Sponsor: IBM Corporation

As businesses struggle to manage the deluge of data, the demand for extracting actionable information from myriad data sources grows in concert with the volume, variety, and velocity of data entering the enterprise. Big Data solutions promise to bring order and value to this tidal wave of information. These solutions must enable users and lines of business (LOBs) to use this information both effectively and efficiently. As your organization wrestles with how best to plan for and deploy Big Data, there are four essential steps that must be completed before setting out on the path toward Big Data analytics. Download the Pulse paper to learn more.

What’s the biggest challenge that mobility presents to development teams? What’s the biggest focus? This Slashdot Pulse paper presents the results of a recent Pulse poll that looks into what’s top of mind for today’s mobile app development teams, such as the categories of apps that are gaining popularity, how to get feedback that speeds fixes and improvements to the field and the “next big thing” in mobile development.

The evolution of IT infrastructure is no more evident than in the development teams that must provide access and linkage to the growing number of apps--in-house, packaged, and SaaS--that comprise today's infrastructure. This Pulse discusses the results of a recent Slashdot Media survey that looks at the challenges facing developers today, how the primary development target is evolving, and how strategies are changing to embrace public, private, and hybrid-Cloud models. Respondents to the survey were asked four questions regarding their challenges in development and their needs regarding infrastructure and PaaS. Download now to view the results.

When IBM talked to 1,000 clients about security attacks that occurred in 2013, three things became abundantly clear: criminals are relentless, every business—across every industry—is affected, and your perimeter may have already been breached. Read the white paper to learn the findings from the analysis of billions of security events that occurred at a sample of 1,000 IBM clients in 133 countries.

Almost all data within an organization serves a useful purpose, but not all data is critical to the business’s survival and growth. The data that is most critical can be difficult to define and challenging to protect, as organization’s often face some common roadblocks that can leave the most valuable data exposed. Read the white paper to learn how to clearly define your critical data through a 7-category hierarchy; the price that enterprises pay for losing their most critical data; and 6 common roadblocks that stand in the way of properly protecting your critical data, and how to overcome them.

This report explores that security in a fast-paced technology-infused world cries for an “invest once and deploy everywhere” approach. For this to be realized, security must be planned in advance and built-in, yet still be fluidly adaptable to circumstances, and singularly controllable.

This white paper explains how to establish an effective and secure mobile enterprise application management strategy, from assessment and development to deployment and ongoing end-user management.

As mobile technology evolves, it’s bringing rapid change to enterprises everywhere, so it’s essential to know the latest trends and how to build on them to create real business benefits. IDC believes third-party mobility service providers will play a key role in helping you do just that. Read the analyst report to get expert insight into how you can benefit from key mobile trends.

Building a mobile collaboration or bring-your-own-device solution requires three things: mobile applications, the mobile devices themselves and the network that underpins them both. Often, the network and its capabilities take a back seat to applications and devices—which can ultimately lead to poor performance or an inflexible infrastructure. Find out how to develop the type of network that truly supports mobile devices, applications and unified communications programs, thereby establishing the foundation for stronger mobile solutions.

New technologies such as cloud, big data and analytics, mobile and social are transforming IT and business and bringing networks to the breaking point. In this white paper, IBM explores the impact of technology forces on data center and enterprise networks, and reveals the changes you’ll need to make to keep your network healthy. Read the white paper to learn how IBM can help you transform your network to meet the challenges of today’s technologies

Around the globe, organizations are struggling to manage their increasingly complex IT infrastructures, putting them at risk of downtime, lost revenues and a damaged brand reputation. Read the service profile to learn how IBM’s Server Managed Services—integrated managed infrastructure offers an array of server management support, from single tasks to end-to-end management that can help you drive down infrastructure management costs, rapidly respond to changing business requirements, improve availability while keeping your assets within your premises and enable you to choose and pay for only the services you need.

Smart companies today are rethinking how they source and manage IT - and even starting from scratch - in order to reduce complexity, mitigate risk, and manage costs of increasingly hybridized IT environments. These companies are turning more and more to experienced service providers to deal with the scope and pace of change. Read the report to learn how and why hybrid IT is developing and accelerating and how to find the best qualified providers to help you “optimize by outsourcing.”

Researched and compiled independently by Chartis, the RiskTech100® evaluates and ranks the world’s most influential risk technology providers based on a range of criteria. The Chartis report is acknowledged globally as one of the most comprehensive and prestigious studies of risk technology vendors. The report also tracks key trends and developments in the risk technology marketplace. Read the report to learn how IBM can support your risk and compliance efforts to drive business performance and better outcomes.

In this new era of always-on operations, you have to put your business out there and stay out there. And that requires the strategies, technology and resources to take business continuity beyond traditional disaster recovery to always-on resiliency. That’s why many organizations need a trusted advisor that can provide guidance and solutions to help them thrive in this new era of resiliency. Read this booklet to discover five IBM solutions for always-on business operations.

This Forbes Insights analyst report explores whether cloud computing is the “silver lining” for business resilience today. It covers topics such as how the cloud is changing resilience in the expanding universe of digital data; what cloud can do for you when it comes to recovery, security and compliance; and how to design a cloud strategy to improve your resilience. Read the report to find out how IBM can help you better address today’s complex threat landscape and speed recovery from unplanned outages.