5 ways to meet change in IT operations: Fight fire with fire

5 Ways to Enable Change in IT Operations: Fight Fire with Fire Change is occurring in IT people, processes and technology. Like all departments, IT operations must step up to meet change with change of its own, and often with little or no additional budget. But outdated or uncoordinated management tools mire IT operations in the past, preventing them from taking the steps necessary to move the business ahead. To understand the solution, we must look more closely at the problem. This paper looks at the current business challenges that impact IT and five ways you can meet business needs while enabling a culture of change. Download Now Evolving Web App Security: Automated vs. Manual Testing As Web applications become increasingly complex, tremendous amounts of sensitive data -- including personal, medical and financial information -- are exchanged and stored. Consumers expect and even demand that this information be kept secure. There are two primary methods for discovering Web application vulnerabilities: using manual penetration testing and code review or using automated scanning tools and static analysis. Sophisticated organizations will determine the correct mix of automated scanning versus manual penetration testing to provide the best Web application security coverage possible. Download Now Scalable NAS: What Do Customers & Analysts Really Think? When IT administrators are looking for networked storage solutions, they often look to NAS because they can use the Ethernet infrastructure they are familiar with to build pools of storage for significantly less money than SAN with equivalent capacity. Unfortunately, traditional NAS doesn't scale and administrators find themselves having to add NAS platforms to keep up with growing storage demands. As a result, many administrators have started looking for alternative solutions. Download Now 7 Top Challenges of an Unmanaged Software Supply Chain In the Internet age, new software is downloaded by anyone with access to the Internet, bypassing the procurement organization that traditionally enforced legal, contractual, financial, and other policies. The emergence of billions of lines of freely downloadable code has enabled developers to procure software assets independently. Developers are routinely downloading or even cutting and pasting code -- in some cases without understanding the implications of their actions. Download Now How to Quickly Minimize Your PCI Compliance Risk The Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard -- which merges requirements from the Visa Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP), the MasterCard Site Data Protection (SDP) program, and other payment vendors -- targets merchants and service providers that store, process, or transmit cardholder data. Non-compliance is a poor option: Fines and penalties for non-compliance can be extremely high and may include a permanent ban on participation in vendor card programs. Although you can't entirely avoid card-related risk and compliance issues, you can lessen their impact by limiting the overall scope of the PCI Standard on your organization. Download Now Are You Ready for Windows Server 2008? Microsoft Windows Server 2008 marks the biggest upgrade in the Microsoft server OS in years. Despite considerable planning challenges, there are compelling reasons to make the switch. The revamped platform can help enterprises address data security concerns, identify potential legal exposures, and streamline compliance efforts. It can help simplify support for a heterogeneous or legacy technology environment -- especially if user demand is outpacing the current data center's ability to support key applications. The question should not be "Should I migrate?", but rather "What do I need to do to make it happen?". Download Now eNewsletter Information: You are receiving this e-mail because you are a loyal subscriber to the Web Buyer's Guide White Paper Spotlight with the e-mail address ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. If you no longer wish to receive Web Buyer's Guide White Paper Spotlight, unsubscribe here. Copyright © 2008 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy