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Modern global enterprises can no longer afford any down-time, making business continuity key to most companies. A loss of vital business data can cripple a company or even put it out of business. Software-based data replication is a technology that can be used to send changed data to one or more target systems. It provides continuous data protection and availability of systems during planned and unplanned outages.

There certainly is no shortage of hype when it comes to the term "Big Data" as vendors and enterprises alike highlight the transformative effect of building actionable insight from the deluge of data that is now available to us all. But amongst the hype, practical guidance is often lacking: why is Apache Hadoop most often the technology underpinning "Big Data"? How does it fit into the current landscape of databases and data warehouses that are already in use? And are there typical usage patterns that can be used to distill some of the inherent complexity for us all to speak a common language? And if there are common patterns, what are some ways that I can apply them to my unique situation?

Improving the transparency and efficiency of the trade lifecycle is critical in today’s fast-paced trading environment. OTC derivatives regulatory reform will present significant challenges for all market participants. With ever increasing regulatory requirements, improving the transparency and efficiency of the trade document lifecycle is critical. Those that can fully automate each step of the process to reduce risk and achieve compliance will gain a competitive edge.

For decades, firms have used ERP, CRM and other applications to automate transactional processes like ordering, payments, and shipping.

How safe are your account records, client claims, employee evaluations, patient data, trade secrets and other confidential business information?

How many wiring closets or smaller server rooms do you manage? Are they distributed in various remote sites or at Colos? Or, are you running most of your business in the Cloud?

Attend this webcast to listen to Forrester Research present the findings of their study on how SwAF leveraged IBM InfoSphere Information Server Ready to Launch for SAP Applications to successfully transform their IT landscape around a single SAP ERP environment and achieve total annual estimated benefits of ~47 million USD.

Join this webinar to hear more about the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by engaging a Mobile Enterprise Services provider to help implement a BYOD program, based on a study commissioned by IBM and conducted by Forrester Consulting. Hear guest speakers, Dave Johnson (Forrester Senior Analyst), Michelle Evangelista (Forrester Total Economic Impact Consultant), and Arthur Chiang (IBM Vice President of Mobile Services) discuss some of the benefits of engaging a Mobile Enterprise Services provider.

Offsite data replication is key to ensuring ongoing business operations, but it can be complex and costly, especially when performed over long distances.

Join us for this live webcast that will review the protections tips and findings from Neustar's recent industry survey on DDoS attacks and impact.

IT organizations are under increasing pressure to deliver new services to grow the business, support new requirements for mobile, social networking and cloud services, as well as provide the business with unique competitive advantage through better IT services. And they are expected to achieve all this with better application performance, availability, and security, and within flat or shrinking IT budgets.

In a groundbreaking study, Constellation Research surveyed 184 organizations to understand the impact of third-party maintenance on their contract negotiations with Oracle or SAP. The research reveals how third-party maintenance can play a key role in providing pricing leverage and options in overall application and maintenance contract negotiations.

Ruby on Rails with a single MySQL server is one of the fastest ways to create and deploy a world-class web app. Scaling that app is another story. Since you can add web capacity easily, the ability to scale a modern Ruby on Rails application rests solely upon the scalability of the database.

It’s clear—and has been for some time—that the aging, siloed legacy systems in place at life insurance and annuity carriers are detrimental to profitable growth. The resources needed to maintain these systems can drain carrier profitability, hinder their ability to quickly bring innovative products and services to market and keep up with escalating regulatory requirements.

Virtualization is transforming how companies run their data centers to maximize availability and business continuity.

For optimal agility in cloud compute environments, IBM Enterprise Smarter Storage offers easy scaling, high service levels for dynamic, heterogeneous workloads, and tight integration with hypervisors and, significantly, the OpenStack platform. And with the IBM XIV Storage System, IBM offers a unique architecture providing exceptional elasticity for reaping the benefits of cloud computing.

If you're planning a data integration project, it's important to determine the right data integration style you need to deliver information that is accurate, complete, timely, and in context for your target database or application. It is even more important as data sources continue to increase in number, size, complexity and velocity. Attend this webcast to develop a framework for approaching data integration in the new era of Big Data.

Join us to hear Christopher Rommel, VP of M2M and Embedded Technology at VDC, address the fundamental issues and recommendations you should consider as you adopt Agile.

In this informative webcast, Dark Reading editor Tim Wilson will host the Cloud Security Alliance’s John Howie and Vormetric executive CJ Radford in discussing the threats posed to data in the cloud, the various methods available for securing sensitive data in cloud environments, and key strategies for identifying and securing data in cloud services and environments.

Smart processes become more critical for information workers – sometimes called iworkers -- every day. In fact, processes matter as much if not more than strategies and metrics that are often tracked by Wall Street. When discounted, a lack of process actually makes executing strategies more difficult. However, when processes and strategy intersect, everyone wins.

Today’s Websites are loaded with first and third party tracking codes, making it difficult for site owners to obtain a clear understanding of this activity across their domains. Left unmanaged, tracking codes can cause data leakage, slow load times and expose site owners to unnecessary privacy risks.

Health was a major area of focus at last month's HIMSS13. Healthcare IT professionals are being called upon to help providers unplug, integrate, and find new efficiencies in patient care and management of medical data. While mobile technology improves the quality and cost of patient care, it increases IT workloads and raises the risks for information security and HIPAA compliance. Healthcare IT professionals are expected to manage these risks while improving the productivity of their healthcare colleagues and keeping them happy by allowing them to use their own mobile devices.

Attend this interactive webcast to learn more about how SAP, Twilio and other applications can easily be integrated with Salesforce.com, and you'll test it all - live. You'll also have the opportunity to get all of your technical questions answered in great detail.

This webcast discusses the strategy and implications of connecting and integrating devices, data and systems in a mobile-first environment.

User expectations are driving businesses away from the safety of mobile web, to hybrid and native applications. Attend this webcast to learn more about the growing platform sprawl. This session will help you see how DevOps practices can be used to help address your mobile lifecycle challenges.