Overview ITM is focused on threats that may affect an organization. A threat is defined as some entity that may be capable of attacking or affecting the organization’s infrastructure. Perhaps it is a malicious payload carried via HTTP or via E-mail, or perhaps it is a virus not yet seen by an antivirus software manufacturer. It may be a phishing site and the accompanying e-mails inviting users to visit the site to verify their account information or it may be a polymorphic worm whose purpose is to evade firewalls while continuously morphing its signature as it attacks the next target. An ITM platform should, by definition, protect an enterprise against all of these threats and provide a platform to monitor and manage the ITM. To address these threats, the platform may include the following functions: An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) or an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Antivirus solution Antispyware solution Unsolicited commercial e-mail filtering Content filtering that includes e-mail and instant messenger content management Uniform resource locator (URL) fi ltering, which may include serving as a Web cache proxy Firewalls Virtual private network (VPN) connectivity It is important to note that in the absence of a defined standard for ITM, almost any product with an integrated (unified) combination of functions listed here can and likely has been called an ITM solution. Metrics One of the most important functions of an ITM platform from a senior management perspective will be the development of metrics and reports that highlight the overall effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of the ITM platform. Typical metrics include the following: New threats identified Total threats encountered Effectiveness of managing new threats Trouble tickets generated Trouble tickets closed Metrics and reports should be generated to identify areas of the ITM program that need improvement or require some additional action to support, to measure progress, and very important, to measure compliance to existing corporate policies and regulations. The development of an effective program including the ITM solution is imperative to ensure that it is properly used, monitored, and reacted to. Too many companies focus on the IT aspects of a deployment and fail to include any of the requisite training, awareness, documentation, and integration into the existing infrastructure. Without a program that addresses those areas, an organization will, at best, not fully utilize the solution. At worst, the security posture of the organization will be significantly reduced below an acceptable level if alerts are missed, personnel are not trained, parameters are not properly configured, etc. Vrajitoru Editor @SoftwareTopics http://softwaretopics.net
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Operations and Management in IP-Based Networks: 5th IEEE International Workshop on IP Operations and Management, IPOM 2005, Barcelona, Spain, October 26-28, 2005, Proceedings
Product DescriptionThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Workshop on IP Operations and Management, IPOM 2005, held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2005. The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They are organized in topical sections on operations and management for VoIP, IMS and managed IP services, management of open interfaces, QoS and pricing in NGNs, autonomic communications, policy… More >> Operations and Management in IP-Based Networks: 5th IEEE International Workshop on IP Operations and Management, IPOM 2005, Barcelona, Spain, October 26-28, 2005, Proceedings
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Product DescriptionNetwork Management, MIBs and MPLS: Principles, Design and Implementation is the definitive guide to managing and troubleshooting enterprise and service provider networks. This in-depth tutorial from networking expert Stephen Morris delivers clear and concise instruction on networking with MIBs, SNMP, MPLS, and much more. Coverage includes SNMPv3, network management software components, IP routing, HP Openview Network Node Manager, NMS software components, among othe… More >> Network Management, MIBs and MPLS: Principles, Design and Implementation
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Laboratory Information Management Systems: a Necessity not an Alternative
Commercial Laboratory Information Management Systems have been available for the past two decades. In the past, LIMS was seen as simple information management software that recorded and stored all workflow data of different tests conducted in the laboratory. The advancement of technologies used in LIMS has broadened the functionality of the systems. Evolution of Laboratory Information Management Systems: The advanced LIMS is now a key element in the Laboratory Informatics arena. The changes in the Laboratory Information Management Systems industry were mainly due to the evolving nature of pharmaceutical businesses. The new business requirements and pressures have played a major role in the evolution of LIMS as the advanced business vital system. The changes in LIMS can be also attributed to the rapid development of technologies used in LIMS. During the initial stages, LIMS was just a mini or mainframe system that evolved to a server based solution. The evolution also included development of operating systems and shift from proprietary database to standard database systems such as SQL Server and Oracle. The development of networking technologies has made the biggest impact on the evolution of LIMS. LIMS has gradually broadened its horizon from standalone systems to LAN and WAN and then to Internet and VPN (Virtual Private Network). The advanced LIMS has the ability to share systems and resources of facilities across the world. The networking capability also gives it access to data and resources of the remote research facilities. Integration of LIMS: One of the primary characteristics of LIMS is that it can be successfully integrated into enterprise systems. A logical business strategy needs to integrate data from different sources within an organization. The life sciences companies need to integrate data from LIMS, manufacturing enterprise systems, enterprise resource planning, chromatography data system, and data from other sources. Modern LIMS acts as a common platform model where instrumentation systems, informatics solutions, and enterprise communication tools can be linked to share the information and common functions. With LIMS, the companies do not need a separate system for each product. Today, LIMS manufacturers provide their customers with purpose-built LIMS that can be successfully integrated with all laboratory equipment, along with the organization’s global enterprise system. The integration ability of the Laboratory Information Management Systems gives pharmaceutical manufactures the opportunity to expand their businesses. The integration facilitates improved data quality and planning, better collaboration, and report generations. All these elements provide the management with important business metrics that are critical to run the operations effectively. This also means the management has all the data needed beforehand and not after at any point of crisis. The management also has an early insight on the progress of development of drugs and compounds on a routine basis. LIMS and Public Health LIMS is important for public health laboratories as well. The public health laboratories have a major role to play in government public health decisions. They should be equipped to process large volumes of public health data and deliver the test results in a quick manner. With numerous threats such as global disease, natural disasters, and terrorism looming over the world, there is a great need for a system that can facilitate the exchange of data electronically. Even today, many public health laboratories transmit their data on paper. It is time that the government makes timely decisions to equip its health laboratories with advanced Laboratory Information Management Systems. Maor Libi ? writer and blogger (laboratory informatics)
