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August 31, 2008
Extreme Savings: Cutting Costs with Wide-Area Data Services Did you know it's possible to cut IT costs without affecting day-to-day IT operations? In fact, when you download this white paper from Riverbed on cost-savings through wide-area data services, you'll discover how businesses of all different sizes have realized a return on investment in just a few months through significant hard cost savings in areas such as bandwidth reduction and IT consolidation. It's called Extreme Savings, and it's only from Riverbed. Learn how enterprises can use Riverbed solutions to cut hard costs and make the most of their existing infrastructure, without negatively impacting their operations. Executive Guide: 8 CRM Essentials. The Must-Have Elements of Proven CRM Success It's no secret that business success depends on winning and retaining customers. So what's the best way to keep customers on the rise—and competitors on the run? Read the Executive Guide: 8 CRM Essentials. The Must-Have Elements of Proven CRM Success. Based on insights from industry experts and over 43,600 salesforce.com customers, this in-depth guide helps you understand how innovative technologies and strategies can help you achieve real results. The Customer-Centric World Means "The End" for Traditional Advertising and Marketing There's a power shift in marketing. An explosion in communications touch points, along with consumers' ability to "tune out" marketing messages at will, is forcing marketers to rethink communications strategy. As consumers take more control of how and when they receive information, marketers must develop more customer-focused strategies if they are to be successful in breaking through. Learn the four key strategies critical for customer-centric success. In-House Vs. Hosted Email Security: 10 Reasons Why Your Email is More Secure in a Hosted Environment This white paper takes a close look at the security of an in-house email configuration, specifically Microsoft Exchange, and how it stacks up against a hosted Exchange solution. The paper looks at:
August 29, 2008
Curbing Costs with Google Apps Learn how both new and established companies are using Google Apps to curb costs amid rapid expansion. Start-up IT services provider Counterpoint Consulting and office products distributor Indoff, which has been in business for thirty years, operate in very different industries, but the two rapidly growing organizations share the need to provide employees with cost-effective yet continually updated technological capabilities.
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August 28, 2008
Unleash The Hidden Power of Your Small to Medium Business This Yankee Group Report looks at the confluence of consumer technology and venues of usage and employee segment to identify those professionals with the most potential for increased productivity. Mobile professionals--employees using a wireless-enabled laptop or having a mobile phone device that is used for business purposes at least 20% of the time--stand to increase productivity the most from adoption of these types of technology solutions. Learn the facts about which consumer-technology solutions increase or decrease productivity and by how much. CioIndex Newsletter CioIndex is a portal for Senior Executives who manage technology. The CioIndex newsletter provides provocative but practical content from industry thought leaders, all with a focus on on leveraging technology for business results and getting the biggest bang for the IT buck. Advanced Load Balancing: 8 Things You Need to Handle Today's Network Traffic Don't keep making excuses for that tired load balancer that's holding back your network. Now you have access to appliances that not only provide 100% availability through full Layer 7 awareness and intelligent traffic management, but also deliver your web apps with the highest performance and security possible. Before you make any decisions, download this white paper and discover the 8 most critical things you need to know when replacing your old load balancer. You'll learn:
August 26, 2008
Solving the Password Management Paradox: Defining the Problem and Reviewing the Four Best-Known Solutions Solve the need for security without burdening employees with oppressive requirements. Organizations need to protect their data and restrict access to enterprise resources to authorized users. However, most employees can not remember more than one or two strong passwords, so they won't follow the policy, resulting in less network security and more requests to the help desk to reset lost passwords. This is what we refer to as the Password Management Paradox — the assertion that requiring too many strong passwords will actually decrease overall corporate security. Managing Application Performance by Understanding Applications The automation of key business processes and the increasing difficulty of achieving acceptable application performance have led IT organizations to consider application delivery from new perspectives. Through interview with three leading IT professionals, this paper presents real user issues and describes how they were overcome using WAN emulation. The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition - Free 207 Page Preview! The PHP Anthology will save you time--and eliminate the frustration of completing PHP tasks--with a comprehensive collection of ready-to-use solutions. If you're building web applications with PHP you'll never let this book out of your site! August 25, 2008
Learn the Six Key Challenges Facing Managed Service Providers Managed Service Providers (MSPs) responsible for administrating enterprise infrastructures have experienced tremendous growth over the past few years. Applications such as Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, and BlackBerry Enterprise Server have generated profitable revenue opportunities as enterprises increasingly outsource their IT needs. This growth, however, is creating a shortage of resources that will only get more acute over time as enterprise requirements become more and more complex. This white paper identifies and addresses the six key challenges exacerbated by this growth and complexity. August 15, 2008
Semiconductor CFOs Focus on Gross Margin, Market Cap, and Revenue Recognition In recent years, more semiconductor and component manufacturer CFOs have acknowledged that margin improvement through cost reduction delivers diminishing value, while front-end processes in sales, pricing, contracts, and channel incentives can have an equal if not greater impact on improving gross margin. Semiconductor and component manufacturer CFOs are taking center stage in initiating Revenue Management projects and demanding these projects present business and functional requirements that clearly demonstrate the ability to impact margin as one continuum — from opportunity to incentive payment. Database Trends and Applications is back! Database Trends and Applications (DBTA) magazine is the leading monthly publication providing corporate information project teams with timely coverage of the technology, intelligence and insight needed to conceptualize, plan, initiate, implement and manage large-scale, integrated, information-rich projects. Building on its long tradition within the multivalue and multi-dimensional database market, Database Trends and Applications now addresses the full range of enterprise information issues, including operational, transactional and analytical systems. CLOSE Membership Join the Coalition to Leverage and Optimize Sales Effectiveness: CLOSE. CLOSE provides a peer-powered community, dedicated to sharing resources, insights and opinions that revolve around the optimization of sales, driving business growth and leveraging operational alignments between groups like sales and marketing. Gather insights, tips, best strategies and techniques. Some might be brand new...some old standards...but all will help empower and invigorate you as you set out to close bigger and better deals. Apply now! Automotive DesignLine Europe Newsletter Written for design engineers working on the design and development of automotive systems, Automotive DesignLine Europe Newsletter delivers how-to design articles, information on hot new products, and spotlight news items that focus on power train, chassis and suspension, body electronics, safety and security, and automotive infotainment systems. August 05, 2008
The Alignment-Focused Organization: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution Most companies have a well-defined strategy that is intended to align the actions of all individuals, teams, and business units to achieve corporate goals. But when it comes time to execute, they can run into trouble. To close the gap between strategy and execution, companies need to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities across the organization.
Explore how businesses can implement best practices using strategy management software. August 01, 2008
Improving Customer Support and HelpDesk Efficiencies with On-Demand Remote Support Now you can sit at your desk and solve the toughest support problems remotely. Why visit all your employees or customers and solve their support issues at their desks when you can save time and solve them all from your desk? NTRsupport puts the power of remote screen-sharing at your fingertips. With just a few clicks of your mouse, you can take control of employees' or customers' PCs or Macs, quickly diagnose their problems, and solve them, all without leaving your desk. |
