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Pandemic Planning and Telework: Best Practices for Turning Office Workers into Home Workers
An InformationWeek Vendor WebCast
Sponsored by: MaaS360

If the H1N1 pandemic strikes, can you turn office-bound employees into teleworkers and keep key business processes running? This webcast looks at best practices for implementing telework, both as a strategic program, and as a rapid response to emergencies.
Theresa Noll, Senior Telework Program Analyst, U.S. General Services Administration, will discuss how the GSA dramatically boosted participation in its telework program, and key policies for strong telework initiatives.
Jon Friedman, Director of Marketing at MaaS360, will examine best practices for turning office workers into home workers in a crisis, including planning, security, and “work at home day” tests.

November 19, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET


The Sun Oracle Database Machine - The First OLTP Database Machine
An InformationWeek WebCast
Oracle Exadata V1 transformed the data warehousing industry by providing 10 times better performance. Now, with the introduction of Exadata V2, Oracle is building on that success to deliver even faster performance for Data Warehousing while adding support for OLTP workloads on the same machine. The Sun Oracle Database machine provides extreme performance for OLTP workloads by using flash memory to run up to a million I/O operations per second. It also introduces new technologies for compression that allow 10 times more data to be stored at the same cost. The Sun Oracle Database Machine is the fastest and most economical platform for both Data Warehousing and OLTP.

November 18, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET


Composite Applications: Increasing Efficiency, Reducing Costs
An InformationWeek WebCast
Application development shops often find themselves in a no-win position. The business wants new applications ASAP but also demands that existing systems remain stable and well maintained.
Join ASG Senior Director of Product Management Ian Rowlands and guest speaker Forrester Research, Inc. Principal Analyst Jeffrey S. Hammond, as they discuss development best practices, tools and technologies that resource-constrained development shops are using to evolve their existing application portfolio into dynamic business applications.

November 17, 2009 - 8:00 AM PT/ 11:00 AM ET


Innovations in Managing IT Service Quality
An InformationWeek WebCast
Move to the next level of IT service delivery and get end-to-end visibility of your IT Service - so you can predict performance issues before they happen - ensuring better service quality and efficiency.
Join CA Service Assurance Management experts in this 1-hour live technical webcast, Thursday, November 12, 2009 , as we discuss how organizations are implementing Lean IT principles to improve overall IT service quality, IT predictability and IT efficiency.

November 12, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET


Safety in the Network Neighborhood: Protecting Enterprise Assets from Social Networking Threats
An InformationWeek WebCast
Of all the network security threats, one of the most challenging to secure against is malware attacks originating from social networking sites, particularly as organizations begin to use social networking and other Web 2.0 sites for business purposes.  Organizations must now reconcile how to enforce Web 2.0 acceptable use policies for their users with the need to secure users from the growing number of web based malware threats.  This becomes increasingly difficult as the workforce grows more mobile and users begin to use company issued laptops to access the Internet and other internal networks from home and other remote locations.
Join this informative Webinar hosted by Dark Reading contributing editor Curtis Franklin and Brian Czarny, VP of Solutions Marketing for Webroot as they discuss the trends, impact and methods to solve this growing problem.

November 12, 2009 - 10:00 AM PT/ 1:00 PM ET


An Executive Primer on Cutting Costs with Third-Party Software Support
An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives Webcast
In this free, 45-minute webcast, a panel of experts will discuss the current state of enterprise software support and examine the new third-party support model in detail, including:
  • Definition of third-party support and how it works
  • Comparison of third-party support with traditional software vendor support
  • How to separate and optimize strategic vs. commodity applications
  • The business case for third-party support vs. vendor support
  • How to assess whether third-party support is a fit with your IT strategy

    After this informative webcast, you will have the data you need to respond to questions from your Board and/or CEO whether the 50%+ cost savings of third-party support is an option for your organization's IT strategy and budget planning. Register for the Webcast and learn your options!

    November 8, 2009 - 1:00 PM PT/ 4:00 PM ET


    Using security indicators to help increase consumer confidence
    An InformationWeek and Intelligent Enterprise Live WebCast
    Join Ryan White, product marketing manager for SSL from VeriSign, to learn how to optimize your company’s Web site for increased customer confidence with Extended Validation (EV) SSL.
    In this webcast, you will:
  • Learn how EV SSL works and why consumers respond so favorably to it
  • See why EV SSL is chosen by top companies and smaller businesses alike
  • Be shown what EV SSL does in a variety of browsers including handheld devices

    November 5, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET


    Operational Business Intelligence and the Place for SaaS
    An InformationWeek and Intelligent Enterprise Live WebCast
    What's the place for SaaS in delivering BI insight and streamlining operations? Join Intelligent Enterprise Editor-in-Chief Doug Henschen and Aberdeen Group Analyst Michael Lock as they discuss who is using SaaS-based BI and why. They'll share case examples and lessons learned as well as recent research on adoption trends and best practices in SaaS-based BI. Henschen and Lock will be joined by myDIALS CEO Wayne Morris, who will share insights on how companies are using SaaS-delivered analytics for operational performance improvement.

    November 5, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET


    Executive Breakfast Roundtable:
    Enterprise IT Security and the Challenge of the Internet

    Sponsored by: Neustar
    In this executive roundtable, security experts provide an overview of the Internet and network threat landscape and offer insights into how to incorporate Internet security threats into your current threat & vulnerability analysis framework. We’ll also address the human side of Internet security and discuss how IT professionals can strengthen their business skills so they can get CEOs and CFOs to understand how security strategies and technologies align with business goals.


