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A Call to Action: Setting Government IT Priorities in an Ever-Changing World
As President Obama prepares to appoint the nation's first CTO, agency tech chiefs are under the gun to meet challenges in cyber security, green IT, business intelligence, the IPv6 transition and other initiatives. We analyzed our poll of more than 300 government technology professionals and developed recommendations to help federal IT pros—and the consultants and vendors that support them—advance the new administration's goals.  
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The Eco-Enterprise And The Reality Of Green IT
In this report we'll help IT professionals sort out the current green landscape and see where their peers are today, decide where they realistically can be in a year, and look ahead to what's on the horizon.  
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Slow Commotion: When The Internet Meets Critical Applications
This in-depth report examines steps IT can take to give users the speed they need while taking advantage of the cost and flexibility benefits of cloud-based applications.  
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The Future-Proof Data Center
Yesterday's glass house has evolved into an integral layer in the IT stack. Here's how CIOs can ably sustain dynamic business demands through the next decade and beyond.  
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SOA's Next Act
We polled readers to assess whether SOA has simply hit an economy-induced bump in the road or is, instead, at a significant crossroads. In this report we drill down to understand the challenges organizations face with their SOAs and assess future directions for those still in the early stages of adoption.  
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Enterprise Search 3.0
We've been slow to adopt federated search systems that empower users to find data on the desktop, network, and Internet. The challenges aren't technical: A plethora of vendors large and small are innovating. Rather, political and social obstacles abound. But the payoff is efficiency, making search a perfect project for lean times.  
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State Of Security
We polled more than 400 business technology professionals to determine which threats they consider the most serious, how they prioritize their defensive efforts, and what plans they've put in place to keep their organizations' data safe in 2009 and beyond.  
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Disaster Preparedness For Small And Midsize Businesses
All organizations need to have disaster recovery and business continuity plans in place so that unexpected events don't derail the business. But when money and manpower are in short supply, how can IT get this done?  
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Governance Vs. Success: Models And Metrics
We surveyed and interviewed hundreds of business technology professionals about their failures, successes, and best practices to deliver excellence in IT. Our goal? To move us beyond utilitarian service delivery to become strategic business partners.  
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UNDERWRITTEN REPORTS
A Unified Front: Exploring What Executives Really Think Of Security
This report (presented in conjunction with Dark Reading) details the landscape of where agreement exists, and where IT and executives continue to differ on how to promote information security.
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The Evolution Of Data-Centric Protection
Security architects have been on a steady path away from protecting systems and devices and toward protecting data. If there ever was a problem that could be solved purely by the appropriate deployment of technology, data loss prevention isn't it. This InformationWeek Analytics/Dark Reading Report analyzes the role of endpoint protection in enterprise data security strategies.
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Attitudes and Imperatives: Intelligent Enterprise Reader Priorities Survey 2009
According to a new survey from InformationWeek Analytics and Intelligent Enterprise, there's growing support among both management and end users to move toward more centralized data management. But, a significant number of companies still struggle with application, process, and data owners who resist giving up control of "their" data.
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State of Enterprise Storage
Continuing to throw precious resources at escalating storage and bandwidth demand isn't a strategy, it's a recipe for disaster. Diverse drivers-from environmental concerns to regulation to data security to business continuity-mandate a new path. Are you ready?
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Unlocking Virtualization: Facing IT, Business Realities
In this report, we'll explore IT's ability to assure performance, stability, and availability of virtualized servers, and to provide SLA metrics back to business. We'll also examine the perceptions of IT decision makers running virtualized environments and see how well their objectives map to business drivers.
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Setting Priorities for Next-Generation Web
Apps
Through the use of new development environments, combined with Web services and an emerging set of collaboration technologies, Web applications are matching and threatening to exceed the capabilities of their shrink-wrapped antecedents. It's safe to say that while the next generation of Web applications will combine both the richness of the desktop and the networking of the Internet, there are still a number of concerns that need to be addressed around security, transition costs, and other factors.
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HIPAA: Time To Get Serious
The feds are coming. As of January, the Department of Health and Human Services had issued 47 corrective action plans. With the imminent appointment of a new HHS director, we don't expect this pace of enforcement to slack off. Are you at risk?
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Perfect Storm: New Techs Aid Disaster Recovery Plans
In this report, we'll help IT with its contribution to DRP by zeroing in on the process of matching disaster recovery products with an organization's business continuity objectives, and providing guidance for companies to find a path to comprehensive protection.
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How To Ride The Coming Data Center Efficiency Wave
There's a massive wave of efficiency coming, and it will sweep through data centers large and small over the next few years.
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