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This document explains IT Search's ability to instantly search all the data generated by applications, servers and network devices in your IT infrastructure.

According to Forrester, organizations spent $1.5 trillion globally managing IT last year. 75% of this was spent on silos, legacy systems that still don't get answers to the most important questions: troubleshooting outages, investigating security incidents, and demonstrating compliance.

Compliance is high on the IT agenda today, yet no one seems to have a clear picture of what it really involves. Inconsistent interpretation by different auditors, regulators and vendors means what worked in one year's audit could fail in the next.

This handbook provides information that you will need to register for the SCCE Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)Examination, including eligibility requirements, examination policies, an examination content outline, and an examination application.

This white paper explains how the seven basic principles for managing enterprise application data can help your organization: Establish effective policies for full-lifecycle enterprise data management to control data growth and lower storage costs;

Attached is a white paper released by Microsoft discussing its Information Security management System and its alignment with ISO 27001.As you may all know eFortresses was the firm that was called in to build the ISMS for the GFS (Global Foundation Services) that was eventually certified to ISO 27001.This white paper clearly spells out the direction Microsoft is going and the importance of ISO 27001 in the industry.

By Aberdeen Group

The rise in importance of IT governance, risk management and compliance ("IT GRC") reflects the increasing recognition that the strategic value of IT lies not in the mere technology itself (which is generally accessible to everyone), but in how it is applied and managed most effectively. The point is not to be good at the process of compliance, or governance, or risk management for its own sake - the point is to harness IT more effectively in support of achieving business objectives and managing financial, strategic, and operational risks.

Discover how to achieve and maintain FISMA compliance to ensure security of systems and data.

In this whitepaper, you will learn how configuration audit and control can be used effectively to ensure system management productivity, and help reduce costs and sustain configuration viability within the bounds of operational, security and regulatory standards.

Learn from industry analysts how IT organizations are using configuration management to meet compliance requirements and instill best practices. Find out how these organizations are applying the resulting processes to enhance security and improve operational efficiency in order to increase their level of service delivery.

Discover how high-performing IT organizations are able to create a culture that supports and uses change management to their advantage, facilitating enterprise business goals.