To expand its virtualized server and desktop infrastructure, Continental Airlines deployed a beta release of Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter. By using improved Hyper-V™ technology and Remote Desktop Services, Continental expects to increase system uptime, implement new services in minutes, and save up to U.S. $1.5 million a year. 

In this brief, three top HR and talent development experts from Continental Automotive Systems, Vail Resorts Management Company, and ArvinMeritor share their insights on leadership training, giving three perspectives on development methods that work. 

Today, technology provides tremendous, previously untapped opportunities for a carrier to enhance the experience of channel members and ensures greater productivity. This paper describes the challenges carriers face in the area of loyalty and the ways technology enables carriers to address common agent frustrations in unprecedented ways. 

Navicure, an insurance claims processing company, needed a more robust storage and disaster recovery solution. They chose a scalable, in-house storage area network using Dell EqualLogic PS Series Internet SCSI arrays, and automated the planning, testing, and deployment of a disaster recovery solution using VMware Site Recovery Manager software. 

This white paper describes some of the problems insurance carriers face regarding compensation and presents the advantages of using an automated system to simplify incentive compensation. 

In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization. 

This white paper discusses the significant impact of agile development techniques on the business analyst community. Gain insight into the skills required by analysts for effective agile development, as well as the steps for a transition to agile... 

This white paper discusses key issues surrounding configuration management and compliance, such as the IT department's need to lower costs, increase management flexibility and control, and increase responsiveness to business needs and requirements. 

Extending ERP is the focus of this document, which encompasses utilizing more functionality, extending the footprint beyond the core ERP functionality and making decisions between ERP vendors and pure play or "Best of Breed" solutions. 

Your company's ability to meet changing customer requirements and drive revenue growth in a continually changing environment is essential. This whitepaper examines the related issues of growth and flexibility from a number of perspectives. 

As businesses have instituted internal, industry, and government mandated regulatory compliance, the need for audit data to prove conformity has also become a necessity. Read this white paper to learn how configuration audit and control provides a single, independent source for enforcing and reporting on a change policy across an organization. 

Learn how you can how you can hook customers with fresh, unusual and relevant shopping experiences. Drive customer loyalty by training, empowering and providing employees with the technical tools to capture the nuances of customer behavior. 

Smarter insurance processes go beyond basic automation by adding intelligent decisioning capabilities for greater agility, speed and transparency. This automation not only cuts costs by reducing manual tasks, bottlenecks and errors--it also delivers the right answer to the right person at the right time.