Adoption of software as a service ( SaaS ) is accelerating and many organizations are realizing the transformative benefits. A recent IBM study highlighted how leading organizations (Pacesetters) are leveraging SaaS deployments to unlock benefits such as reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), increased enterprise collaboration and enhanced market agility. Enterprise software vendors are realizing that deployment choice is a key consideration for prospects and often are offering both cloud and on-premises versions of their software suites.…
Desktops vs. Mobile Devices: The Battle for the Future Apr 03 POSTED BY vijay.ch | Desktop Central IT consumerization is all the rage. Growing numbers of tech-savvy employees are bringing their smart gadgets and apps to work, driving trends from BYOD and BYOA to BYOx. While the mobile grass looks greener, we at ManageEngine wanted to better understand our customers’ views on desktop computer usage and their views on mobile device and desktop compatibility. To that end, we conducted a global survey of IT admins to understand how …
Digital Architecture and IT Operating Model Options for Global Organisations Overview Multi-national and global corporations have struggled with achieving the optimum balance between global strategy and local delivery, with organisations establishing different business models depending upon whether they are led by global brands or by local sales and marketing. As organisations move to becoming a Digital Enterprise new tensions and opportunities enter the global – local assessment, in particular: The speed of change and adoption of digit…
DC Monitor Active Directory Domain Controller Monitoring Tool The Domain Controller Monitoring Tool is an essential freeware from ManageEngine ADManager Plus. It is a simple tool which auto discovers the Domains and displays the same. Based on the User's choice of input about the Domain, for which he wants to know the details, the utilization of various parameters like CPU Utilization, Disk Utilization and Memory Utilization can be extracted. Apart from these key parameters, the user can also view the details of other parameters lik…
Data Protection In The Cloud: The Basics Posted by David Hill February 24, 2014 What is data protection in the cloud? This isn't an easy question to answer, since it comes in various forms and the tools and technologies for data protection are extremely numerous and can be used in different combinations. From IT’s perspective, a large number of choices can make cloud more difficult than traditional schemas. Still, we can cut the Gordian knot of cloud complexity with three steps that will help guide further exploration of data prot…
SNMP officially stands for is Simple Network Management Protocol — you may have seen it on a configuration screen for an IP camera or other security device and wondered what it was used for. It really is a pretty useful protocol, and security professionals like Ray Coulombe and Sal D’Agostino think it is time the industry did something with it. Coulombe, founder and managing director of SecuritySpecifiers.com, explains that SNMP is not new. In fact, it has been around for 25 years. It was originally intended to be replaced by other archit…
SolarWinds Products Garner Global Recognition From IT Pro Community and Industry Experts SolarWinds Named "Software Product of the Year," "Best Risk/Policy Management Solution," "Virtualization Management and Optimization Editor's Choice," and More AUSTIN, TX, Mar 27, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- SolarWinds SWI -2.59% , a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced its IT management products across network, security, virtualization, remo…
ISO 17799: A methodical approach to partner and service provider security management Richard E. Mackey, Jr., Contributor This tip is part of Ensuring compliance across the extended enterprise , a lesson in SearchSecurity.com's Compliance School . Visit the Ensuring compliance across the extended enterprise lesson page for additional learning resources. These days, it is fairly common for a company to outsource customer-facing services or allow another organization to handl…
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