The more you know about built-in functionality in the .NET framework and ASP.NET, the less code you have to write, which ultimately makes your applications more maintainable. This white paper outlines several different tips to enhance developer productivity and reduce the amount of code that needs to be written in many cases. 

While data warehouses are important for many types of analytical systems, they aren’t always necessary. Building a data warehouse can dramatically increase the cost of a BI project. This paper describes data warehouses, along with many other options for placing relevant, timely information in the hands of business users. 

This expert white paper establishes the ultimate IT security goal: the most reliable preventative and detective security system possible with the least amount of capital expenditure. From common sense solutions to revolutionary concepts, instructor James Michael Stewart challenges IT pros to explore his methods of saving money on company security. 

This white paper focuses primarily on the negotiation process, different negotiation styles, and the various elements of communication that affect the outcome. When all is said and done, negotiation is the art and science of convincing the other party that your best outcome is good for them. 

As organizations grapple with shrinking budgets and pressures for more agility while maintaining security, cloud computing has emerged as a viable option to meet these needs. In this paper, uncover a hosted cloud service that provides identity and access management capabilities without having to deploy or manage a large IT infrastructure. 

Read this white paper to get a framework, plan and recommended best practices for transforming your siloed contact centers into a multi-channel servicing environment. 

This paper examines 12 ways in which the Agile methods are valuable. 

E-sellers must personalize their customer interactions. Recent studies show that personalization is a highly effective method for increasing consumer lifetime value for online sellers. It can have a direct and positive impact on the core metrics that make up e-commerce success: loyalty, conversion, retention, and average order size. 

Watch this brief webcast to learn how your business should handle "big data analytics" and what tools you need to gain valuable insight into your business operations. 

Each month many companies, big or small, well known or unknown, experience a data security loss with the potential exposure of thousands to millions of sensitive customer or employee records. This brief examines cryptographic methods, specifically tape data encryption, to combat such security losses. 

This test report is the second part of the August 2010 test. The report is delivered the beginning of December due to high-required work, deeper analysis and preparation of the retrospective test-set.