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President's Corner: Cloud Computing is Here to Stay

Information Security (including Identity and Access Management) is the one single area where IT spend remained constant throughout 2008-2009 (and for most large enterprises actually grew by 10-25% in the same period). Even amidst one of the worst recessions in recent history, Information Security remains an ever growing and bigger concern. As the need for cost optimization continue to grow and the increased focus on cloud computing, many enterprises are now looking at moving Information Security into the cloud via Software-as-a-Service (Saas) methods. By taking advantage of hosted and managed services, organizations of any size or type can quickly acquire the essential set of security applications through a single set of on-demand based services.

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Simeio Participates in "The Great Anaheim Apps Challenge"

On September 29, Simeio's VP of Business Development and Partner Relations Debra Cuadros joined Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle for the kickoff of The Great Anaheim Apps Challenge. As a member of his technology advisory committee, Cuadros joined other civic and business leaders at Anaheim City Hall to take part in launching this innovative online contest. Created by the city of Anaheim, The Great Anaheim Apps Challenge is asking the public to dream up creative mobile "apps" for city services, programs and more. Winners will be awarded cash prizes for the best ideas for mobile apps which will help make services, programs and tourist and visitor attractions in the city more accessible and productive.

The online contest will kick off on Tuesday, September 29 and run through November 30, 2009. Complete contest details can be found at www.anaheimapps.org

CASE STUDY: Healthcare Adopts Role-Based Access Control

Customer Profile:

A major healthcare provider based in the United States. The company is mission- driven to improve affordable access to health care. It is a not-for-profit, policyholder-owned company.

No of users: 10,000.

Business Drivers: Meeting compliance and regulatory requirements for access certifications.

Wide range of applications: The organization uses a wide range of applications and systems in order to support the business needs of its employees. Given the complexity of its IT environment, manually certifying user access on each application and meeting compliance deadlines posed a huge challenge.

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Events

Oracle Open World
October 11-15, 2009
Moscone Center, San Francisco

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