Regulatory Compliance
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Cloud floats among India's large firms
News Large enterprises in India are opting for cloud computing, choosing hybrid and private clouds to resolve concerns over data security and regulatory compliance.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Data security, Cloud, Security, India, Regulatory Compliance, Small And Medium Business, TCO, Cloud computing
Enterprise data won't go to the cloud
News Moving company data to the cloud will prove challenging because of regulatory issues and bandwidth costs, says enterprise content management executive.
Tags: Content management, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Open Text Corp., Regulatory Compliance, Asia-Pacific, Cloud Computing, Small And Medium Business, Enterprise Data, financial, data management
Survey: Utilization of virtual desktops to grow
Insight perspective Desktop virtualization technology is ready for enterprise-class implementations, says Citrix Systems executive.
Tags: Virtualization, Data centers, Desktops, Virtual Desktop, provisioning, Survey, Brian Higgins, CIO, sensitive information, data center
Regulatory compliance is top priority for IT pros
News Data security, regulatory compliance and IT governance will be top of the agenda for IT professionals over the coming year, says Isaca (Information Systems Audit and Control Association).
Tags: Regulations, IT Governance, Security, Regulatory Compliance, Survey, Information Security, IT governance, compliance, personally identifiable information, business intelligence
Deployment to the cloud: Logical servers and compliance agents
Techguide Cloud-based technologies can be a great solution for lowering costs and increasing elastic capacity, but not for every situation. Here's where logical servers come in.
Tags: Servers, Cloud computing, Tool, Rick, Rick Vanover, Cloud computing, Server, compliance, Microsoft Windows Server, agent
Businesses stay keen on green IT spending
News Global companies are accelerating their green IT initiatives despite the recession, according to a report released Tuesday by Forrester Research.
Tags: Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Green IT, Survey Respondent, Survey, cost savings, TCO, cost reduction, information technology, brand
Making sense of Live Mesh
Techguide Justin James gets Microsoft's general manager of Live Services to shed more light about Live Mesh, and shares why he is now more open minded about Live Mesh.
Tags: Web services, Protocols and platforms, Data centers, Data Management, Microsoft Corp., Security, Cloud Computing, Blockbuster Inc., Server, British Airways Plc.
Regulations drive compliancy in AP
News Survey shows the number of Asia-Pacific companies that have implemented compliance programs has doubled over the previous year.
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulations
Gartner: Hail the new era of 'IT versatilists'
News The research firm predicts that demand for IT specialists will shrink by 40 percent, and budgets for new technology will fall.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Best strategies, Human resources, Recruiting, Regulations, Employee communications
Asian companies to increase compliance spending
News More CIOs from the region are planning to dedicate over 15 percent of their IT budgets on compliance spending in the next two years, a new study finds.
IBM unveils risk management products
News Service suites and software packages also help clients monitor regulatory compliance and security.
Tags: Business applications, Risk Management
Rising IM use poses corporate security risk
News Porn, viruses and lack of compliance that comes with uncontrolled instant messaging could expose organizations' data, warns Gartner.
Tags: Data security, Viruses and worms, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Instant messaging, Policy and management, SMB
SAP chief: Big software isn't going away
News Web-based business software sold by companies like Salesforce.com will likely augment, not replace, complex enterprise systems, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann says.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Web 2.0, SAP AG, Security, Marc Benioff, Google Inc., business software, Wall Street Journal, strategy
AP CIOs feel responsible for compliance
News Currently, it is top management who have to face the music, but survey shows that IT heads here think the scenario may change.
Tags: Risk Management, IT Governance
Indian SMBs to spend US$161M on security
News An average 43 percent of small and midsize businesses have experienced malware attacks and hard drive failures over past year, says AMI-Partners.
Tags: Data security, Security, IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems), Security applications/tools, SMB
