE 14.04 can breathe new life into your old XP hardware. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® 12 Questions For Evaluating Your Convergence Vendor Use the checklist in this research to derive a weighted analysis and to score whether fabric-based integration solutions should be a priority for your enterprise, or relegated for later pursuit. Learn More 6 of the very coolest new Microsoft lab projects Here we take a look back at Microsoft annual science fair, TechFest 2013, where it showed off some of the innovations the company was working on. Read More 5 key takeaways from Amazon's big cloud day Amazon Web Services continued to push the IaaS market forward today by challenging established cloud players like Box and Dropbox with the company’s own document collaboration platform and rolling out new features to its public cloud focused on supporting mobile applications.+ MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: This is the new hybrid cloud | 7 Tips for protecting your AWS cloud +Here are the five biggest takeaways from Amazon’s Summit in New York City today:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Worst data breaches of 2014…So far For the first half of this year that is Read More Hero hacks: 14 Raspberry Pi projects primed for IT VoIP PBXes, NTP servers, Web-controlled power strips -- hack together one of these handy, cheap solutions for the server closet and beyond Read More
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