Bitpipe: Economic Environment Research

Meeting Economic Challenges Through Accelerated Virtualization

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

With the current economic state the way it is CIOs must rethink how they manage IT costs and operations. This white paper will take a closer look at how virtualization can help cut down the costs as well as improve efficiency of the data center. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Why the Target on your Network is Growing: Security in an Economic Downturn

Thu, 14 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Due to the recent economic downturn, many small businesses have to assess how budget cuts and reduced headcount are going to affect their network security posture. Read this white paper to ensure that the health of your network security is being properly addressed. Published by: WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

Presentation Transcript: Flash Technology in HPC, Let the Revolution Begin

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In this eSeminar transcript from Sun Microsystems, hosted by Tech Target, leading technical experts will discuss Flash technology and it's effect in the HPC environment. Published by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

IT Impact on Telecommunications Order Fallout - A Survey of Large Global Businesses

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

As the following pages will demonstrate, the evidence is that improving Business Transaction Assurance presents a real bottom-line opportunity and is moving high up the business agenda. However, companies' current systems are not equipped with the necessary tools to manage and control such transactions. Published by: Progress Software, Inc.

Network-attached storage FAQ

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Though network-attached storage (NAS) offers a number of benefits, it also presents some challenges. In this podcast, Ashish Nadkarni, Principal Consultant with GlassHouse Technologies Inc., discusses the pros and cons of using NAS in an SMB environment and offers some best practices. Published by: EMC Corporation

Innovations in Managing IT Service Quality: Managing Service Quality and Risk to Service Delivery in a Lean Economy

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

With the economy down it is important for IT organizations to be as efficient as possible. This means that IT operations, those responsible for the product and health of the enterprise, must have full visibility and control over their resources - and of course, the technology to do so. Published by: CA

How Outsourcing Drives Business Process Improvements

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

More than ever, business and IT must collaborate to meet current business realities. Significantly, CIOs must map out long-term strategies that address business plans over the next three to five years, with the delivery of high-quality IT services as a key element of strategic planning. Read this white paper to learn more. Published by: CompuCom Systems, Inc.

Analyzing the Total Cost of a Global Service Desk

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Do you know what it really costs to operation your Service Desk? If your organization has not addressed Total Cost of Ownership, you are probably experiencing out-of-control cost increases and reduced service quality for end-user support. Read this white paper to learn about CompuCom's Service Desk solution. Published by: CompuCom Systems, Inc.

Flash Technology in HPC, Let the Revolution Begin

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Join us for an extraordinary panel session that you just won't want to miss. In this eSeminar from Sun Microsystems, hosted by Tech Target, leading technical experts will discuss Flash technology and it's effect in the HPC environment. Published by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

PODCAST: Flash Technology in HPC, Let the Revolution Begin

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Join us for an extraordinary panel session that you just won't want to miss. In this podcast from Sun Microsystems, hosted by Tech Target, leading technical experts will discuss Flash technology and it's effect in the HPC environment. Published by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

How Manufacturers Can Use Project ERP to Weather Tough Times

Fri, 22 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This paper discusses how an organization can Survive poor economic conditions with strategic thinking and use of Project ERP by managing a downturn like a variance in a project. Published by: IFS

Unlock Your Sales Potential

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

During this recession sales effectiveness is becoming more crucial to coming out on top. This webcast will discuss all the factors your organization needs to unlock your sales potential and to come out of this downturn as strong as, if not stronger, than before. Watch this webcast to learn the benefits sales analytics can provide your company. Published by: Birst

The CIO's Guide to IT Cost Optimization during the recession

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In today's dynamic economy it is important for CIOs to be thinking about how to strengthen their organization and position themselves for success for a future economic upturn and growth. Read this guide to learn how a company can make changes to IT that generate real business value. Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company

Four Principles for Reducing Storage TCO

Fri, 01 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This white paper shares proven strategies for storage infrastructure cost reduction. You will uncover four keys to minimizing storage costs and maximizing return on assets based on the tried and tested Storage Economics framework. Published by: Hitachi Data Systems

