March 01, 2008 - A fully optimized order-to-cash process allows for near-automated purchase orders, timely shipment notification, and electronic invoicing and payment, all of which will reduce supply-chain costs and in turn increase profit...
March 01, 2008 - Business and IT leaders are under increasing pressure to improve B2B collaboration and the electronic communication capabilities of their organizations. This report looks at the key drivers for B2B collaboration in both the purchase-to-pay and...
January 01, 2007 - In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. Systems that offer advisors the functionality they seek are often not affordable when considering the time and expertise required to properly manage a reporting system in-house. The answer, prospectively, lies in outsourcing.
March 01, 2008 - Archives are extremely important these days because of e-discovery and other regulations that require fast and efficient retrieval of data. Read this chapter from the SearchStorage.com Backup All-in-One Guide to learn the important concepts of archives.
March 01, 2008 - This paper provides users in enterprise environments the data to effectively understand the options as well as the limitations of implementing online streaming backups into their infrastructure.
April 01, 2008 - An operating system migration might complicate backup and recovery if you are not cautious. This white paper offers guidelines to assess whether your business-critical data and applications are protected and available during a migration project.
November 01, 2006 - Data archiving and data retention is one of the most important storage priorities facing IT departments today. With regulatory requirements, legal discovery costs, and internal best practices, organizations must invest in the appropriate technology for data retention. Learn the business benefits of both data archiving and retention now.
March 01, 2008 - Ball Corporation needed to reevaluate its existing B2B IT environment, which was built on a legacy EDI platform. Many processes and data conversions within the supply chain were still manually driven. Ball selected an integration suite and...
December 01, 2003 - Most organizations do not see a compelling business reason to jump on the BAM bandwagon. While the BAM acronym was recognizable to 80 percent of the respondents Nucleus recently interviewed, not one could name a company associated with BAM.
BancWare solutions help financial firms measure and manage risk, forecast balance sheet performance and meet regulatory requirements. Our solutions for asset/liability management, profitability, strategic planning, credit risk, operational risk, economic capital and regulatory compliance provide a complete picture of your banking business.
November 01, 2007 - With the increasing proliferation of broadband, more and more users are using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) protocols to share very large files. This trend has exponentially increased traffic flows across a very wide area network. This paper describes how to identify different types of traffic for individualized control that can return double-digit capacity.
April 01, 2008 - Hexaware's service range is designed to serve as a bridge between HR strategy, processes and technologies. Explore key components of their solutions, features, consulting services and business process outsourcing services.
April 01, 2008 - Hexaware provides IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) services to banks everywhere. Explore Hexaware's key projects and features as well as market trends that have translated into large outsourcing engagements.
January 01, 2008 - In this webcast, Andrew Kutz covers the dos and don'ts of a bare metal restore on Linux. In a bare metal restore, the IT manager reformats a server from scratch after a catastrophic failure.
March 01, 2008 - Watch this video to hear representatives from Bayer Schering talk about how they implemented a service oriented architecture based on IBM WebSphere Portal to provide their world wide employees better access to information.
April 01, 2008 - CA Recovery Management solutions complement the management and protection features of VMware Infrastructure to offer powerful protection and recovery of your physical and virtual servers across the entire enterprise.
April 01, 2008 - SingTel Traffic Optimisation Profiling service (TOPs) gives you greater clarity and visibility so you can manage your workflow more efficiently to achieve greater business performance.
February 14, 2008 - Watch this short video to learn what defines a true green data center. This initial Business First investigation report will help answer these questions -- what is a green data center and why do I need one?
March 01, 2008 - Learn how to effectively combine agile development techniques with traditional SDLC and other software engineering techniques. Explore the basic concepts behind agile thinking and the three perspectives associated with this process.
March 01, 2008 - This Aberdeen benchmark study provides insight from small manufacturers about ERP strategies, evaluation and implementation of ERP and ROI expectations.
June 01, 2006 - This free document helps you understand whether a given product, technology or service merits additional investigation for your particular needs. You'll learn where wide-are application slowdowns occur in your network, and how you can unclog the checkpoints.
October 01, 2007 - A recent survey questioned professionals at 267 corporations about their billing organization and their billing processes. The main industries represented include: High Technology, Business Services, Manufacturing, Financial Services and Telecom.
