The Strategic Value of Measuring Real Risk

Today's featured topics: Security, Business Requirements, Social Media, Disaster Recovery, and VoIP

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Leveraging Security Risk Intelligence: The Strategic Value of Measuring Real Risk
Every IT security professional knows that the battle to protect IT resources and data is fully engaged. In its 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon registered 174 million compromised records for 2011, compared with 4 million compromised records reported in the 2010 findings. This suggests that cybercriminals - responsible in 98% of the cases - continued to automate and refine their attack methods.

Getting Consensus on Business Requirements: Tips and Traps
Before your company launches its next package selection, implementation or upgrade, make sure you don't cripple the project from the start by failing to identify your requirements - the number one reason that projects spin out of control.  This white paper summarizes some of the key lessons we have learned through our industry-leading requirements definition practice.

The Social Alphabet: What You Need to Know About Social Media as the Ultimate Communication Channel
There's no question. Social media is a valued communication channel for business. Yet many businesses still have questions about how to implement social media initiatives and where the contact center fits in.

Key Elements of a Successful Disaster Recovery Strategy: Virtual and Physical
Let's face it - while IT environments have progressed to more efficiently handle the demands and workloads of today's business, many DR plans were established years ago and have been gathering dust while the world changed around them. If your DR plan hasn't kept pace with your infrastructure, it's time to explore the key business-level capabilities of a modern disaster recovery solution and learn how today's technologies can enable DR for the smallest IT shop just as easily as the biggest enterprise.

Insider's Guide to Buying a Business Phone System
Are you shopping for a phone system for your business? Get to know the leading phone system brands and why they are the leaders in their category while learning the differences between on premises and hosted solutions. This paper has condensed phone system procuring and implementation best practices to ensure you are prepared before you purchase.

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[TechRepublic] Why IT pros say no - for now

Windows Desktop TechRepublic Member | July 20, 2012

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[TechRepublic] Create custom buttons with CSS3

Web Designer TechRepublic Member | July 20, 2012

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[TechRepublic] Create custom buttons with CSS3

Web Designer TechRepublic Member | July 20, 2012

Create custom buttons with CSS3 Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates how to build custom buttons with CSS3 code in this tutorial. Read more Resource of the day Technology Report: Energy-Efficient Cooling for Data Centers Beat the heat in your data center. Compare the efficiency benefits of row-based cooling with other common cooling architectures. Additional TechRepublic resources   How to set up LAMP for quick and easy web page hosting Ryan Boudreaux takes you through the basic steps to install and set up the LAMP stack for a quick, easy, and cheap solution for hosting web pages. Read more US top of the class for teaching computer science The US is the best country in the world to be taught computer science according to an international study but some rivals like Japan and China are catching up in leaps and bounds. Read more Add watermarks to all your ODF files automatically Marco Fioretti shares a script that allows you to add watermarks to already-existing ODF files automatically. Read more MacBook Pro or MacBook Air: Choosing the right model for user needs Erik Eckel takes a detailed look at the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models to determine which is best for certain kinds of users. Read more Featured multimedia   A closer look at Microsoft Asia Pacific's Singapore office revamp Changes at the remodeled Microsoft Asia Pacific Singapore office include print jobs only print when employees use their RFID pass and a custom Windows Phone app makes it easy to check meeting room availability. View on site Today's recommended downloads The Business Value of Post Warranty Contracts (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) RCC Transforms Their IT with NetApp Midsize Business Solutions (NetApp) Live webcast: Steps to Move into a Virtualized Environment (VMware) How to Get the Most Out of Virtualization (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Connect with TechRepublic Raspberry Pi: Coming to a business near you Manufacturers of the $40 Raspberry Pi Linux computer have lifted restrictions on bulk purchasing, opening the door for businesses to buy the boards for their firm. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Sanity Check Google in the Enterprise Cracking Open 10 Things

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