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Even when business is booming, smart companies always have an eye on the bottom line. Security is not usually one of the first places companies look to trim expenses, but some IT professionals believe that they can easily lower costs by eliminating third-party Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Authorities (CAs) from the budget equation. Although spending money on SSL security for external facing sites - such as the company home page or e-comme...

There have been a string of successful attacks on certificate authorities (CAs), and that string isn’t going to stop any time soon. Hackers have been raising their game and developing new techniques at an incessant pace. Fortunately, some CAs are better than others, and making the right CA choice can ensure your online security. In this white paper, discover what a secure CA looks like. Read on to learn how to identify a CA that’s wor...

As a leading provider of SSL certificates, Symantec are here to help you discover all you need to know about the benefits of Always On SSL - and to help you successfully implement it. ...

Code signing is at a crossroads. In many enterprises, the traditional approach remains standard procedure: you purchase a code-signing certificate, download it, and deploy it locally for all your code-signing needs. When carefully managed, this approach can still be very effective in guarding against malware. But recent events have shown that many companies are finding it a challenge to manage their code signing certificate deployments—and fail...

The purpose of this exercise is to provide useful documentation on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) based SSL/TLS certificates with an emphasis on comparison with the ubiquitous RSA based certificates  The primary driver of this exercise and the presentation of the accumulated data coincides with Symantec being the first CA to support certificates based on ECC algorithms. ...

Many businesses feel the pain of living with a phone system that lacks the capabilities and flexibility to support rapid growth or business agility. The care and feeding of an aging PBX may result in everything from system downtimes to exponentially rising support costs. This white paper discusses seven compelling reasons for replacing your company’s on-premise PBX with a cloud phone system. It explains how moving to the cloud overcomes issu...

The biggest problems with on-premise PBX systems revolve around manageability, flexibility, and cost. When replacing a legacy system, the basic cost of getting a new system up and running may be the most conspicuous concern. But it pays to look beyond the obvious hard costs of a new PBX / IP PBX and phones. This analysis reveals the many hidden costs of an on-premise phone system, which can total more than the large initial capital expense of the b...

Seamlessly integrating mobile and distributed employees into the existing workforce presents new, complex challenges for your business. Download your free copy of the Frost & Sullivan report “Market Leadership Assessment: Empowering Today's Diverse Workforce Through Cloud Communications,” and learn how the RingCentral cloud phone system uniquely supports modern workforces. This in-depth report analyzes: • Market factors that ...

Mobility and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) have transformed the idea of a 9-to-5 workplace. Employees now check their email first thing in the morning and expect to stay connected whenever and wherever they go throughout the day. Attempting to integrate a mobile workforce into a conventional PBX phone system typically yields less-than-optimal results. These aging architectures were simply never designed to serve workers using devices not directly co...

Download the Gartner report Is Your Colocation Provider Cloud-Enabling or a Cloud Impediment?  Many enterprises are looking to colocation as a first step in the journey toward a hybrid cloud future. Unfortunately, the choice of a colocation provider can either enable or restrict the cloud options and architecture available. Learn what questions to ask to ensure you are mapping your planned cloud requirements to the capabilities of the colo provider...