Free Newsletters
InfoWorld Daily

InfoWorld
Log-in | Register
INFOWORLD STORE

 
  InfoWorld's IT Strategy Guides, Research and Red File Reports are comprehensive, authoritative and essential to your business. These in-depth reports cover the hottest technology topics. Packed with up-to-the-minute information, they contain more information than you'll find in any magazine or website---all in one place. InfoWorld's Test Center analysts cut through the hype of competing standards and technologies to give you a clear, objective assessment of the information you really need.
 

 


WIRELESS

Building a mobile enterprise means much more than handing out a few BlackBerrys and wireless cards: it requires a wireless network with adequate bandwidth, reassessing access privileges for mobile workers, incorporating scanners, PDAs, and other devices into your applications, and re-evaluating your security systems and policies. New advances in 3G technology and Wi-Fi are increasing the range for mobile workers, and pervasive intelligence ensures the right information gets to the right device and right user. This InfoWorld Strategy Guide will give you the background you need to "go mobile" and create a solid wireless strategy.

This comprehensive InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide offers the following insights:

- How the need for real-time access to detailed data is spreading across various industries
- An overview on carrier services, security solutions, improved hardware, and integrating mobile devices with applications
- Designing pervasive architectures from the ground up with privacy and security in mind
- How 3G networks will effectively reinvent how your mobile enterprise conducts business
- How to improve a WAN's performance and response time

This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide is available for $195. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.


 


ENTERPRISE STORAGE

For many enterprises, the demand for online storage is insatiable. Emails must be saved and archived. Digital image files continue to grow. Compliance with government regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley means that more data must be retained for longer periods. Although increased quantities of storage can be installed onto your network, a broader understanding of applicable technologies and approaches is necessary to develop a long-term storage strategy.

This comprehensive InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide will inform you on recent technological developments affecting storage and will offer practical approaches that accommodate growing storage needs.

Includes:
- Survey results that shed light on major storage issues facing enterprises today
- How to get the benefits of SAN at a lower price
- Recent developments in Network Attached Storage (NAS) technology, such as clustering and smart file systems.
- Practical approaches for avoiding backup disasters
- How ILM and object storage can enhance your enterprise storage strategy

This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide is available for $195. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.


 


COMPLIANCE

Enterprises today must comply with an ever-increasing number of government regulations that extend into the boardroom and datacenter, such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, and the CAN-SPAM Act.

Avoid the common pitfalls IT organizations face when coping with compliance and regulatory issues, such as misinterpreting the role of corporate auditors and implementing improper user-access controls to information systems and data sources. This comprehensive InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide offers insights on how to build scalable business and IT frameworks that meet government regulations, how to protect your company and clients against privacy invasion, and how to deal with mounting costs of implementing compliance infrastructures.

This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide is available for $195. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.


 


BUILDING BUSINESS TO SCALE

IT departments face the difficult challenge of creating an affordable and easy-to-manage operating environment that meets today's requirements, while offering an affordable path toward expansion to accommodate tomorrow's needs. Fortunately, there are many options available for building a scalable and reliable IT infrastructure that can work within your budget.

This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide addresses how to build an IT infrastructure utilizing new technologies that can provide an excellent combination of scalability, manageability, high availability and cost-effectiveness. Learn more about server virtualization, blade servers, open standards and practical budgeting approaches.

This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide is available for $195. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.


 


IM SECURITY

The growing prevalence of instant messaging within the workplace has opened the door for a wide range of looming security issues. Akin to email, IM can act as an inadvertent host to viral outbreaks through IM worms or IM spam, also known as spim. According to IM security tool vendor IMlogic, nearly 85 percent of enterprises use public IM systems, and most do not have any additional security in place. Additionally, the current trend towards integrating IM with VoIP promises to make IM security a significant issue in the future.

Learn more about the latest developments in IM security. This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide addresses the following topics:
 
  - IM Worms and SPIM
  - Phishing attacks
  - Bots and bot networks
  - IM integration with VoIP infrastructures
  - Federal regulations regarding IM

This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide is available for $195. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.


 


RESEARCH REPORT: SOA
 
The high concept of SOA (service-oriented architecture) continues to enthrall IT. Although the concept has been around for about a decade, recent developments suggest the grail may really exist. This InfoWorld Research Report contains the latest data about Service Oriented Architecture in the Enteprise. It explores familiarity with SOA in large organizations (500+ employees), SOA Adoption trend, current and future SOA deployments, and the drivers, benefits, and challenges of SOA initiatives.

