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If it’s Just a Disk … Why the Reliability Gap Between Storage Vendors?

Nexsan Technologies — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

If all storage array vendors buy disk drives from the same small set of disk manufacturers then why is there such a big reliability gap between storage vendors?

Optimize Your SAP Applications and Maximize Your Return on Investment

CDC Global Services - Catalyst — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Companies do not always know what technologies or processes exist that can help them achieve their desired improvements. Read this paper to learn how Catalyst Logistics Assessment for SAP, makes it easy and affordable to identify specific areas where they can improve.

Understanding How Technology Can Support Manufacturing Quality

Apriso Corporation — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

In this expert podcast, industry analyst Simon Jacobson discusses the best starting point for a quality improvement initiative within a manufacturing plant, explores what types of software and technology can be used for support, explains why the IT team plays a key role in its success, offers tips on how to reduce error rates, and more.

Low Rate Financing: Get Competitive Rates on Virtually Every IBM Brand

IBM — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

With all these great products available at such incredible rates, it's easy to see why Low Rate Financing is the best way to get the IT solutions your organization needs. Read this brief paper to learn more.

Self-Service is Coming to IT Service Delivery…What You Need to Know

Surgient — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

User demand for infrastructure and services has increased at a much greater rate over the past few decades than IT resources available, thus causing an IT service delivery gap. Learn how Surgient's self-service platform can bridge that gap.

E-Guide: Expert Guide to High Transaction Processing with Linux

Red Hat & Continental Resources — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Many of today's businesses rely on Unix for their highest workloads, limiting their ability to execute effective transaction processing. In this expert E-Guide you will discover how Linux can be used to perform high transaction rates at a low cost. Read on to learn more.

How to Maximize Revenue by Sending Targeted Promotions to Customers

Infor CRM — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper discusses the key obstacles that stand in the way of marketers garnering good insights into retention rates and customer profitability and presents a solution on how to overcome these obstacles. You'll also learn how to increase customer loyalty and retention while increasing revenue.

actiTIME 2.0 - Time-Tracking Software

Actimind, Inc. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

actiTIME is a time-tracking application for small and medium size teams. It helps improve business process, analyze performance and reduce costs. It provides an easy way to track time, manage job assignments, generate reports and prepare billing data.

Green Storage Webcast

IBM — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

We know that the energy use in data centers is high today and this rate is rapidly growing, projected to double every 5 year. To help you react to this rapid growth, we offer an informative webcast that will detail. IBM solutions and services can stem this information explosion.

Breaking the Scalability Barrier with Infinite Cache

EnterpriseDB Corporation — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Infinite Cache™ from EnterpriseDB revolutionizes distributed cache management on commodity blade server hardware by substantially increasing the amount of memory available to hold data including entire databases with outstanding performance.

For Ceridian, it Pays to Provide High-Quality Support

LogMeIn, Inc. — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This case study describes how Ceridian used LogMeIn Rescue to streamline its 50-to 90 day implementation process and to increase troubleshooting capabilities for customer support analysts handling 2,500 calls per day. With Rescue in place, Ceridian has experienced an increase in their customer satisfaction rates, which have grown from 83% to 94%.

Information Security Magazine - September 2009: Readers’ Choice Awards

Information Security Magazine — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This issue of Security Information Magazine features the 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards. For the fourth consecutive year, our readers voted to determine the best security products. A record 1,721 voters participated this year, rating products in 17 different categories. There’s also a great article on the facts and myths about encryption and more.

Customer perspectives on the benefits of a collaborative process to deliver software quality

IBM — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This Hurwitz and Associates whitepaper shares the successes, challenges and future plans of three companies - Sogeti Group, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and Scotiabank.

McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance Trial

McAfee, Inc. — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Email--Turn on the best filters, and walk away. Better malware detection rate and better spam and phishing catch rate--simply more effective than other filters. If that sounds like something you need, install a free trial of McAfee Email and Web Security Virtual Appliance behind your existing spam filter and see what real protection offers.

How Financial Firms Can Improve Business Integration Capabilities and Increase Straight- ...

Sterling Commerce — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper discusses the increased demand placed on financial services organizations to improve their straight-through processing (STP) levels across all business units.

Reliable Email Security: Anti-virus with Improved Capture Rates and Minimal Server Burden

ESET — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

AppRiver needed a very fast, lightweight antivirus engine that would complement their SecureTide service. After a thorough evaluation process, they found ESET NOD32 Antivirus to be the most reliable and stable platform. It now protects more than 50,000 mailboxes for AppRiver.

Presentation Transcript: What is End-to-End Application Performance Management?

Compuware Corporation — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

It's a top priority to keep your applications running and end users happy. Discover how application performance management can help you quickly dive into the root causes of problems, before they negatively affect your network and users.

