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SAP ERP: The Trusted Foundation for Business Insight, Excellence and Innovation  from Inside ERP

For most organizations, driving profitable growth in today’s business climate isn’t easy. You need IT that is flexible, robust, and secure. And you need software that effectively handles your industry-specific processes from start to finish.  White Paper
March 17, 2010

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Maximizing Website Return on Investment: The Crucial Role of High-Quality Search  from Google

Websites are among the most measurable marketing investments that a business or institution can make. To maximize website ROI, Google advocates a proven, methodical approach involving four steps. Download this white paper to learn what these steps are.  White Paper
February 17, 2010

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Integrated Data Management: Smarter Data Management  from IBM

Integrated Data Management is the ability to manage enterprise application data and optimize data-driven applications, from requirements to retirement, across these heterogeneous environments. So, what do organizations require to deal with such complexities?  Video
March 19, 2010

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Energy and Space Efficient Storage: Multi-tier Strategies for Protecting and Retaining Data  from Quantum Corporation

Data center power, cooling, and space requirements are becoming key IT challenges for organizations of all sizes. Meeting these challenges requires a multi-tiered storage architecture along with new technologies like data deduplication.  White Paper
January 27, 2010

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Six Billion Slurpees and Counting  from Dell

7-Eleven decided to purchase laptops for 2,800 employees to increase productivity while solving its remote service management problems. Read this case study to find out how 7-Eleven lowered management costs by 81% and decreased help desk incidents by 67% with the remote service management tool from Dell.  Case Study
November 20, 2009

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Cutting Cost through Workload Automation  from BMC Software

Join BMC's John McKenney with featured speaker Milind Govekar, Gartner analyst, for an informative webcast reinforcing the cost-cutting benefits of workload automation. Gartner has covered the workload automation space from its inception, and we’re pleased to feature Milind as he shares industry trends and best practices that help cut costs and boost productivity.  Webcast
March 25, 2010

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10 Gigabit Ethernet: Unifying iSCSI and Fibre Channel in a Single Network Fabric  from Dell

Organizations are looking for ways to combine their storage and data networks into a single converged fabric to help reduce the total cost of ownership of the data center infrastructure, connect multiple storage islands, and enhance storage scalability.  White Paper
March 18, 2010

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Managing Laptops Outside the Office  from Absolute Software

In this webinar, learn how you can reduce costs by tracking mobile computers no matter where they are located. Featuring the IT asset management specialist of a major insurance group, this webinar discusses the business value of internet-based tracking.  Webcast
May 11, 2009

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Virtual Meetings Made Easy  from PGi

Download our free white paper, Ten Tips for Better Web Meetings, and find out how to maximize web conferencing solutions to lead to more productive virtual meetings.  White Paper
February 10, 2010

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Tiering Best Practices with Deduplication Storage and File Virtualization  from F5 Networks

Storage tiering helps businesses cut costs by automatically migrating aged or reduced-value files to lower-cost storage. Combining file virtualization with deduplication storage provides a simple, fast, and economical path to effective storage tiering. This paper explains how organizations can leverage deduplication storage in a tiered infrastructure to provide a simple, cost-effective solution to the problem of data growth. It also reviews best practices for integrating Data Domain deduplication storage and F5 intelligent file virtualization solutions for long-term archiving and data protection.  White Paper
February 16, 2010

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Case Study: Tucson Electric Power Saves with Server and Storage Virtualization  from NetApp

Find out how NetApp and VMware enable customers to improve disaster preparedness while saving money. Today, at Tucson Electric Power, almost 90 percent of servers are virtual, 100 percent of daily backups can now be performed within a 24-hour window, disaster preparedness is greatly improved, regulatory requirements are met, and the IT infrastructure is ready for the future. Download this report to learn more.  Case Study
November 23, 2009

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HP Business Service Management Software Resolves ITSM Problems at Virgin Atlantic  from HP Software & Solutions

Virgin Atlantic Airways wanted to select and deploy an integrated monitoring toolset to raise end-user satisfaction, reduce service disruption, increase application performance and enhance the visibility of infrastructure problems. Read this case study to find out why they chose to deploy an integrated HP solution comprising HP Operations Center and HP Business Availability Center.  Case Study
December 07, 2009

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Extend Security to the Edge with Web App Security  from Akamai Technologies

As enterprises move more of their business transactions online, they face the challenge of defending a perimeter that grows increasingly porous. The network firewalls that once locked down the enterprise perimeter are ineffective against Web-based attacks. This white paper examines current trends in Web application security, assessing the present threat environment as well as limitations in existing approaches to protection, and then explores how a Web application firewall solution can overcome these challenges.  White Paper
January 07, 2010

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Can You Afford Email Downtime? Keep Your Business Running with Always-On Email  from Symantec Hosted Services

With email established as a key business communication medium, your company can't afford to find out the answer to that question. Unplanned email outages or even routine maintenance can cause a huge disruption to your business. View this webcast to learn about the business drivers and requirements of an on-demand email continuity solution that can handle unplanned outages and routine downtime.  Webcast
November 06, 2009

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DDoS Mitigation – Best Practices for a Rapidly Changing Threat Landscape  from VeriSign

VeriSign has identified a set of best practices that enables organizations to keep pace with DDoS attacks while minimizing impact on business operations. This paper describes these practices.  White Paper
March 22, 2010

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Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer: Root Cause Analysis for Supporting Fault Identification  from Hitachi Data Systems

IT Infrastructure cannot afford downtime with the manic pace of today's always available business operations. IT administrators need all the help they can get to quickly find and diagnose system disruptions or failures. Read this white paper to learn more about the Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer, designed to meet the needs of mid-sized IT administrators who are challenged to manage complex IT systems.  White Paper
April 01, 2010

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Linklaters Deploys Silver Peak for Global WAN Optimization  from Silver Peak

Linklaters, a law firm specializing in advising the world's leading companies, financial institutions and governments, was looking to resolve a number of infrastructure and application performance issues. Watch this webcast to find to find out how Linklaters improved the reliability and performance of real-time applications and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure across their WAN with solutions from Silver Peak.  Webcast
February 12, 2010

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Green Networking in the Data Center  from Hewlett-Packard

As businesses look to a virtualized data center to help businesses grow, innovate and remain competitive, green initiatives are integral in helping adapt to these challenges. Your network should make it easy to evolve and conform to power-efficiency standards and technology improvements as they occur. This paper provides an overview of the challenges faced in today’s data centers; addressing the issues surrounding data center power, cooling and efficiency, with an emphasis on how specific networking tools and strategies can help address these issues.  White Paper
January 12, 2010

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Forrester: How to Create a Winning Collaboration Strategy  from Socialtext

Collaboration solutions based on microblogging and social networking are strategic weapons for turbulent times. They drive better business results, accelerate processes, and reduce cycle times across the organization. In this webinar, Forrester Research analyst for enterprise collaboration, Rob Koplowitz, talks about how to create a people-centered collaboration strategy and get dramatic results.  Webcast
February 17, 2010

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