Businesses have changed fundamentally. Strict hierarchies have given way to flatter organizational structures, putting power and responsibility in the hands of far more people. Information has become their lifeblood, sparking innovation and productivity.
When unleashed, information unlocks hidden potential in customer,
partner and employee relationships and has the power to turn things
upside down in a company. If restricted, it can cause a firm's demise.
CIOs and their CXO colleagues
find themselves under increasing pressure to develop an information
strategy that balances the rewards from open information flow with the risks information can create, and they must demonstrate broader leadership skills to align technology resources with fluid business processes.
IDG Global Solutions and 3Com have combined talents to explore how people and companies use information most effectively, and the technologies and processes most able to meet user needs while
minimizing risks to the company. Through news, ongoing research, best
practice examples and seminars around the world, this collaboration
gives CXOs the resources to plan an information strategy and implement systems that bring out the best in their organizations.
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Voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology has come of age and is quickly gaining momentum on broadband networks. VoIP packetizes phone calls through the same routes used by network and Internet traffic and is consequently prone to the same cyber-threats that plague data networks today. The challenge of VoIP security is not new. History has shown that many other advances and trends in information technology (e.g., TCP/IP, wireless 802.11, Web services, etc.) typically outpace the corresponding realistic security requirements that are often tackled only after these technologies have been widely adopted and deployed.
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