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The Essential Elements of Comprehensive Endpoint Security 26/03/08 Symantec

For today’s computing environments, there is little question that endpoint security is a required component of an overall enterprise security strategy. Various trends fostering user mobility ensure that many endpoints will frequently be exposed directly to the Internet and endpoints are still being exposed to numerous threats. This paper clarifies the various aspects of the endpoint security problem and to identify the functional requirements of a comprehensive endpoint security solution. sponsored by

The Essential Elements of Comprehensive Endpoint Security 01/10/06 Symantec

Establishing a comprehensive endpoint security solution is complicated, and issues like accounting for unmanaged nodes only increase the scope of the challenge. What's more, selecting and stitching together an appropriate set of counter-measures means navigating a complex landscape of point products. Accordingly, the intent of this white paper is to clarify the the endpoint security problem and identify the functional requirements of a comprehensive endpoint security solution.

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Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation: Best Practice Maintenance With SIMATIC IT Maintegrity 2006-08-03 01:00:11 Siemens

As a global leader in the power industry, Siemens Westinghouse provides solutions that enable the customers to improve operating plant competitiveness and profitability. Backed by proven technology Siemens Westinghouse offers a full spectrum of equipment and plants for the generation of power and heat as well as drives and turbo compressors for industrial process applications. SWPC worldwide is currently upgrading to SAP release 4.6. Within this upgrade process an opportunity has arisen for Maintenance organizations within SWPC manufacturing facilities to select/upgrade their Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS). SIMATIC IT Maintegrity helps Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (SWPC) in Hamilton, Canada, to apply best practice maintenance methods to achieve the required asset availability and productivity.

Dairy Industries Jamaica Beats Back Global Competition 2006-08-03 01:00:11 SAP AG

Dairy Industries Jamaica, located in Kingston, Jamaica, processes and packages cheese in cans, powdered drinks, yogurt, and cheese spread. When a global Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) company began selling in its marketplace, Dairy moved quickly to face the competition. After undergoing a painful restructuring to reduce costs, Dairy realized it needed an information solution that would allow it to operate at a reduced staffing level. The company selected the ARIS SmartPath for Consumer Products/Food solution, a qualified mySAP All-in-One solution, which is based on the mySAP Business Suite family of solutions and can be tailored for specific industries - in this case, CPG food.

Implementing Linux on IBM System z: Best Practices 2006-08-30 01:00:13 IBM

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it attempts to draw from customer experiences and the latest IBM System z solutions to present best practices information for a Linux on System z installation, and more specifically a Linux installation on System z that will support a WebSphere environment. Second, the authors recognize that a great deal of documentation and assistance already exists and is available on the Internet for Linux on System z installations, but can be difficult to locate whenever one needs it. In recognition of that fact, the second purpose of this paper is to serve as a "Reference hub" to help a customer locate the documentation for a particular issue or product he or she is looking for.

IT Compliance Benchmark Report, 2006 2006-09-12 12:24:44 Symantec

Download this research report from Symantec to read the results of a survey on IT compliance practices in large organizations representing an array of industries, including government agencies. The purpose of the benchmark survey, which was conducted by SecurityCompliance.com from December 2005 through March 2006, was to establish industry norms for compliance-related activities based on the results of real-world regulatory audits. This resulting report classifies organizations that perform above and below the defined norms as "leaders" and "laggards" and teases out the traits that separate them. The takeaway is a list of five key actions that can improve compliance results in most any organization.

Stopping Zombies, Botnets, and Other Email-borne Threats 2006-12-01 Sophos

Hijacked computers, or zombies, hide inside networks where they send spam, steal company secrets, and enable other serious crimes. This paper discusses how the threat has evolved, explains how zombie networks, or botnets, are created and highlights how even organizations with reliable gateway and endpoint protection are vulnerable.

The SMART Way to Secure Messaging for Microsoft Exchange Environments 2006-09-25 16:48:58 Sunbelt Software

This Sunbelt Software white paper highlights the many challenges associated with defending Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 environments against viruses, spyware, spam, phishing e-mails, and other threats. It introduces the award-winning Sunbelt Messaging Ninja™ and its Suspicious Mail Attachment Removal Technology™ (SMART), which provides policy-based filtering that can outsmart even the most sophisticated attackers. Download the paper to learn more about Ninja, the third-generation, all-in-one messaging security solution that offers enterprise-grade protection at a price point small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can afford.

