Economic Environment

WEBCAST: In this economic downturn, organizations are looking to cut costs. Agile teams produce higher quality work, are quick to deliver and provide greater ROI. What can these teams do now to cut costs? Join us as Scott Ambler, Practice Leader Agile Development, provides his expertise and guidance on this pressing topic for today.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 04 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: The global economy has gone through a painful restructuring in the last year. The economic downturn has however presented many opportunities for firms to cut costs and enhance their productivity. In this webcast you'll learn how to leverage those opportunities using Blackberry® solutions for accounting firms.

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 02 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the concept that preparing for economic recovery is not something that can wait; it is something that businesses should plan for now. It will introduce enterprise application migration strategies that can be considered within any organization and also emphasize the importance of forward thinking and planning in down economy.

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009

WEBCAST: Is data management costing you too much money? Join us for a webcast where two IBM DB2 customers will discuss proven strategies that they have incorporated into their IT operations that have resulted in lowering their overall database costs.

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 19 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Project portfolio management solutions, such as those from Oracle, enable project leaders to successfully manage risk, even in this volatile climate. They also enable companies to identify the best strategies for pursuing existing projects and to identify the most-promising future projects for investment.

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this research report, we examine five of the critical issues that are creating new opportunities for the accounting profession and nine key strategies for obtaining competitive advantage.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Law firms have had to develop new strategies to compete and win in a legal market that contains greater uncertainty than any that has come before it. This paper will briefly outline strategies for success in the evolving legal marketplace.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009

WEBCAST: In this webinar, you'll learn about the rapidly changing state of law firms, how law firms must pay closer heed to business management issues to remain competitive. You'll hear the voice of the client and what law firms must do to succeed in the face of change.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 05 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: How can management communicate business strategy effectively and assure that the entire organization has bought in to the strategy and is aligned behind it? Business performance optimization systems are an important tool for success.

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: Performance Computing (HPC) is business ready. HPC can give your organization a competitive advantage through shorter development cycles, better decision making and lower costs. Download this webcast to discuss new technologies, accomplishments, and collaborations in HPC, networking, storage, software, and data management.

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 23 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: This eSeminar will provide you with the information that you need to best implement SSDs and achieve the optimal ROI and service level improvements that you require.

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 17 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper argues that while the current economic climate might suggest delaying data center upgrades, the opposite will save you money. Learn how upgrading to Sun Fire servers can put more on your bottom line.

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: In a growth economy, businesses typically spend aggressively to stoke the growth engine. When money is tight, however, organizations seek more cost-effective ways to nurture their business expansion. This paper explains how organizations can save money over tough times and find themselves better positioned to take the lead when times improve.

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 | Published: 15 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: Join Grady Booch in a freewheeling, interactive conversation on the future of software delivery in the current internet culture and new social media vehicles.

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 11 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: With Microsoft Unified Communications businesses can simplify management and maximize budget and resources. You can consolidate costly third-party solutions and avoid capital investments.

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: A complement to your existing IT infrastructure, IBM CloudBurst™ includes hardware, software and services, and provides secure, reliable, private cloud computing. Fit-for-purpose and self-contained, IBM CloudBurst dramatically reduces capital and operational costs, accelerating investment payback. Read on to learn more . . .

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009

PODCAST: Because network attached storage (NAS) is file-based (rather than block-based) storage, it is particularly suited for storing the types of unstructured, file-based data that is a challenge for many storage pros today. This FAQ podcast answers key questions about NAS advantages and implementations.

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 26 Aug 2009

PODCAST: W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the options currently available for performing replication as part of a backup strategy for virtual machines, benefits and drawbacks of using replication in a virtualized environment.

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 25 Aug 2009

WEBCAST: This Webcast highlights a solution that helps disregard wasteful data and creates a more efficient storage infrastructure by reclaiming crucial storage space.

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 18 Aug 2009

PODCAST: This Podcast highlights a solution that helps disregard wasteful data and creates a more efficient storage infrastructure by reclaiming crucial storage space.

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 18 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: To provide relief and encourage continued growth, the U.S. Congress recently passed the Recovery Act-legislation that offers economic help to small businesses to help them to survive and thrive. Read the following Q+A to learn how businesses can take advantage of stimulus funds.

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009

WEBCAST: Please join us in welcoming industry experts Ray Boggs, Vice President, SMB Research at IDC, along with Merle Sandler, Research Manager, SMB Research IDC, as they discuss the changing role that technology can play in helping SMBs survive, if not thrive in challenging economic times.

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 07 Aug 2009

ANALYST REPORT: The following report features Michael Fauscette, group vice president of IDC's Software Business Solutions research, answering questions posed by Oracle's customers regarding business efficiency and end-user productivity.

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 | Published: 06 Aug 2009

WEBCAST: Learn about the new integration between IBM® Rational® DOORS and IBM® Rational® Quality Manager and how it enables you to implement a successful requirements based testing approach to your development lifecycle.

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 05 Aug 2009

WEBCAST: During the Webcast, we'll show you how adopting a proactive quality management approach to systems and software development can help minimize risk and assist in improving predictability across your development lifecycle.

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 05 Aug 2009