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IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Secure Cloud Computing with Dave Elliott, Symantec

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Secure Cloud Computing with Dave Elliott, Symantec

with Dave Elliott, Symantec
In this interview, Dave Elliott from Symantec offers expert advice for organizations interested in safely transitioning to the Cloud, and overcoming security challenges associated with BYOD. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Demystifying Cloud Computing with Dormain Drewitz, Riverbed Technology

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Demystifying Cloud Computing with Dormain Drewitz, Riverbed Technology

with Dormain Drewitz, Riverbed Technology
In this interview, Dormain Drewitz from Riverbed Technology outlines ways in which organizations can overcome data challenges and effectively transition to Cloud Computing. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: IT Security – Prevention is Key with Dodi Glenn, GFI VIPRE Antivirus

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: IT Security – Prevention is Key with Dodi Glenn, GFI VIPRE Antivirus

with Dodi Glenn, GFI VIPRE Antivirus
In this interview, Dodi Glenn from GFI's VIPRE Antivirus outlines steps that organizations can take to prevent malware attacks, and emphasizes the importance of effective patch management in keeping valuable business information...

In the Quest to Achieve Big Data Nirvana, Data Integration is Mistakenly Being Overlooked

In the Quest to Achieve Big Data Nirvana, Data Integration is Mistakenly Being Overlooked

By Jorge A. Lopez, Syncsort Incorporated
Big Data is everywhere and the buzz keeps getting louder and louder. Take, for example, a simple Google search. If you were to Google “Big Data,” your search would net over 1.18...

Data Center Transformation and its Impact on the Branch IT

Data Center Transformation and its Impact on the Branch IT

Enterprises increasingly seek to deploy complex branch networks and services while having minimal infrastructure and IT personnel onsite. Riverbed's Steelhead and Granite products show that, with time, many of the enabling capabilities that have led to datacenter efficiencies –...

Analyst Report: The Importance of Performance Management in Software-defined Networking

Analyst Report: The Importance of Performance Management in Software-defined Networking

Organizations have achieved significant benefit from virtualizing servers and storage environments, and now face the daunting task of deploying new network architectures to keep pace. Software-defined networking holds significant promise to deliver a new network architecture that is abstracted...

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: E-commerce Today with John Mesberg, IBM

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: E-commerce Today with John Mesberg, IBM

By John Mesberg, IBM Commerce Solutions
In the below interview, John Mesberg from IBM Commerce Solutions outlines ways in which social media, mobile apps, and cloud computing play significant roles in the growth and transformation of e-commerce.

VIDEO: From Riding on Rails to Riding Camels

VIDEO: From Riding on Rails to Riding Camels

Gilt Groupe, the US leader in flash sales, built our initial infrastructure like many fast growing start-ups - we used Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Rails did everything, from displaying products to managing the entire lifecycle of inventory, purchasing...

OpenStack Design Summit Draws Crowds, Reveals Latest OpenStack News

OpenStack Design Summit Draws Crowds, Reveals Latest OpenStack News

By Patrick Burke, Rackspace Hosting
The OpenStack Summit, which recently wrapped up in San Diego, covered a slew of topics for developers and end users of the OpenStack community. Read More >>>

Cloud Growth Continues, Potential Not Yet Fully Realized

Cloud Growth Continues, Potential Not Yet Fully Realized

By Patrick Burke, Rackspace Hosting
According to a recent cloud computing industry survey, cloud is currently in the early stages of having its enormous potential realized, which may be a few years before its effect is fully felt...

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Cloud and Mobile App Relationship with Miko Matsumura, Kii

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Cloud and Mobile App Relationship with Miko Matsumura, Kii

Miko Matsumura, Kii Corporation
In this interview, Miko Matsumura from Kii Corporation defines the relationship between mobile and cloud, and outlines key benefits that MBaaS (Mobile Backend as a Service) can offer organizations today. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: CRM and Cloud Computing Innovations for the Life Sciences Industry with Matt Wallach, Veeva Systems

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: CRM and Cloud Computing Innovations for the Life Sciences Industry with Matt Wallach, Veeva Systems

Matt Wallach, Veeva Systems
In this interview, Art Landro offers expert advice for effectively growing with Cloud Computing, and emphasizes the importance of having a wide range of capabilities when helping organizations move into the Cloud. Read More...

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Evolution of Voice as a Service with Steve Leonard, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Bandwidth’s inetwork Division

Steve Leonard, Bandwidth
There is no doubt that modern technology has helped to facilitate the rapid growth of the telecom industry. Telecom has redefined itself and taken on a presence that cannot be denied. In the interview below,...

Healthcare Execs Must Prepare For Big Data

Healthcare Execs Must Prepare For Big Data

Big data is altering how providers manage information, according to the chief executive of a major West Coast academic healthcare organization.