HP Mission Critical Partnership Technical Brief: Achieving IT Operational Excellence Through Continuous Service Improvement 2006-09-05 01:00:12 Hewlett-Packard

The HP Mission Critical Partnership (MCP) helps customers continuously increase service maturity and improve their IT operations so they can meet business commitments in this dynamic environment. As part of its ongoing support relationship with customers, HP applies industry best practices and standards such as ITIL, ISO/IEC 20000, and CobiT. MCP customers are supported by an integrated team of technology and service management professionals who provide full proactive and reactive support for the people, processes, and technologies that deliver business critical IT services. MCP helps customers understand availability risks, develops a plan to address them, and provides ongoing assistance to drive improvements and manage change.

Best Practices for Deploying VMware Infrastructure 3 with HP StorageWorks Arrays 2006-10-12 01:00:17 VMware

To help you optimize storage in your VMware virtualized environment, HP and VMware have shared their knowledge of best practices for running VMware Infrastructure 3 with HP StorageWorks arrays, as described in this guide. This white paper isn't designed to replace documentation supplied with individual solution components but, rather, is intended to serve as an additional resource to aid IT professionals who are planning to deploy a VMware Infrastructure 3 environment running on HP ProLiant servers, HP StorageWorks storage solutions, and HP ProLiant Essentials management software components.

For more information on planning, deploying, and maintaining a VMware Infrastructure based on HP servers, storage, and management technologies, check out the other white papers in this series:

Part 1: A Step-by-Step Guide to VMware Infrastructure 3 Planning
Part 2: A Step-by-Step Guide to VMware Infrastructure 3 Deployment

Selecting a Flexible, Custom Platform to Automate Your Data Center Management 2006-10-12 01:00:17 Opsware

With over 27 million servers, over 50 million network devices, and over 2 million terabytes of storage installed across IT organizations worldwide, an increasing number of organizations are turning to Data Center Automation solutions to automate the management of their IT environments. Data Center Automation solutions such as Opsware's have proven to reduce the complexity of managing IT infrastructure, control labor costs and improve time to delivery and overall quality of operations.

Improving Agility, TCO, and Security with Agentless Job Scheduling 2006-11-10 01:00:17 BMC Software

Job scheduling architectures involve deploying agent software on every system and these agents may be more expensive to install and maintain. This white paper discusses how BMC® Software is addressing these potential issues with a revolutionary solution. Agentless job scheduling with BMC CONTROL-M offers agentless and agent-based capabilities, providing users with the best of both worlds.