    The Application Grid Approach to a Modern Data Center
    An InformationWeek WebCast
    Oracle Fusion Middleware products including Oracle WebLogic Suite, Oracle Coherence and Oracle Enterprise Manager can modernize your middleware foundation software so your data center can respond instantly to changing business needs as well as reduce IT costs.
    Attendees will learn:
  • How application grid computing offers agility and performance through data center optimization.
  • About the new Oracle Fusion Middleware  offerings that  significantly automate the process of adding, reducing or modifying existing IT deployments in support of highly scalable systems..

    November 3, 2009 - 10:00 AM PT/ 1:00 PM ET


    Achieve Business Agility: Maximizing Business Results with Highly Agile, Interconnected Processes
    An InformationWeek Editorial Perspectives Webcast
    Highly agile processes are the key to successfully navigating choppy economic waters and the rapidly changing global and economic landscape. A network that enables the right response at the right time can mean that critical edge over the competition. But the rigid, siloed environments at many companies form a barrier to timely action, while limited budgets mean fewer dollars to spend on a solution.

    Join us for a 60-minute webcast featuring renowned author and business thought-leader Faisal Hoque of BTM Corp., and Craig Hayman, General Manager of WebSphere within IBM Software Group.

    October 29, 2009 - 8:00 AM PT/ 11:00 AM ET


    Architect Your Web Conferencing for Organizational Success
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Join Frank Rogers, SVP of Business Development at Intesolv, an Adobe Gold Partner and leading authority on the subject of web conferencing implementation, to learn how you can fit web conferencing into your technology infrastructure and give your organization a competitive advantage. You will also discover the benefits of Adobe's Acrobat Connect Pro web conferencing to provide business and IT leaders with a solution they can easily use immediately, including several case studies.
    ** All attendees will have the opportunity to take away a whitepaper "Embedded Web Conferencing" by Adobe Systems Incorporated **

    October 28, 2009 - 10:00 AM PT/ 1:00 PM ET


    Content-Based Access Management -- A new breed of Identity and Access Management (IAM)
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    What if you could:
  • Better protect your company’s IP and customer information from being stolen while also improving revenue and customer satisfaction?
  • Double your audit success rate?
  • Reduce the cost of compliance by up to 50%?

    Today's security professionals try to achieve goals like these while facing many challenges, including managing and controlling the integrity and safety of data while at the same time ensuring compliance. Identity and Access Management (IAM) historically has been about knowing who your users are and then giving them access to data. What then happened with that access, however, was a mystery.  Merely understanding identities is no longer enough.

    Please join us for this thought-provoking webcast to:
  • Gain a better understanding of the new breed of Identity and Access Management
  • Learn how it helped an organization achieve the three goals listed above and
  • Learn what it can do for you organization today

    October 28, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET


    Lessons From the "2009 Data Breach Investigations Report"
    A Dark Reading and InformationWeek Webcast
    At this educational webcast, learn about the critical trends in data theft and proven strategies for increasing your company's data-level security against modern cybercriminals. Chris Novak of Verizon Business Systems will share data security insights from nearly 600 breaches involving more than a half-billion compromised records from 2004 to 2008.

    25 Live Attendees will win a copy of the book, "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g!"



    October 28, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 AM ET


    Cut the Cost of IT Infrastructure and Grow Your Company
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    The webcast promises practical tips to go beyond obvious cost cutting measures - it's not enough to negotiate with suppliers for a small discount.  A reduced price might help a little with the budget short term, but it doesn't solve the bigger problem of how to move faster, delight customers, systematically reduce expenses, and beat the competition. Discover how WAN optimization can not only offer a lower TCO but also deliver new capabilities, better performance, and enable significant ongoing cost savings. Join us for the webcast to see whether you too can overcome your current challenges and establish your company among the leaders in your field.

    October 27, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET


    How the cloud makes wireless LAN easier and more affordable for branches and multi-site organizations
    An InformationWeek Vendor Webcast
    Join us for this webinar, learn more about Meraki's award-winning cloud-based approach, and how the nation's 8th largest architecture firm, ZGF Architects, deployed Meraki for an 802.11n wireless network across their five offices, and is thrilled with the results.

    October 22, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET


    Extending the Reach, Impact and ROI of Mobile Banking and Transaction Services
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Consumers have demonstrated a growing appetite for cashless transactions conducted via the mobile device. According to ABI Research, revenue from instant, mobile-driven transactional services is estimated to grow to $18 billion by 2013.
    Find out how to take advantage of this trend! Come join us for an in-depth and timely look at the emerging mobile transactions market.
    Our session will explore:
  • The declining use of cash globally and implications for your company
  • Understanding the developing payments and remittance channel
  • Current analysis and case studies of text-based bill payment programs

    October 22, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET


    Future of Online Interaction: The Emotional Experience and BIRT
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Join our featured guest, Forrester Principal Analyst Ron Rogowski, as he examines the future of online user experience. Seema Haji, Senior Manager of Product Marketing at Actuate, will discuss the latest RIA technologies and strategies that will help you get ahead of these trends regardless of your industry.

    October 15, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET


    An Executive Primer on Cutting Costs with Third-Party Software Support
    An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives Webcast
    In this free, 45-minute webcast, a panel of experts will discuss the current state of enterprise software support and examine the new third-party support model in detail, including:
  • Definition of third-party support and how it works
  • Comparison of third-party support with traditional software vendor support
  • How to separate and optimize strategic vs. commodity applications
  • The business case for third-party support vs. vendor support
  • How to assess whether third-party support is a fit with your IT strategy

    After this informative webcast, you will have the data you need to respond to questions from your Board and/or CEO whether the 50%+ cost savings of third-party support is an option for your organization's IT strategy and budget planning. Register for the Webcast and learn your options!

