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Understand the Role of Identity Management in a Changing World
Change is a fact of life for employees in every organization — no matter the industry in which they serve. While some changes such as virtualization and web conferencing have been a boon for business leaders, other changes have had the opposite effect. Here are four challenges many organization decision-makers face today, thanks to changes […]
Isn’t It Time to See What You’re Selling?
Eliminating data silos improves transparency, accountability, productivity, and compliance. So why doesn’t everyone do it? Turns out it’s not that easy. But data integration can be transformative. Imagine your company is an end-to-end provider for your customers — that is, you make, sell, and deliver your products to your end users. Your operations might happen […]
Is Your Business Lost in the Cloud?
Some people see the cloud as something that benefits large enterprises, but not really small to midsized businesses (SMBs). However, that simply isn’t true. SMBs often have the most to gain from cloud computing. In the past, SMBs often didn’t have the financial means to take advantage of the resources that their large competitors used. […]
Goal: Don’t Just Survive a Disaster — Fully Recover
September is National Preparedness Month, a time set aside for individuals and businesses to figure out how they will respond if an emergency happens. Many organizations will be reviewing their business continuity plans with care, especially given the particularly stormy and disaster-ridden year. Business continuity plans often discuss how to recover from disasters such as […]
Why BI and the Cloud Are a Perfect Match
If you considered cloud-based business intelligence (BI) a couple of years ago and found it coming up short, it might be time to take another look. Most companies want to make better use of their data, but many are unsure if BI is the right move. But now, Oracle has solved many cloud BI issues […]
Tame the Identity Management Monster
Services provided through the cloud are booming — and that growth isn’t expected to slow down any time soon. It started with basic Software as a Service (SaaS). Today, you can get almost anything as a service: monitoring, communications, backup, database administration, desktop, or even your IT infrastructure. As a group, these services fall under […]
Why IT Teams Shouldn’t Have to Multi-Task
When the economic downturn took hold in 2009, companies considered managed services as a way to cut and contain costs, but many of them didn’t want to give up control, so they looked to other technology solutions for savings and efficiencies. As a result, the use of managed services grew very slowly. However, the IT […]
How to Protect Your Data — While Still Using It
Databases weren’t connected to the Internet in the early days of data analytics, and since they were accessed only by authorized database administrators, there was little concern about data theft. Today, databases are the foundation of every action we take in business, powering countless applications that are accessed daily by thousands of users with different […]
