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Online Marketing Summit
San Diego, February 6-10, 2012

Boost Your Best Practices in Digital Marketing. Online Marketing Summit is the premier global educational event for marketing professionals. Join over 1,500 of your marketing peers as they share ideas, hear from expert practitioners, and learn best practices in the areas of: Social Media, Demand Generation, Search, Email Marketing, Web Analytics, Mobile Marketing, and more.

Register now with priority code CPPRMS02 to save $100 on conference passes or get a FREE expo pass.



Cloud Connect
Santa Clara, February 13-16, 2012

Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy. Cloud Connect is the defining conference and expo for IT professionals, developers and cloud providers. See 50+ leading companies showcase the latest cloud platforms, technologies and services, and hear from thought leaders in keynotes and in-depth conference sessions.

Register now with priority code IWEEK to save $100 on conference passes or get a FREE expo pass.



Enterprise Connect
Orlando, March 26-29, 2012

Plan Your Migration to Next-Gen Communications & Collaboration. Learn about the full range of platforms, services and applications that comprise modern communications and collaboration systems. Hear case studies from senior enterprise execs and major players like Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya, Siemens Enterprise Communications, HP, ShoreTel, NEC, LifeSize, Verizon, IBM and more!

Register today with code CPJCVR01 to save $100 or get a FREE Expo Pass.



Interop
Las Vegas, May 6-10, 2012

See the future of business technology at Interop, the most comprehensive IT conference and expo available. Featuring more than 350 top vendors, Interop is the best place to learn how cloud computing, mobile, video, virtualization and other key technologies work together to drive business.

Register today with priority code IWEEK to get a your free Expo Pass or to save $100 on conference passes.

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February 15: Clouds, Outsourcing & Security Services: Making Providers Part of Your IT Security Strategy

In this all-day virtual event, experts will offer detailed insight on how to keep your data safe when working with third parties, and how to get the most from your security service providers. When you register, you will gain access to live webcast presentations and virtual booths packed with free resources.

Platinum Sponsors: HP Enterprise Security, SunGard, thawte
Gold Sponsor: Lumension
Silver Sponsors: NETGEAR

Nov 10: Building and Testing Apps in the Cloud

Using the cloud as this adjunct to in-house development delivers many benefits, but it requires thought and planning to achieve the desired results. This event explores how best to use the cloud for build, test and CI and - in the Dr. Dobb's tradition - the sessions present practical, hands-on, immediately usable information and guidance. Register today!

Platinum Sponsors: Infragistics, Intel, Microsoft, VMware
Gold Sponsor: Verisign
Silver Sponsors: ActiveState, Progress Software

Nov 9: Virtualization Everywhere

Server virtualization has done wonders for data centers, providing increased flexibility and disaster recovery capabilities only dreamt of a few years ago. Now it's time to take the next step by virtualizing other critical components such as storage and networking, further improving agility and reliability. In this virtual event, you will learn about advances in server, storage, and networking virtualization technologies and how to tie it all together. Register today!

Platinum Sponsors: Geotrust, HP, Sungard
Gold Sponsors: Commvault, Netgear

Oct 20: Becoming a Security Detective - Gathering and Analyzing Security Intelligence in the Enterprise

In this all-day virtual event, experts will offer detailed insight in how to collect security intelligence in the enterprise, and how to analyze and study it in order to efficiently identify new threats as well as low-and-slow attacks such as advanced persistent threats. Register today!

Platinum Sponsors: ArcSight, NetIQ, Proofpoint, Thawte
Gold Sponsor: Q1 Labs
Silver Sponsor: Netgear

October 6: InformationWeek 500 Virtual Event: The Need for Speed

At the 2011 InformationWeek 500 Virtual Conference, C-level executives from leading global companies will gather to discuss how their organizations are turbo-charging business execution and growth.

Platinum Sponsor: ArcSight, Geotrust, Workday
Gold Sponsor: IBM

Aug 25: InformationWeek & Dark Reading present: How Security Breaches Happen and What Your Organization Can Do About Them

Attendees will get insights on how to prevent breaches from happening, how to research and identify the source of a breach, and how to remediate a compromise as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Platinum Sponsor: ArcSight, NetIQ, Thawte
Gold Sponsors: Lumension, NetGear, GFI
Silver Sponsor: Motorola

July 28: InformationWeek & Symantec present: Infrastructure at Risk -- Taking Decisive Action to Secure Your Critical Data Assets

Join the editors of InformationWeek and leading security experts from Symantec for an in-depth look at the current threats faced by large and small organizations, and the implications for your business, your customers, and even your country. You'll hear how today's threat landscape is changing drastically, and learn the latest countermeasures and best practices to keep your company's precious data assets out of the hands of determined cybercriminals.