    October 8, 2009 - 1:00 PM PT/ 4:00 PM ET


    How IT Leaders Are Capturing Missed Savings
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    According to Hackett, three in four companies have failed to drive enough SG&A reductions to offset declining revenues. Facing increased pressure for cost reductions, IT leaders from companies like Whirlpool, Kimberly-Clark and Hertz are responding by gaining control over project expenditures – a large but largely undermanaged area of spending. Find out how these leaders are driving millions in savings each year by more aggressively managing these purchases.

    October 6, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET


    CA Automation - A technical examination of CA's Process Automation capabilities
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    CA Automation is a suite of six capabilities that work together to provide IT Operations automation to the data center and throughout the enterprise. These capabilities are Application Configuration Management, Workload Automation, Virtualization Management, Physical and Virtual Provisioning, Change and configuration Monitoring and IT Process Automation.
    This webcast is a technical presentation for those participants that want to know a bit more about the "why, what and how" of CA's Process Automation capability. This session is intended to be more than an introduction to process automation; we expect that attendees will have some awareness of data center automation issues, opportunities and a basic understanding of process automation.


    Optimize Application Quality through Software Quality Transformation
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Quality transformation is a top-down exercise. It involves identifying and seizing improvement opportunities across various functions in the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
    Successful application software quality initiatives also require  a mechanism that feeds and integrates best practices spanning multiple disciplines to the QA organization on a continuous basis.
    Attend this webinar and learn how:
    • To achieve consistent quality that is benchmarked against best-in-class organizations
    • To ensure predictability in quality, cost and schedule
    • To build an innovation-centric organization driving optimization across all touch points and critical functions
    • To build quality into -- rather than wrapping it around -- the application.


    • September 30, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET


    WAN Optimization: Strategies for Increased Business Agility in a Post-Recession Economy
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    In this webcast, you'll learn about specific companies that have begun to consider life after downturn, and how they are employing strategic technologies such as WAN optimization now -- not only to reduce costs in the short term, but to also pave the way for their own corporate recovery and future success.

    September 29, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET


    Legacy IT Modernization -- Practical Reality
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Join BluePhoenix for a one-hour webcast and learn how legacy IT modernization can bring true value to organizations that are looking to balance near-term budget reductions with the need to building a foundation for long-term business growth.
    This Webcast will explore:


    ITIL Gain without the Pain: A Pragmatic Approach to ITIL Best Practices
    An InformationWeek Vendor Webcast
    Many organizations see the value of ITIL as they look to roll out new services, more efficiently meet regulatory compliance demands and reduce IT costs. However, the effort to fully implement ITIL has often proved daunting and the belief that such broad based programs struggle to deliver results quickly has stopped many of these initiatives before they even got started.
    You'll also learn about the unique KACE appliance-based approach to systems management, and how new KBOX Help Desk enhancements enable organizations to take pragmatic steps toward implementation of ITIL best practices.
    Register and attend this valuable webinar to gain the benefits of ITIL without the cost and complexity.


    Learn how IT leaders are cutting costs with SaaS
    Sponsored by Workday
    Companies spend countless hours and millions of dollars implementing and maintaining antiquated enterprise applications that no longer meet the needs of global business, the intensified regulatory environment, and especially the user expectations of today's workforce. Join us as we discuss the changing needs of business, and the pros and cons of on-premise and SaaS delivery models. Most importantly, we'll discuss how you, as an IT leader, can set up your company with innovative technology that will deliver value for many years to come.


    IMPACT Comes to You Executive Breakfast Roundtable: Smart Work for a Smarter Planet
    Hosted by: IBM
    Every week, companies lose 5.3 hours per employee due to inefficient processes. The need to work smarter is clear. Are you ready?  Prepare yourself to embrace change by attending Impact Comes to You 2009 -- the Smart Work Roadshow.


    Business Analytics and Data Optimization - Turning data into information and action for a smarter planet
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Organizations are experiencing higher costs and complexity from an explosion in the amount of data that's available to them. At the same time, they're facing a fundamentally changed environment with increased demands for informed decisions to be made quickly and accurately. Too few organizations are able to meet this challenge today.
    Join us for a webcast during which we will explore how business analytics and optimization can help you meet the challenges you face, including:


    Datacenter.Next: An Online Panel Discussion on the Convergence of Physical, Virtual and Cloud
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Cloud computing may have transformational potential, but its emergence has created an urgent and pressing question in the minds of today's IT leaders: How do we incorporate cloud computing into our existing datacenter operations? The reality is that-while cloud computing holds tremendous promise for enterprise IT-it is not a silver-bullet solution. Today's IT leaders are trying to determine the right blend of internal, external, physical and virtual as the blended "fabric" of their next-generation datacenter. Join this important online panel discussion to hear from leading thought leaders on the requirements and considerations for the next-generation datacenter.


    How HealthNow New York Drives Profitability and Operational Efficiencies with BIRT Performance Scorecard
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    In this webcast, HealthNow New York will share tips and tricks on how building an effective dashboard using BIRT Performance Scorecard helped clearly and rapidly communicate relevant and personalized key metrics to each viewer. The resulting high user adoption delivered unmatched performance insight, improved efficiencies, and profitability.

    Register and Attend this web seminar to receive a complimentary copy of the HealthNow New York Case Study!


    Executive Breakfast Roundtable: Leverage New Intelligence for a Smarter Planet
    Hosted by: IBM
    Join InformationWeek, IBM and your peers, for an exclusive New Intelligence Executive Breakfast Roundtable.  Here, you will to learn how to handle the explosive growth of information and use it for real-time, fact-based decision making to optimize your business.


    Optimize Business Performance by Building a Smarter Enterprise
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    On Wednesday, September 16th, James Surowiecki, world-renowned business strategist and author of the best-selling book The Wisdom of Crowds, and Jon Iwata, Chief Marketing Officer at IBM, will lead a live videocast to help your organization take advantage of the way work is evolving in order to become a smarter, more agile enterprise.

