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Employee Web Use and Misuse: Companies, Their Employees and the Internet [ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]
November 2009-The Internet has created new opportunities for mischief and new challenges for managers. In the end, it comes down to choice. Where do you draw the line? How do you balance individual access with the overall protection and good of the business? What is the correct balance between monitoring and blocking? This white paper examines a Web security solution that gives companies the ability to monitor and enforce their Internet usage policies, bringing site monitoring ....

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Cloud Connect: Charting the Course of On-Demand Computing [ Source: Cloud Connect ]
October 2009-Cloud Computing represents the biggest shift in computing of the last decade. It's as fundamental as the move from client-server computing to web-centric computing, and in many ways more disruptive. Learn the latest about cloud computing models, technologies and migration in this whitepaper by Cloud expert and Cloud Connect 2010 Conference Chair, Alistair Croll.

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2009 IT Salary Survey: Meager Raises, Solid Prospects [ Source: InformationWeek ]
April 2009-Raises are notably smaller than a year ago, and the pay shifts track the industries and regions hardest hit during this recession. Job security’s shrinking, and concerns are rising again about the IT career path. In all, though, IT careers are looking safer than many others in this economic downturn. Get all the findings in InformationWeek's comprehensive, annual IT Salary Survey.

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Virtualization for midsize businesses: reduce cost, improve service and manage risk [ Source: IBM ]
October 2009-As data mounts, small and midsize businesses cope with a sprawling and often costly infrastructure. This paper shows how these businesses can benefit by implementing a virtualization strategy. A well-executed strategy can result in fewer, better-utilized servers, rapid provisioning of servers, affordable business continuity, and more streamlined, efficient management.

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Seven Warning Signs Your ERP System Is Extinct [ Source: Plex Systems, Inc. ]
May 2009-Adapt or die. That’s the bottom line when it comes time to surviving in today’s competitive manufacturing landscape. Today’s manufacturing enterprise is challenged by rising material costs, increasing competition, and ever-changing customer requirements. If a manufacturer is using an extinct Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution from a legacy provider, they face dizzying levels of complexity, duplication of effort, and in the worse cases, poor quality and customer service. This paper describes the warning signs that ....

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Tips and Tools for Automating Excel Spreadsheets [ Source: Actuate ]
October 2009-Over 250 million people know how to use Microsoft Excel. Because so many end users are comfortable with using Excel for reviewing data and for conducting "what-if" analysis, delivering reports in spreadsheet format is a common requirement for reporting projects.

Download this whitepaper to learn key tips and tools for deploying a fast and cost-effective method of automating Excel spreadsheet manipulation, thereby, reducing potential costly mistakes.

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An Overview of HP Quality Center and HP Business Process Testing [ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-HP Business Process Testing is a web-based test design solution that bridges the quality chasm between subject matter experts and quality engineers. HP Quality Center is designed to address the wide-ranging challenges that the quality assurance professionals face. This paper provides an overview of Mercury Quality Center Test Management. The shows how Test Director gives full visibility into all of testing efforts. It also shows how QuickTest Professional can automate the testing process.

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Comparing Secure Mobile Workforce Solutions: Research in Motion BlackBerry vs. Microsoft ActiveSync [ Source: Microsoft ]
October 2009-In today's mobile work culture, corporate staff - from executive to individual contributor - work beyond the boundaries of the traditional office environment. To support this concept, many organizations are adopting mobile solutions for these employees, who expect not only access to information, but full participation in business from any location whenever it is required. What is the best solution for your company? What options are there?

This paper analyzes key user experience features ....

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Influence of Mobile Technology in Business Growth [ Source: Arimaan Global Consulting ]
June 2008-All technology has the capacity to innovate in business, how it integrates with business process and what the influence it has in the business is matters. Technology is to amplify potential gains to reduce costs, turn down risks and hasten business growth. For the recent years you can see the technology takes on the central role in every business processes. Technology is not just support for any business, its also adding power to your business.

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Not Just Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies [ Source: MessageLabs, Symantec Hosted Services ]
November 2009-Unmanaged employee use of email and the web can subject any organization to potentially costly risks including litigation, regulatory investigations, security breaches, lost productivity, business interruptions, and public embarrassment.

For responsible organizations operating in the age of email and the web, Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) are essential business tools. Clearly written and effectively communicated email and web AUPs—supported by employee training and enforced by proven technology solutions—can help employers minimize risks, maximize compliance, ....

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Zurich Financial Services Supports Market Leadership Strategy with CSC's Application Outsourcing Services [ Source: CSC ]
March 2008- Zurich Financial Services needed to transform operations from a collection of independent business units to a more efficient global business model that could respond more rapidly to growing demands. The firm entered into a $1.3 billion, seven-year outsourcing contract with CSC to outsource both development and support in a record insurance IT deal. As a result, Zurich Financial Services achieved 50 percent more flexibility in software component use, enhanced business processes to support market growth, ....

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Leading-Edge Product Development Strategies to Improve Speed to Market [ Source: Infosys Technologies ]
June 2009- The insurance industry is going through a period of major change. Traditional products and markets are no longer providing growth opportunities. Carriers are forced to look outside their traditional products and markets for profitable growth. This is why it is important for insurance companies to understand the potential of leading-edge product development strategies to improve speed to market. With the aging of the baby boomer generation and their impending exodus from the workplace, there is ....

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People Ready in Financial Services [ Source: Microsoft ]
June 2006- The role of software in a people-ready business is to harness information, enabling people to turn data into insight, transform ideas into action, and turn change into opportunity.

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A Smarter Insurance Close Up [ Source: TechWeb ]
June 2009- Turning data from into information is a challenge for carriers disadvantaged with legacy systems. IBM can help insurers access new sources of data by creating more flexible systems that provide intelligence.

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