"Remote access is important and growing, but how secure is it? IDC Research surveyed more than 300 IT professionals to gain insight into the specific threats and challenges faced by providing access to employees and third parties. Read this report to learn about: -How secure remote access really is -The complexity faced in implementing remote access -What happens when companies don’t have an access security solution -Why businesses must pivot from the common security mantra of “trust but verify” to “verify and never trust” in the new threat landscape

IT complexity has rapidly grown with more applications, users, and infrastructure needed to service the enterprise. Traditional remote access models weren’t built for business models of today and are unable to keep up with the pace of change. Read this paper to understand how remote access can be redefined to remove the complexity, meet end-user expectation and mitigate network security risks.

"Traditional remote access technologies—like VPNs, proxies, and remote desktops—provide access in much the same way they did 20 years ago. However, new and growing business realities—like a growing mobile and distributed workforce—are forcing enterprises to take a different approach to address the complexity and security challenges that traditional access technologies present. Read 5 Reasons Enterprises Need a New Access Model to learn about the fundamental changes enterprises need to make when providing access to their private applications."

Software drives competitive advantage more than ever at an increasing velocity for releases along with higher, overwhelming levels of deployment complexity. Dramatic growth in mobile applications, analytics, systems of engagement, and cloud demands that organizations respond adaptively, even as resource constraints make it challenging to nearly impossible to do so. As a result of these combined factors, IDC sees increased interest in, demand for, and adoption of agile approaches to development and also for business initiatives driving adoption of agile approaches to overall project, program, and portfolio management. As we receive inquiry on this area increasingly, it makes sense to assess this market.

"What would you do if you didn’t have to rely on disparate analytics solutions to meet the needs of business users while following the rules of IT? View this 'Charting Your Analytical Future' webinar to learn about a world of innovation and independence for users that does not limit the confidence and controls of IT. With the cognitive-guided self-service features available in IBM business analytics solutions, more users than ever before can get the answers they need. Next-generation business analytics capabilities make it possible to access relevant data, prepare it for analysis and understand performance. But it doesn’t stop there. Users can package the results in a visually-appealing format and share them throughout the organization. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear how you can: * Benefit from advanced analytics without the complexity * Operationalize insights and dashboards from a collection of trusted data sources * Tell your story with rich visualizations and geospati

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions helps organizations improve productivity resources and management complexity to the cloud.

Multiple locations. Many hourly employees. Myriad pay rates and scheduled hours. Add multiple sick leave laws to the mix. The result: potential chaos and confusion. XpertHR can help. We take the complexity out of staying on top of the shifting paid sick leave law landscape to ensure compliance, understanding and clear employee communication. Michigan and Indiana are banning local sick leave laws. Cities from San Francisco to New York City are leading the pack in favor of them. These and other states and cities around the country are creating a complex playing field for HR professionals when it comes to ensuring compliance with paid sick leave laws. You don’t have the time, or resources, to stay on top of these trends. We do! ? Understanding variations and similarities in laws across jurisdictions ? Understanding how local laws relate to federal and state laws ? Identifying implications related to temporary and contract staff ? Ensuring compliance with notification, documentation, acc

Multiple locations. Many hourly employees. Myriad pay rates and scheduled hours. Add multiple sick leave laws to the mix. The result: potential chaos and confusion. XpertHR can help. We take the complexity out of staying on top of the shifting paid sick leave law landscape to ensure compliance, understanding and clear employee communication. Michigan and Indiana are banning local sick leave laws. Cities from San Francisco to New York City are leading the pack in favor of them. These and other states and cities around the country are creating a complex playing field for HR professionals when it comes to ensuring compliance with paid sick leave laws. You don’t have the time, or resources, to stay on top of these trends. We do!

With Zilliant as a partner, this foodservice distributor moved from manual re-pricing to actionable, real-time pricing optimization to address pricing complexity at scale.

For many organizations, managing and delivering the knowledge contained within documents is difficult or impossible due to technological disparity. Conventional approaches to knowledge management work within the constraints of disparate platforms, applications, and output devices, and fail to address technological disparity.

