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• What you should know about Collibra Data Governance Center

  Collibra Data Governance Center is a repository- and workflow-oriented data governance platform that also offers features for data management and data stewardship.  Continue Reading

  

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  • T.J. Houpes

• Blue Coat DLP: Data loss prevention product overview

  Expert Bill Hayes takes a look at Blue Coat DLP, a single appliance data loss prevention system that works with the company's web security gateway products.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Bill Hayes

• How to narrow down your choices for buying a data governance tool

  Evaluating and selecting a data governance tool depends on not only features and functionality, but also how you will use the tool to add value to your organization.  Continue Reading

  

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  • John Ladley

• Blue Coat Security Analytics Platform: Product overview

  Expert Dan Sullivan takes a look at the Blue Coat Security Analytics Platform, which is designed to capture comprehensive network information and apply targeted security analytics.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Dan Sullivan

• WinMagic SecureDoc: Full-disk encryption product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone examines the features of WinMagic's SecureDoc, a full-disk encryption product for laptops, desktops, mobile devices and servers.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• ScienceLogic EM7: Network performance monitor overview

  ScienceLogic EM7 is still a newcomer to the network performance monitoring market, but it offers flexible deployment options, including VMs and software-as-a-service installations.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Andrew Froehlich, West Gate Networks

• Mojo AirTight WIPS overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone looks at the features and functionality of Mojo Networks' AirTight WIPS, a wireless intrusion prevention system designed to detect and block WLAN attacks.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• The business case for video conference technology just got easier

  Use cases for video conference technology have transformed recently, as the software-as-a-service model provides greater flexibility, lower cost of ownership and easier deployments.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Simon Dudley, Excession Events

• Exploring the features of Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c

  Cloud Control, a feature of Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c, can be used to monitor and manage databases, middleware, infrastructure and hardware running on-premises or in the cloud.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Inside BMC's database performance tools for DB2 for z/OS

  BMC offers several tools to help DBAs manage and prevent critical performance issues in DB2 for z/OS, as well as monitoring options for other vital mainframe subsystems.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Inside the SAP Data Services data integration tool

  SAP Data Services can be used alone or with other SAP products to provide data integration, transformation, data quality, data profiling and text data processing.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Rick Sherman, Athena Solutions

• An overview of the Pentaho Data Integration platform

  The Pentaho Data Integration platform enables organizations to integrate, blend, convert and transform data from any data source across their entire enterprise.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Rick Sherman, Athena Solutions

• Aruba RFProtect WIPS: Product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone examines the features of Aruba RFProtect, a wireless intrusion prevention system to detect and block WLAN attacks against enterprise networks.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Explore SciQuest source-to-settle e-procurement software

  SciQuest has an array of source-to-settle applications, containing its e-procurement software Spend Director, so customers can decide which modules fit their organization best.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Adam Tismaneanu

• Infor CloudSuite offers a modular cloud ERP system

  As a flexible cloud ERP system, Infor CloudSuite provides lots of options for its users with how it's deployed in the cloud and how it's configured for organizations' needs.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Mary E. Shacklett, Transworld Data

• Oracle ERP Cloud is tailored for businesses of all sizes and verticals

  The full-fledged, flexible Oracle ERP Cloud lets enterprises of all sizes pick and choose the most relevant ERP module that fits their organizational needs.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Mary E. Shacklett, Transworld Data

• Check Point Next Generation Firewall: Product overview

  Check Point Next Generation Firewall family combines firewalls with unified threat management technology, VPNs and more. Expert Mike O. Villegas takes a closer look.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Mike O. Villegas, K3DES LLC

• Cisco ASA with FirePOWER: NGFW product overview

  Cisco combined the ASA series firewall with SourceFire's FirePOWER threat and malware detection capabilities. Expert Mike O. Villegas takes a closer look at this NGFW.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Mike O. Villegas, K3DES LLC

