Cybersecurity is one of the main business concerns of the 21st century. Consumers, businesses, and employees are all driven by the internet and can access anything at any time. This 24/7 access can cause problems from external sources, such as hackers.
However, internal security threats open an organization to a breach. Here are a few tips for businesses to protect themselves from internal security threats.
One key aspect of Exchange Online is the SSO experience. With single sign-on, also called identity federation, users can access services in Microsoft Office 365 for enterprises with their existing Active Directory corporate credentials (user name and password). Benefits of a native SSO experience include the reduction of support calls (forgotten passwords), and the means for administrators to manage account policies through their on-premise Active Directory ecosystem.
To get this level of fidelity, however, requires the adoption of Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS 2.0). Without diving into specifics, ADFS provides the means for SSO by securely sharing digital identity and entitlement rights (claims) across security and enterprise boundaries. So in a way, ADFS is your identity interface to the cloud (Office 365). So if your company values SSO as you move your mail to the cloud, ADFS would be needed if you are aiming for Exchange Online.
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When it comes to discussions for potential e-mail solutions, many of our clients have shown profound interest in the cloud this past year. With the advancements of many SaaS providers in the messaging space, particularly with Exchange Online, it is easy to understand. Despite the perks of having e-mail services hosted in the cloud, the current adoption rate for messaging in the cloud is only at 4%, according to Gartner. However, these numbers are expected to shift to 55% by the year 2020, with the adoption rate slowly growing over time.
Aside from economics, there are many factors which have stalled a good number of our clients' adoption of cloud messaging. To illustrate these considerations, we have decided it would be best to review some of the additional considerations for Exchange Online.
Today, more than 70 percent of IT budget is spent simply to maintain and manage existing infrastructure (Forrester Research). The result: IT organizations must continually increase resources to maintain a complex and inflexible infrastructure versus using them to rapidly and effectively respond to business needs.
Rutter Networking has recently been approved for the ITC47 integration contract. We are very proud to have received this opportunity.
As of now, the expected release date for Windows Server 8 is between Q3 2012 and early 2013. Our Directory & Messaging team at Rutter is excited for the introduction and the opportunities it will bring. One of the most anticipated features of this new edition of the Windows server is the injection of claims-based access control. For marketing purposes, this role has been branded as “Dynamic Access Control."
Big data in the business world can have varying quantities depending on the size and capabilities of a company. For smaller companies, big data may consist of hundreds of gigabytes. While for larger companies it may be Terabytes or exabytes of data before they have to resort to alternative methods of collection. Either way, as each year passes, data collection is getting heavier and heavier. It won't be long before many companies will be outsourcing their datasets to data analysts in order to obtain business and consumer trends within their market.
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