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ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of 2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by media organisations is up by 1.8%. This is the sixth consecutive quarter that has seen higher demand.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Advances in technology and threats have shifted the way we approach protecting national security systems and information. All commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) information assurance (IA)-enabled products acquired by Government departments and agencies must be subject to a standardized evaluation process. Learn how RedHat meets these requirements.

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 | Published: 23 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: A common characteristic of people-certification programs in the marketplace is that most test or validate the existence of relevant knowledge. Few reach beyond this.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses operational risk management (ORM) in the context of "Sound Practices for the Management and Supervision of Operational Risk," a paper from the Basel Committee.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

CASE STUDY: With IBM, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was able to launch its ePassport system in just six months—enabling it to obey a new country law as it went into effect. This comprehensive system used IBM Business Partner document readers, fingerprint and photo.

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 01 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how government IT can enjoy cloud capabilities while keeping existing IT investments and avoiding vendor lock-in. Explore how open source and application portability in the cloud and the relationships between technology providers are critical to building a successful cloud strategy.

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | Published: 23 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: When agencies begin their journey to the cloud with virtualization—an IT transformation starting point that preserves existing investments—they realize significant agility, cost and security benefits. Read this resource to learn how federal IT leaders are deploying VMware cloud infrastructure solutions to meet these new directives.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

IT BRIEFING: This paper from the Open Group, documents an approach to enhance the TOGAF enterprise architecture methodology with the SABSA security architecture approach to create one holistic architecture methodology.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a detailed look into at the challenges associated with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and best practices to overcome them and manage your financial information.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Traditional perimeter-based security controls are no longer effective as today’s threat landscape continues to evolve and cybercriminals become more skillful and advanced. This Forrester Research resource examines how encrypting data – both in motion and at rest – is a more effective way to keep up with determined cybercriminals.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

EZINE: This month’s Information Security Magazine cover story focuses on active strategies for malware resistance and compliance, data protection and incident responses found in VDI approaches. Learn how you can implement three top strategies to ensure your active desktop security isn’t compromised.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Project Management Institute (PMI) prides itself as the largest project management organization in the world and for the comprehensive, standards-based Project Management Professional (PMP) certification it offers to project managers. Check out this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 | Published: 04 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn about two network protocol models, TCP/IP and OSI.

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 | Published: 04 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Real-time visibility provides a means to verify and justify results, as well as full confidence that your company is leveraging the right information at the right time. With the right IT personnel and infrastructure, small and medium companies can respond quickly and effectively to changes in the market.

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 04 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Written by Jeremy Hope from Beyond Budgeting Round Table, this paper describes how CFOs should set the highest standards of ethical reporting and behavior.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

RESEARCH CONTENT: In this research report, Wayne Eckerson, business intelligence (BI) visionary and thought leader, discusses techniques for elevating data to the status of a corporate asset.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: While the technology that supports VoIP has been present since the mid-1990s, the ability to quickly alternate between VoIP and circuit-switched networks has come into prominence in the last few years. Access this white paper for a full history and overview of the current mobile communications landscape.

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource explores several topics related to future 40 Gbps twisted-pair options such as, an overview of some recent developments in cabling industry standards, capacity considerations with lessons learned from 10GBASE-T, cabling system considerations, and much more.

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: As the IT industry standardizes its operations to solve business problems in the most efficient, effective, economical, and equitable way, ITIL v3 becomes a useful and critical tool.

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: The best practices described by Version Three of the ITIL® represent a de facto standard for IT Service Management and have become very popular in technology organizations over the last several years. This paper will explore each of these challenges, provide real-world examples of each, and present realistic methods for overcoming these challenges.

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This technical architecture provides a common foundation of software and hardware infrastructure principles for multiple business applications. The technical architecture provides the framework for interfaces, protocols, standards and products to be used in defining a platform that supports applications across UK public sector organisations.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: There is very little data that exists on the maturity of testing practices throughout the software quality life cycle in the Industry and lots of people refer to the maturity with a level of certainty not backed up by any real data. In 2009 Experimentus established a survey for this very purpose.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn the three serious areas of risk associated with growing small and midsized businesses and best practices for managing the risks and ensuring compliance.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012