Dynamic Markets Research Demonstrates that Nearly All IT Managers' Service Desk Solutions are Creating Cost Headaches Beyond the Basic Purchase Price. 

Read this paper to learn the results of a study that analyzes survey results from 615 UK businesses and IT managers about their current and future needs, motivations, uses, budgets, and strategies for enterprise data protection. 

One of the biggest dangers in establishing best practices for your contact center is to do so in isolation from your self-service stakeholders. Instead, all customer "touch-points" must be viewed as part of a continuum. Customer touch points include Web Self-Service, Interactive Voice Response, Contact Center Agents, and Face-to-Face transactions. 

This paper examines the primary data threats that currently concern chief security officers (CSOs) and IT security management within enterprises, and recommends best-practice techniques to minimize and overcome risks to data security. These best practices have been successfully implemented and deployed in organizations. 

This paper examines the concept that preparing for economic recovery is not something that can wait; it is something that businesses should plan for now. It will introduce enterprise application migration strategies that can be considered within any organization and also emphasize the importance of forward thinking and planning in down economy. 

In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes. 

Review common frustrations that organisations experience when implementing and managing encryption technology. Nigel Stanley of Bloor Research reveals top tips for avoiding encryption chaos and references recent headlines to emphasize the need for encrypted data. 

As a highly respected leading global intellectual property (IP) consultancy and law firm, Rouse needed to be confident in its level of client service, even in the event of a IT system failure. Read this case study to learn how Rouse partnered with Double-Take Software to develop and implement a full business continuity plan. 

This Webcast reviews the best practices and business drivers for mobilizing ITSM applications. 

A new era of on-demand remote support has brought with it a unique challenge to the agents who practice it: a new level of transparency for their interpersonal skills. In this white paper, you'll learn from an experienced communications skills expert, 4 specific steps to help supercharge your customer relationships in an era of remote support. 

Social technologies, commonly called Web 2.0, were originally used to describe consumer technologies that enable groups to organize and share information and media. But enterprises quickly caught on to the value of these easy-to-use tools for capturing and sharing ad hoc information that may otherwise not be documented. 

This book contains general information about improving performance for DB2 on z/OS and specific information about how BMC products help improve performance.