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Old IT procurement strategy doesn't cut it in 'seller-led' market
Linda Tucci - Executive Editor 23 Jun 2011

Sooner or later every one of us (and much of what we know) is expendable in a technology environment that changes so rapidly. The latest endangered-species alert to come across my desk: the ...

Looking for procurement cost cutting and governance stories
Rachel Lebeaux - Senior Managing Editor 14 May 2009

In the course of writing today's story on spend management software and cost transparency tools, I talked quite a bit with Shane O'Sullivan, group CIO for Skandia Group Cos., about his methods for ...

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Risk assessments essential to secure third-party vendor management

Panelists at Infosec North America advised those charged with third-party vendor management to perform due diligence and assess ...

Guide to identifying and preventing OSI model security risks: Layers 4 to 7

Each layer of the Open Systems Interconnection presents unique vulnerabilities that could move to other layers if not properly ...

How security, compliance standards prevent OSI layer vulnerabilities

Each layer of the Open Systems Interconnection presents unique -- but connected -- vulnerabilities. Here's how to establish OSI ...

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Hospital taps Parachute Health to cut cord on fax machine

New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery deployed software from Parachute Health Inc. to bring the fax machine directly to ...

Medical device risk management hinges on strong processes

Mayo Clinic cybersecurity expert Kevin McDonald has some advice on how health IT pros can reduce the security risks posed by ...

Use of facial recognition in healthcare improves hospital security

Healthcare organizations can use facial recognition to analyze patients' emotions and track them within a facility. The ...

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Pivotal Function Service aims at multi-cloud, serverless

Serverless might rule in the public cloud, but the new Pivotal Function Service targets enterprises that also have private clouds...

Azure database updates court on-premises installed base

Microsoft hopes a series of features, deployment options and price changes can convince more customers to migrate their database ...

An overview of ARM templates for Azure resource deployment

Azure Resource Manager templates streamline the way IT and development teams deploy cloud resources. To get started, grasp these ...

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How mobile threat defense can complement EMM

MTD adoption isn't widespread yet, but IT admins would do well to stay ahead of the game. Here's how MTD can work in conjunction ...

What's driving the next-generation mobile user experience

Mobile users expect more from their employers these days. Thankfully, new technologies are making it possible for organizations ...

What's driving the next-generation mobile user experience

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Security, staffing land atop IT's edge computing challenges

Edge computing is a new way for data center admins to process data closer to the source, but it comes with challenges around ...

Edge computing architecture helps IT support augmented reality

Augmented reality benefits greatly from reduced latency, which makes edge computing a perfect partner in the data center.

Streamline data center power usage tracking with DCIM

If you want a more in-depth picture of your data center's power consumption, explore DCIM options that provide server workload ...