Selecting a SAP Managed Hosting Provider: Trends and Myths

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Bill Martorelli, principal analyst for Forrester Research, discusses trends in the SAP managed hosting arena, myths about SAP managed hosting, and gives advice on creating RFPs and negotiating SLAs. Published by: Freudenberg IT

Benefits of Network Security Consolidation

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Driven by budget, space, power and other constraints, consolidation has become a strategic imperative for security pros. Join John Pescatore, VP Security Research at Gartner, for a closer look at the benefits of network security consolidation. Published by: Fortinet, Inc.

Embracing the Cloud: Top Seven Imperatives for an Organization

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 24:00:00 EST

This paper analyzes the impact of the cloud on the IT Ecosystem and provides answers to what an organization needs to do in embracing a right cloud strategy. Published by: Wipro Technologies

Getting More From Your Current IT Investment

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

In an economic downturn, IT must do more with less while delivering better application service levels to users. Compuware Vantage helps pinpoint application problem areas to improve application performance and avoid unnecessary investments. Published by: Compuware Corporation

Video White Paper: Seven Tips for Profiting from Lean Times with CRM

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

During tough economic times customer relationship management is key to staying ahead of the game. This video will discuss seven tips to leverage CRM during lean economic times. Published by: Oracle Corporation

How Do You Evaluate Which On-Demand CRM Solution is Right for You?

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

The three main drivers of SaaS adoption-low initial cost of ownership, speed of deployment, and low internal IT resource profile-make SaaS solutions attractive at any time, but even more so in times of recession, provided there is a bona fide business need and the initiative can reliably be expected to create additional revenue or save money. Published by: Oracle Corporation

Maximizing CRM Effectiveness During Lean Times

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

When the economy turns around, as it will, how will your organization be poised to take advantage of the next expansion? Read the latest white paper written by Steve Diamond, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at Oracle, to learn six areas your organization can focus on to improve business results. Published by: Oracle Corporation

Retailers' Response to the Global Economy Downturn - Enabling Immersive Shopping Experiences

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This white paper will explore the global retail industry's movement towards the attainment of total immersive shopping experience (ISE) abilities, and discuss how integrated customer relationship management (CRM) software suites will represent the key technological enabler to achieve this fundamental strategic business objective. Published by: Oracle Corporation

Selling Through A Slump: An Industry-by-Industry Playbook to Help You Prepare for the Recovery

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Selling in a recession is tough. And simply doing more of the same is not the way to survive, much less thrive, in a recession. There are important dos and don'ts in times like these. This eBook is your industry-specific roadmap out of the economic slump. Published by: Oracle Corporation

The Top 3 Reasons CRM Initiatives (Still) Fail - And How To Avoid Them

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This white paper looks at the top three reasons that CRM initiatives fail to achieve their goals and provides clear, practical recommendations for ensuring that your CRM initiative avoids these pitfalls and delivers desired returns. Published by: Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution

Collateral Damage: What the Crisis in the Credit Markets Means for Everyone Else

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Given the dramatic events in the capital markets, everyone is wondering what will happen next - and what the implications are for the wider economy. This paper will discuss challenges facing companies and how to respond. Published by: SAP America Inc

Business Network Transformation: Rethinking Relationships in a Global Economy

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 24:00:00 EST

The ability to operate effectively in business networks, be they coordinated or collaborative, is critical to sustaining competitive advantage in a commoditizing global economy. By focusing on their unique core capabilities, business network participants spend less on duplication and more on innovation, resulting in higher degrees of.. Published by: SAP America Inc

Presentation Transcript: Leveraging Virtualization to Constrain Costs

Wed, 27 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Download this presentation transcript to learn how virtualization has been a major key to the success of everyone's favorite discount travel site as Priceline.com has continued to grow its competitive edge in the face of lean economic times. Published by: 3PAR

Protecting and Nurturing Your Brand: Maintain and Grow Brand Value in a Time of Crisis