    So join us on Sept 16th and together James and Jon will help you discover how to optimize your own business performance and why IBM is uniquely qualified to help its customers work smarter. And following the webcast, IBM will host a global Smart Work JAM to engage business leaders, technologists and visionaries in a dialogue on how work is evolving in support of a smarter planet. We hope you will join the discussion.


    Putting your Telework Policy in Motion: Selecting the Right Enabling Technologies
    An InformationWeek Government Webcast
    This webcast is focused on how federal, state and local government organizations can develop a strategy to support telework programs and initiatives.
    With the government's workforce increasingly on the move, the inefficiency of these arrangements in both productivity and resources has become more apparent.
    At this informative webcast, attendees will hear from industry experts on government telework initiatives as well as an update on recommended technologies that enable trusted telework connectivity to help solve telework road blocks.


    Accelerating Business Optimization through Workload-Optimized Analytics Systems
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Companies face nearly constant change. Whether the change is driven by consumer preferences and demands, government requirements, global competition, new potential opportunities, or one of many possible factors, a quick response driven by solid intelligence can give a company a critical edge.
    Join InformationWeek and IBM for a one-hour Webcast that explores:
  • The importance of analytics in optimizing business results
  • Why companies struggle to meet their current analytic and information needs
  • The importance of flexibility in a high-performance analytics infrastructure
  • Growing time-to-value pressure
  • The role of emerging pre-integrated, workload-optimized analytic systems that combine hardware, software, and services to meet the need for rapid, flexible analytics


    FutureAPM: It's All About Online Transactions
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Web application architectures have evolved and expanded rapidly to keep up with the speed of business, reduce costs and deliver a better customer experience. While Web services, SOA, cloud computing, and virtualization technologies promise to transform IT services and increase business value, they also make web application environments more complex, modular, heterogeneous, distributed, and ultimately, difficult to manage.
    Join CA Wily VP of Product Management Rick Fitz to hear about the top trends to watch and effective strategies for application performance management in today's ever-changing environments.


    Web Attacks: How Hackers Create and Spread Malware
    A Dark Reading Vendor Perspectives WebCast
    Join this live one-hour webcast featuring web security expert Chris McCormack, and principal researcher Fraser Howard from Sophos to learn how web threats are created and spread -- and the impact they have on your business.
      Attend this live webcast and complete the survey to receive a free T-shirt!


    Metadata Moves into the Mainstream: Turning Metadata into Money
    An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives Webcast
    This widespread proliferation of data or "information explosion" is pushing metadata into the mainstream. For businesses to maintain a competitive edge, using information more effectively is critical. Only metadata can help cut through the clutter and provide the context necessary to distinguish between useful and useless information. Effective metadata management is the essential component for leveraging data as an organizational asset for strategic advantage. Join ASG Sr. Director of Strategy Ian Rowlands and Forrester Research Principal Analyst Rob Karel, as they explore how metadata can help organizations.
  • Make IT pay off
  • Avoid data driven disasters
  • Mitigate information risk
  • Use information as a game changer


    Success & Struggles: UBM's Global Online Employee Community Deployment Lessons
    An Informationweek WebCast
    Discover how you can accelerate company growth with collaborative, social business solutions!
    Join us and you will learn strategies to:
  • Engage your employees and promote collaboration with rich online communities
  • Instill a culture of sharing and cooperation across divisional silos
  • Promote, manage, grow and measure employee communities and productivity


    Surviving and Thriving in 2009: Productivity and ADM
    Sponsored by Wipro
    Directors and VP-level IT executives are invited to participate in this highly interactive two hour session in which we'll address the ways IT professionals can move beyond basic survival and sustainability by lowering costs, improving service levels, and optimizing operational efficiencies.


    Secure Web Conferencing by Adobe
    An Informationweek WebCast
    Join Adobe web conferencing expert James Lockman to learn how to ensure your web conferencing solution is secure. You will gain insights on security importance, control and compliance features and what to consider when implementing secure web conferencing. This presentation also showcases the unique security features of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro web conferencing. You will be able to take away an Adobe case study on how the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) of the U.S. Department of Defense uses secure web conferencing.


    Surviving and Thriving in 2009 -- An Executive Conversation
    Sponsored by Wipro
    CIOs and CEOs are invited to participate in this highly interactive two-hour dinner at which we'll address the ways IT executives can move beyond basic survival and sustainability by lowering costs, improving service levels, and optimizing operational efficiencies.


    Business Objectives driven SAP Application Management Services
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Join Patni Computer Systems and featured guest speakers from Forrester Research and The Mosaic Company for a Live Webinar on "Business Objectives-driven SAP Application Management Services" and learn how it can be designed to create an agile & responsive service delivery platform and drive application spend reduction.
    During the session, speakers from Forrester, Mosaic, and Patni will share with you tips and techniques to structure AMS programs focused on business outcomes. Through this Webinar, you will also learn how to:
  • Transform application management into a business process-centric service delivery platform
  • Seek reduction in application management costs through an ITIL-ready AMS model Leverage AMS to support business events such as consolidations, divestitures, mergers, etc.


    In Any Communications Saga, "Chapter 11" is Never the Best Part of the Story
    Let us help you plan the next chapter in your Nortel story
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    In this InformationWeek webcast, sponsored by Interactive Intelligence, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from Steve Leaden, president of Leaden Associates, a leading telecom engagement consultant who has deep experience working with Nortel deployments. Steve is also an author who has recently published an in-depth article outlining the best way to build a Nortel contingency plan. Steve will be joined on the webcast by Brad Herrington, Manager, Solutions Marketing at Interactive Intelligence Inc., who will discuss options for moving forward in the current environment.