Community Hospitals Can Benefit from an Enterprise Data Warehouse

Community Hospitals Can Benefit from an Enterprise Data Warehouse

When it comes to the implementation of an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), there is a tendency to believe large health care systems stand to benefit the most. Community hospitals, however, face the same challenges as larger health care systems,...

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Cloud Based Solutions to Data Integration with Darren Cunningham, Informatica

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Cloud Based Solutions to Data Integration with Darren Cunningham, Informatica

Darren Cunningham, VP of Informatica Cloud
Although Cloud Computing is no longer a new concept, the ability to optimize Cloud capabilities within your organization is invaluable. In the below interview, Darren Cunningham from Informatica outlines ways in which...

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: BYOD and Data Center Modernization by Scott Kitlinski, Akibia

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: BYOD and Data Center Modernization by Scott Kitlinski, Akibia

In the below interview, Scott Kitlinksi from Akibia describes the impacts associated with data center modernization, and how taking a “holistic” approach can help companies safely maximize the benefits of BYOD today. Read More >>>

Out with the Old and In with the Agile: The Power of Unifying Unstructured and Structured Data for Business Intelligence

Out with the Old and In with the Agile: The Power of Unifying Unstructured and Structured Data for Business Intelligence

By: Mike Urbonas Director, Product Marketing at Attivio
A dramatic shift is under way in the increasingly interdependent worlds of enterprise information management and business intelligence. Demand for information is booming, with business leaders, managers and line-of-business users all clamoring...

Security Engineering Explained

Security Engineering Explained

To design, build, and deploy secure applications, you must integrate security into your application development life cycle by including specific security-related activities in your current software engineering processes.

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: A New Way of Thinking About APM Solutions with Thad Eidman, Knoa Software

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: A New Way of Thinking About APM Solutions with Thad Eidman, Knoa Software

The evolution of Application Performance Management is more apparent today than ever before. In the below interview, Thad Eidman from Knoa Software outlines some of the biggest APM changes that have occurred over the past few years, and how...

How Healthcare Providers Can Strategically Use IT to Achieve Success

How Healthcare Providers Can Strategically Use IT to Achieve Success

Today's top priorities for hospitals and health systems include cost reduction, demonstrating meaningful use of technology and increased regulatory complexity.

Getting SaaSy in Pharma

Getting SaaSy in Pharma

Why does SaaS CRM technology offers a better alternative for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies than traditional client/server systems.

Harness the Power of Enterprise HIE

Harness the Power of Enterprise HIE

Health-system CEOs, CMOs, CIOs and CMIOs face a connectivity conundrum

Personalizing the World’s Largest Restaurant Company: Yum! Brands

Personalizing the World’s Largest Restaurant Company: Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with more than 38,000 restaurants globally in over 120 countries and territories and more than 1 million associates. Join us to hear about the business drivers,...

Attention IT Departments: Is Your Business Going Behind Your Back with “Shadow IT Maneuvers?

Attention IT Departments: Is Your Business Going Behind Your Back with “Shadow IT Maneuvers?

By: Dawn Altman
Sales, management and other business departments have always had a mind of their own (as have, admittedly, IT departments). Lately, more and more departments are going behind IT's back to implement technical solutions "on their own" (sort...

Case Study: Improving Customer Services through Streamlined Integration

Case Study: Improving Customer Services through Streamlined Integration

LaSalle deployed Adeptia’s Enterprise Business Integration Management Platform into its contract management infrastructure in order to expand the breadth and quality of its service offering to both customers and vendors.

Beginners Guide to SSL

Beginners Guide to SSL

Whether you are an individual or a company, you should approach online security in the same way that you would approach physical security for your home or business. This guide will de-mystify the technology involved and give you the...

How Extended Validation SSL Brings Confidence to Online Sales and Transactions

How Extended Validation SSL Brings Confidence to Online Sales and Transactions

Symantec EV SSL turns address bars green in high-security browsers for an extra layer of website security that customers can see and trust.

Choosing a Cloud Supplier with Confidence

Choosing a Cloud Supplier with Confidence

The goal of this white paper is to help enterprises make pragmatic decisions about where and when to use cloud solutions by outlining specific issues that enterprises should raise with hosting providers before selecting a vendor, and by highlighting...

Fraud alert – Phishing – The latest tactics and potential business impacts 2012

Fraud alert – Phishing – The latest tactics and potential business impacts 2012

As one of the top cyber crime ploys impacting both consumers and businesses, phishing has remained a consistently potent threat over the past several years.





