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March 28, 2007
Troubleshoot Network Performance Issues 7-10x Faster Network performance problem? Learn how to troubleshoot and resolve it quickly. Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems analyze network traffic data from routers and switches throughout the network. They build a profile of the behavior of systems, users, and applications inside the network and continuously monitor their activity, alerting operations teams to performance issues, security events and policy violations. Reduce the Headache of Infrastructure Change in Five Steps Optimizing planning and minimizing disruption are keys to the success of any infrastructure change project. Whether you are managing visualization, voice/data convergence, a data center migration, planning disaster recovery, or new application rollouts, you need to know what is happening on your network, what is typical, and who or what could be affected by the change. Learn how to maximize the success of a planned infrastructure change with Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems. Migrating to Windows Vista: Recognize the Security Risks This white paper examines the implications of migrating to Vista in terms of messaging and web security, and summarizes key issues you need to consider, including:
Migrating to Windows Vista: Recognize the Security Risks This white paper examines the implications of migrating to Vista in terms of messaging and web security, and summarizes key issues you need to consider, including:
Web Security Report: The Attack of Blended Spyware Crime Spam, viruses, phishing, and spyware are tools used by illicit business organizations to generate profits. The activities range from unwanted marketing to outright fraud, costing enterprises around the globe billions of dollars every year. Learn about new security trends, what encompasses malware, and how you can help your organization protect itself from this growing epidemic. March 26, 2007
Back for a limited time: Free Trial DVD of Microsoft Dynamics GP Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Microsoft Great Plains) is a comprehensive business-management solution built on the highly scalable and affordable platform of Microsoft technologies. It offers a cost-effective solution for managing and integrating finances, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, field service, customer relationships, and human resources. Your free trial comes with a Financial Software Evaluation kit, including:
Commercial Building Products Commercial Building Products serves the low- to mid-rise commercial and institutional construction industry, assisting non-residential decision-makers at every step during the planning, specifying, and building process. Commercial Building Products focuses on new product applications and information that addresses the needs of commercial building owners, developers, specifiers, architects, and institutional developers. March 23, 2007
Best Practice: Triangulated Forecasting The ability to develop an accurate sales forecast and effectively manage the sales pipeline can have a profound impact on a company's health. Too many organizations fail to realize, until it is too late, that they are going to miss their quarterly revenue targets. Learn valuable information about:
No More Limits: CRM On Demand Goes Strategic On demand is fast evolving into a more strategic, more capable CRM technology option. Today you can have the best of both worlds in a cost-friendly, easy-to-use solution with many of the functionalities that were once only available on premise. This white paper presents six questions to ask before making an investment, as well as key lessons for finding the right fit for your business. Best Practices: Delivering Actionable Insight Into Sales Sales analytics allows users to proactively and continually improve their performance by providing every member of the sales organization with the information and insight they need to identify sales opportunities and challenges, diagnose causes, and develop targeted action plans to improve results. Learn how to dramatically transform your sales organization by providing them with the insight they need. Replicate Sales Success: Clone Your Star Salespeople If you could clone your top sales rep, would you? Find out how, in this short best practices brief that outlines the surefire steps and tools to achieve measurable increases in revenue per sales rep. By standardizing and managing your sales process you will enable your company to boost its revenue. Start managing the sales process instead of reacting to the sales results at the end of the quarter. Which CRM Deployment is Right for You? Certain vendors preach the software deployment model du jour as the only sure-fire path to CRM success before understanding your business requirements. Selecting the right deployment model must first and foremost address your key business problems and challenges, enabling you to meet your strategic business goals. The more you know the pros and cons of each deployment model, the more certain it is that you will embark on a path to CRM success. Find out if an on-demand service or on-premise application is the right CRM deployment option for your business. Best