Purchasing Best Practices

WEBCAST: In this brief video, learn how the leading wheel and tire distribution company American Tire Distributors was able to reduce costs, improve performance, and empower scalability and agility by virtualizing its Oracle E-Business Suite tools.

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 | Premiered: Apr 19, 2013

VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: This classroom addresses the challenges enterprises face as they attempt to centralize the BI strategy and the tools and methodologies that are addressing these challenges.

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 | Premiered: 16 Mar 2013

PODCAST: Many companies are benefiting from a smarter approach to infrastructure and architecture.Access this podcast aimed at IT decision makers who are using technology to transform their organizations and improve business performance. Find out how you can turn your company into a smarter organization and make your IT become more strategic.

Posted: 18 Mar 2013 | Premiered: Mar 18, 2013

WEBCAST: When organizations adopt Alfabet’s planningIT, decision makers have more knowledge about their operating environments and use this information to leverage existing assets and avoid unnecessary investments in software or development.

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 | Premiered: Jan 10, 2011

VIDEO: In this quick video, learn how the right finance and administration (F&A) outsourcing partner can help your organization better manage operational complexity, transform F&A processes, support better decision-making and business growth, and more.

Posted: 26 Mar 2013 | Premiered: 26 Mar 2013

WEBCAST: In this webcast, IT and business leaders will find practical advice and insights for improving SAP system performance. Tune in now to learn about common SAP performance challenges and find out what you can do to overcome these obstacles.

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 | Premiered: Apr 29, 2013

WEBCAST: Webinar includes 3 steps to delegate development of simpler applications to your business users and by allowing them to change existing applications -Which tools are appropriate for business users to capture domain expertise - How to improve your reputation with business users by enabling them to leverage and re-purpose your existing web services

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 | Premiered: Apr 26, 2011

WEBCAST: Join this interactive webcast to learn more about:• Common mistakes that people make during the OS migration project • How Dell overcame mistakes we made during our migration • How Dell helped other companies overcome common mistakes • Goodness that came out of the migration program

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 | Premiered: Apr 27, 2011, 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT)

WEBCAST: In this Webcast learn more about a top-down application management approach which can protect against technological evolution.

Posted: 07 Mar 2007 | Premiered: Feb 1, 2007

WEBCAST: Attend this live Webcast with Forrester Principal Analyst Noel Yuhanna to learn about best practices for protecting enterprise data from both external hackers and insiders such as privileged users and disgruntled employees.

Posted: 31 Jan 2008 | Premiered: Feb 13, 2008, 14:00 EST (19:00 GMT)

PODCAST: In this podcast episode, Jean discusses changes in the wireless marketplace, how new devices are creating a need for greater intelligence in the network, and the key factors service providers should consider when planning a migration to address mobile data traffic demands.

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 | Premiered: Sep 23, 2010

WEBCAST: IT Configuration Management, according to Gartner, is associated with discovering and managing the state of an element in an IT infrastructure. In this Webcast a team of experts discuss their perspective on IT configuration management.

Posted: 08 Mar 2007 | Premiered: Mar 1, 2007

WEBCAST: The private cloud offers fast service on demand at a lower cost. So why are many organizations slow to adopt this technology? Many organizations find the challenge and groundwork necessary to move to the cloud daunting. This webcast can help.

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 | Premiered: Jun 2, 2011

WEBCAST: The right data management solution can offer the right tools to help manage your applications in an efficient manner. This webcast offers best practices and solutions that bring the peace of mind that data is protected and readily recoverable.

Posted: 17 May 2006 | Premiered: Mar 23, 2006

PODCAST: This Podcast details best practices for performance testing, highlighting the various errors that such testing can bring to light.

Posted: 15 Oct 2007 | Premiered: Oct 15, 2007, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)

PODCAST: In this podcast, discover what is meant by an end-to-end approach to Application Performance Management and, from the perspective of the IT organization, why it's so critical.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 | Premiered: Mar 31, 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)

WEBCAST: This webcast explores how WebSphere and IBM Rational work together to help businesses achieve strategic objectives with reduced risk and cost and also for translating business vision and strategy into architectural change.

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 | Premiered: Jun 24, 2010, 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT)

WEBCAST: Why should customers be concerned about maintaining control over cloud services, and how should they accomplish this? Get key cloud lessons learned in this webcast. Explore topics such as the primary concerns in adopting private cloud, how to mitigate perceived cloud service risks and how to use cloud to increase agility.

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 | Premiered: Jan 27, 2012

PODCAST: This expert Podcast, featuring Jerome Wendt, President and Lead Analyst of DCIG, Inc. puts an end to the confusion by offering insights to the most commonly asked questions he hears in the field today.

Posted: 19 Dec 2007 | Premiered: Aug 12, 2008

WEBCAST: Check out the Best Practices video with Steven Feuerstein.

Posted: 31 Mar 2008 | Premiered: Mar 1, 2008

WEBCAST: Attend this Webcast to learn the top five mistakes that database developers make and how to avoid them. Listen and learn from real world experiences to ensure a successful installation.

Posted: 29 Nov 2007 | Premiered: Dec 12, 2007, 09:00 EST (14:00 GMT)

WEBCAST: Attend this Webcast to learn the various components that make up a Duet environment--a bridge between SAP applications and the Microsoft environment--as well as scalability and high availability options.

Posted: 15 May 2007 | Premiered: May 22, 2007, 13:00 EDT (17:00 GMT)

PODCAST: Today, more than ever, organizations must deliver the benefits of cost optimization and business agility. This podcast series explains how that goal can be realized through dynamic Business Processes Management. The series focuses on banking, government, healthcare, insurance, cross-industry and retail.

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Premiered: Oct 15, 2009

WEBCAST: Listen to this webinar and learn how to grab a peek at your competitors marketing results. It also discusses lead growth, form completion rate, email performance metrics, channels, and best practices.

Posted: 20 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Aug 20, 2008

WEBCAST: In this webcast a Senior Product Manager from the Windows Virtualization team discusses the Hyper-V virtualization capabilities built into Windows Server 2008. It offers an overview of system requirements, and best practices for successful depl...

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Dec 5, 2008