October 20: InformationWeek & Dark Reading present: Becoming a Securing Detective: Gathering and Analyzing Security Intelligence in the Enterprise

In this all-day virtual event, experts will offer detailed insight in how to collect security intelligence in the enterprise, and how to analyze and study it in order to efficiently identify new threats as well as low-and-slow attacks such as advanced persistent threats.

Platinum Sponsor: ArcSight, NetIQ, thawte

October 6: InformationWeek 500 Virtual Event: The Need for Speed

At the 2011 InformationWeek 500 Virtual Conference, C-level executives from leading global companies will gather to discuss how their organizations are turbo-charging business execution and growth.

Platinum Sponsor: ArcSight, Workday
Gold Sponsor: IBM

Aug 25: InformationWeek & Dark Reading present: How Security Breaches Happen and What Your Organization Can Do About Them

Attendees will get insights on how to prevent breaches from happening, how to research and identify the source of a breach, and how to remediate a compromise as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Platinum Sponsor: ArcSight, NetIQ, Thawte
Gold Sponsors: Lumension, NetGear, GFI
Silver Sponsor: Motorola

July 28: InformationWeek & Symantec present: Infrastructure at Risk -- Taking Decisive Action to Secure Your Critical Data Assets

Join the editors of InformationWeek and leading security experts from Symantec for an in-depth look at the current threats faced by large and small organizations, and the implications for your business, your customers, and even your country. You'll hear how today's threat landscape is changing drastically, and learn the latest countermeasures and best practices to keep your company's precious data assets out of the hands of determined cybercriminals.

System x^®Driving Business Results Where the Sum is Greater than the Parts
An InformationWeek Webcast

In this InformationWeek Webcast, Technology Business Research (TBR) will highlight the key needs of today's mid-market buyers, and IBM will demonstrate the benefits of an IBM portfolio supporting IBM System x^®, virtualization and cloud. TBR will point to its ongoing Syndicated Cloud Adoption studies to illustrate how the current demand on mid-market IT buyers -- do more with less for the lines of business -- connects to a holistic roadmap for sourcing IT components. IBM will present the case for how System x hardware, IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud and IBM SmartCloud Entry Software provide three easy step functions for establishing a high-performing cloud infrastructure.

Through the webcast, mid-market buyers will learn:

• How IBM's System x^®, virtualization and cloud management portfolio align with the needs unique to increasingly larger and more complex firms
• The net benefit from purchasing integrated and engineered solutions far outweighs the higher price of components
• Investments made at each step from hardware to the cloud result in a system that is greater than the sum of its parts

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 -- Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET -- Duration: 60 minutes

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The Empowered Customer: Deliver What They Want, When They Want It and Profit Big
An InformationWeek Webcast

Mobile. Social. Brick and Mortar. Click and Mortar. Flash Sales. Deal-a-Day. Today's consumers are surrounded by opportunities to engage, purchase and develop relationships with brands now more than ever before. Smart companies get this, and are optimizing their commerce lifecycle -- how they buy, market, sell and service their products and offerings -- to convert every customer touch point into a positive experience that builds loyalty and profit.
Join us for this webcast as Craig Hayman, General Manager, IBM Software Industry Solutions and Charles Qian, Director eCommerce Systems, Technology Services, Cengage Learning illustrate how IBM's Smarter Commerce optimizes the entire value chain around the customer by:

• Turning analytics into insight that drive real-time decisions
• Surrounding your customers wherever they are to deliver a consistent, differentiated and easy commerce experience
• Increasing value and margins by delivering exactly what the empowered customer wants, when they want it
• Improving the efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability of your supply chain to drive top-line growth and positive word-of-mouth

Happy customers are loyal customers, and Smarter Commerce empowers your business to keep them coming back again and again. Your business can't afford to miss it.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 -- Time: 1:00pm PT / 4:00pm ET

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Oracle SOA Suite Customer Experiences and Product Overview
An InformationWeek Webcast

Have you ever wanted to see real-world customer examples of SOA benefits such as agility, faster time-to-market, service re-use, and lower TCO? If the answer is yes, then join this webcast to learn how customers have justified the migration to Oracle SOA, quantified the benefits, and developed the competitive advantage for their company.

Thursday, February 9, 2012 -- Time: 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET

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Independent Research Finds Total Economic Impact Of Mitel's Virtualized Voice and UC Applications
An InformationWeek Webcast

For growing mid-market firms, crafting an IT infrastructure to support the business relies on the integration of hardware and software components. Driving business results with limited IT budgets requires a holistic perspective. The net benefit of an engineered solution outweighs the higher price of components -- if you follow a plan. During the upcoming webcast, Technology Business Research (TBR) will highlight the key needs of today's mid-market buyers and a roadmap for moving from server consolidation to the cloud.