• Examining the functions and features of database performance tools

  To help you determine which tools your organization needs, it's important to review the primary features and functionality of the three database performance tools categories.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Save employees' time with the Coupa Procurement System

  Coupa's spend management suite contains the Coupa Procurement System that allows companies and its employees to save money and maximize efficiency with e-commerce shopping.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Adam Tismaneanu

• IFS Applications provides enterprises full-fledged cloud ERP software

  Deployed on premises, in the cloud or as a hybrid, IFS Applications is a well-rounded and well-supported cloud ERP software suite.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Mary E. Shacklett, Transworld Data

• Three indicators that could signal database performance issues

  Database performance monitoring and management tools can be used to mitigate issues and help organizations be more proactive, so they can avoid performance problems and outages.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• What you need to know about Oracle Data Integrator 12c

  Oracle Data Integrator 12c works with several other Oracle products to leverage the capabilities of RDBMSs for processing and transforming data.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Rick Sherman, Athena Solutions

• Key considerations for choosing your e-procurement software

  Deciding on an e-procurement software package requires careful evaluation of your needs. We detail key requirements to help you better understand the options available to you.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Jimmy LeFever

• What you need to know about database performance software

  Database performance software identifies bottlenecks and points of contention, monitors workload and throughput, and manages system and DBMS resource usage.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Inside the MapR Hadoop distribution for managing big data

  The MapR Hadoop distribution replaces HDFS with its proprietary file system, MapR-FS, which is designed to provide more efficient management of data, reliability and ease of use.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Abie Reifer

• What to know about the IBM Information Governance Catalog

  IBM's Information Governance Catalog provides organizations with a workflow-oriented data governance tool for organizing, managing and accessing their data assets.  Continue Reading

  

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  • T.J. Houpes

• Voltage SecureMail encryption tool: Product overview

  Expert contributor Karen Scarfone takes a look at Voltage SecureMail for encrypting email messages in the enterprise.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Symantec Desktop Email Encryption: Product overview

  Expert contributor Karen Scarfone examines Symantec Desktop Email Encryption, a tool for encrypting email messages for individuals within the enterprise.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Five factors to help select the right data warehouse product

  How big is your company, and what resources does it have? What are your performance needs? Answering these questions and others can help you select the right data warehouse platform.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Microsoft TFS is here for your QA and test management needs

  Microsoft TFS offers organizations test management software, which integrates with Visual Studio to help improve communication when putting together software.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Gerie Owen, Roobrik

• Clover: A code coverage tool that provides meaningful metrics

  For organizations looking to augment their software quality assurance testing process, look no further than Atlassian's code coverage tool, Clover.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Gerie Owen, Roobrik

• A look inside the SAP IQ column-oriented database

  The SAP IQ column-oriented database is designed for large data warehouses that require high scalability, rapid data loading and optimal query performance.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Examining the Teradata Data Warehouse

  With both relational and columnar options, the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse gives companies an efficient, scalable appliance they can deploy in-house or in the cloud.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Comparing the best network access control products

  Expert Rob Shapland takes a look at the best network access control products on the market today and examines the features and capabilities that distinguish the top vendors in this space.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Rob Shapland

• Evaluating the key features of data warehouse platforms

  Choosing between the different types of data warehouse platforms can be simplified once you know which deployment option best meets your project requirements.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Comparing the top big data security analytics tools

  Expert Dan Sullivan compares how the top-rated big data security analytics tools measure up against each other to help you select the right one for your organization.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Dan Sullivan

• What to expect from Oracle Exadata Database Machine

  Oracle Exadata Database Machine combines hardware and software to enable analytics, batch, reporting and other tasks to run simultaneously within and across databases.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• How to use Bugzilla bug tracking tool in software testing projects

  The Bugzilla bug tracking tool allows DevOps teams to collaborate and report on defects present in apps and software projects in one interactive location.  Continue Reading

  

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  • T.J. Houpes

• Examining the IBM PureData System for Analytics appliance

  Powered by Netezza technology, the IBM PureData System for Analytics data warehouse appliance enables users to execute complex queries and get results quickly.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Comparing the top vulnerability management tools