Practices for Pipeline Management In today's highly competitive and volatile marketplace, the ability to effectively manage the sales pipeline can have a profound impact on a company's financial health. This paper focuses on common factors that impact a company's ability to effectively manage the pipeline and focus on process and organizational best practices that can help companies overcome their challenges and establish a critical competitive advantage. ROI with an Incentive and Compensation System When evaluating your current incentive compensation process, you should not only look at your soft dollar revenue, but also the hard dollar savings that can be accomplished for increased ROI. Some vendors in the market focus almost exclusively on the soft dollar aspect, placing unnecessary pressure on meeting ROI expectations. By deploying a system that takes hard dollar savings into account, organizations can reduce IT costs and eliminate over payment errors. 9 Indicators that it's Time to Replace Your Commission System An underperforming commission system can be a huge financial drain for an insurance carrier. Overpayment rates are estimated to range from 2% to 8%, resulting in a loss of $20,000 to $80,000 for every million dollars in commissions paid. Discover The Power of UNIX-to-Windows Instead of choosing between Windows and UNIX/Linux, organizations are opting for a mix of the two operating systems. But seamless cross-platform operation doesn't happen on its own. Top 10 B2B Paid Search Mistakes: Why Your Google™ Campaign Isn't Working And What To Do About It This free report is a comprehensive, 15-page overview based on CDI's first-hand experience managing paid search programs for leading B2B marketers. Inside, you'll learn:
Getting Coherence: Free Data Grid Webinar Grid-based infrastructures are being developed, deployed, and used to achieve unlimited application scalability and continuous availability across multiple datacenters. Understand the additional capabilities of these infrastructures and how they can be improved with the use of Data Grid technology to solve increasingly difficult and complex problems. March 21, 2007
Maintenance Technology Maintenance Technology, the magazine of plant equipment reliability, maintenance, and asset management, serves the technical and business information needs of engineers, managers, and technicians responsible for plant equipment availability. Primary editorial sectors include equipment reliability (RCM), management of maintenance and reliability operations (TPM, CBM), preventive maintenance (PM), condition monitoring and predictive maintenance (PdM), and maintenance information systems (EAM/CMMS). CounterTop Business CounterTop Business focuses on countertops — laminate, solid surface, cultured stone, granite, concrete, tile and other materials. This digital magazine is for anyone involved in the specification, sale, fabrication, and installation of countertops. It will be delivered to readers via email, in an advanced format that does not require extra software to read. Monthly issues will be 12 pages in length, filled with quick, easy reads. Better Software magazine Better Software magazine offers insight and techniques to improve results throughout the application development lifecycle. Each issue contains relevant, timely information to help you build better software, including in-depth articles on testing, tools, defect tracking, metrics, and management. March 19, 2007
Authentication Solutions Through Keystroke Dynamics Achieving network and application security in the face of an ever-changing population of customers, suppliers, partners, and employees requires fully verifying user identities. It's no longer effective to rely on user ID and password authentication to protect data, ensure privacy, prove compliance, and avoid fraud. IT Audit Checklist: Information Security Growing threats of fraud require robust security to manage the risk of your company's information assets. Using this practical, step-by-step guide from the independent IT Compliance Institute (ITCi), you can now conduct an insightful self-assessment to ensure that your systems meet compliance regulations, keep user and corporate data secure, and reduce your operation's vulnerability to fraud. Cross-Sell at a Crossroads: Part I Financial institutions have adopted the method of cross-selling a wide range of products to customers as a mantra for growth. With hundreds of cross-sell solutions in production for a wide variety of customers, Equifax has gained a unique perspective over the past decade to help financial institutions implement successful cross-sell programs and best practices. Predictive Modeling for True-Name Fraud Financial institutions can lift consumer confidence, deter fraud attempts, and cut financial losses by predicting identity theft with modeling. The risk and exposure associated with true-name fraud has sparked demand for advanced solutions that can identify this type of activity at the source: the time of application. By implementing real-time, cost effective solutions with a low false-positive rate, lenders will increase compliance with legislation. This paper includes background on identity theft and summarizes the performance of both the original and the