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Financial Strength of Your Vendors…Show Me the Money!

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Regardless of the specific market conditions, it is always important to conduct adequate due diligence on the financial strength and performance of vendors you plan to rely on for core services. While Dunn & Bradstreet might be your first starting point for a financial review, it's best to go much deeper and get information direct from the vendor to ensure the thoroughness and accuracy you need to make effective decisions.

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    • Data leakage concerns for sensitive information in files and using mechanisms such as classification
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    • Why HP is Worried about Third Party Maintainers
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    • Has the Sun Set on Flexible Support Options?
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    • You Inherited Your Cisco Infrastructure, But Do You Know Why You are Still Buying It?
    • Your Workers are Surfing While Snacking on a Big Mac - Time to Revisit Managing Your End-Point.
    • Ensuring Security in the Virtualized Environment
• 2009 (34)
  • December (1)
    • Monitoring Via the Cloud
  • November (2)
    • Sun Makes More Changes Amid Uncertainty
    • Sky High Cloud Chatter
  • October (2)
    • Improving Vulnerability and Patch Management
    • A Couple Quick and Easy Green IT Steps
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    • Don’t Put off Until Tomorrow…
    • Boston's Missing Email Case Has Many People Asking Questions about Digital Forensics
    • IT Needs Turbo Compliance
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    • Take Full Advantage of System Monitoring
    • Implement, educate and enforce strict Social Media usage policies – in that order
    • Preparing for a Return to Growth? It’s Not Too Soon to Make Process Improvements
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    • Death by A Thousand Processes: Getting Compliance Right Requires a Change in Thinking
    • Wrest Control of Your Data Center Back From the OEM
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    • Getting Ready for Cloud Computing
    • A Letter to Ralph Szygenda, the CIO of General Motors
    • Lax Web Site Security: The Site Owner's Responsibility
  • May (3)
    • The Checklist Approach to IT Security is Failing You
    • Financial Strength of Your Vendors…Show Me the Money!
    • PCI DSS v1.2 and its Requirement from WEP to WPA Wireless Encryption
  • April (4)
    • The Near-Term Impact of Oracle Buying Sun
    • On the Path to the Cloud... Walk Before You Run
    • CIOs Need to Manage Up, Broadcast Successes
    • Consolidate Support Vendors?
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    • A Potential Sun Acquisition - Impact on Service
    • April 14 is Decision Day for Those Running Microsoft Exchange 2003
    • HIPAA Revitalized in 2009 and Beyond
    • Ten Steps for the Mass Data Security Law
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    • Tightening Budgets and Their Impact on IT Security
    • Recent Breaches Remind us to Focus on Security
    • The Training You Need Vs. The Training You Receive
    • Emphasizing Virtualization Security
    • DNS Audits: A Practical Guide
    • Practical Green IT
    • "Practical Use" Fills the Gap Between Idea and Implementation

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