  Expert Ed Tittel compares how the top-rated vulnerability management tools measure up against each other so you can select the right one for your organization.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• Unify OpenScape Voice: Product overview

  With support for mobility, video and scalability for up to 500,000 users, OpenScape Voice -- and the rest of the Unify UC portfolio -- is well-suited for large enterprises.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Chris Partsenidis, Firewall.cx

• Fortinet FortiGate UTM: Product overview

  Expert Ed Tittel looks at Fortinet FortiGate UTM appliances, which combine different network infrastructure protection features into a single device.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• Cisco Meraki MX appliances: UTM product overview

  Expert Ed Tittel examines Cisco's Meraki MX UTM Appliances, a series of UTM products that combines various network security and protection features into a single device.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• Check Point UTM Threat Prevention Appliances: Product review

  Check Point UTM Threat Prevention Appliances are recognized by our reviewer as consistent software architectures that are easy to configure.  Continue Reading

  

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  • David Strom

• Seven criteria for buying vulnerability management tools

  Expert contributor Ed Tittel describes purchasing criteria for full-featured vulnerability management tools for small organizations to large enterprises.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• The business case for vulnerability management tools

  Expert Ed Tittel describes business use cases for vulnerability management tools and examines how organizations of all sizes benefit from these products.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• Introduction to vulnerability management tools

  Expert Ed Tittel explores how vulnerability management tools can help organizations of all sizes uncover defense weaknesses and close security gaps before they are exploited by attackers.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• Symantec Messaging Gateway and Symantec Email Security.cloud: Product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone examines the Symantec Messaging Gateway and Symantec Email Security.cloud email security gateway products that detects and blocks messages that contain suspicious content and threats.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Proofpoint Enterprise Protection: Product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone examines the Proofpoint Enterprise Protection email security gateway product, which scans inbound and outbound email messages for malware, phishing and spam threats.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• McAfee Email Protection, Security for Email Servers: Product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone reviews the McAfee Email Protection and McAfee Security for Email Servers products that are used for monitoring, blocking and quarantining email messages.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Clearswift SECURE Email Gateway: Product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone reviews the Clearswift SECURE Email Gateway product, which monitors incoming and outgoing emails.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Fortinet FortiMail: Product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone reviews the Fortinet FortiMail email security gateway product that is used for monitoring email messages on behalf of an organization.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Avaya UC product overview: Aura Communication Manager

  The Avaya Aura Platform, perhaps best suited for larger enterprises, supports messaging, voice, video, presence and mobility features, as well as virtualization.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Chris Partsenidis, Firewall.cx

• A look at SAP BusinessObjects BI suite

  SAP BusinessObjects BI platform provides users with self-service access to information to support the decision-making process. Find out what's different in version 4.1.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Allen Bernard

• Cisco Email Security Appliance: Product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone reviews Cisco's Email Security Appliance product that is designed for detecting and blocking email-borne threats.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Exploring Microsoft Power BI SaaS analytics products

  Microsoft Power BI SaaS analytics lets users view their most critical data via a live dashboard, create interactive reports and access their data on the go.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Allen Bernard

• What can PLM technology do for enterprises?

  Product lifecycle management can be an opaque topic. Here's help understanding exactly what PLM technology is and how it can help your company innovate.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Jim Brown, Tech-Clarity

• Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance system overview

  Oracle ZFS Storage uses mechanical and flash storage. The ZS3-2 and ZS4-4 models offer a variety of software for storage management, encryption and security.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Aditya Gune, Senior Products Editor