    Transforming QA -- From Gatekeepers to Quality Partners
    An InformationWeek Vendor Webcast
    Many organizations have traditionally considered Business, IT and QA independent entities. This created organizational silos, with QA serving IT and IT serving Business. The result: Business complains about ever increasing IT costs; IT argues that QA is the culprit, since this group adds minimal value and drains resources. Industry gurus have consistently advocated the need for synergy between Business, IT and QA -- especially during tough times. They maintain that greater business value can be gained when these organizations work more closely together. By establishing the right enterprise IT strategy, and blending QA smoothly within IT, many of the operational gaps begin to disappear.
    Attend this Webinar and learn:
  • Ways to assess the current maturity level of your QA organization
  • How to arrive at desired levels of maturity and function to establish QA synergy with IT and Business
  • Outsourcing models that can help your organization transition from current maturity levels to desired levels


    Surviving & Thriving in 2009: Driving Cost and Productivity Optimization in Large Scale Virtualization
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    To help you cross the chasm between ideation and implementation, InformationWeek and Wipro invite you to join our interactive Webcast session on simplifying large scale virtualization projects. You will hear first-hand accounts on how improving optimization is a realistic operational target that is being delivered today in large enterprise environments. Attendees will also have the opportunity to have their questions answered LIVE during our interactive Q&A session!  We hope you can attend!


    Mainframe 2.0: Large University Puts CA Mainframe Software Manager into Production
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    In May CA launched CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA MSM), a key component of CA's Mainframe 2.0 strategy, and already customers are discovering how it simplifies both the installation and maintenance of CA products.
    Attend this webcast to hear a large Southwestern university describe its successful implementation of CA Mainframe Software Manager and how it is simplifying and improving their management of CA products. Scott Fagen, a Principal Software Architect of CA MSM, will discuss its many components and demonstrate how even users with little or no mainframe experience can quickly take advantage of CA MSM.
    Featured Speakers:
  • Scott Fagen, Principal Software Architect of CA MSM
  • Systems Administrator, large US Southwestern


    Mitigate Sun's Cost & Viability Threat: Explore the Alternative
    An InformationWeek Government Webcast
    Government agencies are faced with shrinking IT budgets and constrained resources. In the wake of IT industry consolidation, there are also understandable concerns about the future of many legacy environments. Together, IBM and Red Hat offer innovative solutions to customers with business critical workloads. Learn more about successful ways to migrate to the next generation of technology solutions.  We hope you can attend!


    Build a Dynamic Data Center: Optimize your Approach to Virtualization
    An InformationWeek Vendor Webcast
    Businesses need to keep IT expenditures down while continuing to provide high quality service. Virtualization offers a low cost way to improve systems management, enable availability of resources, and uphold business continuity without increasing IT overhead. Machine virtualization is established as a mainstream technology in most data centers today. Many organizations are now considering how best to advance to a more mature use of integrated, virtual technologies.
    It's time to look beyond virtualization technology and put in place the policies, people and structure you need to optimize the business value of a virtualized environment.


    Smart Enterprise Exchange
    Sponsored by CA
    Smart Enterprise Exchange is focused on providing you with the highest quality resources along with select opportunities to connect with your peers. It is not a social network, where you are constantly asked to stay linked to people or sites of very little value, but a membership of equals who share your concerns, needs and business interests.


    Bang for the IT Buck. Breathing New life into Old CRM
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Locking in customer loyalty through deeper engagement and differentiated experiences continue as critical priorities for companies of all sizes and in almost every industry. However, the current difficult economic climate means that finding additional investment dollars to improve customer-facing business processes is a thorny problem. Attention is turning from planning new projects to squeezing more value from existing systems. CRM professionals can be smart and mine the applications they already own for untapped benefits without incurring high costs. Hidden value typically lies locked within unused functionality or low user adoption rates. Reinforce your credibility and the business value that CRM can deliver by using quick-hit tactics to revitalize CRM systems.
    During this webinar you will learn:
  • The eight proven strategies for revitalizing CRM systems
  • How other companies have successfully applied these tactics
  • The immediate next steps to take to implement a CRM revitalization program


    The New Data Center Economics: Industry Trends are Conspiring to Lower the Cost of IT
    An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives WebCast
    Like so many areas of the current cost-constrained business climate, IT professionals are feeling the pressure to search out greater efficiencies and economies of scale in their operations. The most obvious targets for savings are from the equipment purchases, energy efficiency, and staff productivity. Subsequently, the technology trends that are generating the most interest and excitement are those that focus on achieving high levels of efficiency: Virtualization, Grid and cloud computing, Software as a Service, Green IT. Each of these topics have affected the products strategies of all of the major IT vendors and CIOs: virtualized and clustered servers and storage, high levels of management automation and the portability and elasticity of IT resources to instantly respond to changing application workloads. Taken together, these capabilities provide a new era of IT economics.


    Automating for Efficiency: How Enterprises Can Drive Latency and Human Error out of Business Processes
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    In these competitive times, a keen focus on efficiency is the mantra. And many believe that Business Process Automation (BPA) is the means to that end. But with the economy still uneven, is process automation even on IT's radar?
    Apparently so, according to a recent survey by IDG Research Services, which found that Business Process Automation is an IT priority right now! Some of the findings in the broad survey of IT executives show:
  • More than 2/3 of respondents are automating most or many of their core business processes, and another 21% are moving towards this goal
  • 87% consider BPA to be a critical or important IT priority
  • 87% see a connection between unified communications and process automation, and more than one third envision communication technology being incorporated into process automation applications


    Extending the Reach, Impact and ROI of Mobile Financial Services
    Sponsored by VeriSign
    Come join us for an in-depth and timely look at the emerging mobile banking and payments market. We will explore how to leverage all modes of mobile interaction, discuss strategies that drive user adoption, deliver value services to customers, decrease costs, and meet key ROI objectives.


