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Mapping Application Security To Business Value: Considerations And Recommendations For IT ...

Redspin, Inc. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This white paper outlines considerations and recommendations for reducing business risk by ensuring that your web applications are secure.

Information Security Considerations And Recommendations For IT And Business Decision Makers

Redspin, Inc. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This white paper outlines considerations and recommendations for reducing business risk through the use of an effective enterprise information security program.

The Best of Both Worlds: Sharing Mac Files on Windows Servers

Group Logic — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This whitepaper discusses the issues involved in sharing files between Macs and Windows servers and compares the options for successful integration. It is intended for systems administrators, technical evaluators and decision-makers who are considering upgrading or purchasing a Mac/Windows integration solution.

Become a Service Provider CEO. Transform the World. Play Cisco myPlanNet.

Cisco Systems, Inc. — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Cisco myPlanNet 1.0 is a simulation game that puts you into the shoes of a service provider CEO. You manage your business as it evolves from the stone age of dial-up, through the broadband and mobile connected eras, and into the dawning of the medianet age. Play now.

Intel & reg; Core & trade;2 Processor with vPro & trade; Technology and Windows & reg; 7: ...

Intel Technology Provider — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Technical decision makers are faced with many challenges in today's economy: help users get more work done faster and with fewer difficulties, protect the network and individual systems from attacks or malicious code, and much more. Find out how the Intel Core 2 processor with vPro technology complements the new Windows 7 operating system.

Oracle Solutions eXpo Virtual Seminar

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Join Oracle and our Partners at Oracle Solutions eXpo Online, a FREE virtual conference, on Thursday, December 10, 2009 for IT experts and business decision makers.

Notebook and Netbook Adoption in the Enterprise

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this tech adoption profile commissioned by Dell and Intel, Forrester Consulting presents the results of a survey conducted with North American IT decision makers regarding enterprise adoption of notebooks, netbooks, and alternative computing models.

Making Strategy Real

SAP America Inc — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success.

eGuide: 10Gb Ethernet-- What You Need to Know

Gigamon — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read this eGuide to learn the latest information about 10Gb Ethernet networks and to get useful insight into how to select the best components to optimize your network, traffic, and data center.

Legacy Tools: Not Built for Today ' s Helpdesk

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

This paper explores the challenges of supporting a remote workforce with legacy tools and the hidden costs of these tools. In addition, it identifies best practices that decision makers can use to choose enterprise helpdesk support tools that better meet the needs of remote employees, while helping to cut costs.

Critical Technologies for Compliance and Risk Management

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

Smart decision-makers are seeking technology investments -- such as Master Data Management -- to help establish good governance models that will help with regulatory compliance and lower their operational risk.

Find Balance in Your Data Center

CDW Corporation — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Virtualization has become a common solution to the problem of server sprawl. By using this technology to consolidate servers, many companies are using less floor space, cutting energy consumption, and simplifying management. But IT must translate these technological advantages into concrete improvements for the business. Read on to learn more.

Removing the Barriers to IT Governance: How On-Demand Software Changes the Game

Innotas — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

IT governance has a well-deserved reputation for being extremely complicated, expensive, and time-consuming. But today’s CEOs and governing boards expect accountability, strategic alignment, cost saving, and contributions to overall growth from IT departments, all of which can be facilitated by IT governance.

Two Paths to Service Class Packet Optical

ECI Telecom — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

As services shift to IP protocols and bandwidth demands grow, Wireline Telcos and Cable MSOs alike must evolve their infrastructures to become IP centric. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the two paths service providers are taking to get to this new infrastructure and how they both end up in the same place.

Operational Responsiveness: Case Studies of Business Making Progress

Progress Software — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read these case studies to learn how Progress Software made it not only possible but also made it easy to improve operational responsiveness for several leading companies that operate in many varying industries. Learn the benefits these organizations accrued from Progress Software and learn what benefits your company can experience.

Sybase IQ: The Economics of Business Reporting

Sybase, Inc. — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Reporting is recognized as a way for companies to improve service, ensure quality, control costs, and prevent losses by empowering decision-makers throughout the organization. This paper will explain why reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical.

Business Case for Data Protection: Study of CEOs and other C-level Executives

Ounce Labs, an IBM Company — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This study looks at what senior executives think about the value of corporate data protection efforts within their organizations. It is important for those individuals charged with managing a data protection program to understand how key decision makers in organizations perceive the importance of safeguarding sensitive and confidential information.