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Inside the Briefcase

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Secure Cloud Computing with Dave Elliott, Symantec

December 19, 2012 No Comments

with Dave Elliott, SymantecIn this interview, Dave Elliott from Symantec offers expert advice for organizations interested in safely transitioning to the Cloud, and overcoming security challenges associated with BYOD. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Demystifying Cloud Computing with Dormain Drewitz, Riverbed Technology

December 17, 2012 No Comments

with Dormain Drewitz, Riverbed TechnologyIn this interview, Dormain Drewitz from Riverbed Technology outlines ways in which organizations can overcome data challenges and effectively transition to Cloud Computing. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: IT Security – Prevention is Key with Dodi Glenn, GFI VIPRE Antivirus

December 6, 2012 No Comments

with Dodi Glenn, GFI VIPRE AntivirusIn this interview, Dodi Glenn from GFI’s VIPRE Antivirus outlines steps that organizations can take to prevent malware attacks, and emphasizes the importance of effective patch management in keeping valuable business information safe. Read More >>>

In the Quest to Achieve Big Data Nirvana, Data Integration is Mistakenly Being Overlooked

November 15, 2012 No Comments

By Jorge A. Lopez, Syncsort IncorporatedBig Data is everywhere and the buzz keeps getting louder and louder. Take, for example, a simple Google search. If you were to Google “Big Data,” your search would net over 1.18 billion results, and that’s a single search run today. Imagine running that same search next week, next month, and next year. Just like the buzz around Big Data, it’s a safe bet that the amount of results will increase exponentially. Read More >>>

Data Center Transformation and its Impact on the Branch IT

November 9, 2012 No Comments

Enterprises increasingly seek to deploy complex branch networks and services while having minimal infrastructure and IT personnel onsite. Riverbed’s Steelhead and Granite products show that, with time, many of the enabling capabilities that have led to datacenter efficiencies – such as consolidation, application server virtualization and cloud services – will extend to branch sites, too.

Analyst Report: The Importance of Performance Management in Software-defined Networking

November 9, 2012 No Comments

Organizations have achieved significant benefit from virtualizing servers and storage environments, and now face the daunting task of deploying new network architectures to keep pace. Software-defined networking holds significant promise to deliver a new network architecture that is abstracted and virtualized; however, organization would be well served to learn from previous efforts to virtualize other domains in order to avoid making the same mistakes.

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: E-commerce Today with John Mesberg, IBM

November 9, 2012 No Comments

By John Mesberg, IBM Commerce SolutionsIn the below interview, John Mesberg from IBM Commerce Solutions outlines ways in which social media, mobile apps, and cloud computing play significant roles in the growth and transformation of e-commerce. Read More >>>

VIDEO: From Riding on Rails to Riding Camels

November 8, 2012 No Comments

Gilt Groupe, the US leader in flash sales, built our initial infrastructure like many fast growing start-ups – we used Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Rails did everything, from displaying products to managing the entire lifecycle of inventory, purchasing to fulfillment.

OpenStack Design Summit Draws Crowds, Reveals Latest OpenStack News

November 8, 2012 No Comments

By Patrick Burke, Rackspace HostingThe OpenStack Summit, which recently wrapped up in San Diego, covered a slew of topics for developers and end users of the OpenStack community. Read More >>>

Cloud Growth Continues, Potential Not Yet Fully Realized

November 7, 2012 No Comments

By Patrick Burke, Rackspace HostingAccording to a recent cloud computing industry survey, cloud is currently in the early stages of having its enormous potential realized, which may be a few years before its effect is fully felt across the business landscape. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Cloud and Mobile App Relationship with Miko Matsumura, Kii

October 31, 2012 1 Comment

Miko Matsumura, Kii CorporationIn this interview, Miko Matsumura from Kii Corporation defines the relationship between mobile and cloud, and outlines key benefits that MBaaS (Mobile Backend as a Service) can offer organizations today. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: CRM and Cloud Computing Innovations for the Life Sciences Industry with Matt Wallach, Veeva Systems

October 23, 2012 2 Comments

Matt Wallach, Veeva SystemsIn this interview, Art Landro offers expert advice for effectively growing with Cloud Computing, and emphasizes the importance of having a wide range of capabilities when helping organizations move into the Cloud. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: The Evolution of Voice as a Service with Steve Leonard, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Bandwidth’s inetwork Division

October 17, 2012 No Comments

Steve Leonard, BandwidthThere is no doubt that modern technology has helped to facilitate the rapid growth of the telecom industry. Telecom has redefined itself and taken on a presence that cannot be denied. In the interview below, Steve Leonard outlines ways in which the telecom industry has transformed over the last decade, and the role that Voice as Service has played within this evolution. Read More >>>

Healthcare Execs Must Prepare For Big Data

October 8, 2012 No Comments

Big data is altering how providers manage information, according to the chief executive of a major West Coast academic healthcare organization.