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Considering switching to MPLS technology for your company’s bandwidth management? It makes good sense. Not long ago, MPLS technology cost too much for only but the largest companies to be able to afford. No longer. Adaptive private networking (APN) can cut the costs of MPLS by 40 to 60 percent while improving the performance of your bandwidth management by 20 times. Still need convincing? Consider these advantages to an MPLS network. The Video Deluge is ComingVideo is about to be huge on the net, and a must have for businesses who want to succeed. From teleconferences to board room meetings that can take place around the globe, more and more businesses are using video in their everyday business affairs. This can create huge advantages for businesses, but it also adds considerable challenges. MPLS technology can greatly improve bandwidth accessibility to help businesses meet the increased demands that video will require. Improved PerformanceMPLS technology simply provides more data more options to flow, which means an improved performance. MPLS doesn’t require multiple hops that other data bases require. That translates to increased performance time and improved application performance. MPLS technology creates a power surge for your data. You’ll definitely notice the difference. Recover from DisasterDisasters are relative. MPLS technology makes them seem like they never even happened. It improves disaster recovery for your bandwidth management in several ways. First, there’s redundancy, as centers can be connected through multiple paths in the cloud to ensure that the system stays on line. If disruption occurs, the data can find a new path. The data can also be transferred from back up locations. With MPLS technology, complete meltdowns of your bandwidth management are thankfully a thing of the past. Get On Board with the FutureCompanies are beginning to realize that MPLS technology is the future. Like all technology, that future will grow and develop, and the same is true with your bandwidth management. What you can be sure of, however, is that MPLS technology will be the base. Improvements will be made, but they can be added to your existing system. In fact, you can add APN to your current MPLS set up without breaking it all down, vastly improving performance and reliability while cutting costs. The sooner you step into the future with MPLS technology, the sooner your business can leverage the world of tomorrow. It can vastly improve the capacity of your bandwidth management while spending fewer resources in the process. Tom Pattinson is the author of this article on MPLS Technology. Find more information about Bandwidth Management here.
Track Wasteful Telecommunications Spending With a Call Management System
Regardless of your business size, the current economic situation has presented a big reminder to business owners (as well as consumers) that excessive or wasteful spending is a bad thing. As a result, business owners are tightening up purse strings and cutting costs in some of the worst areas to stop spending, such as marketing or advertising. However, there is an easier way to reduce wasteful spending by reducing costs spent on areas that don’t work to increase profit. The easiest way to do this is to analyze and evaluate the money and time spent on all areas of your business. Many areas shouldn’t be eliminated, such as advertising or marketing… and that also includes telecommunications. Although it should not be eliminated, telecommunication costs should be strictly evaluated because they can be one of the problem areas for a business. Whether phone usage is a large part of how you do business, or just a small fraction of daily processes… the extra money wasted on telecommunications can be spend more wisely. How do you know if you are spending too much on telecommunications? If you asked that question, then you aren’t using a call management system… which just might become the answer to all of your problems (or, at least the telecommunication related problems). What is a Call Management System? Simply put, a call management system is a computer based program (software or hardware) that tracks and monitors all things related to phone usage. From lengthy or excessive long distance or personal calls to abandoned calls and ring time, call management systems work to analyze important information and display the information you need in a quick and easy format. See, it really is that simple. Instead of wasting 5 hours digging through old phone records, you can spend 5 seconds to quickly settle a customer dispute. With a call management system, you can print an accurate record to confront an employee about violating personal phone usage policies. However, there is so much more to it than just that! With an easy to use interface that can be introduced to your current telecommunication methods with minimal effort, a call management system will also work to improve your current telecommunications strategy. It can’t get any easier to track exactly where your money is going into telecommunications, and how effective the investment has been for returning profit. There isn’t a cookie cutter approach or one size fits all description to give about a call management system. Hotel owners can use this software to print up phone records when billing a customer, while off-hours phone answering companies can use a call management system to track calls (which are about 95% of business.) Although, even a pizza shop or hair salon can simplify daily processes and reduce wasteful spending just by incorporating a call management system. When calls go unanswered, this is often a potential client lost to a competitor. When calls are abandoned, this is seen as poor customer service. Or if outgoing calls are longer than they should be, this too can be costly. Your business can ignore the recession and thrive in the current economy. Maybe a call management system won’t be the answer to all of your prayers, but it is certainly a start to develop a cost effective strategy and head in a more profitable direction. Know more About eBilling and call management system.
