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Information Security Management
According to the 19th Annual Top Technology
Initiatives survey by the AICPA, information
security management is expected to continue to
have a �powerful influence� over business in
2007. In fact, this is the fifth consecutive
year where the survey identified Information
Security as the technology initiative expected
to have the greatest effect in the coming year.
It is interesting to note that many of the top
issues are centered on security, with Identity
and Access Management, Privacy Management,
Securing and Controlling Information
Distribution, IT Governance, and Mobile and
Remote Computing making the list of top 10
initiatives. With the rising popularity of
Internet-based business services and the
market�s ever-increasing requirement to support
a remote and mobile workforce, concerns over
data and transport security will likely continue
to be a focus of the IT industry.
Application Hosting Provides SaaS Benefits
On January 25, 2007, Network World published an
article stating, in part, that "User
satisfaction with software as a service (SaaS)
is starting to slip, but customer interest in
this method of outsourcing IT functions is
continuing to grow". The article goes on to
state that "the latest survey clearly shows that
SaaS will become a dominant force in 2007".
This article identifies what we know to be somewhat
of a problem with the SaaS (software-as-a-service)
application model: one size does not fit all.
Evidence of this is seen with the
Salesforce.com model, where the multi-tennant
application is experiencing a few growing pains in
terms of bringing customized application services to
the client base. Salesforce is attempting to solve
the problem with their appXchange, where developers
can create add-ons, extensions, and new applications
to work within the
Salesforce.com framework. The only issues here
are time and money. No biggie.
The applicaton hosting service, also in the SaaS
category, offers the use of familiar, integrated
applications. By hosting the market-leading business
applications in their native environment (Windows),
integrations and extensions that are already
developed and proven can be utilized. This offers
you, the user, the richness and functionality you
have come to expect from your business software, but
affords you the additional benefits of fully-managed
IT service and anytime, anywhere access.
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