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Advanced Customer Insights - Know Your Customer Better
An InformationWeek Webcast
Customers are becoming more fragmented due to changing demographics and systems. Due to this, organizations are seeking more effective ways to interact with customers, develop appropriate relationships, and establish long-term sustainable profitability. Capabilities such as profitability analysis, predictive analytics, complete customer view, and event based customer management will enable advanced customer insights that will sustain competitive advantage through revenue growth and reduced expenses.
Join us for a webcast during which we will explore how Business Analytics and Optimization (BAO) can help you meet the challenges you face.
December 17, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET
Smarter, Easier, Adaptive MDM
An InformationWeek Webcast
IBM is taking master data management to the next level of smart. Join the IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management team to learn about the newest capabilities, including custom-built data domains and enhanced user interface, which meet key business needs and enable faster time to value.
Experts will discuss key product features and use cases that enable flexibility and choice in InfoSphere Master Data Management implementations. Industry specific requirements and benefits will also be highlighted including Financial Services, Telco, Retail and Government.
December 17, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
An InformationWeek Webcast
Customers are becoming more fragmented due to changing demographics and systems. Due to this, organizations are seeking more effective ways to interact with customers, develop appropriate relationships, and establish long-term sustainable profitability. Capabilities such as profitability analysis, predictive analytics, complete customer view, and event based customer management will enable advanced customer insights that will sustain competitive advantage through revenue growth and reduced expenses.
Join us for a webcast during which we will explore how Business Analytics and Optimization (BAO) can help you meet the challenges you face.
December 17, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET
Smarter, Easier, Adaptive MDM
An InformationWeek Webcast
IBM is taking master data management to the next level of smart. Join the IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management team to learn about the newest capabilities, including custom-built data domains and enhanced user interface, which meet key business needs and enable faster time to value.
Experts will discuss key product features and use cases that enable flexibility and choice in InfoSphere Master Data Management implementations. Industry specific requirements and benefits will also be highlighted including Financial Services, Telco, Retail and Government.
December 17, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
Boost Customer Satisfaction with Microsoft OCS in Your Contact Center
An InformationWeek Webcast
Customer retention is more important than ever in today's economy. Some revealing statistics show why:
Companies with high customer satisfaction ratings generate much higher Average Revenue per User (ARPU) than those who don't. So every interaction you have with your existing customers is crucial to improving satisfaction and maintaining or increasing revenue.
Increasing your customer satisfaction ratings is easy when you enable your contact center agents to provide the right answers and the best solutions to the customer when they need it most - on the first call.
Join Microsoft and Interactive Intelligence and lean how integrating OCS into the contact center can make all the difference in increasing first call resolution rates, improving customer satisfaction, and raising revenues for your business.
December 17, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET
Portability In The Cloud
An InformationWeek Webcast
As private, public, and hybrid cloud computing environments emerge, IT pros have many options for applications, platforms, storage, and other infrastructure. It's important that businesses maintain the flexibility to mix and match those elements, to move data and applications from one cloud environment to another, and, if necessary, to switch cloud service providers. Emerging standards address these requirements, while supporting integration with existing IT systems and software. In this webcast, we will explore strategies for developing cloud environments that built with interoperability and portability in mind.
December 16, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET
Application Porting Considerations when Migrating from Solaris to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
An InformationWeek TechWebcast
December 16, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
The Total Economic Impact of moving to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform: An overview of results from a Forrester Consulting study
An InformationWeek Webcast
Sponsor: Red Hat
Sure, most people realize that open source middleware costs less up front. But how can you model the total financial impact for your organization? Join us to find out, and hear the results of the Forrester Consulting study: The Total Economic Impact of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
Forrester's Total Economic Impact (TEI) methodology measures costs and cost reductions, as well as the value of a technology's ability to increase the overall effectiveness of business processes. As part of this study, Forrester interviewed a Red Hat customer and assessed the financial impact of its move to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
What you will learn:
This Forrester study can be used to prepare your own economic justification report. Register now and receive your complimentary report after attending the webinar!
December 16, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET
Smarter PC and Laptop Management with Cloud-Based BI
An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives Webcast
If you are managing PCs, laptops or mobile devices, cloud-based business intelligence services can make your job much easier, not to mention helping you improve data security and reduce management costs.
In this 45-minute webcast, our featured guest, Chris Silva of independent research firm, Forrester Research, Inc., will discuss why PC managers and "Mobile Operations Managers" need to increase their ability to monitor what happens on endpoints.