    Protecting Your Wireless Network Investment: Advancements in Security and Management
    Sponsored by Motorola
    In our executive roundtable conversation, we'll bring together IT executives from the Chicagoland area to discuss the latest issues in wireless security and management and how businesses can plan right now for the inevitable growth in wireless network capabilities in the near future.


    Surviving and Thriving in 2009 -- Optimizing the IT infrastructure
    Sponsored by Wipro
    Enable, enhance and elevate your business operations to survive and thrive. Reserve your seat and you'll learn how to save money, become more competitive and turn a profit this year by reducing operating expenses and conserving capital expenditures.


    Reducing Data Management Costs to Put the Focus Back on Business Goals
    An InformationWeek Editorial Perspectives Webcast
    In this one-hour Webcast, IT Market Strategy Analyst Merv Adrian and Arvind Krishna, Vice President, IBM Enterprise Information Management Products, talk with TechWeb about how companies are using new data management technologies to save on data administration, storage, servers, energy consumption, and IT support - and reinvesting those savings into business priorities such as information-driven optimization. A live question-and-answer session follows the presentation.


    Stop Your Runaway Storage Costs
    Sponsored by Symantec
    This morning breakfast discussion, specifically designed for senior business-technology executives involved in storage management, will explore best practices in combination with new technologies that can drastically reduce storage growth trends.


    How IT Operations Managers Can Be Heroes During a Recession
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Recessions can be stressful. But one way IT operations managers can emerge as winners is by strengthening the management of laptops and mobile devices.
    In this webcast, featured guest Chris Silva of Forrester Research will discuss how operations managers can reduce costs and streamline the management of laptops and mobile devices by consolidating management tools, obtaining better visibility into endpoints, and leveraging hosted applications.


    Gone in 6.0 Seconds: Protecting Laptops and Data from Theft
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Join Rick Lewellyn, Dell SaaS Specialist, for an informative discussion on steps you can take to prevent data loss and maintain control of sensitive data in a mobile workforce. Lewellyn will tackle the critical issues of: keeping sensitive data from landing in the wrong hands; centralizing control of data security policies and backup management; and lowering TCO.


    Innovating in Today's Economy: Sustaining Your Edge with HPC
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Learn how the game-changing technology of modeling and simulation with high-performance computing (HPC) clusters, systems software, and applications can boost the productivity and competitiveness of your enterprise. Hear how the new-found affordability and ease of deploying HPC solutions are fostering broad adoption.  Listen to the Council on Competitiveness explain why now is the time for industrial adoption of modeling and simulation, and get practical advice from HP, ANSYS, Microsoft, and Intel on how you can deploy solutions and integrate them into your existing IT environment.


    6 Tips To Stop Data Leakage From Your Organization
    A Dark Reading Vendor Perspectives WebCast
    How can you help your company from becoming the next bad headline? Join TechWeb and compliance and security experts, John Metzger from Sophos and Nagraj Seshadri from Utimaco. Together, during a one-hour live WebCast, they will discuss how you can protect your company and customer data.
    Register and attend this live webcast to receive a free T-shirt!


    How to Integrate the Best of Open Source and Business Intelligence
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Join Matt Aslett, leading Analyst with The 451 Group, as he highlights the evolution of open source and its profound effect on the face of business intelligence and IT usage adoption. Jeff Morris, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Actuate, will share innovative features and information on how to deploy best-of-breed technology.
    This is a must-attend for all IT Directors, Managers and Developers looking for a cost-effective BI solution!


    Open minded perspectives and new visions on the challenging economic climate
    Sponsored by Siemens
    You don't want to miss this informative session where you'll hear industry perspectives from Brian Gillooly, Editor-in-Chief of InformationWeek Events and Melanie Turek, Principal Analyst with the Frost & Sullivan North American Information & Communication Technologies, who will share their insights on how a unified communication strategy can produce immediate business efficiencies.


    Doing More With Less: Finding Documents, Expertise, Projects and Relationships in a Downsizing Economy
    An InformationWeek TechWebcast


    Managing Distributed Assets for a Mobile Workforce
    An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives WebCast
    Join Dell for this complimentary webcast and discover how desktop management services can help your organization:
  • Conserve IT costs and staff time by centrally tracking and managing dispersed assets
  • Alleviate security and compliance concerns through improved visibility and control
  • Minimize risk by identifying system vulnerabilities that require patch updates
  • Protect sensitive information through data encryption and dynamic online backup
    This event is designed for IT executives looking to minimize cost and maximize efficiency of their IT asset management systems.


    On-Demand Process Improvement: From Market Hype to Economic Necessity
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Organizations that adapt to become more agile, transparent, and well-informed are the ones that will survive the economic turbulence. The need to be more efficient with fewer resources has many organizations turning to Business Process Management (BPM) solutions to help them optimize systems and processes in key areas such as financial performance, IT governance and productivity. On-demand delivery of BPM via Software as a Service (SaaS) presents an extraordinary opportunity to reduce technology costs and meet business objectives quickly.

    Tune into this webinar to hear John Cowles of Clayton Holdings present a case study on financial risk management through SaaS BPM. Michael Biddick, of InformationWeek, will discuss the economic imperatives for process improvement, and Malcolm Ross, of Appian, will overview the Appian Anywhere SaaS BPM suite.