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Web document management software allows you to store and access your business documentation online. It has a number of benefits for businesses. 1. Access to your files Online document management systems allow you to access your documents from absolutely anywhere, as long as there is an internet connection. Documents can be accessed by dial-up, broadband desktop, VPN, wi-fi, laptop, PDA and even mobile phone. These systems are ideal for all types of businesses. For example, some firms have remote workers or staff who need to travel for work. Increasingly businesses are looking for effective ways to allow staff to work from home. 2. Cost-effectiveWeb document management software is a cost-effective solution for businesses of all sizes. Because the solution is internet-based, there are no upfront costs to pay and no additional hardware is required. In addition, pay-as-you-go services are available to help businesses budget. This also presents a highly scalable option. 3. Integrate with document scanning services Online systems work perfectly with document scanning services. All types of scanned documentation can be stored online. Documents include: letters, invoices, receipts, drawings, blueprints, negatives, microfiche, microfilm and more. 4. Security you can trust Web-based document management systems use highly sophisticated firewall technology to protect your documents. These systems and their protection are so well trusted that they are used by organisations such as the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence. The security provisions of the software means it is easy to have completely flexible access to your documents, whilst also having the peace of mind that they are protected from unauthorised access. Storing your files online also enhances your business continuity – if the worst happens, such as a fire, flood or break-in, you can rest assured your documents are safe. 5. Control Online systems for managing your documents give you complete control. You have control over key issues such as who can access what and what functions they are able to carry out. You also have an audit trail, through which you can track any changes that have taken place on every document. You can even see who made the changes and when. The systems are also highly customisable. The exact software can be specifically tailored so that it meets your business needs. 6. Increase productivityYour employees will be able to access documents and files at the click of a mouse – no more searching through filing cabinets and keeping customers waiting. No more printing, posting, faxing and photocopying and no more lost documents! All you need to do is a quick search and the document you need will be found in seconds. DCS’s web document management solutions provide all the benefits of electronic dosument management combined into a cloud computing SaaS solution where the software is hosted online at a low ‘pay as you go’ cost.
Manage Your Network Speed With Antamedia Bandwidth Management Software
The wide usage of internet has posed several demands for the service providers in respect of speed, reliability, security and timeliness. If a company is not able to provide these features to its clients then that would never succeed in the race of getting a good business in this competitive industry. If you are the owner of a service providing company, then you must assure the timely delivery of your services to the customers in best possible manner. Most of the people go for availing the services which are not only reliable but also are reasonable enough to be afforded in an average budget. In order to assure the supply of good speed to people, it is very important to manage the bandwidth in an optimum manner. Normally there is so much traffic on the network, that the ill managed network can cause connection failures and bad speed on the user end. This thing negatively impacts the repute of the organization, and you may be at the edge of losing your whole business profit, as you would be losing most of your users because of pathetic services. Therefore, to solve your problems, antamedia brings its bandwidth management software which has the ability to define proper volumes of data to the clients, and to maintain an efficient and reliable service for the users by managing the traffic on the network. This tool has been designed by the experts of the company, and the algorithms used for the development of this software are fast and best to handle the issue related to network load in a great way. Best case scenarios and worst case scenarios are dealt by the usage of optimized code on the back end. The company has selected some of the best programmers from the world, who have skills and expertise to design and develop software by making use of superb ideas. Bandwidth management is in fact one of the most useful tools offered by antamedia, and many ISP’s and business organizations prefer to install this software on their server systems in order to ensure the reliability of their service, and for the efficient working of internet on client pc’s. You can download the trial version of antamedia bandwidth management software from its website, and once you would use it for 15 to 20 days, you would like to opt for utilizing the services of this great product in future. It is not much costly, and the benefits provided by the tool are worth the cost. The major benefits provided by antamedia’s bandwidth manager is the assurance of timely service, network management, quota assignment with respect to the package of particular user, blocking or unblocking of particular ip’s or website address, defining access levels for users, generation of statistics for users and employees, billing and of course speed and reliability. Usage of this great software is definitely going to save lots of your time being spent in manual documentations and you would be able to ensure a relaxed environment in your business setup. Antamedia will provides you best possible solutions to lemmatize the use of your internet bandwidth with the help ofhttp://www.antamediabandwidth.com. This software not only helps you to monitor your bandwidth. We hope you have enjoyed this article
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