Community Hospitals Can Benefit from an Enterprise Data Warehouse

October 8, 2012 No Comments

When it comes to the implementation of an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), there is a tendency to believe large health care systems stand to benefit the most. Community hospitals, however, face the same challenges as larger health care systems, and they also need access to organizational data for decision making.

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: Cloud Based Solutions to Data Integration with Darren Cunningham, Informatica

October 4, 2012 1 Comment

Darren Cunningham, VP of Informatica CloudAlthough Cloud Computing is no longer a new concept, the ability to optimize Cloud capabilities within your organization is invaluable. In the below interview, Darren Cunningham from Informatica outlines ways in which implementing a cloud integration and master data management (MDM) solution can not only benefit, but fortify your business. Read More >>>

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: BYOD and Data Center Modernization by Scott Kitlinski, Akibia

October 2, 2012 No Comments

In the below interview, Scott Kitlinksi from Akibia describes the impacts associated with data center modernization, and how taking a “holistic” approach can help companies safely maximize the benefits of BYOD today. Read More >>>

Out with the Old and In with the Agile: The Power of Unifying Unstructured and Structured Data for Business Intelligence

September 20, 2012 No Comments

By: Mike Urbonas Director, Product Marketing at AttivioA dramatic shift is under way in the increasingly interdependent worlds of enterprise information management and business intelligence. Demand for information is booming, with business leaders, managers and line-of-business users all clamoring for new combinations of data types (structured, semi-structured and unstructured), drawn from new sources, in higher volumes than ever before. Read More >>>

Security Engineering Explained

September 13, 2012 No Comments

To design, build, and deploy secure applications, you must integrate security into your application development life cycle by including specific security-related activities in your current software engineering processes.

IT Briefcase Exclusive Interview: A New Way of Thinking About APM Solutions with Thad Eidman, Knoa Software

September 13, 2012 1 Comment

The evolution of Application Performance Management is more apparent today than ever before. In the below interview, Thad Eidman from Knoa Software outlines some of the biggest APM changes that have occurred over the past few years, and how companies can reach beyond traditional APM solutions to optimize productivity and improve the end user experience. Read More >>>

How Healthcare Providers Can Strategically Use IT to Achieve Success

September 12, 2012 No Comments

Today’s top priorities for hospitals and health systems include cost reduction, demonstrating meaningful use of technology and increased regulatory complexity.

Getting SaaSy in Pharma

September 12, 2012 No Comments

Why does SaaS CRM technology offers a better alternative for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies than traditional client/server systems.

Harness the Power of Enterprise HIE

September 12, 2012 No Comments

Health-system CEOs, CMOs, CIOs and CMIOs face a connectivity conundrum

Personalizing the World’s Largest Restaurant Company: Yum! Brands

August 30, 2012 No Comments

Yum! Brands is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with more than 38,000 restaurants globally in over 120 countries and territories and more than 1 million associates. Join us to hear about the business drivers, user experience, implementation details, lessons learned, and Yum! Brands vision for future platform enhancements and services.

Attention IT Departments: Is Your Business Going Behind Your Back with “Shadow IT Maneuvers?

August 28, 2012 No Comments

By: Dawn AltmanSales, management and other business departments have always had a mind of their own (as have, admittedly, IT departments). Lately, more and more departments are going behind IT’s back to implement technical solutions “on their own” (sort of). Read More >>>

Case Study: Improving Customer Services through Streamlined Integration

August 23, 2012 No Comments

LaSalle deployed Adeptia’s Enterprise Business Integration Management Platform into its contract management infrastructure in order to expand the breadth and quality of its service offering to both customers and vendors.

Beginners Guide to SSL

August 22, 2012 No Comments

Whether you are an individual or a company, you should approach online security in the same way that you would approach physical security for your home or business. This guide will de-mystify the technology involved and give you the information you need to make the best decision when considering your online security options.

How Extended Validation SSL Brings Confidence to Online Sales and Transactions

August 21, 2012 No Comments

Symantec EV SSL turns address bars green in high-security browsers for an extra layer of website security that customers can see and trust.

Choosing a Cloud Supplier with Confidence

August 21, 2012 No Comments

The goal of this white paper is to help enterprises make pragmatic decisions about where and when to use cloud solutions by outlining specific issues that enterprises should raise with hosting providers before selecting a vendor, and by highlighting the ways in which SSL from a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) can help enterprises conduct business in the cloud with confidence.

Fraud alert – Phishing – The latest tactics and potential business impacts 2012

August 21, 2012 No Comments

As one of the top cyber crime ploys impacting both consumers and businesses, phishing has remained a consistently potent threat over the past several years.

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