IBM will demonstrate the benefits of System x® hardware, BladeCenter Foundation and SmartCloud Entry software. Webcast participants will understand three easy step functions for establishing a high-performing cloud infrastructure and how IBM's offerings align with the roadmap.

Thursday, February 9, 2012 -- Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET -- Duration: 60 minutes

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Red Hat Presents Your Strategic Alternative to VMware
An InformationWeek Webcast

Are you considering virtualization technologies as a means to leverage your IT resources more efficiently or to achieve your datacenter consolidation goals?

For many government agencies, the answer is yes. However, a single vendor has dominated server virtualization technology for several years, leading to the attendant issues associated with a single-vendor market: rising costs, fewer standard features, lock-in, and so on. Fortunately, an open source virtualization solution is available that will make implementing virtualized servers easier, more cost-effective and more compatible with long-term strategies.

During this webinar, you'll learn the details behind why customers are choosing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 -- Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET -- Duration: 60 minutes

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Database Security and Privacy: A key component to passing your compliance audit
A Dark Reading Webcast

It seems as if every time we turn around these days, we are welcomed with new regulations and auditing requirements, but how can we be prepared before the auditor comes knocking? At the same time, according to a January 31, 2011 NetworkWorld article, "the cost of achieving regulatory security compliance is on average $3.5 million each year".

So, how does database security and privacy fit in?

Compliance starts with having the information that auditors require at your fingertips and ensuring the process is in place to make it repeatable. Many of these regulations including HIPAA, PCI, SOX, EU Protection Directive and others require organizations to protect data and produce regular reports. While protecting the integrity of data, standardized processes and automated controls can give the auditors what they need. For example, many regulations require you to document data access and database changes.

In this presentation, we will discuss how securing your databases and protecting your sensitive data can help you pass your compliance audits. By continuously monitoring database activity, you will have the reports you need to validate compliance. The discussion will include:

• Understanding where your data resides
• Monitoring database activity
• Assessing database vulnerabilities
• Protecting data at rest and in motion
• Protecting non-production data

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 -- Time: 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT

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Battle-Tested Cloud, Mobile, and Business Process Management Solutions from IBM
An InformationWeek Webcast

As an IT Professional...

Are you interested in tools and methodologies that will help you deliver innovative solutions faster and reach customers in new ways in order to increase customer satisfaction, reduce costs and build competitive advantage?

Would you like to understand how emerging technologies, including Cloud Computing, mobile computing, and agile management have the potential to transform and deliver IT services, driving innovations across the business?

In this webcast you will learn about:

• Software and solutions that provide a secure, reliable and scalable way to connect within and beyond your business and into the Cloud.
• Proven IT strategies that you can apply right away and build on in the future to overcome your most critical IT challenges.
• Forward-looking development options in a cloud computing environment, including how to improve software delivery in virtualized environments.
• Technology that enables process improvement, visibility and automation, to help companies get started on projects for specific initiatives or adopt broader Business Process and Decision Management programs for wider transformation.

Join IBM for a discussion about how savvy IT Professionals are leveraging the investment in IT for greater business value and agility.

Thursday, February 16, 2012 -- Time: 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET

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Technology Trends Around Cloud, Mobile, and Business Process Management Solutions from IBM
An InformationWeek Webcast

Are you interested in technology trends which influence IBM's product strategy that will help you deliver innovative solutions faster and reach customers in new ways in order to increase customer satisfaction, reduce costs and build competitive advantage?

Would you like to understand how emerging technologies, including cloud computing, mobile computing, and agile management have the potential to transform the delivery of IT services, driving innovations across your business?

In this webcast you will learn top technology trends, including:

• The quickly emerging influence of mobile technology and capability on your enterprise, and requirements to support it
• Forward-looking development options in a cloud environments, including how to improve software delivery in virtualized environments and how to consolidate, automate, and harden the Development and Operations required to develop solutions from design, through test and into production
• Support and focus on analytic systems which give a real-time and clear view into your operations to help you make informed decisions
• The critical view of performance in support of new business challenges for cloud deployment, social business, and internet scale
• Management and governance of business APIs providing flexibility to consume a variety of services and solutions in support of your enterprise

Join IBM for a discussion about how savvy IT Professionals can leverage these new technology trends for greater business value and agility.

Thursday, Febuary 16, 2012 -- Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

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Application Consolidation and Retirement Best Practices
An InformationWeek Webcast

At some point, every organization needs to migrate from a legacy application to one with up-to-date capabilities. Consolidating data from multiple application instances into a single instance is also an activity where you don't need to blaze a new trail. You can save time and reduce risk by taking advantage of tried-and-true practices for application migration, consolidation and retirement -- making sure you integrate and maintain the best data as you move forward and safely archive data from applications being consolidated or retired while keeping the data accessible for historical and compliance needs.

