At large data centers, the huge amounts of electricity and technical expertise required for cooling led to a rethink in the direction of Green IT at an early stage. In the case of clients however, saving energy is often of only secondary importance. When new PCs are purchased, the lower energy consumption of modern equipment
The modern IT industry is developing at breakneck speed. While there were decades between Konrad Zuse’s Z1 and the introduction of the first usable PCs, innovations are now occurring on an almost monthly basis. As the performance and diversity of systems increases, so too do the system administration requirements – and IT department resources are
Blocking access to “bad” URLs was at one time considered an effective web security strategy. Today, however, users are more likely to encounter malware on legitimate websites than traditional attack sites.1 Public Wi-Fi initiatives, branch offices, remote and roaming workers, and “bring your own device” (BYOD) policies have challenged traditional web security and deployment models.
From collaboration to communication to data access, the web is a mission-critical business tool. Enterprises rely heavily on the web not only to innovate and compete, but also to conduct daily business. But the web also poses significant security risks to the enterprise that are easily encountered by users, yet not so easy to detect.
Since the early 1990s, email has evolved from a tool used primarily by technical and research professionals to become the backbone of corporate communications. Each day, over 100 billion corporate email messages are exchanged.1 With this level of use, email is vital to businesses worldwide.
Modern corporate email systems such as Gmail and Microsoft Exchange come with a measure of built-‐in security. Some see these built-‐in protections as adequate. They shouldn’t. Mobility, cloud and sophisticated blended attacks are expanding the number, range, and velocity of email transported threats. Inbound threat defense that lags by hours or days, and sometimes even
Business Challenge MacArthur Corporation is a distributor of roofing, siding, HVAC, and other building materials for residential and commercial construction. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, the company maintains 36 distribution locations and two recently acquired manufacturing facilities in the upper Midwest and mountain states and on the west coast. With a basic hub-and-spoke architecture, MacArthur’s
U.K. energy contractor reduces total cost of ownership while improving customer service and adopting new ways of working Challenge • Improve customer service, while driving down costs Solution • Establish better, faster ways of working • Cisco Borderless Network infrastructure with Cisco Security Results • Key performance indicators for managing future business improvement • New
“There’s no such thing as “the cloud,” says this Frost & Sullivan executive brief. It’s more useful to think of the cloud as shorthand for a range of service and deployment models. This practical guide offers steps for moving your company into the cloud, at whatever pace you prefer, with a focus on the SmartCloud
“Adopting cloud technology is a reasonably easy decision. Figuring out when and how to get the most value from cloud computing is the next—often more challenging—step. This white paper shows how a robust analysis of your workloads can help identify candidates for target cloud environments, by asking key questions, such as: Can the workload run