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BPM for Dummies [ Source: IBM ]
December 2011- Unleash the power of technology as a competitive advantage! Learn how your entire enterprise can become far more agile, helping you meet your goals with Business Process Management (BPM). Download Business Process Management For Dummies, IBM Limited Edition, now and learn how BPM creates value through growth, improved performance, better productivity, higher staff effectiveness, and better customer service. You discover why changing to ...

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How To Build a Mission-Critical Data Center [ Source: HP ]
May 2012- Infrastructures must be able to quickly and cost-effectively adapt to evolving needs. Unfortunately, many companies cannot achieve this response with their current data center network architectures. The traditional three-tier model of access, aggregation, and core switching is an operational nightmare. This white paper unveils a solution that streamlines the design of next-generation data centers to ensure the superior resiliency, performance, and agility that enterprise networks now require.<br&...

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Avoiding the 8 Common Mistakes of Windows 7 Migration [ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]
September 2011- The recession put important things on hold for many organizations, like upgrading to new client systems. Now organizations such as yours are ready to upgrade and gain from better performance and efficiency by purchasing new laptops and notebooks with Windows 7 factory-installed. Before you move dozens - or hundreds - of important business applications into a new environment, find out how other organizations tackled this challenge. <...

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Accountable Care and the Cloud: The Future of Medical IT [ Source: Siemens ]
July 2011- In this podcast, Dan Emig and David M. Hamilton of Siemens Medical explain how the cloud can help healthcare providers significantly improve business performance by shifting allocation of their limited budget and human resources away from lower-value back-office operations in favor of higher-value clinical and patient-facing services. The cloud does this by 1) allowing healthcare IT organizations to leverage the economies of scale offered by shared, on-demand infrastructure and 2) providing ...

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Advanced Malware Exposed [ Source: FireEye ]
May 2011- This handbook shines a light on the dark corners of advanced malware, both to educate as well as to spark renewed efforts against these stealthy and persistent threats. By understanding the tools being used by criminals, we can better defend our nations, our critical infrastructures and our citizens. The "Operation Aurora" incident represents an example of how the threats have escalated, revealing how advanced malware is being used in a systematic, coordinated fashion ...

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Creating a Timeline for Deploying Windows 7 and Eliminating Windows XP [ Source: Dell/Microsoft ]
February 2012- Windows XP support ends April 8, 2014. Therefore, organizations must decide when to begin their migration to Windows 7, set a target date to have Windows XP out and define the scope of the project. This research paper reviews Gartner's key findings and recommendations for deploying Windows 7.

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CISO Guide to Next Generation Threats [ Source: FireEye ]
May 2011- Over 95% of businesses unknowingly host compromised endpoints, despite their use of firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), antivirus and web gateways. This situation-the new status quo-results from criminals leveraging multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, commercial-quality toolkits and social media to perpetrate next-generation threats. These threats move "low and slow" and use several stages and channels to duck traditional defenses and find vulnerable systems and sensitive data. Read this paper and ...

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8 Things That Could Affect Your Business IT Security In The Next Two Hours [ Source: NETGEAR ]
August 2011- Discover the secrets over-priced security consultants don't want you to know. Network security is not just about preventing a breach, it's about making every working day as productive as possible by preventing external threats. Where should you start? Download this security brief and NETGEAR will show you the 8 things to do to improve your security posture right now.

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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise LAN [ Source: HP ]
May 2011- Major LAN purchases and upgrades should not take place without a full competitive review. This Gartner Magic Quadrant reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the major players; including, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco, Extreme Networks, HP and Juniper Networks.

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Business Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices of Material Master Data Management [ Source: Zynapse ]
January 2010- Wondering why most organizations are challenged in driving continuing positive ROI from their system consolidation exercise? This paper focuses on what Meta group analysts Barry Wilderman and Bruce Hudson have to say about the impact of Material Master Consolidation in a system consolidation exercise.

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Need More Storage? Reclaim It! [ Source: Microland Limited ]
June 2010- Did you know that 60%-80% of storage capacity in most organizations is never utilized? And that the demand for data storage is expected to grow at 35%-65%CAGR in the next five years?

So does more storage mean more costs? Not Necessarily.

Microland’s whitepaper “Need More Storage Capacity? Reclaim It!!” details a step by step covering the entire storage capacity audit and reclamation service lifecycle for your organization including
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Seven Tips for Optimizing IT Costs [ Source: Digital Fuel Technologies ]
May 2010- Optimizing IT costs requires the ability to analyze IT service cost, utilization, alternatives, and business priorities together with flexible analysis and the ability to quickly explore what-if scenarios. This gives you the power to make intelligent decisions about investing in IT services that provide the greatest business value. Learn how to apply IT cost optimization to your hardware and software initiatives and service levels, through IT cost management.