April 01, 2008 - Timmons Group is a leader in the civil engineering industry; however, their storage requirements were growing at an unprecedented pace. Read this case study to learn how this company was able to overcome their challenges with innovative SAN solutions.
October 01, 2006 - Record keeping has become an indispensable part of our culture. This white paper discusses the value of call monitoring and introduces the ECHO digital recording solution. Read how ECHO's synchronized voice and screen recordings - complete with quality monitoring and CRM - take the benefit of recording beyond the call center.
March 01, 2008 - Today’s enterprise faces a convergence of data protection challenges. Addressing them means extending online data retention, enabling deduplication, and simplifying operations. This report outlines how ContentAware VTL and deduplication solutions from SEPATON® uniquely address these challenges.
April 01, 2008 - Learn the challenges, benefits and varieties of supplier collaboration. Eliminate inefficiencies in your supply chain by synchronizing the information flow with suppliers and customers.
March 01, 2008 - IBM iSeries administrators need a reliable solution that protects their critical data without any disruptions. This white paper highlights one such solution. Read this white paper for a brief outline on this solution - from its features to its bene…
March 01, 2008 - The workforce is your most valuable asset. Learn how you can choose the right solution to solve your most pressing workforce related challenges.
July 01, 2006 - While M&A has been an effective growth strategy, the finance department inherited the inefficiencies of these companies, ending up with multiple spreadsheets tracking each of its products. Learn how a technology company brought order to the chaos and achieved substantial efficiencies in Contract Administration and revenue management.
April 21, 2008 - Financial management processes can be burdensome and time consuming. Learn budgeting, forecasting, and reporting best practices that can help you save time, reduce errors, and promote company-wide collaboration in the planning process.
July 01, 2005 - Ventana Research looks for best practices in improving performance. This paper focuses on two key areas of performance improvement: first, leaving behind spreadsheets for dedicated budgeting and planning solutions; and second, considering on-demand as a delivery option for a dedicated solution.
March 01, 2008 - Thomas Lah, executive director of the Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA), has compiled tips to help professional services organizations and consultants accurately calculate utilization.
March 01, 2008 - The best practices and additional information presented in this paper clearly explain how to effectively plan for and productively use a fully operational SAP NetWeaver production landscape on an HP server and storage infrastructure.
February 01, 2008 - Attend this live Webcast with Forrester Principal Analyst Noel Yuhanna to learn about best practices for protecting enterprise data from both external hackers and insiders such as privileged users and disgruntled employees.
April 01, 2008 - This paper will reveal new ideas and tactics for raising the impact of online and offline documents and detail three best practices for delivering interactive, intelligent documents at the point of sale. This document is a must read for senior deci…
April 01, 2008 - Checkout this E-Guide to learn how your organization can address email security with its existing staff through solutions that are easy to implement and do not require any specialized skills or training.
April 01, 2008 - An Exchange migration is one of the most complex, labor-intensive projects an organization can undertake. However, with the proper planning and execution, you can successfully migrate and minimize the impact on your users and your help…
February 01, 2008 - This white paper provides an overview on how deploying Exchange Server 2007 on the HP BladeSystem c-Class can save organizations both time and money and reduce the overall total cost of ownership of their Exchange deployment.
April 01, 2008 - This paper presents a brief overview of the advantages and challenges of automating functional testing to help structure your thinking about how best to approach test automation.
April 01, 2007 - This paper presents a brief overview of the advantages of automating functional testing and helps you structure your thinking about how best to approach test automation.
February 01, 2008 - Download this Podcast to discover, from a best practice approach, the top 2-3 key issues to keep in mind when designing a remote office backup approach.
February 22, 2008 - Learn how to avoid the steep costs of non-compliance with a cost-effective, end-to-end systematic approach based on best practices.
March 01, 2008 - Migrating to Exchange 2007 can be challenging. Learn about Exchange 2007 migration considerations and pitfalls to avoid before taking the leap to Microsoft's newest messaging platform.
March 01, 2008 - This reference document will provide you with detailed information on how to effectively manage your BlackBerry® Enterprise Server™ architecture.
February 01, 2008 - The release of Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 introduced a new service called SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). Read this paper to get help determining the appropriate server/storage/management software infrastructure to meet your SSIS requirements.
April 01, 2008 - This document provides best practices for migration from NT to Active Directory. Note that it is not a substitute for Aelita Domain Migration Wizard's User's Guide and on-line help, which contain detailed information on the tool and its options.