December 15, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
Clustering Database Applications to Lower Costs
An InformationWeek Webcast
One of the most important lessons resulting from the recent economic meltdown is that corporations can, in fact, find ways to deliver both higher value Analysts are taking note of the growing importance of Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) as customers across all industries cluster their transaction processing and data warehousing applications to deliver a higher quality of service at lower cost.
Join us for a conversation with Noel Yuhanna, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, to learn how clustering database applications, including Oracle E-Business Suite, Peoplesoft, Siebel, SAP and other applications with Oracle RAC can reduce server and storage costs, and lighten the load for your database administrators.
December 15, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
Leading Analyst to Present ROI Model of IT and End-User Collaboration
An InformationWeek Webcast
Forrester Researcher, Jon Erickson and General Manager and VP of Actuate Open Source Strategy Group, Rich Guth, will take an in-depth look at how a financial institution achieved tangible economic benefits by providing business users with self-service access to information.
Attend and receive your complimentary copy of Forrester's report, "The Total Economic Impact of Actuate's BIRT Product Line".
December 15, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
Reducing Operating Costs Through Branch Consolidation
An InformationWeek Webcast
As the weather turns wintry across the country, IT departments are searching for signs of an early thaw to the frozen budgets that have reigned for the past year and more. In the meantime, new strategies for reducing costs continue to occupy the minds of technology professionals, as they stretch resources to the limit to meet the needs of internal and external clients.
Now those barriers to reducing costs and improving branch operations are finally coming down, as companies avail themselves of new technology that streamlines WAN traffic, making it possible to speed up data links between far-flung regional outposts and consolidated IT infrastructure and resources at the home office. This newfound network capacity -- often accomplished without costly bandwidth upgrades -- is already paying dividends. In this live Webcast, you'll hear how IT organizations are gaining the ability to completely virtualize their branch office operations, achieving a "serverless" state that eliminates redundant hardware and software, while slashing maintenance costs and IT complexity.
December 15, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET
Email Encryption for Enterprise Security: The Who, Why, When and How
An InformationWeek Webcast
Email is an indispensable corporate communication tool. And with updated HIPAA requirements due to HITECH, FINRA, and other measures, can you say with confidence your organization is compliant? One part of your compliance strategy involves encrypting sensitive information shared through email to ensure critical intellectual property doesn't end up in the wrong hands.
Join this special webcast hosted by Dark Reading contributing editor Curtis Franklin and Bob Rowell, Webroot Systems Engineer for a technical discussion on how encryption can keep your organization compliant. After the presentation we will answer any questions you may have about implementing effective, affordable email security.
December 10, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
Global CIO Agenda 2010: Welcome To The CIO Revolution
An InformationWeek Global CIO Webcast
The shifting Global economy is rapidly creating a CIO Revolution. Yes, we said Revolution. A new wave of senior IT executives are supercharging their organizations with optimized processes, lower latency, deeper customer insights, collaborative capabilities, and fresh ideas. Are you paying attention? Are you participating?
In a 90-minute intense, interactive discussion moderated by InformationWeek Global CIO's Bob Evans, world-class CIOs will candidly disclose the transformational initiatives within their companies. And, they will share how they are actively connecting with business colleagues and customers to deliver unprecedented new ways of exchanging ideas, lowering costs, and co-creating immediate business value.
Be at the forefront of this fundamental transformation by registering NOW for "Global CIO Agenda 2010: Welcome To The CIO Revolution," an InformationWeek Global CIO webcast.
December 10, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
Maximize Your Platform with Windows 7 to Reduce Costs & Complexity
An InformationWeek TechWebcast
Sponsored by: Cognizant
Improving productivity and decreasing expenses are paramount to a business's success in today's volatile economy. With Windows 7, you can accelerate deployment, reduce IT costs associated with support and technology, and mitigate risk across your enterprise.
December 10, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
Smarter Business
A Live InformationWeek Video Webcast
Sponsored by: IBM
The business world is entering a new wave of transformation, as sophisticated information technologies such as analytics, sensor-equipped networks, and Web applications make industries, processes, and professionals smarter than ever before. InformationWeek calls the trend Smarter Business, and in this live, 60-minute video Webcast presentation, we'll draw from interviews with leading practitioners in presenting a range of compelling use cases.