refined models, helping financial institutions learn more about the challenges of risk modeling for fraud. Free Webcast: A BlackBerry Smartphone You Can't Be Without Learn why one of the thinnest BlackBerry smartphones to-date could be your new favorite mobile device. Hear about the BlackBerry® 8800 Smartphone as this on-demand webcast walks you through the design features and specifications of this new product. Why Is It So Tough to Sell Today? (and What to Do About It) The buying cycle for complex sales is now 22% longer than it was five years ago. In an attempt to improve sales results, companies often focus on improving internal processes — tactics that shorten sales cycles, more effective use of CRM and closer alignment of sales and marketing. However, few organizations spend the time to fully understand the buying cycle of their prospects. Who Leads in WLAN Security? Today's WLAN security market is filled with stopgap solutions while vendors wait for finalization of standards that include specifications for roaming, load balancing, management frame encryption, and management. Next-Generation WLAN Architecture for High Performance Networks Wireless local area networks (WLANs) are facing a new set of requirements, driven by a number of technology and business trends, and in particular, the imminent arrival of 802.11n. This new standard, coupled with the growing adoption of Voice over IP (VoIP), is expected to have a significant impact on enterprise Wi-Fi networks. How Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Jeopardize Online Transactions Learn the background of Man-in-the Middle (MITM) security attacks and why there is still much to be done to secure financial and e-commerce transactions from these phishing attempts. TelevisionWeek TelevisionWeek® provides comprehensive coverage of developments that affect all areas of entertainment and media, including broadband, On Demand, Podcasting and HDTV. With in-depth coverage of the people, events, new technologies and trends that affect the industry, TelevisionWeek keeps everyone who works in television ahead of the curve, week after week. The Perfect Storm: Man in the Middle Security Attacks Man in the Middle attacks, which have been well known in the security and hacking community for years, are now being integrated into easy-to-use kits for sale on hacker websites for $1,000. With the availability of Man in the Middle Phishing Kits it is only a matter of time before widespread Man in the Middle Phishing causes increases in fraud and identity theft, lowers consumer confidence and threatens the growth of the online channel. Learn how to prevent Man in the Middle security attacks and protect your organization from online organized crime. Quantifiable Advantages through Remote Systems Management The evolution of the enterprise management market towards new technologies and enhanced business alignment has been widely discussed, but Out-of-Band (OOB) capabilities are often neglected. This is a critical oversight, since OOB capabilities ranging from KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) to serial port access, to mixed in-band and out-of-band monitoring and management are evolving to become a fundamental building block of next-generation IT management strategies. How One Company Keeps Services Running Optimally - Even in Hurricane Forces Serving customers in 82 markets across the U.S., Charter Communications, a St. Louis, Mo.-based cable company, provides a “triple play” offering of cable TV, high-speed Internet and VoIP (Voice-over-IP) services. To compete, Charter could tolerate virtually no downtime in the network devices that support its IP backbone: devices that digitize, packetize and switch voice over its data network. Learn why Charter Communications selected Raritan's Dominion® SX serial-over-IP secure console server to keep its services running optimally. KVM-over-IP Buyer's Guide KVM-over-IP technology is a cornerstone of any effective IT infrastructure management architecture. By providing anytime/anywhere, out-of-band access to system keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) functions, a KVM-over-IP solution can significantly improve IT productivity, help ensure reliable delivery of critical business services, accelerate mean time-to-repair and reduce total technology ownership costs. Workforce Management Magazine Published twice monthly by Crain Communications, Inc., Workforce Management® is the leading business publication for workforce management and human resources professionals, providing news, trends and analysis on strategic workforce issues to 52,000 print and more than 428,000 registered online subscribers. March 14, 2007
