The Enterprise Data Center Recipe

80% of the IT budget is consumed by mundane keeping the lights on activities. This tech dossier examines the components of a truly efficient data center with expert guidance on how to standardize, simplify and automate. Learn how you can free more budget for innovation and strategic projects.

Sponsored by Dell  Read More »

Improve Service Levels while Cutting Costs

Identification of underperforming processes for databases, operations, systems, storage and capacity management is the first step to service optimization. But where do you start? This paper will help you identify the areas for improvement and explains how IT workload automation can significantly reduce complexity and IT staff inefficiencies.

Sponsored by BMC  Read this White Paper »

Reduce Windows 7 Costs by 60%

Getting ready for a Windows 7 upgrade requires careful planning. To start, youll need to ensure application and hardware compatibility, give careful consideration to VDI and learn the advantages of new tools to automate the migration process. This tech dossier provides expert advice on deployment best practices and highlights experiences of early adopters.

Sponsored by Dell  Read this White Paper »

Conquering Decision Making

Don Maruska, author of How Great Decisions Get Made, gives advice on making great decisions and overcoming decision-making obstacles.  Read More »

Making the Best 'Right' Decision

Sometimes there can be more than one right answer to a problem. But the option you choose can say a lot about the values of your company—and your leadership. Making these "right versus right" choices can be one of the hardest tasks any manager can perform. But Joseph Badaracco, the John Shad professor of business ethics at Harvard Business School, says there are some simple methods you can apply to help you answer these tough questions. (10:47)  Read More »

A Conversation with Craig Donohue, CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Craig Donohue discusses his top business priorities, the role technology plays in supporting those priorities, his relationship with his CIO, and his worst IT-related nightmare. (13:11)  Read More »

Empower Your New Workforce

Improved end-user workforce productivity lowers your company's overall operating costs and adds to your top-line. In order to achieve this, communications must be paired with technology that is aligned with the needs of your workforce. This on demand webcast offers CIO's strategies to build a secure, scalable, cost efficient business by addressing all constituencies, from the user generation gap - to BYOD - to anywhere, anytime access with unified communications.  View Now »

Sponsored by  NEC

Operational Analytics - Changing the Competitive Dynamics of the Business

Date/Time: June 5, 2012, 11:00 a.m., EDT, 4:00 p.m. BST / 3:00 p.m. UTC

Please join us for this webcast, as Dr. Barry Devlin, Founder and Principal, 9sight Consulting, describes what operational analytics can do for your business and reviews an architectural approach that will enable you to make it a reality.  View Now »

Sponsored by  IBM

Introduction to Virtualization

Have you been thinking about what it would take to start using virtualization? Or do you know the basics and want to find out more? No problem. This webcast is designed for anyone with little to no knowledge of virtualization technology. Attend this webcast to learn:

-A basic overview of the business value of the technology and some key capabilities that make virtualization so valuable to IT and the businesses you serve.
-The basics for creating virtual machines and the key choices that can be made along the route to deployment.  View Now »

Sponsored by  VMware