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

There are many elements that impact a company's brand. Concentrating on a select few lets you control financial investment while maximizing the returned benefit. This SAP Executive Insight focuses on efforts that target a key set of brand-related opportunities and describes how companies can strengthen brand value even in a recession. Published by: SAP America Inc

Maximizing the Value of Economic Stimulus Funds

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was a dramatic action designed to quickly stimulate an economic recovery in the United States. This SAP Executive Insight examines some of the major challenges agencies face with respect to this stimulus plan. It describes how governments can transform their organization to devote more resources.. Published by: SAP America Inc

Managing IT in a Downturn: Beyond Cost Cutting

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Downturns give companies a chance to buck conventional wisdom and increase their IT investments. Targeted investments in many areas can generate efficiencies and revenue growth that surpass the savings from straight cost reductions. Published by: SAP America Inc

Managing Risk through Financial Processes: Embedding Governance, Risk and Compliance

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 24:00:00 EDT

To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency.. Published by: SAP America Inc

Energizing Utilities For The Economic Stimulus Plan: Strategies For Greater Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This SAP Executive Insight examines specific concerns that confront utility executives in today's economy. Further, it describes how gaining greater business visibility and transparency can enable organizations to execute decisively and effectively in this challenging climate. Published by: SAP America Inc

Managing Risk In Perilous Times: Practical Steps to Accelerate Recovery

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management. Published by: SAP America Inc

Managing Sales During a Meltdown

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

During the economic downturn, it is important to manage sales in a way that ensures sales success. In this webcast SugarCRM customer Bright House Networks and Levementum discuss lessons learned from past economic downturns and how to protect your sales operation during the recession and beyond with open source enterprise applications. Published by: SugarCRM Inc.

Podcast: Priceline.com Capitalizes on Lean Economic Times

Fri, 29 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Download this podcast to learn how virtualization has been a major key to the success of everyone's favorite discount travel site as Priceline.com has continued to grow its competitive edge in the face of lean economic times. Published by: 3PAR

IDC Report: Complex Event Processing Opportunity Analysis and Assessment of Key Products

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

This excerpt of an IDC study examines the market for complex event processing (CEP) and independently profiles Progress® Apama®, which it ranked "Top CEP Innovator." Published by: Progress Software, Inc.

Priceline.com Capitalizes on Lean Economic Times

Wed, 27 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Watch this videocast to learn how virtualization has been a major key to the success of everyone's favorite discount travel site as Priceline.com has continued to grow its competitive edge in the face of lean economic times. Published by: 3PAR

The Economics of Endpoint Security

Thu, 14 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

View this videocast to learn how to get a great endpoint security solution that includes management without having to invest a huge amount of resources. Published by: Sophos Inc.

Architected for Open, Simple, and Scalable Enterprise Storage: Sun Storage 7110, 7210, and 7410 Unified Storage Systems

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 24:00:00 EDT

The Sun Storage 7000 family delivers up to twice the performance and capacity of competing offerings, breaking down performance and scalability barriers and delivering breakthrough return on investment (ROI). This document details the key architectural aspects of Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems.

Published by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Overview Webcast - Storage Strategy for a Down Economy: Stop Buying Storage

Mon, 11 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In this challenging economy it is important to take advantage of what you already have. Watch this webcast to learn how you can utilize your existing storage assets to gain efficiency. Published by: Symantec Corporation

Sustainable Metrics that Will Impact your Bottom Line

Mon, 04 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

As companies strive to present themselves as more sustainable, the ultimate question is how to define and measure baseline, actions, and progress in these critical areas. Watch this webcast to learn how. Published by: Actuate

Security on a Budget

Fri, 01 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

We need to establish cost-effective security as a standard practice. This should be a long-term goal, not just one inspired by a tough economy. This paper explores several innovative ideas to help your organization save money on company security. Published by: Global Knowledge

