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IBM Introduces New Solutions to Strengthen the Security of Midsize Companies PRESS RELEASE: Check out this press release to learn about new IBM software that helps midsize companies detect vulnerabilities that can lead to costly security breaches, improve organizational productivity and secure data while maintaining compliance with mandatory business regulations. Posted: 18 Feb 2009 \| Published: 18 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Compliance Software \| Data Security \| Information Security \| Productivity \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Threats \| SMBs \| Software Selection \| Vulnerability Management

Protection on demand: information security that works for you - instead of putting you to work. WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn more about the new approach to information security, protection on demand, which simplifies security and produces cost savings. Posted: 18 Feb 2009 \| Published: 18 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Information Security \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| Security Threats \| Strategic Planning \| Vulnerability Management

Virtualization Podcasts: Infrastructure Solutions for Midsized Companies PODCAST: Midsized businesses need IT solutions that will help them by cutting costs, adding capabilities and reducing risks. Hear about key technologies, trends, best practices and solutions from IBM experts, IBM Business Partners and Industry Analysts that will help you address the IT challenges facing your growing business. Posted: 18 Feb 2009 \| Premiered: Feb 18, 2009 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Data Center Management \| Managed Security Services \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| ROI \| Security Architectures \| Software Virtualization \| TCO

The new CIO: insights from the Center for CIO Leadership: An interview with Harvey Koeppel, Executive Director, Center for CIO Leadership WHITE PAPER: Harvey Koeppel, executive director of the Center for CIO Leadership, talks about the challenges facing CIOs today and the emerging role of the CIO as a business leader helping to drive change and innovation. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| CEOs \| CFOs \| CIOs \| Corporate Governance \| IT Asset Management \| Leadership

Integrating the Finance organization for global business: Important implications for CIOs WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the growing alignment between the financial and technical disciplines. It examines the results of the Global CFO Study 2008 in the context of IT, identifying the critical implications for CIOs, and the need for a strategic partnership with CFOs and more ongoing collaboration between Finance and IT. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| CFOs \| CIOs \| Financial Management \| Globalization \| IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| Regulatory Compliance

IT governance: enabling high performance in turbulent times WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how CIOs can use governance best practices to mitigate the depth and duration of performance declines that often accompany periods of change and innovation. It will clarify what governance is - and isn't - and articulate how CIOs can begin to improve governance within their organizations. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business IT Alignment \| CEOs \| CIOs \| Corporate Governance \| Enterprise \| IT Service Management

The new collaboration: enabling innovation, changing the workplace WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the changing face of collaboration and the ways in which the new collaboration can benefit business. It points out that smart businesses already are looking for ways to connect communities so they can tap into both internal and external knowledge and use that knowledge to accelerate innovation. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| CEOs \| CIOs \| Collaboration \| Partnerships \| Social Networking \| Web Conferencing Services \| Web Conferencing Software

Five best practices for deploying a successful service-oriented architecture: Leveraging lessons learned from the IBM Academy of Technology WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn about the five best practices for deploying successful SOA and see rapid return on your investment. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Best Practices \| Business IT Alignment \| ESB \| IT Infrastructure \| ROI \| SOA

Web Application Security: Automated Scanning versus Manual Penetration Testing WHITE PAPER: This paper explains two primary methods for discovering Web application vulnerabilities: using manual penetration testing and code review or using automated scanning tools and static analysis. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Passwords \| Security Software \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Web Application Security \| Web Browsers

Understanding Web Application Security Challenges WHITE PAPER: This paper explains what you can do to help protect your organization, and it discusses an approach for improving your organization's Web application security. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Access Control \| Change Management \| Domain Name Systems \| Operating Systems \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Web Application Security

The New Face of IT Service Management: Aligning Business, Development and Operations Teams for Strategic Advantage WHITE PAPER: This research shows that a lack of trust in IT's ability to deliver business value is one of the biggest hurdles that enterprises face in bringing IT and business closer together. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Change Management \| IT Service Management \| SOA

Support PCI Security Compliance with Enhanced Solutions from IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper briefly describes PCI requirements, the benefits of compliance and the penalties for noncompliance. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Data Security \| Hardware \| Security \| Software \| Vulnerability Assessments

How to Become an SOA Superhero BROCHURE: This brochure shows how you can be a superhero by making WebSphere MQ the messaging backbone for your SOA, creating a common connection for the free flow of information. Posted: 12 Feb 2009 \| Published: 11 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Business Processes \| File Transfer Protocols \| Hardware \| SOA \| Software \| Visual Basic

