At Interop, Plethora Of New Services Leaves Questions About Risk

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http://www.darkreading.com/services/at-interop-plethora-of-new-services-leav/240162229

By Tim Wilson
Dark Reading
October 04, 2013

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Interop New York 2013 -- Here at one of the networking 
industry's best-known trade shows, you can get help with cloud networking, 
mobile device deployment, virtual private networks, email security, and 
much more. But finding a provider that can help you manage your 
enterprise's risk, compliance, or security posture is not so easy.

"When it comes to setting up a risk profile, measuring the effect of your 
supply chain -- particularly your service providers -- is crucial," said 
John Pironti, president of IP Architects and the security and risk track 
chair for the Interop conference. "But too often, service providers aren't 
much help on measuring risk. They can give you their view, but they can't 
help you build your own profile."

As technology advances and businesses seek ways to become more flexible in 
their support of applications and devices, the enterprise is increasingly 
relying on third-party service providers, vendors and experts agreed. 
"Businesses are finding that they don't have the resources in-house to do 
everything they want, and so outsourcing is becoming more and more of an 
option," said Tom Buoniello, senior vice president of product management 
for AppRiver, which provides secure email and antivirus services. "They're 
looking to us to increase their capabilities and reduce their risk."

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