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As people-centric resources such as PCs, tablets and mobile devices deteriorate in performance and become vulnerable to security threats over time; IT must look for new ways of staying ahead of the curve.

Big data is not just about technology. It’s about the value you can extract and the problems you can solve with the technology. While each industry has its own unique challenges, IBM has identified five cross-industry use cases that provide excellent starting points for anyone looking to begin their big data journey. Start small with one use case and address others over your big data journey. The key is getting started now. This webinar will show you how!

Join this webinar to hear Keith Swenson, VP of Research and Development for Fujitsu America who will share his learnings on how to apply best practices and new tools that will help increase productivity while improving agility of your entire organization.

Join and learn how technical computing capabilities can help organizations of all sizes accelerate their time-to-results by transforming IT infrastructures to become more agile for high performance computing.

Our thought leaders understand the dynamics in today’s analytics environment and can provide real world insight into a data warehouse strategy that makes the most sense for your organization.

Join this case-study oriented webinar to learn how one company used true real-time analytics and the power of a scale-out database to take their business to the next level.

Unlike other ERM providers, IBM provides a fully integrated end-to-end ERM framework that is built based on extensive experience of helping two-thirds of the European CRO Forum to address Solvency II which shares common characteristics to the RMORSA. US Insurers have the flexibility to design their own RMORSA solution based on their unique requirements, with the ability to complement any existing infrastructure investments with new "best of breed" capabilities from IBM.

Most big businesses these days operate across multiple cities. This webinar focuses on the best-practices involved in managing IT across multiple buildings, sites, regions, or even countries.

Join Hortonworks, developers of the only 100% open source Apache Hadoop distribution, and Tableau Software, developers of visual analytics software for all business users, and learn how to get started to visualize Hadoop data.

Attendees will hear from industry experts on CE 2.0 service delivery automation and preparing for SDN and other next generation technologies.

Join this webinar to learn about the latest enhancements, and how this solution can help lower total costs, provide better utilization of hardware, and improve quality of IT services.

Almost every organization will adopt BYOD in some form to accommodate today's knowledge workers — who insist on using their personal smartphones and tablets for work, too. The question facing IT is how to safeguard the security of BYOD-style access to corporate resources, while also meetings users’ expectations for instant-on access to the resources they need to do their jobs.

With the introduction of the Microsoft' Windows' Storage Server 2012 offering via the IBM' Reseller Option Kit (ROK) program, clients can now get customized unified storage solutions which precisely match their specific needs. Combined with the IBM System x' servers, powered by the latest Intel' Xeon' processors and pre-installed by an IBM Business Partner, Windows Storage Server delivers enterprise-class storage management technology in an affordable, all-in-one solution. It is a great choice for your business regardless of whether you are a first-time user of network-attached storage (NAS) or you are deploying advanced storage solutions.

Effective mobile security requires a layered approach that coordinates mobile device security, mobile app security and mobile access security. Implementing these three aspects of mobile security as separate "silos" can easily result in gaps that will leave your organization vulnerable to the growing range of mobility threats - especially as your mobility threat surface keeps expanding over time.

The technology in smartphones and tablets is easier to use and more compelling than ever, so it’s no surprise that end users want access to these same tools in the workplace. Ironically, BYOD often becomes a roadblock to productivity when a device crosses the enterprise threshold.

Finding a tool that can do both has been challenging in the past. WebSphere Application Server v8.5 and v8.5.5 (WAS) meets all of the above criteria, providing a compelling offering to developers (from disparate verticals and backgrounds) as well as operators and administrators. You can learn more about WebSphere Application Server v8.5 and v8.5.5 (WAS) and the impressive set of features and functions available, including what's new in the latest release by attending this webinar.

This webcast is the perfect opportunity for IT managers to better understand the requirements, use cases, risks and benefits of DaaS to help frame their own decision-making. From the operational to the technical, attendees will develop a clearer understanding how DaaS may make the most business sense for their individual use cases.

Register for this webinar to gain information about the steps you need to insure your desktop virtualization project meets ROI expectations and is successful.

Join IBM's Debbie Miller to hear about the IntelligentManagement features that extend the quality of service provided by your middleware environment and configurable operational policies to govern the performance and health of your applications.

Register for this webinar that discloses the optimal DCIM strategy that ensures you are tapping the full business value of your data center.

Is your company struggling to keep up with unprecedented data growth? If so, you’re not alone. With the amount of data managed by enterprise datacenters expected to explode by a factor of 50 over the coming decade, CIOs now rank data growth as their top concern, and making sense of all that data as their top priority according to the Gartner CIO Agenda 2012.

In this webinar, corporate strategist Merchant will discuss what those myths are and how organizations can improve processes to bust out of them, resulting in increased employee satisfaction and a reduction in customer attrition. These processes can also lead to better strategies, results, and trust.

Join this webinar to learn how content analytics can help you discover and gather the critical data trapped in unstructed documents, email messages, media comments, social forums and more. Learn how effective content management can reduce complexity and risk while ensuring greater productivity, lower costs and better outcomes.

It can be an IT manager's biggest headache ? managing the growing number of remote users that are on the go and exclusively work from their laptops over wireless networks. And when a system fails to restart, a site visit often times is the only option for recovery. Now, with the powerful combination of Intel's latest vPro technology and Dell KACE Appliances, IT managers can enjoy remote systems management and recovery that is both effective and economical.

Issues with messaging deliverability can be dramatically compounded when sending in large volumes. Learn how to overcome these obstacles as we chat with Jill Resnick, a Postmaster who previously worked at Macy's and American Cancer Society, and Mike Hillyer, Global Solutions Consultant from Message Systems. They'll share their best practices on reducing deliverability issues, traffic shaping and other tips!