Virtual Patching: Lower Security Risks and Costs

Patch management for vulnerability remediation can be a painful exercise for IT departments. If it were easy, patch release and deployment would be predictable events and vulnerabilities would be addressed within acceptable timeframes. Instead, emergency patches persist, IT staffs scramble to deploy them, and security officers brace themselves for the worst casea data breach or unplanned system downtime. Beyond emergency patches, predictable events such as planning to maintain security for out-of-support (OOS) enterprise software pose an added challenge. For such systems, ongoing security patches cease, forcing IT operations to choose between expensive support contracts or accept the risk of exploits targeted at OOS systems with unpatchable vulnerabilities. And some systems are inherently difficult to patch such as point-of-sale devices, kiosks, and medical or other embedded devices. Yet these devices may be critical to the business.

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Software-Defined Data Center – infrastructure for enterprise digital transformation

whitePaper | November 14, 2022

Over the years the trend toward virtualization revolutionized data centers, but it did not change the hardwarecentric architecture that still serves as the basis for most data centers today. This could radically change in light of the latest software-defined approaches. Strategy, organization, technology: This white paper serves as a source of orientation for IT managers confronted with software-defined data center concepts.

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ADDRESSING THE NEW THREAT INMODERN IT INFRASTRUCTURES

whitePaper | July 19, 2022

Data has become a new global currency. As with other currencies, it has also become a target for threats from those who wish to exploit its value. Ransomware is the new threat to data and it’s wreaking havoc on businesses of all sizes around the world.

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Citrix Secure Private Access: A better ZTNA alternative than Zscaler Private Access.

whitePaper | June 15, 2022

With the recent surge in remote work, IT has been tasked with enabling thousands of remote users with secure access to applications and data. Rather than a few users accessing the corporate networks via VPN, entire organizations now work outside the office. This has flipped the entire security posture of countless organizations.

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4 Reasons Why Managed SD-WAN is a Smarter Network Strategy

whitePaper | April 15, 2021

Managed SD-WAN has revolutionized the information technology space by moving data more efficiently, while allowing for the opportunity to access multiple service providers at a single location as well as across a regional or national footprint. Combining a SD-WAN solution with a Managed Service Provider brings high-level networking experience and technology together to meet your networking needs.

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How BPOs Leverage VDI and NoTouch To Succeed in a Competitive Marketplace

whitePaper | July 12, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, BPOs were able to leverage in office knowledge and leadership to ensure they were meeting and exceeding business critical activities. With the pandemic in full swing, BPO leaders have had to rethink their strategies. Namely, they’ve had to ensure that their entire workforce is able to collaborate effectively while also working remotely. The challenge BPOs face in securing their deployment while streamlining endpoint management and reducing costs might have been made more dire by the pandemic, but it is not over. Luckily, through a combination of VDI and DaaS technologies and Linux based operating systems, BPO companies have a real way forward to solve the challenge of remote and dispersed workforces, enabling them to boost productivity and reduce costs by millions of dollars. This whitepaper seeks to explore the challenges posed by current work trends, the pandemic, and how VDI and Linux Thin Client operating systems can solve the challenges of remote work post pandemic.

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Forecasting the Future of Genomic Data Management

whitePaper | August 1, 2023

Genomics is the study of the complete set of DNA in a person or other organism. DNA underpins a large proportion of an individual's health and disease status, therefore a genomic medicine approach is increasingly being applied in clinical settings.

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