More and more companies are relying on Web-based applications to provide online services to their employees, to support e-commerce sales and to leverage portals, discussion boards and blogs that help staff better communicate with customers, partners and suppliers. However, as the number and complexity of Web applications have grown, so have the associated security risks. This paper discusses the security challenges created by Web applications and suggests some steps you can take to address them. Complimentary with registration.

As businesses grow increasingly dependent upon Web applications, they grow more difficult to secure. Firewalls, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and network and host security cannot prevent attacks are on applications themselves - and that is where most attacks are targeted. This paper explains what you can do to help protect your organization, and it discusses an approach for improving your organization's Web application security. Complimentary with registration. Sponsored by IBM.

Today's organizations must optimize the quality of service, while minimizing IT expenditures; respond quickly to customer and market demand, while using all available assets; and have an IT infrastructure that keeps pace with changing business needs - with a minimum of human intervention. This white paper explains how businesses of all sizes can use IBM WebSphere Extended Deployment software to increase business flexibility and reduce IT complexity.

IBM WebSphere BPM products address both the integration-centric and human-centric business processes that occur. This white paper describes how IBM WebSphere BPM combines software capabilities and business expertise to accelerate process improvement and facilitate business innovation by integrating and connecting business users.

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