Join this webcast to learn about best practices associated with:

• Understanding your data retention policies and determining what to retire
• Understanding the structure of your current content and the nature of the content sources
• Consolidating, integrating, testing and securing your best data
• Storing data in its original business context through archiving
• Ensuring application-independent access to the archived data

You will also learn about solutions from the IBM InfoSphere portfolio that can help you reduce costs and increase value during the application consolidation, migration and retirement process.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -- Time: 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT

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Bango Meets Their Big Data Challenge: Improving Mobile Analytics and Driving Online Business
An InformationWeek Webcast

The global mobile marketing and advertising market is growing at a CAGR of 37 percent (according to analyst firm Berg Insight), as consumers increasingly use mobile devices to purchase apps, pay bills and search the web -- and the trend is only going to steepen.

As a leading provider of online payment and analytics technology, Bango needed to provide the fast, flexible analytics performance their customers required in the face of dramatically increased data volumes. Join Tim Moss, Bango's chief data officer, as he discusses how Bango, with tens of millions of records coming every day (and growing), met their Big Data challenge with Infobright, enabling Bango's customers to make better, faster market responses.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 -- Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET -- Duration: 60 minutes

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Don't Get Hooked by the Latest Phishing Attacks
A Dark Reading Webcast

Attend this live webinar, "Don't Get Hooked by the Latest Phishing Attacks," to learn about the latest trends in phishing attacks and how you can keep your organization safe.

During this session, you will learn:

• Why it's more difficult to detect and defend against today's low-volume and highly-targeted phishing attacks
• The data privacy and data loss risks posed by new phishing attacks
• Techniques for detecting and blocking phishing emails
• Addressing threats using a full lifecycle approach

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 -- Time: 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET

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Embracing the Management of Change: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity
An InformationWeek Webcast

Every day brings business a new set of rules, challenges and opportunities. New possibilities and competitors arise. Technologies advance. Processes and systems change constantly. New social media sites, channels and cutting-edge applications emerge. In 2011, which companies have been the most dynamic and effective in handling the complexity of the global economy, battling competition and evolving with technology? How have they developed the flexibility needed to embrace change and thrive?

In this webcast you will learn:

• The Top Five Management Skills for Business Leaders for 2012
• Three ideas that will save your company money and also boost productivity and help the business grow
• The strategies leading companies are using to promote business and technology alignment to produce ROI
• The Five New Management Metrics You Need to Know

Join IBM and Forbes for a discussion about how savvy business managers are leveraging technology to chart a path for growth, partnering with their IT departments to deliver value, and creating an unprecedented advantage over the competition.

Thursday, February 23, 2012 -- Time: 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET

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Embracing the Management of Change: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity
An InformationWeek Webcast

Every day brings business a new set of rules, challenges and opportunities. New possibilities and competitors arise. Technologies advance. Processes and systems change constantly. New social media sites, channels and cutting-edge applications emerge.

In 2011, which companies have been the most dynamic and effective in handling the complexity of the global economy, battling competition and evolving with technology? How have they developed the flexibility needed to embrace change and thrive?

In this webcast you will learn:

• The Top Five Management Skills for Business Leaders for 2012
• The Five New Management Metrics You Need to Know
• Three ideas that will save your company money and also boost productivity and help the business grow
• The strategies leading companies are using to promote business and technology alignment to produce ROI

Join IBM and Forbes for a discussion about how savvy business managers are leveraging technology to chart a path for growth, partnering with their IT departments to deliver value, and creating an unprecedented advantage over the competition.

Thursday, February 23, 2012 -- Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

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Hadoop Performance Best Practices
An InformationWeek Webcast

Join us for an interactive discussion of proven Hadoop methods and real-world successes. You'll learn:

• Battle-tested techniques and tools to detect and resolve operational issues with Hadoop workloads involving text and log file analytics
• Compression techniques for optimizing performance
• Methods for detecting "hotspots" in the cluster with open source monitoring and performance analysis tools

Register today to learn how to get the most from Hadoop implementations.

Thursday, February 2, 2012 - Time: 09:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET

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"Gamification" -- Why Shouldn't Enterprise Apps Be Fun?
A BYTE Webcast

One lesser-known trend of the consumerization of IT is gamification, which is the use of techniques from games in conventional business software. It's pronounced with a hard 'a' as in game. The goal is to induce people to use the apps and learn new features by making them fun and providing rewards for doing so. The technique can encourage users to perform tasks they otherwise wouldn't bother with. The techniques include badges for achievement, levels of mastery, leader boards, virtual currency, and challenges between users.

What to Expect:

• Learn how gamification can increase user engagement
• Learn about the major players in the gamification market
• See examples of gamified apps
• Learn when gamification does and doesn't make sense

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -- Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET -- Duration: 60 minutes

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