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise's ArcSight ESM: SIEM product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone analyzes HPE's ArcSight Enterprise Security Management (ESM), a security information and event management (SIEM) tool used for collecting security log data.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• EMC RSA Security Analytics: SIEM product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone examines EMC RSA Security Analytics, a SIEM product for harvesting, analyzing and reporting on security log data across the enterprise.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• AlienVault OSSIM: SIEM Product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone checks out AlienVault's Open Source SIEM and Unified Security Management products for collecting event data from various security logs within an organization.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Splunk Enterprise: SIEM product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone examines Splunk Enterprise, a security information and event management (SIEM) product for collecting and analyzing event data to identify malicious activity.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• SolarWinds Log and Event Manager: SIEM product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone examines SolarWinds Log and Event Manager, a security information and event management (SIEM) tool for collecting and analyzing event data to identify malicious activity.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• IBM Security QRadar: SIEM product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone takes a look at IBM Security QRadar, a security information and event management (SIEM) tool used for collecting and analyzing security log data.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• LogRhythm's Security Intelligence Platform: SIEM product overview

  Expert Karen Scarfone examines LogRhythm's Security Intelligence Platform, a SIEM tool for analyzing collected data.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Introduction to big data security analytics in the enterprise

  Expert Dan Sullivan explains what big data security analytics is and how these tools are applied to security monitoring to enable broader and more in-depth event analysis for better enterprise protection.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Dan Sullivan

• The benefits of deploying a data warehouse platform

  Big data may be all the rage, but data warehouse platforms are still being utilized by companies of all sizes. Expert Craig S. Mullins takes a look at the technology.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Craig S. Mullins, Mullins Consulting

• Blue Coat ProxySG: Secure Web gateway overview

  With features like authentication and Web filtering, the Blue Coat ProxySG secure Web gateway can be deployed as a physical appliance, a virtual machine or a cloud-based service.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Andrew Froehlich, West Gate Networks

• Comparing the best intrusion prevention systems

  Expert contributor Karen Scarfone examines the best intrusion prevention systems to help you determine which IPS products may be best for your organization.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Palo Alto WildFire: Malware sandbox product overview

  Tightly integrated with existing Palo Alto next-generation firewalls, the Palo Alto WildFire cloud-based malware sandbox service supports both public and private cloud deployments.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Andrew Froehlich, West Gate Networks

• Hitachi NAS platform 4000 overview

  The Hitachi NAS platform 4000 series consists of four product models that use a discrete controller that can be attached to almost any Hitachi storage system.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Aditya Gune, Senior Products Editor

• Comparing the top Web fraud detection systems

  Expert Ed Tittel explores the features of the top Web fraud detection systems and compares critical purchasing criteria.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• What to expect from the Salesforce Sales Cloud platform

  Salesforce Sales Cloud is a CRM platform featuring a number of sales and CRM tools, which help businesses of all sizes manage their B2B and B2C engagement and sales strategies.  Continue Reading

  

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  • T.J. Houpes

• Three criteria for selecting the right IPS products

  Expert contributor Karen Scarfone examines important criteria for evaluating intrusion prevention system (IPS) products for use by an organization.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Vormetric Transparent Encryption: Product overview

  Expert Ed Tittel takes a look at Vormetric Transparent Encryption, a component of Vormetric's Data Security Platform that encrypts data and does access control for that data.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• HP Security Voltage's SecureData Enterprise: Product overview

  Expert Ed Tittel examines SecureData Enterprise, which is a part of the HP Security Voltage platform, a scalable database security product that encrypts both structured and unstructured data, tokenizing data to prevent viewing and more.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• Protegrity Database Protector: Database security tool overview

  Expert Ed Tittel examines Protegrity Database Protector, a database security add-on product that provides column- and field-level protection of confidential and sensitive data stored in nearly any type of relational database.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• Oracle Advanced Security: Database security tool overview

  Expert Ed Tittel examines Oracle Advanced Security, a database security add-on product with transparent data encryption (TDE) and data redaction features.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• McAfee Database Activity Monitoring: Database security tool overview

  Expert Ed Tittel takes a look at McAfee Database Activity Monitoring and McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases to see how they protect enterprises' databases and corporate data.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• Imperva SecureSphere: Database security tool overview