Find, Qualify, and Close More Business Faster With a Free Trial of ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In today's economy, it is important to take every step you can to ensure sales effectiveness, which includes knowing who to contact and having accurate and helpful information about their company. You can get all this and more with this free trial of ZoomInfo.

Furniture Manufacturer Improves Customer Satisfaction through Customer Analysis with SPSS

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

Customer knowledge is market advantage. To refine its edge and better manage customer relationships, Haworth needed to learn what was important to its customers and deploy that knowledge to key decision makers. Read how they did it.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Phone Hardening-- Part I

Global Knowledge — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper presumes that your enterprise already has a data network security policy in place. It examines the many different settings that are available to help secure the Cisco IP Phones from potential hacker attacks, and it looks at a selection of Cisco secure infrastructure technologies that are especially useful for protecting voice systems.

IDC Technology Spotlight: Everyone ' s a Genius: SaaS-Delivered Business Intelligence Tools ...

SAP BusinessObjects — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Inexpensive, easy-to-deploy SaaS BI can help companies put easy-to-use data mining and reporting tools for smart decision making into the hands of more employees and uncover the real “geniuses” of decision making hidden in every department.

Better Reporting, Better Results: Successful Strategies from the Field

SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Learn how top companies successfully deliver research results to customers and decision-makers. If you want to know more about how to leverage all of your research data, how to communicate insights effectively, and how to get researchers and decision-makers engaged in analysis, you'll want to view this webcast.

Ice Cream Maker Puts the Freeze on Server Sprawl, Saves More Than $500,000

Microsoft — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

Wells' Dairy needed to provide cost-effective services and promote business continuity and agility. It deployed the Windows Server 2008 Datacenter operating system and Hyper-V™ virtualization technology. Today, it has a scalable server consolidation solution and a data center that is saving more than US.$12,000 in annual electrical costs.

Seven Ways to Reduce IT Costs with Master Data Management

Siperian, Inc. — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Faced with budget cuts In today's economic environment, how can IT maintain service levels and continue to provide value to business? Smart IT decision-makers are investing in master data management.

Cablecom Delivers Unique Customer Experience through Its Innovative Use of Business Analytics

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

This IDC Buyer Case Study describes the adoption, deployment, and utilization of business analytics software at the cable operator Cablecom.

NEMA Electrical Enclosures & Industrial Cabinets

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

AutomationDirect offers hundreds of non-metallic fiberglass enclosures from Hubbell-Wiegmann. These electric enclosures are designed for harsh outdoor environments requiring NEMA 3R or 4X ratings.

Programmable Logic Controller Product Lines (PLCs)

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Starting with the DL05 at 8 inputs/ 6 outputs, all the way up to the fully expanded 100 I/O DL06 PLC, these PLCs are a standard that can grow with the changing needs of your machine or process control applications.

AC Drives and Industrial AC Motors

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

AC Variable Frequency Drives (VFD): AutomationDirect carries AC variable speed drives for all your speed control applications.

SGF Took NSS Out For A Test Drive And Liked What They Found!

Northern Parklife — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

In the automotive world, testing is part of the culture, and it extends to the IT team where initiatives are undertaken with scientific precision. Such was the case with SGF, a Bavarian maker of automobile parts that was seeking a storage management solution. As this Case Study shows, SGF found the perfect match with Northern Storage Suite.

HP reference configuration for BladeSystem: BL495c with Flex-10 and VMware View

HP, Vmware and AMD — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

This paper is for decision makers that are familiar with and interested in VMware View as a desktop replacement strategy. An understanding of networking and fibre channel infrastructure and how they interact with HP Virtual Connect technologies, virtualization benefits and techniques, VMware software, and datacenter practices is recommended.

Business Intelligence for the Health Care Industry: Actionable Insights for Business ...

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Hospitals from across the world are facing increased pressure to improve operations from multiple directions. What is needed is a new generation of business intelligence (BI) tools and applications designed with the health care sector in mind, capable of integrating cross and inter-departmental processes and information.

Business Intelligence for Process Industries: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Firms in Process Industries have made significant investments in information technology to increase the efficiency of their operations and supply chains. By integrating real-time decision making with mission-critical business processes, smart businesses can set a path for industry leadership.

Business Intelligence: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

To gain greater business insight and transparency, organizations urgently require a new generation of business intelligence tools and applications that allows cross-enterprise, interenterprise and external data to be integrated and analyzed.

Gaining ERP Value: Structured Implementation at Industrial Good Maker Hunter Manufacturing

SAP America Inc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Hunter Manufacturing is a good example of what a midsize company can accomplish with a disciplined approach to gaining ERP value, in concert with a vendor that has the functionality, technology and services to support the effort.

