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Folks in IT tend to ask a lot of questions. We’re a curious breed by nature. In fact, we have to be. Change comes about so quickly in our industry, technology moves so fast, and our businesses adapt so fluidly that we have to ask questions just to keep up. Some might even say that a healthy curiosity is the hallmark of a successful IT professional — and I wouldn’t disagree. So when I’m in the field and an IT professional has a question about some specific technology, about some new regulation, or about their information security program, it’s not usually cause for comment.

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Yes, PCI Applies to You

In the past, network management mainly consisted of monitoring whether routers and switches were up or down — as long as the power light was on, it was available, and the network administrator could proclaim, “It’s not the network.” With pervasive wireless connectivity and handheld devices capable of accessing the Internet from nearly anywhere, networks have become more advanced. In turn, users are focused on the level of service the network provides, rather than it simply being available.

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The Demand/Capacity Crossroads

A customer is visiting your e-commerce Web site. She’s decided to do more online shopping this holiday season to save on gasoline and find the lowest prices. She’s using a Mac running Safari, but your site is optimized for Internet Explorer 7 and your development budget is mainly focused on preparing for IE 8. She selects a few products and heads for the shopping cart, but the “checkout” button isn’t available. Frustrated, she’s off to another site. You’ve lost the sale.

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Getting Your Site to Play Well With All Browsers

Some people say that there’s nothing worse than a sour economy. I, for one, don’t agree. What could possibly be worse, you ask? Simple: a bad economy in the middle of a budget cycle. Securing funding for technology projects is hard enough nowadays, but IT security projects have it even harder. Try selling your management on an application security overhaul the day after the Dow closes down 500 points — you’ll get better traction wearing grease-bottomed shoes. It’s a reality of human nature that during a downturn, belts tighten.

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Security Freebies for a Shrinking Budget

As more business-critical applications are being deployed, organizations are increasingly looking to gain visibility into network and application performance and, more importantly, improve usability of this information. Visibility into network and application performance has been identified as one of the top concerns for end-user organizations in the coming year, according to the September Aberdeen report, “The Value of Network and Application Visibility.”

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Networks, Apps and Performance: Getting Data to Do Its Job