    Why Bad Security Breaches Keep Happening To Good Organizations
    A Dark Reading Webcast
    A candid discussion on the shortcomings of today's network security infrastructures and how you can fix them?
    In this live, interactive webinar, Nir Zuk - inventor of the first commercial firewall - and Dark Reading editor Tim Wilson hold a candid discussion on how breaches occur, what they cost, and why today's traditional network security environments fall short. They discuss the future of network security -- and what your organization can do to stay out of the headlines.


    Strategic Software Asset Management: A Straightforward Cost-Savings Approach for 2009
    An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives Webcast
    Did you know that companies on average overspend on software licenses and maintenance? IT executives struggling to manage software across the enterprise face multiple challenges. With increased pressure on IT organizations to trim spending and maximize resources in a down economy, strategically managing software inventory is an absolute must. Join Dell Modular Services and discover best practices for developing and implementing an effective asset management program. We'll explore a step-by-step approach to help your organization.


    Application Performance Management: Best Practices and Strategies
    An InformationWeek Editorial Live Webcast
    To survive in this economy and remain competitive, companies across all industries have to achieve more productivity from their depleted workforces. IT executives can bring additional value to the business by showing how IT can contribute more to overall enterprise productivity, and how IT itself can become more productive and efficient by utilizing application performance management. To do this, they must create end-to-end insight into the total customer experience, identify and resolve performance issues before customers are affected, and ensure a rapid ROI.

    The Webcast will show IT executives how to cope with increasingly complex environments and Web applications and drive greater value to the business through increased productivity.  A panel of experts will discuss the tools and solutions for measuring and managing the service delivery of strategic enterprise Web applications and the quality of the customer’s online experience.


    The Changing Role of the Security Leader
    An Executive Panel Discussion
    It wasn't long ago that the information security executive's role in the organization was primarily tactical and reactionary. Join a power panel of three security leaders to understand how their roles have evolved and what they believe is critical to sustain leadership and value within their organizations. In the face of unprecedented cybercrime threats, we'll explore their day-to-day priorities and how their initiatives and organizations have changed in the down economy and how they are measuring success in their programs.


    Resetting Information and BI Priorities for a Challenging Economy
    An InformationWeek Analytics WebCast presented by Intelligent Enterprise and sponsored by IBM
    To learn more about today's path forward in business intelligence and information management, Intelligent Enterprise Editor-in-Chief Doug Henschen and independent analyst David Stodder are teaming up to present a one-hour Webcast in which they'll discuss how to make the most of existing technologies while also laying the groundwork for short- and long-term investments. They'll also share guiding insights from the in-depth "Intelligent Enterprise Reader Priorities Survey 2009."


    Best Practices for Database Security & Compliance
    An InformationWeek / Dark Reading Webcast
    Join this live one-hour webcast featuring Forrester database security expert, Noel Yuhanna, to learn best practices for safeguarding enterprise data while addressing compliance requirements such as SOX, PCI and data privacy laws. You’ll also benefit from Forrester’s latest research on vendor evaluation criteria for enterprise database auditing and real-time protection.

    Phil Neray, Guardium VP, will show you how Guardium customers are achieving rapid ROI by replacing manual database logging with automated and centralized controls for heterogeneous DBMS environments, including application-layer monitoring to identify fraud. Hear how you can save both time and money via centralized policies, automated reporting and oversight processes, and standardization of controls across multiple DBMS platforms and compliance initiatives.


    State of the Cloud: A Virtual Panel on What's Real and What's Not
    A Informationweek WebCast
    With the hype surrounding cloud computing reaching a fever pitch, organizations need a reality check on what's real and what's not. Join us for this timely and definitive webcast panel discussion with executives from rPath, Citrix, Rackspace, RightScale, U.S. Department of Energy and a representative on behalf of Wendy's International on "The State of the Cloud." These user accounts will establish a real-world usage context for a panel discussion that will explore the state of the cloud today. Moderated by Forrester Research, "The State of the Cloud" will discuss the emerging usage patterns, issues and opportunities at the heart of this often complex, occasionally muddled and almost certainly transformational trend.
    March 26, 2009 / 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET


    The Rise of Centralized Application Performance Management: Four Case Studies
    A Network Computing Vendor Perspectives WebCast
    As application infrastructures become more complex, the variety of challenges in managing application performance has increased exponentially. And according to leading analysts, this complexity challenge is likely to accelerate. Join us for a detailed discussion on how leading companies in ecommerce, transportation/logistics, financial services, and hotels/casinos/resorts have successfully implemented a 360° APM solution to address very different APM challenges. Each of these Fortune 500 companies ranks among the top 4 in their industry.
    March 24, 2009 - 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET


    Surviving and Thriving in 2009: Looking Ahead in a Time of Turmoil
    Sponsored by Wipro
    This breakfast roundtable has been created specifically for CIOs, CTOs and VP-level IT executives to provide an intimate forum in which they can address some of the extremely urgent and vital issues that they are facing in light of today's current economic climate. Through this moderated conversation, attendees will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on the following:
  • How can you maintain or increase service levels with a lower budget for the next 12 months?
  • What IT projects and investments will you focus on to provide an ROI within the year?
  • Which ones will leave your companies positioned for growth and innovation by the start of 2010?

    Reserve your place at the table and you will learn how to save money, become more competitive and turn a profit this year by reducing operating expenses and conserving capital expenditures - just don't delay, seating for this intimate event is extremely limited!


    Driving Business Results with a New Kind of Intelligence
    An InformationWeek WebCast
    In a turbulent economy, companies need to seize every viable opportunity possible. Yet, as the global markets struggle, any margin for error or inefficiency has virtually vanished. Access to sound intelligence -- derived from accurate, up-to-date information -- helps companies make game-changing decisions quickly and with confidence. But managing the deluge of information that floods modern businesses isn’t easy.