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Title	Date Added	Company
The Essential Elements of Comprehensive Endpoint Security	26/03/08	Symantec
For today’s computing environments, there is little question that endpoint security is a required component of an overall enterprise security strategy. Various trends fostering user mobility ensure that many endpoints will frequently be exposed directly to the Internet and endpoints are still being exposed to numerous threats. This paper clarifies the various aspects of the endpoint security problem and to identify the functional requirements of a comprehensive endpoint security solution.		sponsored by
The Essential Elements of Comprehensive Endpoint Security	01/10/06	Symantec
Establishing a comprehensive endpoint security solution is complicated, and issues like accounting for unmanaged nodes only increase the scope of the challenge. What's more, selecting and stitching together an appropriate set of counter-measures means navigating a complex landscape of point products. Accordingly, the intent of this white paper is to clarify the the endpoint security problem and identify the functional requirements of a comprehensive endpoint security solution.		sponsored by
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation: Best Practice Maintenance With SIMATIC IT Maintegrity	2006-08-03 01:00:11	Siemens
As a global leader in the power industry, Siemens Westinghouse provides solutions that enable the customers to improve operating plant competitiveness and profitability. Backed by proven technology Siemens Westinghouse offers a full spectrum of equipment and plants for the generation of power and heat as well as drives and turbo compressors for industrial process applications. SWPC worldwide is currently upgrading to SAP release 4.6. Within this upgrade process an opportunity has arisen for Maintenance organizations within SWPC manufacturing facilities to select/upgrade their Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS). SIMATIC IT Maintegrity helps Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (SWPC) in Hamilton, Canada, to apply best practice maintenance methods to achieve the required asset availability and productivity.
Dairy Industries Jamaica Beats Back Global Competition	2006-08-03 01:00:11	SAP AG
Dairy Industries Jamaica, located in Kingston, Jamaica, processes and packages cheese in cans, powdered drinks, yogurt, and cheese spread. When a global Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) company began selling in its marketplace, Dairy moved quickly to face the competition. After undergoing a painful restructuring to reduce costs, Dairy realized it needed an information solution that would allow it to operate at a reduced staffing level. The company selected the ARIS SmartPath for Consumer Products/Food solution, a qualified mySAP All-in-One solution, which is based on the mySAP Business Suite family of solutions and can be tailored for specific industries - in this case, CPG food.
Implementing Linux on IBM System z: Best Practices	2006-08-30 01:00:13	IBM
The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it attempts to draw from customer experiences and the latest IBM System z solutions to present best practices information for a Linux on System z installation, and more specifically a Linux installation on System z that will support a WebSphere environment. Second, the authors recognize that a great deal of documentation and assistance already exists and is available on the Internet for Linux on System z installations, but can be difficult to locate whenever one needs it. In recognition of that fact, the second purpose of this paper is to serve as a "Reference hub" to help a customer locate the documentation for a particular issue or product he or she is looking for.
IT Compliance Benchmark Report, 2006	2006-09-12 12:24:44	Symantec
Download this research report from Symantec to read the results of a survey on IT compliance practices in large organizations representing an array of industries, including government agencies. The purpose of the benchmark survey, which was conducted by SecurityCompliance.com from December 2005 through March 2006, was to establish industry norms for compliance-related activities based on the results of real-world regulatory audits. This resulting report classifies organizations that perform above and below the defined norms as "leaders" and "laggards" and teases out the traits that separate them. The takeaway is a list of five key actions that can improve compliance results in most any organization.
Stopping Zombies, Botnets, and Other Email-borne Threats	2006-12-01	Sophos
Hijacked computers, or zombies, hide inside networks where they send spam, steal company secrets, and enable other serious crimes. This paper discusses how the threat has evolved, explains how zombie networks, or botnets, are created and highlights how even organizations with reliable gateway and endpoint protection are vulnerable.
The SMART Way to Secure Messaging for Microsoft Exchange Environments	2006-09-25 16:48:58	Sunbelt Software
This Sunbelt Software white paper highlights the many challenges associated with defending Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 environments against viruses, spyware, spam, phishing e-mails, and other threats. It introduces the award-winning Sunbelt Messaging Ninja™ and its Suspicious Mail Attachment Removal Technology™ (SMART), which provides policy-based filtering that can outsmart even the most sophisticated attackers. Download the paper to learn more about Ninja, the third-generation, all-in-one messaging security solution that offers enterprise-grade protection at a price point small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can afford.
HP Mission Critical Partnership Technical Brief: Achieving IT Operational Excellence Through Continuous Service Improvement	2006-09-05 01:00:12	Hewlett-Packard
The HP Mission Critical Partnership (MCP) helps customers continuously increase service maturity and improve their IT operations so they can meet business commitments in this dynamic environment. As part of its ongoing support relationship with customers, HP applies industry best practices and standards such as ITIL, ISO/IEC 20000, and CobiT. MCP customers are supported by an integrated team of technology and service management professionals who provide full proactive and reactive support for the people, processes, and technologies that deliver business critical IT services. MCP helps customers understand availability risks, develops a plan to address them, and provides ongoing assistance to drive improvements and manage change.
Best Practices for Deploying VMware Infrastructure 3 with HP StorageWorks Arrays	2006-10-12 01:00:17	VMware
To help you optimize storage in your VMware virtualized environment, HP and VMware have shared their knowledge of best practices for running VMware Infrastructure 3 with HP StorageWorks arrays, as described in this guide. This white paper isn't designed to replace documentation supplied with individual solution components but, rather, is intended to serve as an additional resource to aid IT professionals who are planning to deploy a VMware Infrastructure 3 environment running on HP ProLiant servers, HP StorageWorks storage solutions, and HP ProLiant Essentials management software components. For more information on planning, deploying, and maintaining a VMware Infrastructure based on HP servers, storage, and management technologies, check out the other white papers in this series: Part 1: A Step-by-Step Guide to VMware Infrastructure 3 Planning Part 2: A Step-by-Step Guide to VMware Infrastructure 3 Deployment
Selecting a Flexible, Custom Platform to Automate Your Data Center Management	2006-10-12 01:00:17	Opsware
With over 27 million servers, over 50 million network devices, and over 2 million terabytes of storage installed across IT organizations worldwide, an increasing number of organizations are turning to Data Center Automation solutions to automate the management of their IT environments. Data Center Automation solutions such as Opsware's have proven to reduce the complexity of managing IT infrastructure, control labor costs and improve time to delivery and overall quality of operations.
Improving Agility, TCO, and Security with Agentless Job Scheduling	2006-11-10 01:00:17	BMC Software
Job scheduling architectures involve deploying agent software on every system and these agents may be more expensive to install and maintain. This white paper discusses how BMC® Software is addressing these potential issues with a revolutionary solution. Agentless job scheduling with BMC CONTROL-M offers agentless and agent-based capabilities, providing users with the best of both worlds.

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