Getting Started with Compliance Initiatives Learn how your bank can achieve best practices around core compliance initiatives impacting the retail banking industry. This complimentary live webcast from Novell provides a best practices outline for building a foundation to assist with enforcement of regulatory compliance needs. Following these best practices, your bank can also enforce security, improve productivity, satisfy customer demands and increase overall profitability and customer retention. Getting Started with Security and Operational Efficiency Measures: For Retail Banks Learn how your bank can minimize potential reputation risks and ensure regulatory compliance by streamlining and automating the security and access control processes for improved information systems' security and operational efficiency. Getting Started with Improving Bank Branch Employee Productivity for Retail Banks Join Novell for this complimentary live webcast to learn how your bank can implement an effective strategy to stay focused on customer service and retention by empowering bank employees at retail banking branches to perform their jobs efficiently and effectively. Sarbanes-Oxley Simplified The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX") puts a new emphasis on timeliness & transparency in financial reporting, and the importance of internal controls in managing a public company. This paper provides solutions to achieve the "quality and timeliness" required by SOX Sections 404 & 409, and focuses on removing common weaknesses found within inventory control and asset management operations. March 12, 2007
Free Good Mobile Messaging Starter Pack Through March 31, 2007*, get a FREE Good Mobile Messaging Starter Pack valued at $1,999 (includes one server license, 5 client access licenses (CALs), and 6 months Basic Support). Good Mobile Messaging offers your workforce a secure and reliable way to keep wirelessly connected to enterprise email, calendar, contacts, and more! Best Practices for Monitoring a Data Center and NOC Monitoring the complex systems and networks that make up your IT Infrastructure should be easy. As your business depends on your network and systems for mission critical applications, you want enterprise-wide visibility and a strong operational model to resolve problems. March 09, 2007
Financial Advisor is back! Financial Advisor, the publication dedicated exclusively to serving independent advisors from the most experienced and respected publishing team in the industry, is rated among the most widely read publications for independent reps and RIAs by Tiburon Advisors, AdvisorBenchmarking and Aptura Research Focus on Financial Media. The Changing Face of PR: What You Need to Know in 2007 The practice of public relations is changing more rapidly now than it has in the last several decades, as three major changes simultaneously reshape traditional approaches, outlets, and boundaries. The three forces changing the practice of public relations have been gathering momentum for the past several years: overlap with marketing, pressure to quantify results, and a new influence dynamic brought about by the growth of blogs and social media. Learn how leading PR professionals are adapting to the forces driving change in corporate communications today. Making the Case for Social Media Strategy Learn how blogs, discussion boards, and social media networks are impacting your brand and revealing consumer behaviors. There has been a revolutionary shift in the media world. Companies that listen directly to word-of-mouth (WOM) discussions will create compelling brands, products, and messages. This white paper will arm you with the information you need to convince your organization that they should begin to engage with consumers and provides answers to:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Product Guide Not long ago, the mindset for most any customer relationship management (CRM) project was to acquire information technology (IT) as quickly as possible in order to keep up with the competition. Today, it is about buying CRM solutions that leverage existing infrastructure, assets, and skills. More importantly, it is about acquiring tools and solutions that people will use and that integrate easily into the existing business environment. Microsoft Dynamics CRM version 3.0 was designed specifically to address these requirements. This information guide explains how to create and easily maintain a clear picture of customers, from first contact to purchase and post-sales, with Microsoft's CRM solution. Cisco on Cisco News Receive a free quarterly e-newsletter with exclusive articles on how Cisco IT uses its own products and solutions to enable the business. Get an insider's view on the business reasons for Cisco implementations, including best practices, lessons learned, and tangible benefits. Find out first what is new in the world of Cisco on Cisco. Railway Track & Structures Since 1904, Railway Track & Structures (RT&S) has led the way in reporting the tools, technology, and trends that have built the railway industry. Railway Track & Structures reaches more railway engineering, maintenance-of-way and C&S (communications & signaling) decision-makers than any other magazine in the railroading field. March 07, 2007