Microsoft Exchange Server has been a crucial technological breakthrough in advanced corporate communication systems. Companies who utilize an enterprise-class email server like Exchange believe that email is mission critical, and value the productivity it enables. But an in-house migration to Exchange 2007 from an earlier version of Exchange or another email program will not be an easy task. Complexity, time and cost issues loom large over the IT department and are causing IT directors to search for an alternative solution.

According to Forrester, traditional approaches to endpoint security have become outdated and less effective as cyberthreats have increased in both number and complexity. To battle the ever-increasing threats, security professionals are now turning to new endpoint security technologies to either augment or replace their failing antimalware solutions. Below are the key trends in endpoint security, and the strategies that companies are using to address them.

Going with a single-vendor collaboration platform is an easy call, right? Employees can communicate and share more easily, and your IT team only has to deal with implementation from one vendor, not dozens. But, in case you’re still pondering, here are five reasons a collaboration suite makes sense: Saved time and increased productivity Lower costs and less complexity End-to-end security compliance Scaling at your pace Control over the back end Download the Better Together eBook for complete details.

Going with a single-vendor collaboration platform is an easy call, right? Employees can communicate and share more easily, and your IT team only has to deal with implementation from one vendor, not dozens. Still pondering? Here are five reasons it makes sense: Saved time and increased productivity Lower costs and less complexity End-to-end security compliance Scaling at your pace Control over the back end Download the eBook for complete details.

Going with a single-vendor collaboration platform is an easy call, right? Employees can communicate clearly, information is shared easily, and processes are streamlined. When improving collaboration in your enterprise, here are five core areas to focus on: Saving time and increasing productivity Lowering costs and complexity Ensuring end-to-end security compliance Scaling at your own pace Having administrative control In this free eBook, learn how a single-vendor platform helps you achieve these goals.

ealthcare workers understand the complexity of fighting infections better than most. As medications are developed, germs evolve and become resistant to those medications. Over time, germs become incredibly complex and difficult to treat as they continue to evolve and adapt. Unfortunately, computer viruses seem to be following a similar pattern—and the healthcare industry is struggling to catch up.

All of these elements of growing connectivity have the potential to significantly increase productivity, streamline operations and enhance service levels to citizens and stakeholders. But these benefits are only one side of the story. The added complexity of the new eGovernment environment also creates many new challenges, as government agencies search for effective ways to secure and control access to the rapidly growing number and variety of gateways to their ecosystems.

To find the right ecommerce platform, Freund Containers spent years of research and hours evaluating a wide variety of qualifiers on different platforms. To solve their problems, they created an on-premise-like customizations for their B2B business saving money and time. “The open API and the use of custom fields makes BigCommerce extremely flexible and the platform can do virtually anything you want it to do.” Chris Hiller, General Manager, Freund Container Read their story.

When was the last time you evaluated SaaS? With some big decisions ahead for your online store as the ecommerce landscape is changing, we designed a SaaS Ecommerce Benefits Checklist to easily evaluate the latest features powering SaaS ecommerce platforms. You’re no longer limited to the complexities of an on-premise solution. Find out how you can save your business from complexity without sacrificing performance in this checklist.

This whitepaper shows how SAP S/4HANA helps enterprises to run simple in a digital economy.

This survey shows how SAP S/4HANA was designed to break the limitations of the past by simplifying IT with massive simplification and innovation.

The technology market is giving significant attention to Big Data and analytics as a way to provide insight for decision making support; but how far along is the adoption of these technologies across manufacturing organizations? During a February 2013 survey of over 100 manufacturers we examined behaviors of organizations that measure effective decision making as part of their enterprise performance management efforts. This Analyst Insight paper reveals the results of this survey.

BitSight relied on a key piece of software for business. As the number of software users grew, the complexity of deploying, managing, and maintaining a VPN infrastructure became a big, ongoing headache for IT. Read the case study to see how Akamai helped BitSight solve their access issues.

Companies are increasingly using outside contractors and suppliers stay competitive, which means granting third-parties access to applications via VPN or VDI. This reliance causes increased complexity and burden on the Enterprise team while also creating additional security risk, as third-party access creates additional points of entry to an organization’s network. Read this solution brief to learn about a new painless, secure approach to remote access.

Read the 7 reasons why appliances can improve your NetBackup infrastructure.