



– Steve Acterman, Director of Corporate IT, Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
30 percent of large enterprises will experience at least one on-site software audit per year through 2012. What this means is, if you're not already vigilantly tracking what software is in use in your company and where, you need to.
While there is no single, widely accepted list of enterprise software characteristics,[2] this section is intended to summarize definitions from multiple sources.
Software’s Vulnerability to Attack
What makes it so easy for attackers to target software is the virtually guaranteed presence of vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to violate one or more of the software’s security properties. According to CERT, most successful attacks result from targeting and exploiting known, non-patched software vulnerabilities and insecure software configurations, many of which are introduced during design and code.
Take service delivery to the next level.
Anyone who uses technology today expects things to be immediate, interactive, connected and fluid. Delivering technology-enabled services is more important than ever. Successful enterprises don't just respond to this, they embrace it.