Online backup is an effective solution for SMBs, which are often challenged by many of the same data management issues larger companies face. This podcast covers various aspects of online backup services, how to evaluate your needs, what to look for given your backup requirements, and how to decide if a combined backup/DR plan is right for you. 

As 27,000 students and 7,000 faculty and administrators expanded their use of e-mail, online research, distance learing, and other online functions, ECU’s information storage had doubled annually for three years in a row. ECU engaged EMC® Global Services to help them virtualize, consolidate, and upgrade its information infrastructure. 

In this videocast, W. Curtis Preston provides an overview of remote backup. He discusses the challenges related to backing up remote sites, as well as the role of replication and deduplication. He also discusses cloud storage as it relates to remote backup. 

Solid state drives (SSD) are going to play everywhere in the enterprise—at the storage array level, at the server level and in users’ notebook computers. This webcast discusses the issues involved in integrating SSDs at these three junctions in enterprise storage environments. 

Is securing the Call Center possible without impacting the customer experience? This paper discusses the advantages and benefits of using knowledge-based authentication (KBA) to bolster Call Center security over other solutions. 

Listen to this podcast to hear how all-new HiDef Corporate™ leverages the communicative advances of the Internet and next generation telephony to revolutionize the way call conferencing is administered and billed. 

After evaluating several customer relationship management solutions, including Salesforce.com, the company replaced NetSuite CRM with Microsoft Dynamics® CRM. Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM, the company cut call times in its customer support call center by 30%, reduced agent training time by 25 percent, and strengthened its growth capacity. 

IRMC used VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to virtualize its call center operations and support multiple call centers from a central data center, reducing IT costs while improving flexibility and competitiveness. 

This case study describes how Ceridian used LogMeIn Rescue to streamline its 50-to 90 day implementation process and to increase troubleshooting capabilities for customer support analysts handling 2,500 calls per day. With Rescue in place, Ceridian has experienced an increase in their customer satisfaction rates, which have grown from 83% to 94%. 

This paper discusses how and why to design SQL that will reduce the number of times calls are made to DB2. We'll look at how to write SMART applications rather than writing applications that act like generic I/O modules to DB2, properly tune SMART SQL, and how to exploit SQL and application features in DB2 on z/OS version 8 and 9. 

This is a follow up to "Desperate Times Call for Strategic Measures" which argued that now is the time to consider an IT transformation project. This article will explore the viability and benefits of upgrading to SAP 6.0. 

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 white paper describes the concept of “CRM without compromise,” elucidating how organizations can maximize their results by taking a more structured, holistic approach to CRM across the enterprise to gain a competitive advantage and profitable growth.