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IT Consolidation Made Easy

Source: Novell

Date: July 29, 2009 Time: 1:00pm ET/11:00am PT

IT consolidation and data center relocation continue to emerge as a primary IT initiative for reducing costs, improving operational efficiency and meeting growing service demands. Server virtualization technology, combined with sophisticated planning and migration tools have made IT consolidation a reality for a growing number of large enterprises with multiple data center locations. Join Ross Chevelier, CTO for Novell Americas, to discuss key IT consolidation drivers, challenges and trends and a look at how PlateSpin Workload Management provides a more reliable and efficient way to consolidate multiple IT environments.

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Webcast with Dan Vesset: Investing in Business Analytics Technology

Source: SAS

What exactly is business analytics and why should you care? Dan Vesset of IDC and Gaurav Verma of SAS answer this and many other questions about data integration, quality and governance in this on-demand Webcast. It also includes real-world examples of successful business analytics initiatives.

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Capitalize on Your SAP Content

Source: OpenText

After 18 years of partnership and over 3,000 successful customer deployments, Open Text has become SAP's premier partner for Enterprise Content Management (ECM). We achieved this status by delivering real, significant value for our joint customers. Open Text can help you take costs out of your content-enriched business processes by:

  • Lowering accounts payable (AP) processing costs and negotiate better prices for goods and services.
  • Eliminating costs of decommissioning legacy systems.
  • Cutting the cost of upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0.
  • Reducing SAP storage and data center costs.
  • Transforming your readiness for audits and compliance with our U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 5015.2 certified records management solution.
View these webinars to learn how to leverage your your SAP investment by combining it with the complete Open Text ECM Suite.

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Enterprise Cloud Computing: Ready for Primetime?

Source: Platform Computing

The progression toward enterprise cloud computing is happening today, as industry leaders deploy technologies that are the fundamental building blocks for cloud tomorrow. Learn how your organization can benefit from enterprise cloud quickly and where to start; drawn from actual industry case studies.

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Preparing Your Business Services for the Future

Source: BMC Software

Would you trust your network monitoring tools enough to know when something is truly halting a business service? While Mary Nugent won't use this podcast to attempt to tell you technical details on the correct alarming thresholds, she will share some excellent stories about predicting a system's behavior. Find out this and more in this informative interview with Mary Nugent, vice president, Service Assurance, BMC Software.

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Enterprise System Management Challenges in Big Organizations with Eli Almog

Source: BMC Software

In this Podcast with Eli Almog, Corporate Architect in BMC's CTO Office, discusses how IT managers can know when it's time to look at BSM, consider CMDB, learn how virtualization fits into your organization, and how automation can help your company retain its competitive edge.

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A Down-to-Earth look at Cloud Computing

Source: BMC Software

Is cloud computing going to take over the data center as we know it? Join us as we talk about cloud computing with whurley, chief architect of open source strategy at BMC Software. Listen in as whurley discusses some of the benefits of cloud computing as well as cracks open a few myths, discusses how cloud computing currently fits into the data-center picture, and talks about some new open source players in the cloud.

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BSM in the Field, Practical Insights from Peter Armaly

Source: BMC Software

Have you thought about BSM, but haven't quite gotten the buy-in you need? Get down and dirty with BSM installations and implementation. Listen in as Peter Armaly gives pointers that will help you get the greatest benefit from your BSM solution. Learn some pragmatic and specific tips that can help you make BSM even more business relevant. This podcast is useful whether you're just considering implementation or you've been using your solution for awhile.

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BMC Service Assurance Demo

Source: BMC Software

What if you could predict disruptive IT events and automate their resolution -- all before they disrupt your business? Software Consultant Ron Coleman provides a demonstration and discusses the key points of Service Assurance from BMC Software.

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BMC Service Automation Demo

Source: BMC Software

BMC Service Automation automates repetitive, manual tasks (such as provisioning, patching and compliance) to reduce the margin for error, allowing IT to get things done more quickly, and across organizational silos. Software Consultant Ron Coleman provides a demonstration and discusses the key points of Service Automation from BMC Software.

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Preparing for the Next Cyber Attack

Ensure you are up-to-speed on the latest security technologies available to keep your network safe in this Executive Guide. Get a thorough assessment of the corporate security threat landscape. Protect your network with data leakage protection, NAC and other technologies explained in this report.

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Cloud Building: 8 Ingredients for Internal Clouds

Cloud computing: a fundamentally new way to deploy IT services and functions cost-effectively and quickly. Learn how the VMware vCloud initiative dramatically improves how consumers access their information and experience applications as well as the 8 ingredients to get you going.

Sponsored by VMWare  Read this White Paper »

 

Investing in Business Analytics Technology

You're thinking now is the time to take the plunge into business analytics, but you still have some unanswered questions. This research summary addresses the most common questions and concerns surrounding the successful launch of a business analytics initiative. It also includes real-world examples of organizations already getting return on their investment.

Sponsored by SAS  Read this White Paper »

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Podcast with Dan Vesset: Investing in Business Analytics Technology

Learn what business analytics is and how it can help your company be more competitive.  Read More »

 

BPM Survey Results: The Real-World Analysis

Business Process Management (BPM) enables faster, more confident decision making, which results in more transactions conducted, which ultimately leads to more satisfied customers.  Read More »

 

Achieving Gridness, Part I: Oracle Application Grid

Oracle Fusion Middleware Radio presents part one of a 2-part podcast covering Oracle's recently introduced IT approach for the foundation of your middleware environment.  Read More »

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Webcast with Dan Vesset: Investing in Business Analytics Technology

What exactly is business analytics and why should you care? Dan Vesset of IDC and Gaurav Verma of SAS answer this and many other questions about data integration, quality and governance in this on-demand Webcast.  View Now »

 

Enterprise Cloud Computing: Ready for Primetime?

Learn how your organization can benefit from enterprise cloud quickly and where to start; drawn from actual industry case studies.  View Now »

 

Preparing Your Business Services for the Future

Would you trust your network monitoring tools enough to know when something is truly halting a...  View Now »

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