IBM WebSphere Message Broker, Version 6.1 with IBM WebSphere Adapters: Communicating with Enterprise Information Systems WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals how WebSphere® adapter nodes within IBM® WebSphere Message Broker V6.1 speed and simplify the tasks of creating integrated processes, resulting in greater productivity and lower cost. Posted: 12 Feb 2009 \| Published: 11 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Architectures \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Integration Software \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Reengineering \| Business Processes \| Information Architects \| SOA

Presentation Transcript: Data Masking Essentials for SAP Software PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this paper Sandeep S. Desai and Cynthia Babb explain about the IBM and Enterprise data management, how to protect privacy, what's at stake and data privacy in a sap environment. Posted: 11 Feb 2009 \| Published: 11 Feb 2009 TOPICS: CRM \| Data Management \| Data Security \| HIPAA \| Network Security \| Supply Chain Management

The CIO Profession: Leaders of Change, Drivers of Innovation WHITE PAPER: CIOs are emerging as leaders of innovation and bringing those ideas to the table, putting their end-to-end knowledge of the business to use in thinking through new technology-based opportunities. Posted: 11 Feb 2009 \| Published: 10 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Collaboration \| Leadership \| Metrics \| Risk Management

The Enterprise of the Future: Implications for the CIO WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the key insights from the IBM Global CEO Study and relate them to the new CIO challenge: driving transformation as "change leaders" and implementing transformation as "change agents". Posted: 11 Feb 2009 \| Published: 10 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Models \| Business Processes \| Leadership \| Risk Management \| SOA

IBM Maximo and the Green Data Center BROCHURE: This webcast discusses how IBM Maximo will expand its role in the implementation of IBM E2E IT Data Center and Facilities Management. Posted: 02 Feb 2009 \| Published: 30 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Business Intelligence \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Management \| IT Best Practices

Download the Trial: IBM Rational Performance Tester TRIAL SOFTWARE: Download a free trial of IBM Rational Performance Tester, a performance testing tool, which identifies the presence and cause of system performance bottlenecks. Posted: 02 Feb 2009 \| Premiered: 30 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Business Intelligence \| Data Centers \| Performance Testing

Create the Optimal Architecture for Your Critical Applications WHITE PAPER: IBM has the vision, expertise, experience and product offerings that enable you to build an optimal architecture for application performance that drives business success. Posted: 16 Jan 2009 \| Published: 16 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Data Centers \| Databases \| ERP \| IT Managers \| SAN \| SAP (Product) \| SOA \| Storage Infrastructure \| Supply Chain Management

BladeCenter E-Kit WHITE PAPER: Download a complimentary copy of the IBM BladeCenter e-kit which contains white papers, videos and case studies featuring real-life success stories. Posted: 16 Jan 2009 \| Published: 16 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Power Supplies \| Productivity \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management

Go Green with IBM System x Servers and Intel Xeon Processors WHITE PAPER: By "going green" with energy-efficient IBM® System x™ servers featuring Intel® Xeon® processors, you can win back control of your IT budget--and win the battle with data center power constraints. Posted: 16 Jan 2009 \| Published: 16 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Disk Drives \| VMware

The Value of PowerVM Workload Partitions: New Virtualization Options in IBM AIX v6.1 WHITE PAPER: This white paper from the Sageza Group, Inc. explains why Workload Partitions (WPARs) are a more cost-effective way to meet the needs of your organization. Posted: 16 Jan 2009 \| Published: 16 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Managers \| Operating Systems \| Server Virtualization

Going Green While Reducing Operational Costs PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Review this document based on an IBM/TechTarget Webcast entitled "Going Green While Reducing Operational Costs" to learn what experienced analyst Joe Clabby has to say about data centers and facilities. Posted: 16 Jan 2009 \| Published: 16 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Cooling Equipment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Manufacturing \| Physical Security \| Power Supplies \| Server Management

IBM Application Security Solutions Demo SOFTWARE DEMO: IBM's application security solutions allow companies to preemptively and actively protect applications from external and internal threats, increase efficiencies, support compliance and improve an organization's overall security posture. Posted: 22 Dec 2008 \| Premiered: 19 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Application Security \| Data Security \| Endpoint Security \| Internal Threats