Accounting for corporate actions accurately is one of the biggest challenges for investment managers, with significant portfolio valuation, performance and tax implications for investors. And its only going to get more challenging due to reporting requirements and mounting activity. Learn how to get a handle on the 5 most common corporate actions. 

Listen to this podcast that discusses data center actions in times of economic uncertainty. Action tips and advice include areas such as extending the life of your existing data center to defer potentially huge capital investment, and modular efficient approaches if considering a new data center. 

This paper examines how analytics and BI can be used to get speedy insight, decisions and action at critical business moments. 

Watch this product demo as it illustrates a typical problem-solving process that can be served by a BI solution that incorporates a deeper level of timely business intel to drive the best possible business-improving decisions. 

While businesses are seeing the value of becoming more open through social collaboration, there is a tightening of regulations impacting corporate governance and, subsequently, IT governance. 

The Dell™ Management Plug-In for VMware® vCenter™ virtual appliance integrates with the VMware vCenter management platform to enable centralized management of Dell servers in virtualized environments from the VMware vSphere™ client. 

Over the last few years, protecting IT assets has evolved from technology safeguards, to a full-time management discipline. Based upon this evolutionary trend, ESP developed a 4-phased security maturity model; in this paper explore each phase in-depth, including the key objectives, actions and drivers for the next phase.    

This report from Aberdeen looks at how leading companies are using business intelligence (BI) to achieve superior performance in sales management, customer service and financial efficiency. Read how your organization can achieve similar performance by following specific steps and actions. 

By enabling users to know every aspect of their business — relative to them; by enabling decisions to be made with confidence — balancing risk and opportunity; and by enabling users to act boldly — responding to events as they unfold, taking coordinated action, and learning and improving over time. 

As technology evolves, there is a never-ending question to designers and implementers: "What is coming next?" The answer is "Collaboration." The move to collaboration is strengthened by the actions of Cisco and Microsoft, as they have each unveiled several collaborative technologies and the means to integrate them utilizing Web 2.0 programming. 

Companies need to take their customer experience to the next level. This means being more responsive and proactive, delivering consistently on brand promises, listening to customers and acting on that insight. Read on to learn why customer trust is critical to your business and how to successfully build your customer's trust. 

In this presentation, our expert explores the key principals that are important for security practitioners to focus on to gain insight into their organization's security posture. 

Avoiding unscheduled downtime and equipment failure while trying to maintain quality standards is paramount. Producing high-quality goods and optimizing resources is the ultimate goal of any manufacturing organization. Predictive maintenance, fueled by predictive analytics, helps minimize downtime and saves money. Read this paper to learn more.