Video Solutions: Understanding Video Quality

Motorola, Inc. — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

An understanding of the effect of factors such as resolution, frames per second, video codec, packets per second, and bit rate on bandwidth requirements will enable network operators to correctly design communications infrastructure networks that will support video applications. Read on to learn more.

Increase Your Returns Using Event-Based Marketing

Infor CRM — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read this paper to learn how Event-triggered marketing has seen five times the response rate of non-timed mass-marketing campaigns and how your company can take advantage of event-based marketing by using Infor CRM Epiphany Outbound Marketing suite.

Scraping, Denial of Service, and Brute Force Attacks! Oh My!: Identifying And Controlling ...

Breach Security — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The purpose of this whitepaper is to outline how Breach Security products can help to not only identify automated clients accessing your site, but to also take appropriate countermeasures to enforce a desired rate-limit threshold.

Demartek Report: FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) and Deduplication Performance

FalconStor Software — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

To evaluate the performance of its solutions, FalconStor commissioned Demartek to validate the performance of the FalconStor VTL solution and its deduplication solutions - as they come from the factory, without any special tuning adjustments. The sustained performance of these solutions is impressive and was measured using conservative data.

Optimize Performance of Datacenter to Datacenter Traffic

Blue Coat — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Traffic between datacenters is growing at an accelerating rate. As throughput expands, the rate at which costs increase rises as well. A WAN optimization solution can help get backups and database synchronizations completed on time - without hurting VoIP or internet backhaul. Read on to learn more.

The Top 3 Reasons CRM Initiatives (Still) Fail & #45; And How To Avoid Them

Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper looks at the top three reasons that CRM initiatives fail to achieve their goals and provides clear, practical recommendations for ensuring that your CRM initiative avoids these pitfalls and delivers desired returns.

Early Lean Adopters Embrace Technology

SAP America Inc — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Results from Aberdeen Group report, The Lean Supply Chain, indicates that Aerospace and Defense (A&D) manufacturers are 40% more likely to be Best in Class performers - companies that are characterized by having an integrated Lean approach and solution with technology enablers - than their peers from other industries.

Top Five Security Best Practices for your Web Gateway in 2009

Blue Coat — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Online security will remain a top concern for both individuals and corporations throughout the year - and beyond. In this white paper you will explore 5 ways to protect your vital data from increasingly sophisticated malware and network attacks.

Globo.com Acquires 200,000 New Customers in 2 years and Reduces Churn by 30% with Data Mining

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This Internet service provider/portal operator of Globo, Brazil's largest media conglomerate, delivers the content Brazilian Web users want using PASW Statistics.

Using Total Cost of Ownership to Determine Optimal PC Refresh Lifecycles

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Wipro analysts gathered information from 106 IT organizations in North America, Great Britain, and Germany in March 2009. This whitepaper explores contributing factors that determine the optimal refresh rate for laptop and desktop PCs, using examples from the firms that participated in the survey.

Mosaic Technology trims sales cycle by up to 50% and converts 20% of leads into sales with ...

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Mosaic Technology sought to partner with a larger company to obtain sales, marketing and technical support, thereby extending its reach into the server and storage virtualization market.

Stop Wasting Storage: Reclaim Capacity, Reduce Growth Rate and Maximize Return on Hardware ...

Northern Parklife — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

This presentation transcript highlights a solution that helps eliminate wasteful data and creates a more efficient storage infrastructure by reclaiming crucial storage space.

The Five Keys to Organic Growth: How to Drive Profitable Relationships with Predictive ...

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

This paper makes the case for using predictive analytics to drive organic growth, and gives two different methods for measuring financial return.

Case Study: Brokerage Trades Up to Robust Server Platform

Dell India — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Read this paper to learn how Dell PowerEdge servers with virtualization helped reduce datacenter footprint by over 35 percent at Pune e Stock Broking.

DataDirect XML Converters Allow Health Care Payers and Providers to Comply with X12 EDI ...

DataDirect Technologies — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

In this product review, Benefitfocus IT professionals discuss their experiences with DataDirect XML Converters 4.0. They rate the product using several criteria and detail how the implemented the product into their IT enterprise.

EC Suite Proactively Eliminates Critical Vulnerabilities to Mitigate Business Risk

Lumension — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

EC Suite's preventive security approach has yielded a stronger security profile against malicious attacks, reduced overall IT and security operational expenses, and enhanced operational efficiencies.

Blue Coat WebFilter

Blue Coat — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Review this brief data sheet to learn how WebFilter helps prevent Internet attacks from spyware, phishing, peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic, viral content and more. WebFilter also includes Dynamic Real-Time Rating (DRTR), a patented technology that can instantly categorize Web sites when a user attempts to access them.

