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HIPAA and PCI Compliance Are Not Interchangeable
March 7th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
MIKE KLEIN
Online Tech

When thinking about compliance, many companies assume PCI DSS is interchangeable with HIPAA or it is assumed that the gap between the two is small, writes Mike Klein of Online Tech. The real issue is thatt HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance protect different types of information, with different audit guidelines, safeguard requirements, and consequences for non-compliance or breaches. Read More
Improving Capacity Planning Using Application Performance Management
March 6th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
JASON MESERVE
CA Technologies

Jason Meserve of CA Technologies writes about how to ensure an exceptional end-user experience for business-critical applications while reducing risk and without over-provisioning IT infrastructure. Read More
Understanding IT Risks
March 5th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives

Most IT risk comes from failure of the enterprise to properly oversee or govern its projects, not from technical or low-level people issues. Hani Elbeyali of Dell writes on how to further your understanding of IT risks to lead to better management of potential issues. Read More
Mind the IT Skills Gap and the STEM Cliff!
March 4th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
BOB SUPNIK
Unisys

However, the demographic “time bomb” is about more than the loss of programmers who know COBOL or of test engineers who know transaction processing. There’s also been a major shift in how companies organize their IT staffs, and their roles and skill sets, writes Bob Supnik of Unisys. Read More
A Great Time to be in the Data Center Industry
February 28th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
TOM ROBERTS
AFCOM

A decade or so ago, however, data center specialists were scarce. Today, there's many companies available, writes Tom Roberts of AFCOM. Select a build and/or design partner that matches your company's culture and style. Read More
Brokering IT Services Internally: Building the Order Process
February 27th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
DICK BENTON
Glasshouse

Typically, when the busy internal consumer seeks access to an IT resource, he or she is faced with a daunting obstacle course of approvals. Dick Benton of Glasshouse covers how the advent of cloud has changed the order and provisioning process. Read More
Creating An Effective Data Warehouse Strategy
February 26th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
ALAN McMAHON
Dell

Contrary to what some companies may still believe, effective data warehouse solutions do not have to be costly. Nor do they have to be complex or limited to a single size and scope, writes Alan McMahon of Dell. Read More
Unleash Your Applications with Cloud-aware Application Delivery
February 25th, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
KAVITHA MARIAPPAN
Riverbed

The evolution of cloud architectures and their ability to deliver a greater level of efficiency and flexibility has been a hot topic recently. So why put your apps in the cloud? Kavitha Mariappan of Riverbed outlines the benefits of putting your apps in the cloud. Read More
Migrating to the Cloud: Top 3 Best Practices
February 22nd, 2013 : Industry Perspectives
JAKE ROBINSON
Bluelock

Each application, and migration strategy, is unique, so there is no detailed instruction manual that works for everyone. However, certain best practices can help make a cloud migration run more smoothly, writes Jake Robinson of Bluelock. Read More