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Empowering Students and Teachers with Streamlined Access and Opportunity  from Motorola

Learn how Motorola provided a solution for the San Marino school district by creating a new system that would get information to student and faculty users faster and easier, with access virtually everywhere on and off campus.  Case Study
February 19, 2009

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Operational Savings Driven by Migrating RISC Systems to Industry-Standard Platforms  from Dell

Many companies are opting to retire their RISC-based server architectures in favor of more open, industry-standard equipment and application stacks. The benefits include higher performance, lower expenses, and improved scalability and growth potential. In this brief, we’ll look at some of the operational expenses that can be recouped through migration away from RISC, and discuss Dell’s industry-leading products and services that can help your company make the move.  Technology Brief
April 23, 2009

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Isilon in Production: Driving Cost Reduction and New Opportunities in Media and Entertainment  from Isilon Systems

Create it. Manage it. Deliver it. It sounds simple. But within these three key media and entertainment processes are a myriad of moving parts, immeasurable man hours, and ever increasing challenges. All of these core media processes—production, archive and playout— have two key things in common: each relies heavily on the crucial element of storage and, if effectively streamlined and accelerated, each would significantly impact business value. This document will focus entirely on storage requirements in the media production process.  White Paper
September 24, 2008

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Best in Class Virtualization: Using HP G6 Servers with VMware vSphere 4  from Hewlett-Packard

IT spending is getting far more scrutiny than ever before. To meet the challenges they are facing in the current climate, IT executives are looking to a number of technologies to help rein in costs and meet IT service delivery commitments. At the top of most companies' priority lists is virtualization.  White Paper
June 02, 2009

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Cost-Efficient, High Impact Business Solutions with Dell and VMware vSphere  from Dell

Virtualization is no longer only about consolidation. It has emerged as a key strategic driver for maximizing IT cost savings and enables you to deliver business services on-time, within budget and with managed SLAs. Many storage and server implementations often fall short of these goals. Learn how Dell Enterprise and VMware are integrating VMware vSphere with emerging Dell storage and server architectures to help you save money and go beyond consolidation.  Webcast
May 15, 2009

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IBM Smart Business Time Savings Test  from IBM

If time really is money, is your organization in need of a way to save both? IBM Smart Business is a new three-in-one solution that makes it easier than ever to find, run and manage your business applications. IBM invites you to utilize this Time Savings Tool to learn more. All you need to do to get started is answer a few simple questions and you're on your way to potentially valuable savings!  Tool
May 13, 2009

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Operational Excellence: Enabling Sustained Growth  from SAP

Growth is a priority among companies in the Americas, just as it is elsewhere in the world. And when asked about the impact of operational excellence initiatives, American executives admit that they do help to drive growth. Over 60% say, for instance, that investments in ERP, CRM or other software to streamline and expose business processes have been successful or very successful in driving growth in revenues, margins and customer satisfaction.  Research Report
May 14, 2009

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Top 5 Tips for Email and Web Security  from MessageLabs | Now Part of Symantec

The Internet and Email bring many advantages, however the ever increasing number of Internet based security threats such as viruses, spyware and spam pose significant danger to your organization. Failure to protect your business can result in costly downtime, lost productivity, financial losses and worse. Learn the top 5 tips to protecting your business.  White Paper
February 17, 2009

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SAP Supports Applications on VMware Platform: An Industry Milestone  from VMware

In December 2007, VMware announced that SAP will support its suite of enterprise applications running in VMware production environments. VMware Infrastructure is the first, and so far only, virtualization platform on which SAP applications will be directly supported across all major servers and operating systems. The news also represents an important milestone for the server virtualization industry, which has been struggling for years to gain respect within the data center.  Article
January 03, 2008

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From Network Myth to Reality: Increasing Agility through Cost Reduction  from Hewlett-Packard

Download this webcast to learn why HP Network Node Manager i (HP NNMi) software might be the best network management solution for your company and how to make the most of your network management investment.  Webcast


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Achieving Rapid Data Recovery for IBM AIX Environments: An Executive Overview of EchoStream for AIX  from Vision Solutions

If you're like most businesses, you're using some form of data protection today – probably tape-based backup. The problem with these legacy backup methods is that they do not fully address the needs of IBM AIX users. Your applications need to have 24 x 7 availability, and the time needed to backup to tape -- and perform a full system recovery, should you need it -- just is not there. You need to have a backup solution that fully addresses the needs of your IBM AIX operating environment, not one that "can be made to work" with it.  White Paper
March 30, 2009

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Top Benefits of Symantec Protection Suite  from Symantec

Anti-virus is not enough to protect your organization. Symantec now offers multi-layered protection from endpoint to gateway in the new Symantec Protection Suite. Download this paper to find out 10 reasons that this new product suite is the one you can trust for your organization.  Technology Brief
April 29, 2009

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Get the Most Out of Your IT Dollar with IT Analytics  from Hewlett-Packard

View this 30 minute demo and see how to get the most out of your IT investments. See how IT analytics can gain you unprecedented visibility, insight and control over the effectiveness and efficiency of your IT processes.  Product Demo
May 21, 2009

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Meet the Challenges of your Environment with the BigFix Platform  from BigFix

Purpose-built for today's distributed enterprise, BigFix's Unified Management Platform provides real-time visibility and control through a single infrastructure, single agent, and unified console for systems lifecycle management, endpoint protection, and security configuration and vulnerability management.  Webcast


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Progress Apama CEP for Operational Responsiveness  from Progress Software

Progress Apama is a comprehensive environment for building sophisticated complex event processing (CEP) applications that deliver true real-time operational responsiveness. Ranked "Top CEP Innovator" in a recent IDC report, Progress Apama delivers real-time insight into your business, allowing you to dramatically transform decision-making and more precisely manage your operations by responding to situations as they happen.  Brochure
April 03, 2009

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A Tiered Approach to Data Management  from CDW

To address the ever-increasing need for data storage, companies must begin establishing a tiered storage strategy. By using higher-end disk devices for the most regularly accessed data and archiving unused data in a lower tier, businesses can reap the benefits of greater efficiency.  White Paper
April 07, 2009

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Busting the Myths about QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions & IBM Smart Business  from IBM

How many myths about IBM Smart Business and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions do you still believe? So you already know there aren’t actually any alligators in the New York City sewers and that the Loch Ness monster doesn’t really exist, but how many myths about IBM Smart Business and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions do you still believe? To make your decision about switching business software easier, this paper sets the record straight.  White Paper
May 27, 2009

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Effective Change Management for Dynamic Application and Database Environments  from IBM

Changes to applications and database schemas can be required for many reasons however they can often be complex and error prone. By minimizing or eliminating manual tasks and automating the change management process, organizations can implement schema updates with ease and accuracy.  Technology Brief
February 13, 2009

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Finding the Retailer's Need: Advanced Store Systems and True Ownership Costs  from IBM

Retailers may not be aware that a system's initial purchase price is only 20 to 45% of the total cost of ownership of their system, and there's more to understand about the true cost of your purchase. Find out more on investing in the information system for your business.  White Paper
January 31, 2008

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Go Green While Boosting Productivity with Acrobat  from Adobe Systems

Around the globe, a heightened focus on environmental concerns is prompting many organizations to consider the green benefits of the technologies they deploy. For years, Adobe Systems has been at the forefront of environmental stewardship. The company is committed to achieving the highest standards of efficiency, resource protection, and green-building practices for its corporate offices. At the same time, Adobe has long delivered technologies, such as PDF and Adobe Flash, that expand avenues for communicating rich interactive content , while helping to offset reliance on traditional paper-based channels.  White Paper
February 17, 2009

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