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Many of the top WordPress plugins come with critical vulnerabilities
WordPress powers more than 60 million websites, but source code analysis company Checkmarx says the WordPress ecosystem of plugins is swarming with significant vulnerabilities. Read More


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Testing the Performance of Applications over the WAN
This white paper describes the use of WAN emulators to test application performance in the lab and ensure an optimal experience for users no matter where they're located. Read Now!

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The Definitive Guide to BYOD
What is the impact of BYOD in different industries? What are CIOs and IT managers asking? What are analysts saying? What are the critical issues? Where do I start? Get all the answers you need in The Definitive Guide to BYOD. Read Now

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Ten best practices for the cloud
According to the IT industry trade association CompTIA, "over 80% of companies now claim to use some form of cloud solution, whether that be virtual machines that can be spun up on demand or applications that can be easily procured and put into use." Read More


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Five Tips for Outsmarting the Information Age Adversary
Today's attackers vigilantly wait for you to slip up before they strike your information systems and compromise your data. Learn five actions you can take to improve your information risk management and security strategy and stay one step ahead of the information age adversary. Read More

CISOs Need More Control as CIOs Lose Control of IT
First it was the "consumerization of IT" around 2009, followed by cloud computing, SaaS, BYOD, and mobile computing. In aggregate, these trends are truly leading to an environment where IT is losing control. Devices, personal productivity software, business applications, and file servers have taken on a life of their own. Read More


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Latisys Cloud Powered by Industry Leading HP CloudSystem
This short video highlights the advantages of working with a trusted partner to determine which services are critical to move to the cloud, and which aren't – and how your entire IT infrastructure can be optimally designed so that you're experiencing maximum savings and performance without losing control. View Now

How to Evaluate the Risk of Outsourcing Locations
IT organizations and CIOs don't contract and outsource to countries, they contract and outsource to companies. Given that, it's time to stop assessing location-based risk in a vacuum because sometimes the 'riskiest' suppliers may have the most innovative solutions. Read More

Why we can't stop malicious insiders
Security experts have been saying for years that insiders -- malicious, careless or simply unaware -- are a greater threat to organizations, both public and private, than hackers. Read More

The Grill: Raytheon CIO Rebecca Rhoads takes on new role with global reach
Raytheon CIO Rebecca Rhoads was tapped earlier this year to lead the defense contractor's newly formed Global Business Services unit, whose goal is to improve operations and services by optimizing resources. Read More


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