Becoming Proactive In Application Performance Management

Compuware Corporation — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

Poor application performance results in significant financial losses for most companies. Find out why, and more importantly how to avoid these losses by moving toward proactive application performance management, in this research from Forrester Consulting commissioned by Compuware.

The Path toward Pervasive Business Intelligence at Ferrari North America

Tableau Software — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Organizations in all industries and of all sizes are turning to business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) technologies and services to either automate or support decision-making processes.

Enable Your Workforce with True Anytime, Anywhere Connectivity

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

In August 2008, Qualcomm commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the benefits that North American businesses have experienced as a result of providing notebook users with mobile broadband connectivity. In this paper you'll hear what IT and telecom/network decision-makers had to say.

A Primer for IT and Business Decision Makers: Understanding the Planning and Deployment ...

SAP — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Organizations are facing growing business challenges as a result of intensifying market trends. In response, THINKstrategies is finding a growing number of organizations of all sizes are investigating and adopting on-demand Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) alternatives to traditional, on-premise systems to meet their changing business needs.

Enterprise Information Management: Strategy & #44; Best Practices & #38; Technologies on ...

SAP America Inc — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

The goal of this paper is to paint the EIM landscape, noting its components but focusing on the importance of an overarching EIM strategy that focuses on corporate objectives while at the same time offering cross-functional support.

Business Intelligence for Consumer Packaged Goods: Actionable Insights for Business ...

SAP America Inc — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This paper discusses about how technological advances are enabling improved decision making across three broad axes: simplicity and relevance, agility and integration.

The Performance Manager: Turning Information Into Higher Business Performance

IBM — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Download this white paper for an extensive summary of The Performance Manager, Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance, a book that examines the partnership between decision-makers and the people who provide them with information to drive better decisions.

In Search of Clarity: Unravelling the Complexities of Executive Decision & #45;Making

SAP America Inc — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Decision-making by companies has enormous room to improve both in terms of efficiency and quality; it will have to for companies to keep pace in an increasingly competitive global business environment.

Data Center Projects: Standardized Process

APC — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

This paper covers projects involving new construction or upgrades to the data center’s physical infrastructure - the power, cooling, and other physical systems that house and protect the data center’s IT equipment.

KnowledgeNote: Like a Fine Wine, Leads Get Better Over Time

KnowledgeStorm, Inc — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

Research from KnowledgeStorm shows that a high percentage of leads that begin their research on the Web ultimately result in an active project. The technology vendors that nurture these Early Stage leads are often in a better selling position than those vendors that later "pile on" to more advanced, but also more competitive, leads.

Strategies for Distributing Your Online Content: Why, Where and How

KnowledgeStorm Webinars — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

In this one hour Webcast, presented by Jeff Ramminger, EVP KnowledgeStorm, learn how you can develop more effective content, make it available more efficiently and influence the most important decision makers at the right stages of the buying process.

KnowledgeNote: The C-Suite May Not Be Your Lead Sweet Spot - Podcast

KnowledgeStorm, Inc — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Findings of the Web Lead Evaluation and Scoring Study, conducted by KnowledgeStorm and The Artemis Group, suggest companies using the Internet to generate leads might discover that focusing on the C-suite is not the fastest route to improved lead-to-close ratios. Listen to this podcast to find out why.

3 Things Business Decision-Makers Need to Know about SOA

IFS — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Given the increasing importance of service-oriented architecture (SOA), this white paper cuts through the marketing hype surrounding SOA and focuses on the three most important facts you need to know about this groundbreaking technology.

KnowledgeNote: The C-Suite May Not Be Your Lead Sweet Spot

KnowledgeStorm, Inc — Mon, 08 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT

Is the C-suite really the best source of early leads that will convert to revenue for your company? New research from KnowledgeStorm unveils some surprising results that call this common conception into question, and should have technology marketers re-examining their lead targeting strategies.

Podcast - Improve Results with an Intelligent Content Strategy

KnowledgeStorm, Inc — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST

The Internet enables prospects to search for you rather than the other way around. You must place expertly crafted content wherever prospects might be searching. This podcast describes how marketers are leveraging a new methodology called Intelligent Content Strategy to attract more prospects that are looking for their solutions.

How Savvy Technology Marketers Can Improve Results with an Intelligent Content Strategy

KnowledgeStorm, Inc — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT

The Internet enables prospects to search for you rather than the other way around. You must place expertly crafted content wherever prospects might be searching. Marketers are leveraging a new methodology called Intelligent Content Strategy to attract more prospects that are looking for their solutions.