January 01, 2008 - Wireless users demand appropriate levels of performance from business-critical applications. This paper focuses on wireless networking products and services enabled by the 802.11 standards. It discusses one of the latest trends in outsourcing – wireless network performance management – from the perspective of service providers and enterprises.
April 01, 2008 - The goal of this white paper is to help the reader gain a better understanding of the challenges presented by VoIP as well as what must be done from a planning and management perspective to successfully deploy VoIP.
March 01, 2007 - This paper will help you understand and select from the most popular video formats. It provides an overview of video processing and encoding practices that help create the best-looking video for your Web site. It also addresses the challenge of supporting dial-up users, as well as the differences between streaming and progressive download of video.
March 01, 2008 - This paper will help you understand and select from the most popular video formats, it provides an overview of video processing and encoding practices that can help you create the best-looking Web video for your Web site.
March 01, 2008 - Public Folder Migrator enables you to perform migration of public folders’ structure and contents into SharePoint Services and Portal Server sites.
February 01, 2008 - For SMBs and large enterprises seeking secure, affordable Exchange email hosting, USA.NET offers a comprehensive blend of best security practices and best-of-breed technology.
May 01, 2008 - With the included OfficeScan™ Client/Server Edition 8.0 console, IT managers can save resources by managing security for smartphones, PDAs, desktops, servers, laptops or any combination of these devices.
February 01, 2008 - WAN optimization can ensure that remote users around the world have ready access to critical applications and services. This white paper outlines the principles and practices that will ensure that you do so.
May 01, 2006 - The path to improved business performance management does not have to be difficult. This whitepaper examines both the challenges of poorly integrated financial processes and the benefits of a unified approach. It also reviews technologies that enable companies to adopt BPM best practices.
April 01, 2008 - This whitepaper examines both the challenges of poorly integrated financial processes and the benefits of a unified approach; it also reviews technologies that enable companies to adopt BPM best practices.
January 01, 2008 - This document discusses how Network Appliance and VMware ESX Server 3.0 work together to provide an effective backup solution in the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) environment.
March 01, 2008 - It is vital to ensure PC system and data security during migration to Windows Vista. This white paper highlights considerations that must be addressed over the entire migration process.
April 01, 2008 - This paper outlines a four-step methodology for producing the performance reports and graphs you need for management reporting as well as your own use.
August 01, 2007 - If your manufacturing and supply chain organization can minimize or eliminate planned downtime, it can free up specific, measurable potential to immediately support your productivity and profitability strategies. Learn how your company can immediately tap into this unused value - downtime - in this whitepaper!
January 01, 2006 - Companies that address budgeting obstacles will not only be rewarded with more accurate budgets, more timely re-forecasts and improved decision-making, but will foster a disciplined financial management culture. This white paper outlines the budgeting, forecasting and reporting best practices and related technologies used by leading companies.
April 01, 2008 - Sales contracts effect not only sales but also impact the finance and the legal departments, Managing sales contracts properly can help shrink the sales cycle, improve cash flow and reduce the risk of litigation and penalties.
March 19, 2008 - The key enterprise risk management (ERM) issue for many financial institutions is to get enriched data in a single place in order to report on it. Learn best practices for data management that are critical for ERM.
February 14, 2008 - For all organizations, any kind of downtime or data loss will result in devastating consequences. A solid data protection strategy is more crucial than ever. Read this white paper to learn why a tiered data protection architecture is the perfect so…
March 01, 2008 - This paper is concerned with providing the capability to deliver optimized and bug-free code to production, both in a proactive sense and as a response to troubleshooting issues in production.
May 11, 2005 - Learn how your company can change from a lead generation business model to a dynamic lead development process in this joint Webcast from SiriusDecisions and KnowledgeStorm.
December 01, 2007 - Compliance with GIPS standards has become a virtual requirement in order to stay competitive. Written in conjunction with Ashland Partners, this paper explains the steps to becoming GIPS compliant. Packed with practical tips and expert advice, it explains the value of GIPS compliance, what’s needed to achieve it, and common pitfalls to avoid.
October 01, 2007 - RevenueRecognition.com in association with IDC recently surveyed 578 business leaders about the need for improvements in their finance processes, with a focus on revenue recognition and related reporting processes. More than 80% of respondents are CFOs, Controllers, senior finance executives, internal auditors, or compliance leaders.