This InfoWorld Research Report costs $195. That's about what you'd pay for an hour of a network consultant's time. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.

 

 


BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
 
Business Intelligence systems have moved beyond data mining to become a central way for organizations to identify profit centers, to cut costs, and to discover new business. New concepts such as CPM (corporate performance management) and BAM (business activity monitoring) extend the reach and transparency of key business-performance data. They also provide greater insight into critical processes throughout the enterprise and even into the boardroom.

This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide will steer you through the acronyms and jargon to give you an in-depth understanding of how BI systems help improve overall performance within your organization.

This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide costs $195. That's about what you'd pay for an hour of a network consultant's time. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.

 

 


MANAGING ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
 
IT buzzwords may come and go, but best practices built into extensible frameworks endure on all fronts, be it security, networking, or application development. Deciding which technologies will best support your IT infrastructure can be daunting, but a solid foundation that rests on reliable platforms and products is the cornerstone of every successful IT initiative.

This IT Strategy Guide is designed to help you build a sound architecture with airtight security. It will also help ensure that what you implement today can be expanded and repurposed as your enterprise grows. This approach will help you avoid wasteful spending as a result of "rip-and-replace" tactics, which can also disrupt essential workflows.

This InfoWorld IT Strategy Guide costs $195. That's about what you'd pay for an hour of a network consultant's time. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.

 

 


» VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS
FIREWALLS RED FILE REPORT
 
Perimeter security is a consuming concern for network managers today. As threats have increased in scope and variety, making the right technology decision has become more critical than ever. InfoWorld's Red File Report: Firewalls dives into the perimeter technology of today and tomorrow. Including definitive guides to Firewalls and VPNs, this report looks at where firewall technology has progressed to and where it may go in the future.

We evaluate 21 firewall platforms covering all market segments, from SOHO to enterprise firewalls.

This Red File costs only $99. That's less than you'd pay for an hour of a network consultant's time. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.

 

 


» VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS
WIRELESS LANS RED FILE REPORT
 
Wireless is irresistible to your employees, and it makes them more productive. But do you understand how the competing technologies work? What security risks are lurking? And how does wireless fit into your existing network infrastructure? This all-new, comprehensive guide from the experts at the InfoWorld Test Center will steer you around the "gotchas" that lie everywhere when you deploy Wi-Fi in the Enterprise.

This InfoWorld Red File costs only $99. That's less than you'd pay for an hour of a network consultant's time. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.

 

 


» VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS
SSL VPNS RED FILE REPORT
 
Today's business users need safe and secure remote access to the resources locked up inside the enterprise. Remote access by SSL VPN is fast becoming the most effective way for enterprises to provide structured access to applications and data while keeping the network secure. But with the feature list for the typical SSL VPN running as long as the credits of a Hollywood blockbuster, you need to know how to pick the solution that fits your enterprise. This all-new guide from the InfoWorld Test Center will steer you through the hype to get to the answers you really need.

This InfoWorld Red File costs only $99. That's less than you'd pay for an hour of a network consultant's time. Download it now in PDF format. Or, order your copy today on CD-ROM.

 

 

MORE IT RESOURCES
 
 
These essential guides, policies, and kits will help you prevent, diagnose, and solve many of the problems that plague the IT manager.



Quick Guide: Spyware Detection and Removal



Reference Chart: PC Troubleshooting Pak



The Ultimate Preventive Maintenance Checklist for Servers



E-mail Security Policy



Workstation Connectivity Troubleshooter
 
 
About InfoWorld

Sponsored Technology Links

 
 
 HOME  NEWS  BLOGS  PODCASTS  VIDEOS  TECHNOLOGIES  TEST CENTER  EVENTS   About | Advertise | Awards | RSS | Contact Us 

Copyright © 2008, Reprints, Permissions, Licensing, IDG Network, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service.
All Rights reserved. InfoWorld is a leading publisher of technology information and product reviews on topics including viruses,
phishing, worms, firewalls, security, servers, storage, networking, wireless, databases, and web services.

CIO :: ComputerWorld :: CSO :: Demo :: GamePro :: Games.net :: IDG Connect :: IDG World Expo
Industry Standard :: IT World :: JavaWorld :: LinuxWorld :: MacUser :: Macworld :: Network World :: PC World :: Playlist