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Cummins saved $30 Million with IT Cost Management ~ case study video [ Source: Digital Fuel Technologies ]
May 2010- View the Cummins case study video to learn how they saved $30 million by implementing IT Financial Management best practices. Learn how they were able to:
• Control IT Spend and Usage
• Reduce inefficiencies
• Reduce waste
• Drive accurate IT cost allocations

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Backup and Recovery Challenges with Sharepoint [ Source: Autonomy ]
May 2010- Almost 70% of organizations these days are either planning or already have SharePoint deployed as a platform for collaboration within their IT infrastructure. But with this success we are seeing SharePoint go through the same growing pains many other Microsoft products went through in their initial success stages. With the high-speed adoption of Exchange in the mid-1990s, we saw the volume of information grow to where the backup systems started to buckle under the ever-increasing ...

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Six Calls To Success: Call Attempt Case Study [ Source: Leads360 - Sales Software ]
October 2009- Leads 360 recently performed a study that shows six calls equals success when trying to contact a lead. According to Leads 360, on the first call attempt there is only a 39% chance of contacting that lead, making just one more attempted call increases the chance of contact to 72%. That’s an increase of 87% simply by making one more call attempt. However six is the magic number of call attempts.

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Harnessing Your Tribal Knowledge [ Source: Altus ]
November 2009- Corporations are modern tribes, with their own members, culture, and knowledge. Capturing, saving, and sharing the collective knowledge of the tribe can lead to a more informed and productive organization over the long haul. Most senior corporate leaders would readily agree that the wealth of their organization lies with the knowledge that is locked in the minds and desktops of their employees. The ability to capture and share that knowledge to maintain success and growth ...

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The New Paradigm Of Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity For The Small And Mid-Size Business [ Source: Cornick, Garber & Sandler, LLP ]
November 2009- This paper translates those disaster recovery methodologies employed by the big companies into more cost-efficient measures that many small to mid-size businesses can implement easily. The paper is primarily aimed at IT managers of small or mid-size companies who have to contend with budget limitations when designing and implementing a disaster recovery and business continuity plan.

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Aligning BPM, SOA, and Lean Six Sigma for Real Business Results [ Source: IBM ]
August 2009- Lean Six Sigma (LSS) produces real results in difficult economic times by uncovering process waste, reducing non-value adding activity, and increasing productivity. The benefits are even felt in IT. According to the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, “companies can reduce application development and maintenance costs by up to 40%.” That application development productivity can be improved “by up to 50%” by applying LSS techniques, freeing budget for needed investments.

Business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architectures (...

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MavenWire Case Study [ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
July 2009- Read how MavenWire, a provider of independent Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) services, implemented Atlantic Global OnDemand to automate the capture of time and expenditure for its international consultancy operation, which is in a number of countries across the EMEA and North America regions.

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Emerging Business Trends and Implications [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- This commissioned study conducted by Forrester on behalf of IBM describes how one company was able to realize a 42% 3-year return on investment by migrating from an open source application server to WebSphere Application Server (WAS). By deploying WAS, the customer was able to realize: * Reduced support costs in moving to enterprise license * Improved administration savings through automation * Greater application performance and availability * ...

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Scalable, Integrated Solutions for Elastic Caching Using IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- This book focuses on the challenges and benefits of integrating WebSphere eXtreme Scale with other middleware products, including WebSphere Business Events, WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Portal, and Rational Jazz-based products. Detailed procedures for integrating, configuring, and monitoring WebSphere eXtreme Scale in WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Commerce environments are provided.

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The Value Proposition for IBM PureFlex System: Case for IBM PureFlex System for Cloud- Enabled SAP Enterprise Environments [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- This paper describes the benefits of consolidating from HP servers to an IBM PureFlex System in a SAP application environment with six industry examples. Learn about the cost reductions through the use of IBM PureFlex System.

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IBM Intelligent Transportation: Provides citywide traffic visibility to help alleviate congestion and rapidly respond to incidents [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- Transportation is the vital means of connecting people, goods and services. The smooth operation of a transportation system can not only determine the level of economic activity and output of cities but also have a dramatic effect on the quality of life for citizens and commuters. But with today's shrinking city budgets, there is often no funding available to rebuild or expand aging public transportation infrastructures. In larger cities, ...

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5 Important Questions to Ask Before Renewing Your Maintenance Contract [ Source: CommVault ]
May 2012- You have a big decision that has been weighing on you, something that comes up every few years, and now it is hanging over your head again - should you renew your existing, legacy backup software maintenance contract, or is it time to upgrade to a new platform? This paper outlines five key questions to ask internally in order to help you highlight the current state of your backup ...

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The Hidden Costs of Self-Signed SSL Certificates [ Source: Symantec ]
May 2012- Even when business is booming, smart companies always have an eye on the bottom line. Security is not usually one of the first places companies look to trim expenses, but some IT professionals believe that they can easily lower costs by eliminating third-party Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Authorities (CAs) from the budget equation. Although spending money on SSL security for external facing sites - such as the company ...