This Smarter Business Webcast will feature a 15-minute presentation by Sean Hogan, vice president, Global Healthcare Delivery Systems, IBM Healthcare & Life Sciences, as well as a panel discussion among InformationWeek editor in chief Rob Preston, InformationWeek editor Chris Murphy, and Intelligent Enterprise editor in chief Doug Henschen. There will be ample opportunity for questions and answers.
December 10, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET
Code Signing and How it Helps Prevent Malware Attacks
A Dr. Dobb's Webcast
Sponsor: VeriSign
Join the presentation, Code Signing and How it Helps Prevent Malware Attacks, to learn first hand about malware attacks and how they can impact your business. You'll hear from Corey Prince, product manager for Code Signing at VeriSign to learn:
Also, during our live Q&A session you can ask Corey your code signing questions.
December 10, 2009 - 1:00 PM PT/ 4:00 PM ET
5 Keys to Driving Down Data Protection Costs While Increasing IT Service Levels: Smart Moves You Can Make Now
A Network Computing Vendor Perspectives Webcast
Everyone is talking about controlling costs and improving productivity. In tough markets, optimizing your operations is a proven way to help weather the storm. Join us for a live, interactive 45-minute discussion to learn how other IT organizations are using the powerful combination of ExaGrid disk backup with deduplication and NetBackup software to dramatically improve backups and restores at a significantly lower cost.
December 10, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
IT Security: The Next-Decade
InformationWeek's Dark Reading and Black Hat come together for their first-ever complimentary virtual event, which will explore the most dangerous threats of the next ten years -- and what you can do today to protect your enterprise from them. Register for Free Today!
Platinum Sponsors: Novell, Imperva
Gold Sponsors: Qualys, thawte
Silver Sponsor: AT&T, ArcSight, Blue Coat, Core Security, FireEye, Nitrosecurity, Open Text, Splunk, Sophos
Complete End User Visibility - Overcoming IT Challenges to Align With the Business
An InformationWeek WebCast
Is the performance level of your organization's most critical end-user applications meeting the needs of your customers? Decades of IT investments, career opportunities and the perception of the entire IT organization all come down to this simple question. The increasing complexity of IT makes complete end user visibility more challenging than ever for IT decision makers. In today's increasingly web-driven business world, the performance of your IT applications is more and more the foundation of your entire business.
Traditional network performance and availability monitoring tools are not integrated. Worse yet, they often show the IT infrastructure performing at SLAs, but in reality your end-users might be receiving less than desirable response times from their applications and you will have to react to a costly user service request. True end-user visibility ensures that your IT organization is proactively monitoring the availability and performance of your end user experience across the entire IT enterprise. The benefits of true end user visibility include exceeding delivery against SLAs, lowering resource and IT maintenance costs, improving your infrastructure utilization, and IT as a revenue driver and key enabler for business success.
December 9, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
"Managed Services and the Productivity Imperative"
Why managed services are the fastest route to increasing enterprise productivity at a lower cost
An InformationWeek WebCast
Sponsored by: Qwest
One of the most important lessons resulting from the recent economic meltdown is that corporations can, in fact, find ways to deliver both higher value services to employees while also saving on costs. One of the best examples of limiting capital and operating expenditures is through the deployment of managed services for voice, data and network operations, where enterprises rely on third-parties to optimize critical systems and also assure higher performance levels. A recent industry research study found 70% of corporate executives and IT managers expressed confidence that investing in voice, data and networks operations improves efficiencies and reduces costs in order to be better prepared for an economic recovery.
Our upcoming webcast will show exactly how enterprises can realize these important and timely benefits.
December 8, 2009 - 1:00 PM PT/ 4:00 PM ET
Separating hype from reality for energy-saving UPSs
Five questions to ask when selecting a new high-efficiency UPS
An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
A one-megawatt data center with a 10-year-old UPS could be forfeiting $112,000 a year to energy losses. New technology enables UPSs to be 99 percent efficient, even under normal loads, without sacrificing protection.
Join Eaton and InformationWeek in a Webcast to learn about new energy-saving UPSs-how they work, the compelling business case for replacing legacy UPSs, and what makes the latest generation of energy-saving systems different from conventional "eco-mode" UPSs.