  Expert Ed Tittel examines Imperva SecureSphere Database Activity Monitoring and Database Assessment, products that are deployed as an inline bridge or as a lightweight agent to assess and monitor local database access.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• IBM Guardium: Database security tool overview

  Expert Ed Tittel examines IBM Guardium, a security product that offers continuous, real-time, policy-based monitoring of database activities.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel

• Enterprise benefits of network intrusion prevention systems

  Expert Karen Scarfone explains how most organizations can benefit from intrusion prevention systems (IPSes), specifically dedicated hardware and software IPS technologies.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Mitel VoIP 3300 series controllers: Product overview

  The Mitel VoIP platform consists of the 3300 series controllers. With support for up to 2,000 SIP trunks, the 3300 series can replace legacy telephony in small or large businesses.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Chris Partsenidis, Firewall.cx

• ShoreTel phone system: Product overview

  The ShoreTel VoIP system boasts several voice switches, simplified administration and automated backup. The premises platform is ShoreTel's replacement for PBX telephony.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Chris Partsenidis, Firewall.cx

• The basics of network intrusion prevention systems

  Expert Karen Scarfone explores intrusion prevention systems and their acquisition, deployment and management within the enterprise.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

• Cisco UCM voice over IP system: Product overview

  Designed for small and medium businesses, as well as large enterprises, Cisco UCM provides voice over IP technology that can replace a legacy telephone system.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Chris Partsenidis, Firewall.cx

• Kony Studio: A mobile app development platform

  Kony Studio is a mobile app development platform that allows developers to build native or cross-platform apps using a single JavaScript codebase.  Continue Reading

  

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  • T.J. Houpes

• Rally Software the go-to ALM tool for Agile developers

  Rally Software gives Agile developers an ALM tool that, along with customizable dashboards, offers SAFe training and certification.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Evan Dardano

• Polarion Software offers compliance-focused ALM

  Polarion Software is a browser-based, ALM platform that offers high traceability functions for enterprises with a regulation focus.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Evan Dardano

• Breaking down the Altassian ALM software suite

  With JIRA, Confluence, HipChat, Bitbucket and Stash, the Atlassian ALM software suite is for enterprises of all sizes that use Agile methodologies.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Evan Dardano

• HP application lifecycle management: What you need to know

  The HP application lifecycle management suite, HP ALM, offers on-premises or SaaS ALM tools to enterprises small and large.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Evan Dardano

• The best SSL VPN products in the market

  SSL VPNs are essential for securing network connections and communications. Here's a look at the best SSL VPN products in the industry.  Continue Reading

  

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  • James Alan Miller, Senior Executive Editor

• Comparing the best Web application firewalls in the industry

  Expert Brad Causey compares the best Web application firewalls on the market across three types of product types: cloud, integrated and appliance.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Brad Causey

• Visual Studio IDE offers many advantages for developers

  Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE allows development teams to create apps for multiple Windows 10 mobile and desktop platforms, as well as for iOS and Android.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Matthew David

• Learn more about the Android Studio IDE from Google

  Android Studio IDE from Google allows developers to build apps running on mobile, desktop and other emerging technologies running on Android.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Matthew David

• Comparing the leading VoIP vendors and their products

  Before purchasing a VoIP system, enterprises need to carry out careful research as VoIP vendors offer intricate products with varying capabilities.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Chris Partsenidis, Firewall.cx

• PeopleSoft ERP suite excels at human capital management

  PeopleSoft ERP software aims to help enterprises recruit and retain top talent, while offering financial and supply chain modules.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Mary E. Shacklett, Transworld Data

• EMC XtremIO storage array

  The XtremIO storage array from EMC is an all-flash system that offers scalability and high performance.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Valerie Silverthorne

• Introduction to Web fraud detection systems

  Expert Ed Tittel explores the purpose of Web fraud detection systems and services, which are designed to reduce the risks inherent in electronic payments and e-commerce.  Continue Reading

  

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  • Ed Tittel