February 01, 2008 - This Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) white paper compares the KBOX family of appliances from KACE with leading competitors Altiris, LANDesk, and Microsoft. It explains key best practices in lifecycle management, uses these as a framework for functional comparison, and includes a cost comparison to determine overall solution value.
February 01, 2008 - Virtualization offers a very strong value proposition to organizations of all sizes, but it also brings an additional layer of management. This Paper examines some of the hurdles an organization faces when implementing a virtualization solution and lays out best practices to ensure success.
April 01, 2008 - This white paper explores consolidation as a solution for better utilization and management of storage infrastructures. Learn how consolidation can reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) by reducing overall hardware and administrative time.
November 01, 2007 - The need to enable key services such as faster information processing, streaming media, web serving and online transactions is fueling the demand for server power and speed. Looking to meet this demand in a cost-effective manner, businesses are rapidly building complex networks of interconnected servers and clustered “standard” systems.
January 01, 2008 - When implementing an analog KVM solution, enabling users to employ smart cards for the purpose of accessing servers should not be a daunting task.
April 28, 2008 - This Webinar is for anyone embarking on a Service Catalog or ITIL initiative.
Pink Elephant's ITSM guru Troy DuMoulin and newScale founder Rodrigo Flores will give you practical guidance on how to design and implement an IT Service Catalog according to ITIL best practices.
May 01, 2008 - This webcast examines how you can implement centralized, fine-grained access controls across different server platforms and successfully manage user access throughout your company.
January 01, 2008 - Discover best practices in invoice delivery directly from SAP applications that will help your organization save time, improve efficiency and collect cash faster.
January 11, 2008 - Discover how to execute business process management initiatives faster and make smarter decisions using Open Business Process Management.
November 01, 2007 - Many business planning processes rely on the finance department to play the expert. However, if an ineffective planning solution is being used, finance becomes a bottleneck. Learn how Infor PM Business Process Applications are designed specifically for planning, budgeting, forecasting & reporting & can help to improve the overall planning process.
March 01, 2008 - This paper reviews how by providing users with a single, integrated experience across both business applications and communications and collaboration tools, organizations can cultivate more dynamic and flexible business systems
December 01, 2006 - In this audio interview, ISYS discusses why search alone is no longer enough to address the entire scope of information access needs. To realize greater productivity, better quality decisions and improved customer service you must get beyond search to leverage navigation and discovery.
February 01, 2006 - For organizations requiring enterprise search, the good news is the market has spawned rapid innovation, greater interoperability with other systems, a broader range of solution providers & more favorable pricing. The bad news is the landscape is muddier than ever, leaving you with the difficult task of making sense of the market & its players.
March 01, 2008 - This Webcast features ESG analyst, Heidi Biggar. View this presentation for her perspective on enterprise deduplication and learn about other data protection solutions that can help meet the needs of today's storage environments
February 01, 2008 - Provergent was designed specifically to address some of the most troublesome pain points facing enterprises today in the area of voice, data and video communications asset management.
November 01, 2007 - The complexity of enterprise network & telecommunications infrastructures will continue to increase -- making it difficult for organizations to manage & extract the full business value. Read how the Provergent Communications Services Management Suite addresses troublesome pain points in the area of voice, data & video communications management.
April 01, 2008 - While VTL data storage has been a popular data protection solution in recent years, the VTL solution may be incomplete for long-term needs. Read this white paper to learn why D2D backup solutions are the ideal data protection technologies for y...
The BIG-IP Link Controller seamlessly monitors availability and performance of multiple WAN ISP connections to intelligently manage bi-directional traffic flows to a site, providing fault tolerant and optimized Internet access. The BIG-IP Link Controller delivers improved link performance and high availability capabilities.
The BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager is an application delivery networking system that provides the most intelligent and adaptable solution to secure, optimize, and deliver applications, enabling organizations to effectively and competitively run their business.
The BIG-IP Application Security Manager delivers the industry’s foremost comprehensive application delivery security solution with the option to deliver both application delivery and security together. The ASM provides application layer protection from targeted and generalized application attacks to ensure that applications are always available.
BIG-IP WebAccelerator is a web application delivery solution that provides a series of intelligent technologies that overcome problems with browsers, web application platforms, and WAN latency issues, which impact user performance. BIG-IP WebAccelerator increases interactive user performance for web, Portal, CRM, and Collaboration applications.