Securing Loyalty: Insurance Carrier Strategies for Optimizing Agent Retention and Productivity

CSSI — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Today, technology provides tremendous, previously untapped opportunities for a carrier to enhance the experience of channel members and ensures greater productivity. This paper describes the challenges carriers face in the area of loyalty and the ways technology enables carriers to address common agent frustrations in unprecedented ways.

Virtualize at the Speed of Your Business - The Dell Guide to Virtualization

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Virtualization is changing everything, from how you manage resources to the way you support your business, it addresses many of today's IT challenges - cost, responsiveness, availability, disaster recovery - and is a key element for achieving a more automated, agile infrustructure. Dell helps you virtualize at the speed of your business...

File Storage Usage for a Mid-sized Technology Company

F5 Networks UK — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

"Company ABC" is a successful enterprise with an annual storage growth rate of 70%, and a series of data management challenges. Check out this report to see what they uncovered by conducting a file system inventory -- and how they used that information to reduce costs and improve data management.

File System Inventory Summary Report: File Storage Usage for a Mid-sized Technology Company

F5 Networks, Inc. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

3PAR Utility Storage Pays Off Big For Travel Giant Priceline.Com

3PAR — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Priceline.com purchased and deployed six 3PAR InServ S400 tiered storage arrays across multiple locations to consolidate and protect all mission-critical and SAN-resident data, including core demand collection and offer processing Oracle® databases.

Differentiation through Service Excellence Driving Customer Loyalty and Service Profitability

SAP America Inc — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

The importance of achieving service excellence is growing. Products are increasingly becoming commodities, and CEOs are recognizing that first-rate service is crucial to enhancing customer satisfaction. This paper explores the crucial links between customer service and customer satisfaction.

Proactive Anti-Virus Testing: On-Demand Detection Rates, Speed, and False Positives

ESET — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This report is the second part of a February 2008 study comparing the performances of leading anti-virus solutions. Each product was tested using their best possible detection settings in identical environments. The report breaks down the results into several categories including speed, false positives and on-demand detection of virus/malware.

VUE Software: Insurance Commission & Incentive Compensation Management

CSSI — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

VUE software delivers flexibility and automation to help solve the complexities of insurance sales commission and incentive compensation plans. VUE’s web-enabled incentive management solution reduces costs while driving accuracy and efficiency into your organization. This comprehensive solution offers the ease of a total solution from one vendor.

Battling Modern Botnets

FireEye — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

The FBI ranks cybercrime among its top priorities in part because botnets are proliferating at an alarming rate, crossing corporate boundaries and spreading infections behind corporate firewalls. Learn how FireEye provides advance detection and a blended approach to today’s botnet problem that "traditional" solutions do not.

For Everything You Need and Expect in a Health Claims Management System...GET THE FACTS

Ebix Health, Inc. — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

FACTS® gives you the most comprehensive line of fully automated and integrated, advanced technologies for expert management of your business.

Web Content Filtering for Effective Policy Enforcement and Gateway Security

Blue Coat — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

This document examines the requirements for a dynamic content filtering solution to perform an effective policy enforcement and gateway security role and details Blue Coat WebFilter's approach.

CRM Your Salespeople Will Love

Oracle Corporation — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) can bring enormous benefits to companies, but only if users adopt it. Explore user adoption problems and an overview of the newest CRM features designed to drive ease of use and high rates of user adoption.

O ' Neill " Surfs " Through Backups and Recoveries with Data Domain

Data Domain — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

O'Neill is a lifestyle brand focused on boardriding products. To address its challenges with tape-based backups and growing data volumes, O'Neill turned to Data Domain.

Buying Criteria for Disk-to-Disk Solutions

Data Domain — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Disk-to-Disk (D2D) backup has emerged in recent years to become a critical storage component of an enterprises’ data protection environment. Taneja Group has identified a locus of buying criteria that we believe compose the overall simplicity of operation of a D2D solution.

New Research: How to Improve Your B2B Email Marketing Results in 2007 PDF Slides

KnowledgeStorm Webinars — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

View the slides presented in the "New Research: How to Improve Your B2B Email Marketing Results in 2007" Webcast and find out how 3,637 marketers responded to tough questions about their open, click and conversion rates. Also, find out which tests work best, what's not working, list growth strategies and how email budgets are changing for 2007.

New Research: How to Improve Your B2B Email Marketing Results in 2007

KnowledgeStorm Webinars — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

Find out how 3,637 marketers responded to tough questions about their open, click and conversion rates. Also, find out which tests work best, what's not working, list growth strategies and how email budgets are changing for 2007. Invite your entire team to attend – attendance for this Webcast is free!