Endpoint Security Strategies: Part II Endpoint data protection allows companies to maintain competitive advantage by protecting sensitive information, data, and intellectual property -- at rest or in motion, inside or outside of the organization -- from loss or misuse. Dude! You Say I Need an Application Layer Firewall?! Internet firewalls have been a popular tool for security practitioners since the early 1990's. Today, they are considered a mandatory component of any industry or government network. Unfortunately, many consumers of these fundamental networking tools buy and rely on them without understanding that there can be dramatic differences between firewalls that are manufactured by competing security practitioners and their unique engineering teams. Web 2.0 Security Risks: Are You Protected? Web 2.0 applications expose organizations to both inbound and outbound security threats that transcend the legacy security measures created for Web 1.0. The new generation of emerging security threats now consists of malicious attacks by cyber criminals targeted at specific organizations for personal or financial gain. Benefits of Electronic Invoicing By receiving invoices electronically from suppliers, companies can eliminate all of the paper associated with those transactions, reduce cycle times, take advantage of innovative payment terms, and significantly lower costs. But while the benefits are terribly compelling, many companies are still uncertain of the best e-invoicing approach and implementation strategy for their business. Embracing the Seven Pillars of Strong Internal Controls The financial executive's classic dilemma has been choosing between seemingly opposing goals: reduce costs or strengthen internal controls. In today's highly-charged environment, both goals are important, but strengthening the control environment has typically required sacrificing efficiency, and reducing costs has frequently meant weakening controls. The Consequential Risk Of Weak Internal Controls: Fraud and Accounting Irregularities The typical U.S. organization loses 6% of its annual revenue to fraud. This white paper uses a series of real-world tales of fraud - some novel, some notorious - to illustrate how business process automation and imaging software provides improved internal controls, particularly where the unstructured world of paper meets the structured world of the ERP transaction record. Practical Steps Toward Successful Information Lifecycle Management Information lifecycle management (ILM) is a strategy for managing data actively, thoughtfully, and according to the long-term interests of an enterprise. Its objective is to deliver the right service levels to the right data at the lowest cost. ILM is both practical and visionary and is based on several core principles of information management. Learn the foundations of ILM and the steps to take for successful implementation. Proper Destruction of Confidential Information The proper destruction of information is critical to all public and private organizations. Customer and citizen confidence and behavior is influenced by perceptions of how commercial and governmental organizations manage private information. At the same time, U.S. Federal Trade Commission annual surveys regarding identity theft and other reports of fraud linked to the failure to properly manage or destroy private information indicate that such incidents are significantly increasing, both in terms of their number and their impact. Learn the steps required by new laws, as well as why proper disposing of information is necessary for all organizations – public or private. Data Classification: Why, When and How The buzz around data classification has created a lot of confusion about what it is and what it isn't. At a fundamental level, data classification is the process of characterizing different data types, structures, and values so that organizations can begin to reap the greatest business benefit out of the data they have. Data classification is not the end but rather the beginning of a process that ultimately helps bridge the gap between IT deliverables and business services. Learn how to overcome challenges and make data classification the keystone to building an intelligent IT service bureau within your organization.> Accountable Data Protection: An IT Imperative Back-up and recovery have long been a troublesome IT responsibility, traditionally receiving only cursory management attention, thus providing inadequate resources to make actual data protection and business process recovery meet corporate requirements. The requirements of compliance, accountability, and regulation will, over the next two to three years, finally push enterprises of all sizes to begin the transition to fully accountable data protection and business process recovery. Prepare for enterprise compliance and data availability requirements of the future by implementing a holistic and heterogeneous data protection management solution. Change Governance Series: Making Sense of Regulations and Best Practices To gauge the return on its IT investments, an organization needs to have measurements or performance indicators to assess its current situation, as well as to evaluate its progress toward defined objectives. Organizations in some industries must comply with government regulations, which may entail certain expectations and a set of common practices. Open Source Software in the Enterprise: Commercial Considerations By 2010, Open Source Software (OSS) will be embedded in at least 75 percent of software products. OSS has transcended from "industry insurgency" to being entrenched in the mechanics of the software industry. It has become much more formalized and organized, and it is delivering critical technologies that are essential to modern application development and application delivery. |