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Simplify SSL Certificate Management Across the Enterprise [ Source: Symantec ]
May 2012- The need for SSL Certificates has moved well beyond the "buy" page to core functions of the enterprise. SSL Certificates are used to protect remote employee and partner communications via webmail, chat and IM. Browser-to-server communications for cloud-based services require SSL Certificates when used to display customer account information, business partner transactions and for employee productivity tools. Finally, SSL Certificates are used to secure server-to-server communications for applications and data exchange. <br&...

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Getting Ahead of the Compliance Curve [ Source: Symantec ]
May 2012- Compliance is a fast-moving target, and it's getting harder to keep up. In a survey by IT Policy Compliance Group, a consortium dedicated to helping IT security professionals meet policy and compliance goals, 70 percent of all respondents reported being subject to multiple regulatory compliance mandates, as well as contractual obligations and industry standards. Meanwhile, IT budgets are getting leaner as organizations strive to increase cost efficiency in tough economic ...

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Proven strategies for uncovering cost savings with IBM DB2 [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- Learn how your organization can take advantage of recent breakthroughs to lower the cost of data management. This informative e-book describes proven strategies for lowering the costs associated with: • database administration • database development • database systems • data storage This e-book also discusses the new ...

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DB2 pureScale Vision brochure [ Source: IBM ]
May 2012- IBM DB2 provides application cluster transparency technology that equips organizations running OLTP applications with the ability to deliver high availability and continuous uptime for transactional data, plus the flexibility and capacity they need to remain competitive.

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Business Intelligence : Analytics, Business Process Management, Content management, Dashboards, Data Mining, Performance Management, Databases, Datamarts/Data Warehouses, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Data Quality

Development : Open Source, Windows/.NET, Web Development, Security, Mobility, Java, High Performance Computing, Embedded Systems, Development Tools, Database, Architecture & Design, C/C++

Government : Cloud/SaaS, Leadership, Information Management, Federal, Mobile & Wireless, State & Local, Enterprise Applications, Security, Policy & Regulation, Enterprise Architecture

Hardware : Virtualization Hardware, Windows Servers, Utility/On-demand Computing, Unix/Linux servers, Supercomputers, Peripherals, Macintosh, Handhelds/PDAs, Grid/Cluster Computing, Desktops/PCs, Data centers, Blades, Processors

Healthcare : Interoperability, Administration systems, Clinical information systems, Electronic medical records, The Patient, Security & Privacy, Leadership, Policy & Regulation, Mobile & Wireless

Infrastructure : ATM, Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet, Frame relay, IPv6, Traffic Management, Network/Systems Management, PBXs, Printers, Remote Access, Routers, Switches, UPS, VPNs, WAN Optimization/Acceleration, Wide Area File Services

Internet : B2B, B2C, Browsers, E-Business/E-Commerce, E-retail, Google, Web Development, Internet Security, Search, Social Networks, Traffic Reporting/Monitoring, Web 2.0, Internet Policy

Management : Career Development, Training, Small-Medium Business, Salary/Compensation, ROI/TCO, Regulation/Compliance, Recruiting, Personnel Management, Outsourcing, Legal, H-1B, Executive Insights/Interviews, Workplace Trends

Mobility : WLAN, Wireless Security, Wi-Fi/WiMax, Wi-Fi VOIP, Smartphones, 3G Wireless/Broadband, Muni Wireless, Mobile Messaging, Mobile Business, Fixed Mobile Convergence, 802.11x, RFID

Personal Tech : Blackberry, Bluetooth, Bluray, Digital Cameras, Digital Music, Digital Rights Management, Virtual worlds, iPhone, iPod, Peripherals, Smartphones, TVs/Home Theater, Global Positioning Systems

Security : Security Administration, End user/Client Security, Encryption, Cyberterror, Attacks/Breaches, Application Security, Antivirus, NAC, Perimeter Security, Privacy, Vulnerabilities and Threats, Storage Security, Intrusion Prevention

Services : Telecom/Voice Services, Business Process Outsourcing, Business Services, Disaster Recovery, Systems Integration, Hosted Storage, Internet/Data Services, Outsourcing, Software as a Service, Hosted Applications

Software : Web Services, Service Oriented Architecture, Server Virtualization, Productivity Applications, Operating Systems, Open Source, Linux, Hosted Software/Applications, ERP, Development Tools, Databases, Database Applications, CRM, Business Systems Management, Integration, Application Optimization

Storage : Data protection, Disaster Recovery, Removable/Portable Storage, Security, Storage Fabrics, Storage Systems, Virtualization

Telecom : VOIP, Unified Communications, Voice services, PBXs, Internet policy, Presence, Collaboration Systems, Business, Regulation, Call Centers

Windows/Microsoft : Applications, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Company News, Security, Open Source, Operating system, Office Suite

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