Enhancing Interaction Center ROI in Turbulent Economic Times

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Interaction center managers, along with their counterparts in sales, marketing, and service, are being asked to deliver greater value on shoestring budgets. While the conventional reaction in tough economic times is to simply cut costs and services, the nature of the current downturn indicates that austerity measures of the past won't work today. Published by: SAP America Inc

Aligning Sales Territories to Enhance Sales Productivity - Improving Customer Relationships in a Tough Economy

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Even when times are good, sales force effectiveness commands management attention: after all, the success of the sales force is integral to profitable growth. But in a tough economy, retaining customers and reducing costs become paramount, and thus sales force effectiveness truly takes center stage. Published by: SAP America Inc

The Next Generation of CRM - Engaging with the Empowered Customer in Turbulent Times

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In this Podcast, Dr. Volker Hildebrand, VP CRM Product Management, SAP, will discuss these significant trends and outline SAP's approach to a new generation of CRM that will help companies not only survive the current economy but emerge as a leader in the long run. Published by: SAP America Inc

Using enterprise architecture to develop a blueprint for improving your energy efficiency and reducing your carbon footprint

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

This whitepaper is about enterprise architecture as it pertains to finding and maximizing the business value in greener operations. Higher energy efficiency and a smaller carbon footprint are obvious areas of interest for any business, but how do you balance these goals with productivity, customer service, and all your other business concerns? Published by: IBM

Storage Landscape 2009: Best Practices Unveiled to Help You Store More for Less.

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This webcast will explore ways in which an organization can achieve greater efficiencies in their storage infrastructure and make suggestions how to plan for the future so that when the economy recovers, the idea of efficiency and cost-savings remains the cornerstone of storage planning and management. Published by: Iron Mountain Digital

Accelerating Enterprise Application ROI

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

Through interviews with service providers, this white paper identifies the most important capabilities of an effective training platform as well as examines the pressures companies and their project managers confront when tackling enterprise application implementations and upgrades. Published by: Oracle Corporation

Forrester Research: The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Unified Communications Products and Services

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 24:00:00 EDT

Unified communications (UC), offers the promise of converging voice, data, and video communication and of eliminating many roadblocks in communication. In conducting these in-depth interviews with Microsoft UC products customers, Forrester found that organizations can achieve significant productivity improvements and cost savings. Published by: Microsoft

Data Loss During Downsizing: When Employees Exit, So Does Data

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EDT

In this webcast, learn why you need to know exactly where sensitive data resides, how it is being used, and how to prevent it from being copied, downloaded or sent outside the company. Published by: Symantec Corporation

How to Respond Quickly to Changing Market Demands by Streamlining Processes

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

This white paper will show that by improving process flexibility and transparency, not only can employees and systems adapt more easily to changing requirements, but existing infrastructure and applications can run more smoothly together for longer, thus raising ROI. Published by: Oracle Corporation

PODCAST: How to Economically Boost System and Application Performance with NAND Flash

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

View this mediacast and learn how to optimize your storage infrastructure using the latest NAND technologies, HDD and DRAM. Published by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

How to Economically Boost System and Application Performance with NAND Flash

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

View this mediacast and learn how to optimize your storage infrastructure using the latest NAND technologies, HDD and DRAM. Published by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

How to Profit in a Downturn: 4 Customer-centric Strategies for Growth in a Challenging Market

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

In this white paper, learn how your organization can use customer-centric strategies and CRM tools to maximize the value and loyalty of your customer base. Gain insight into new areas of opportunity and do more with less in a time of economic uncertainty. Published by: Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution

Storage: The Best Products of the Year 2008

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

Innovation was the byword for storage vendors in 2008. See which products came out on top in this issue of Storage. Other topics covered include deduplication, multitiered disaster recovery, and storage in a down economy. Published by: Storage Magazine

Addressing Storage Challenges in Today's Economic Climate

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

View this informative Videocast on how this economic tumble is affecting the IT industry, understand how you can proactively navigate your organization through this downturn, and learn more about the benefits of the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform. Published by: Hitachi Data Systems