    Join TechWeb for this free Webcast featuring prominent industry analyst Dr. Fern Halper and IBM vice president of Information Management Product Strategy, Inhi Suh.
    March 19, 2009 -- 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET


    Blueprinting the Mobile Internet
    An InformationWeek WebCast
    Service providers are pursuing the mobile Internet opportunity primarily with connectivity-centric approaches that focus on the migration to advanced IP-based radio networks, such as HSPA+, LTE, and WiMAX.

    This migration will have huge impacts on service providers. They which must transform their networks, operations, and business models to capitalize on the rapid innovation of over-the-top Internet players, pent-up demand for personalization, and the need to economically support massive bandwidth demand that will double each year for the foreseeable future.

    This session will discuss ways to capitalize on the heightened innovation associated with over-the-top Internet providers and establish strategies to economically support the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth.
    March 17, 2009, 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET


    Identifying and Correcting New Vulnerabilities in Disaster Recovery Planning
    Sponsored by Symantec
    An alarming number of IT executives are reporting that their disaster recovery programs are under threat. Our upcoming Informationweek event, offers new perspectives on the emerging issues surrounding disaster recovery in today's corporate environment -- which, many say, has become reactionary and short-sighted.


    Cloud Conversations
    Join us for This Live 3 Part Round Table Discussion
    There's no question: cloud is a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary topic. It embodies a new class of software, new approaches to infrastructure, new delivery models, new implications for IT management, and certainly, new business value.
    That's why HP is bringing together experts from distinctly different domains to have an in-depth and integrative conversation about a wide range of elements related to the cloud.
    You are invited to a 3-part roundtable, where HP experts from each domain will discuss cloud technologies and new practices, and how global-class cloud computing will blend and augment traditional enterprise-class technologies and practices.


    Telecommuting: Make It Successful & Secure with SSL VPN
    An InformationWeek Live Webcast
    Register for this live webcast to learn about the trends driving telecommuting use today, the telecommuting best practices, and how SSL VPN is the ideal solution to effectively address your telecommuting needs. 
    ***Attend the live webcast and be entered to win 1 of 5 SA 2500 SSL VPN appliances from Juniper Networks plus a 10-user lab use license. New Juniper SSL VPN customers only. Click link for complete terms, conditions and eligibility restrictions.
    February 19, 2009 / 11:00 a.m. / 2:00 p.m. ET


    Can Your Data Center Infrastructure Handle the Side Effects of New Technology?
    An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives Webcast
    Virtualization, consolidation, high-density computing… new technologies and approaches such as these are redefining the data center landscape.  An aging support infrastructure can easily become obsolete—a threat to uptime and a costly bottleneck to future expansion.  Join Eaton Corporation and Nemertes Research for an important Webcast to learn more about the impact of these IT technologies on power and cooling systems!
    February 17, 2009 / 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET


    Calculating Today’s Strong Authentication ROI
    An InformationWeek Live Webcast
    We all know that passwords are the weakest link in our security armor, so the smartest budget choice we can make is to protect that link in real-time rather than deal with the aftermath. But what’s the best solution available? We’ll arm you with the tools to simplify both your budget and security decisions as you investigate strong authentication solutions for your organization.
    February 11, 2009 / 9:00 a.m. PT /12:00 p.m. ET


    Mitigating Litigation Risk with Strategic Email Management
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Vivian Tero, IDC's research manager of Compliance Infrastructure will be joined by industry experts from Dell MessageOne who will present how a SaaS-enabled solution can reduce the total cost of ownership of your email infrastructure, effectively eliminate the risk of email downtime, securely archive email, expedite e-Discovery and block spam and virus attacks.
    February 10, 2009 / 9:00 am PT / 12:00pm ET


    My Budget is Gone...Now What? How Network Rightsizing can Save IT
    An InformationWeek Webcast
    Join industry experts Steve Kovsky, InformationWeek Contributing Editor, Chris Harget of Aruba Networks, and John Turner, Director of Networks and Systems for Brandeis University at this informative webcast for a look into strategic cost reduction with new network strategies for 2009. The panel will reveal how organizations are shrinking one-time and recurring costs associated with building consolidations, closet refresh, network expansions or simply to contend with slashed budgets.
    February 04, 2009 / 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET


    Best Practices for 360° Application Performance Monitoring (APM): Filling Gaps in Visibility across Complex, Multi-Tier Application Infrastructures
    A Network Computing Vendor Perspectives WebCast
    Join SL Corporation for an informative webcast that will discuss the challenges many organizations face in providing solutions for 360° application visibility, core requirements for a solution, and a recommended architecture.  Matt Rosen, the Director of Application Development for Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) will further discuss how they successfully put these best practices into action to monitor their end-to-end shipment lifecycle management system helping them ensure SLA compliance of 2.5 million annual shipments.
    January 28 2008 - 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET


    Tomorrow's CIO: Driving Business Value in the Oil and Gas Industry in a Turbulent Economy
    Sponsored by Wipro
    This morning meeting has been created to help CIOs and senior level IT executives identify and spearhead IT projects with maximum short-term payback in 2009 so that they can successfully position their company for continued growth and innovation in the coming year.  Join InformationWeek along with featured speakers, Spencer Abraham, Former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Randy Krotowski, CIO of Chevron Global Upstream on Tuesday, January 27th in Houston, Texas for this interactive and informative event.


    Enabling the Extended Enterprise with Portals
    An InformationWeek WebCast
    During this webcast, Mark Vermette and George Rathbun of CRIX International with Jason Andersen from JBoss, a division of Red Hat, will discuss CRIX’s implementation of their portal-based collaboration solution. Based on JBoss and Alfresco technology, CRIX has the potential to drastically reduce the effort associated with complex clinical research site initiation processes.
    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 / 1:00 pm PT / 4:00 pm ET


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