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	Aorato's directory services application firewall protects Active Directory from attack and abuse Enterprise directory services are vulnerable to attack and insider abuse. What cyber criminal would not want access to the central system that contains all identity, authentication and authorization data? Now there is a directory services application firewall to protect this crucial element. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW The Capacity Boost You Can Expect from WAN Optimization WAN optimization techniques tweak bandwidth for better network performance and more. Read Now In this Issue The best tablets for getting work done in 2014 INSIDER CIOs reveal their must-have mobile apps Should companies practice data retention or data destruction? The top 14 hidden features in Windows, iOS, and Android Workers Going Rogue With BYOD (and BYOA) BYOD Twists and Turns Keep CIOs Off-Balance WEBCAST: BMC Software Increase Your Data Center IQ Discover how to improve network efficiency, lower IT costs and more proactively manage your physical, virtual and cloud environments. Join BMC Software and partners, Entuity and Sentry Software, to learn how to build data center success with a comprehensive performance monitoring solution. Learn More The best tablets for getting work done in 2014 The best tablets for getting work done in 2014 If you don't think you can be productive using just a tablet, you haven't tried the right tablet. From: Network World Views: 7 0 ratings Time: 02:06 More in Science & Technology Read More INSIDER CIOs reveal their must-have mobile apps For many of us, mobile apps have become a way of life. According to Nielsen, U.S. Android and iPhone users age 18 and older spend 65% more time each month using apps than they did just two years ago. Specifically, in fourth-quarter 2013, this population spent 30 hours, 15 minutes using apps, which is a half-day more than the 18 hours, 18 minutes they spent in fourth-quarter 2011. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic State of Cloud Security Report In a relatively short time, cloud computing, specifically Infrastructure-as a-Service, has shifted from a new but unproven approach to an accepted, even inevitable, model. Driven by flexibility and efficiency, the question facing most organizations is which applications and workloads to move to the cloud and when. Learn More Should companies practice data retention or data destruction? Many businesses focus on record retention, but here's why one lawyer says "Destroy!" Read More The top 14 hidden features in Windows, iOS, and Android Betcha don't know all these nifty tricks and time-saving tips to boost your productivity. Whichever OS you use, there's something here for you. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Administrators Need Agile Platform for New Era of Storage Read this whitepaper and learn how administrators are keeping up by guiding their enterprises toward new, software-defined storage platforms that simplify and unify storage capacity across the enterprise and into the cloud. Read Now Workers Going Rogue With BYOD (and BYOA) On one side of the fence, lots of companies, especially those in Europe, won't have anything to do with the Bring Your Own Device programs. On the other side, an equal number of companies have jumped on the BYOD bandwagon, including at least a few going all-in with mandatory BYOD.What's the real story?[Related: BYOD Twists and Turns Keep CIOs Off-Balance]Like all good tales, the most interesting stuff is what's happening behind the scenes. More than half of employees admit to using rogue apps to do their jobs, with a good chunk of employees actively keeping IT in the dark, according to a TrackVia online survey of more than 1,000 employees and 250 IT workers. In other words, it really doesn't matter if a company formally rejects BYOD -- or, in this case, Bring Your Own Apps -- because it's happening anyway.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More BYOD Twists and Turns Keep CIOs Off-Balance In New York City, venerable companies give luxurious corporate cars to power brokers dressed in Armani suits driving down Wall Street. But across the country in San Francisco, you're more likely to see blue jeans-clad execs driving shared Zipcars to their wacky digs in SoMa, or south of Market.It's the perfect analogy for what's going on with mobility and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) mega trend, says CIO Ravi Waran at Albemarle, a global manufacturer of chemical supplies. The debate over whether companies should issue corporate-owned devices or allow for BYOD has been heating up lately. Adding a new twist to the debate (and potentially new costs to BYOD programs), late last week the California Court of Appeal ruled that companies must reimburse employees for work-related use from personal mobile devices.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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