A recent IDC survey found that for every US$1 spent on IT hardware, the power and cooling costs is 54 cents. In 2011, the energy costs are expected to rise to 74 cents. Listen to this podcast and find out how you can deploy a Scalable Modular data center in 8-12 weeks at up to 20% less overall cost and save up to 30% on energy costs per year. 

Despite well-publicised concerns regarding security, compliance and data integration issues, banking institutions have begun embracing cloud computing across the services spectrum. 

Read this white paper to learn how, centralizing and intelligently automating supply chain monitoring within SAP, you can extend real-time B2B supply chain insight and problem-solving beyond the IT department to your business departments. 

In this expert e-guide, discover what you need to know about evaluating, choosing and installing virtualization management tools. Gain best practices and tips for leveraging these tools to maximize the performance of your virtual environment. 

Choosing sourcing and procurement software can be overwhelming. Should you go with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) or best-of-breed vendor? Is the cloud or on-premise the best place to run your app? What functionality should the software provide? Read this expert e-guide to learn how to select a useful, cost-effective procurement system. 

<p>Access this e-guide to get advice on data quality concerns in the era of big data. With two conflicting ideologies on the best data strategies, it’s hard to know which best suits your enterprise. Discover how to begin a formal, and successful, data governance program and which of the data quality philosophies best fits your organization.</p> 

Many organizations are looking to take advantage of the benefits of virtualization. However, it is important to plan ahead before your company begins virtualization implementation to ensure a seamless deployment. Access this expert e-guide for 10 best practices to follow prior to virtualization implementation. 

This white paper is here to provide you with a side-by-side comparison of Microsoft's Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) and Peer Software's PeerSync and PeerLock for replication and synchronization, and outlines the best use cases for each of these solutions. 

 Visit this interactive learning environment to learn how to improve SAP performance and enable greater operational efficiency by leveraging automation and other emerging technologies and best practice. 

Social channels are here to stay and should be part of your customer engagement strategy, as you will be re­quired to integrate these new channels sooner, rather than later. This paper will help you build the best road map to customer success, integrating both old and new channels into your customer experi­ence strategy. 

In this white paper, Dan Moore, the senior vice president of professional services at IBM, Cast Iron reviews the current application environment in light of emerging trends, describes an ideal complete integration solution and discusses common sense best practices as well as pitfalls. 

In this presentation, Joel Blaiberg, author of “Four Steps to Planning a Successful Migration” shares key migration strategies, and best practices that can save your organization time and money when migrating communications to Office 365 or an on-premises or a hybrid environment.