December 2, 2009 - 10:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
Executive Roundtable: Mastering Security Architecture in Virtual Environments
hosted by: Trend Micro
As CIOs increase their influence and presence in the boardroom, the pressure to establish confidence in the company's IT architecture increases substantially. Without a secure and trusted enterprise, the confidence in the CIO's role and decision making comes into question. In this morning roundtable, attendees will hear from subject matter experts and discuss public cloud and SaaS strategies for the datacenter and explore the emerging threat landscape and how to re-architect security defenses in virtual environments.
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:
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:
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:
November 3, 2009 - 10:00 AM PT/ 1:00 PM ET
Next-Generation Networks
Access this free virtual event and get up to speed on networking state of the art, while learning about and discussing the technologies that are going to drive network design and implementations today and in the future. You will learn from peers, analysts, and vendors about where the technologies are today and how you can prepare for a network overhaul.ÊÊ Register for Free Today!
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:
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:
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:
October 22, 2009 - 9:00 AM PT/ 12:00 PM ET
Dealing With Data Centers In Tough Times
Whether your company's data center is a couple of servers stashed in a closet or a state-of-the-art climate-controlled facility, this virtual event will show you how to keep the lights on, do more with less, and stay positioned for an economic recovery even in the midst of today's tough IT environment.Ê Get the details and Register Now.
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:
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
InformationWeek Virtual Event: The Business Case for Windows 7
The launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system promises to be one of the biggest technology debuts of the year. Attend this virtual event to gain exclusive, complimentary access to the premier one-stop Windows 7 information destination, packed with resourcesÊ to guide you in your decision-making process.
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:
- Benefits of legacy IT modernization
- Reasons to adopt a modernization strategy
- Various modernization strategies
- The pros and cons of each modernization approach
September 29, 2009 - 11:00 AM PT/ 2:00 PM ET
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:
- Simplification of underlying data
- Reducing complexity in analytics
- Reducing the costs of your existing analytics ecosystem
We look forward to your participation in this webcast.
Thursday, September 24, 2009 / 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET
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.
On-Demand: InformationWeek 500 Virtual Event - Navigating the Boardroom
At the annual award-winning virtual event, featuring the US Federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, you'll be able to experience both highlights from the live conference as well as exclusive content presented in a unique virtual environment that allows you to personally connect with C-level executives from leading global companies, at absolutely no cost and from the convenience of your desktop.
Platinum Sponsor: Dell
Gold Sponsors: ArcSight, thawte
Silver Sponsors: IBM, SAS, Pitney Bowes, Trend Micro
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:
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.
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:
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:
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.
ON-DEMAND: Global CIO Summit: Driving Business Value and Customer Value in the Global Economy
This exclusive virtual event will bring together CIOs and other business-technology executives from India, China, the U.S., and Europe to share ideas, debate issues, and explore processes that have enabled them to deliver greater business value and customer value in a global economy.
Platinum Sponsors: Workday, PhoneFactor
Gold Sponsors: ArcSight
Silver Sponsors: Zenith InfoTech, thawte
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:
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:
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!
On-Demand: Security Virtual Event: Dealing with Insider Threats
After years of building up their defenses against viruses, hackers, and other external attacks,
many IT and security managers are now worrying about a new set of threats: those that come from inside the company. Is your organization ready to handle insider threats? Do you even know what those threats might be? If you are unsure of your answers, you should attend this important new virtual event, presented by InformationWeek and Dark Reading.
Platinum Sponsor: Imperva
Gold Sponsors: ArcSight, Lumension, Splunk, Websense
Silver Sponsors: Centrify, Fortify Software, Marshal8e6, Proofpoint, thawte
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 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:
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.
On-Demand: Virtual Interop: Innovation in Action
Experience it all in one place! IT and business leaders attend Interop events around the world to learn about the latest trends and technologies. Now, for the first time, attend the leading business technology conference and expo for free, without leaving your workplace.
Platinum Sponsor: Motorola Air Defense Solutions
Gold Sponsor: ArcSight, Global Knowledge
Silver Sponsor: Eaton, Elastra, thawte
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.
On-Demand: Virtualization: Driving Value from the Desktop to the Data Center
InformationWeek editors and virtualization experts come together for a new virtual event designed to help you build (or improve) a structured management plan for a virtualized environment. With our expert guidance, you can insure interoperability with existing systems management tool and take virtualization to the next level.
Platinum Sponsors: rPath, thawte
Gold Sponsors: APC, ASG, Novell
Silver Sponsor: Autovirt, SunMicrosystems, Apani, DataDomain
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:
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:
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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