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Six Golden Rules for Selecting an SSL or TLS Certificate

The foundation of trusted Internet communications are Secure Socket Link (SSL) certificates, an encryption technology installed on Web servers that permits transmission of sensitive data through an encrypted connection.

Using a public-key infrastructure (PKI), SSL certificates authenticate the end-use Website and the endpoint server, making it difficult for those sites to be imitated or forged.The acquisition of SSL certificates should always be a relatively easy experience; however, the purchasing decision should never be regarded lightly.

When businesses consider SSL certificates; there six Golden Rules a purchaser should keep in mind. This whitepaper provides an overview of the SSL certificated market, the six golden rules of purchasing SSL certificates and how Symantec addresses each of the golden rules.

At the end of the day, people want to make sure their Web sites are secured with as little friction as possible - Symantec gives businesses every opportunity to achieve that goal.

Raise Your Google Ranking

To help create a more secure web, Google now gives HTTPS-secured sites an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) boost to help safer sites become popular sites.

Learn more about this and other ways to boost your ranking in this white paper.

Website Security For Dummies

This 'Website Security for Dummies' Guide offers an insight and an unique understanding of the threats that impact the online business and helps answer the below questions and more:

How does SSL work?
What makes EV SSL worth it?
Why use the Always On SSL approach?
What are the most common threats?

Memorial Hermann Health System delivers outstanding patient care

Memorial Hermann Health System deployed IBM FlashSystem storage, which provides physicians with ultra-fast access to the information they need to make the best treatment decisions. A 96 percent reduction in power consumption also unlocks cost savings for this not-for-profit organization.

Paddy Power – Accommodating unprecedented levels of growth with scalable technology

Bookmaker Paddy Power supports annual growth rates of up to 45 percent by enabling near-linear scalability of its storage infrastructure with the IBM FlashSystem 840. The solution improves application performance by 1,200 percent in some cases, and will deliver an 18-month ROI.

Driving Faster Insight with IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight using IBM FlashSystem

This paper discusses how migrating IBM DB2 components to the IBM FlashSystem 820/840 or the Flash Adapter 90 will enhance the performance of database-centric applications such as IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight. Flash will help reduce bottlenecks, optimize applications and boost performance.

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Thinking Beyond Sticker Price: Best Practices for Evaluating Flash and Disk Storage Economics

This InfoWorld white paper introduces the concept that additional factors beyond purchase price affect storage solution economics, including power consumption, cooling, density, and performance, then explores how FlashSystem translates the advantages of flash into customer value.

Flash or SSD: Why and When to Use IBM FlashSystem

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication explains how to select an IBM FlashSystem™ or solid-state drive (SSD) solution. It describes why and when to use FlashSystem products, and reviews total cost of ownership (TCO), economics, performance, scalability, power, and cooling. Read this guide for information about selecting the correct solution (SSD or flash technology).

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Analyzing the Economic Value of IBM FlashSystem Compared to Traditional Performance Disk Systems

Using a detailed, in-depth cost analysis model validated by actual customer interviews, this Economic Value Validation white paper from ESG demonstrates how IBM FlashSystem is less expensive than equivalent disk-based enterprise storage systems.

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Optimizing the Hybrid Cloud with IBM Power Systems

This analyst paper examines how Power architecture provides the scalability to leverage and support expanding needs of organizations to accommodate more users and more data.

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Ultimate Guide to Assessing and Comparing Two-Factor Authentication Solutions

Discover key areas of difference between two-factor authentication solutions and gain insight on concrete criteria for evaluating technologies and vendors with Duo Security’s free two-factor evaluation guide. In this guide, you will learn:

How to evaluate the security, reliability, and scalability of a two-factor solution
What kind of solution allows you to detect and react to potential threats
How to determine the time and costs involved in rolling out a two-factor solution
Key criteria to drive user adoption and increase productivity

Two-Factor Authentication Evaluation Guide

Modern two-factor solutions have evolved to support new, complex technology models that change how we use data, including cloud computing and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).

Two-factor authentication — there are so many different solutions, authentication methods, integration issues, and new security concerns cropping up in the market. With such a large diversity of vendors, it's easy for IT security decision-makers to get confused about which solution is right for their organization.

This guide walks through some of the key areas of differentiation between two-factor authentication solutions and provides some concrete criteria for evaluating technologies and vendors.

In this guide, you will learn:

How to evaluate the security, reliability and scalability of a two-factor solution.
What kind of solution allows you to detect and react to potential threats.
How to determine the time and costs involved in rolling out a two-factor solution.
Key criteria to drive user adoption and increase productivity.

Forrester: Application Performance Management Is Critical To Business Success

This Application Performance Management Forrester Research study captures insight into the benefits and challenges with today’s IT monitoring solutions as well as the types of monitoring features that will help meet application performance and availability expectations.

Build VS. Buy: Calculating The ROI For Embedding Analytics Capabilities In Your Software Applications

The first step in tackling the "build versus buy" question is understanding the requirements: what end user functionality is desired, prioritizing the needs, and then evaluating the feasibility of building such capabilities.

Embedded Analytics 101 – What it is and Why You should Care

Embedded analytics is the technology that integrates analytic capabilities into software applications. When implemented successfully, embedded analytics can bring to life the data collected by your applications and provide a superior user experience.