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May 24, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: Selecting Vendors, Companies DEFINITION: A tier 1 vendor is one of the largest and most well known in its field -- often enjoying national or international recognition and acceptance. Vendors may be both manufacturers and value-added resellers (VARs). For example, Cisco Systems Inc. is regarded as a tier 1 vendor in storage area network switching equipment and related technical certifications. Tier 1 vendors may also be a "preferred" … Definition continues below.
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Stay or Switch? How Switching Your Value-Added Network (VAN) can Payoff Beyond Just Price sponsored by Liaison Technology WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses key capabilities needed in a value-added network (VAN) and what to look for in selecting your next VAN provider. Posted: 23 May 2012 \| Published: 23 May 2012 TOPICS: Content Management \| Data Management \| Document Management \| EDI \| Supply Chain Management \| Vendor Selection

Creating a Secure Private Network for Cloud Computing sponsored by MegaPath Inc. WHITE PAPER: This essential resource highlights key criteria to consider when evaluating managed network service providers for the private cloud. Discover how a MPLS-enabled, all-optical network provider can help you meet performance-sensitive application needs and SLAs. Posted: 23 May 2012 \| Published: 23 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Cloud Computing \| Hybrid clouds \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Private Cloud \| Public Cloud \| Vendor Selection

More Than 1 Choice for Virtualization sponsored by Red Hat EBOOK: An open source virtualization platform can help you obtain the performance, scalability, security and agility you need to stay competitive in an increasingly fast-paced world. Discover the key advantages of open source software over proprietary vendor solutions in this essential resource. Posted: 21 May 2012 \| Published: 21 May 2012 TOPICS: Open Source \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Vendor Selection \| Virtual Machine

Gartner Magic Quadrant: Selecting a vendor sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The demand for greater ecommerce capabilities is growing leading CIOs and IT professionals concerned with choosing the perfect vendor. Through this in-depth vendor analysis by Gartner, uncover the top 6 questions you should ask and the strengths and weaknesses of the top 20 e-commerce vendors. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 17 May 2012 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| CIOs \| eCommerce \| eCommerce Services \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Classroom: Affordable Disaster Recovery in the Cloud sponsored by Dell and VMware VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: Moving real-time backups to the cloud can save you money and protect data. But how do you know your cloud DR plan is sound and what are the risks? This classroom covers the basics of cloud-based DR, including finding the right product and mitigating risks. Posted: 14 May 2012 \| Premiered: 14 May 2012 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Downtime \| Vendor Selection

Storage Gossip: Tips & Updates on 2 of the Hottest Technologies sponsored by EMC Corporation EGUIDE: Check out this E-Guide to learn how a leading storage vendor recently upgraded their storage resource management software to support automated storage tiering, where exactly you should be deduping your data and the various benefits of deduplication. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 09 May 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security \| Storage Spending \| Tiered Storage \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Conquering the Challenges of Data Center Complexity sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Access this essential white paper and discover ways to reduce data center complexity. Learn to take advantage of virtualization and cloud computing without overwhelming your data center. Posted: 01 May 2012 \| Published: 01 May 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Server Virtualization \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Vendor Management: Reduce Complexity for Your Clients sponsored by ConnectWise WHITE PAPER: Learn how developing a vendor management service offering can create a new revenue stream for your business and reduce complexity for your clients. This essential white paper provides seven steps to help you get started. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Service Management \| Channel Management \| Channel Management Software \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

CW Special report on Capita sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com IT BRIEFING: Packed with graphs and diagrams, the report is essential reading for any organisation working with, or thinking of working with Capita. Posted: 23 Apr 2012 \| Published: 23 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Outsourcing \| Contracts \| Financial Services \| Government Agencies (non-U.S.) \| Outsourcing \| Professional Services Industries \| Public Sector \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Transforming IT at HM Revenue & Customs sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com PRESENTATION: HMRC CIO, Phil Pavitt, gives the key facts around HM Revenue and Customs’ IT change programme in this PowerPoint presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Posted: 02 Apr 2012 \| Published: 02 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Benchmark Testing \| Budgeting \| CIOs \| Contract Management \| Data Warehouses \| Desktop Management \| ERP \| Government Agencies (non-U.S.) \| Infrastructure Management \| Infrastructure Services \| Project Management \| Tax Preparation Software \| Vendor Selection \| Videoconferencing Services

Deployment Tool Analysis: Ghost, MDT, Snap Deploy, and SmartDeploy sponsored by SmartDeploy WEBCAST: Compare the following tools from Ghost, MDT, Snap Deploy and SmartDeploy that help businesses accelerate PC deployment and ease desktop support challenges. Find out how each performs in terms of simplifying and accelerating deployment of new computers, and gain an overview of the pros and cons of each solution. Posted: 29 Mar 2012 \| Premiered: 29 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Change Management \| Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Computer Support \| Desktop Management \| Help Desk Management \| Vendor Selection

How To Select The Best ERP Strategy For Your Business sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation EGUIDE: ERP systems can help organisations manage their internal and external resources, but sorting through ERP platforms and determining which one to choose can be a challenge. This expert e-guide offers best practices for evaluating ERP vendors to ensure you make the right decision for your business. Posted: 29 Mar 2012 \| Published: 29 Mar 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| IT Management \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Storage Europe: March 2012 sponsored by SearchStorage.co.UK EZINE: Check out this special European edition of Storage magazine for expert analyses and forecasts about where storage is heading and how you can get ahead of the curve. Posted: 21 Mar 2012 \| Published: 21 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Resource Management \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Global Sourcing Trends in 2012 sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com IT BRIEFING: The latest IT outsourcing trends from global law firm Morrison & Foerster. Posted: 05 Mar 2012 \| Published: 05 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Process Outsourcing \| Cloud Computing \| Government Agencies (non-U.S.) \| Government Agencies (U.S.) \| Outsourcing \| Privacy Rights \| Security \| Security Management \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

VMware vSphere 5: Competitive Reviewer’s Guide sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Compare VMware vSphere 5 to competing virtualization products such as Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (KVM) in this guide. Discover the key competitive advantages VMware has over the competition in an in-depth review of features. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Security \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| SMBs \| Vendor Selection \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

IT in the UK SMB (Small and Medium sized Business) Sector sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com IT BRIEFING: This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. Posted: 04 Jan 2012 \| Published: 04 Jan 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| CRM \| Management of Change \| Mobile Workers \| ROI \| Small Businesses \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Working With Open Source Companies sponsored by FuseSource WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses several key differences between closed and open source software vendor management, providing advice for managing your deployments and investments in open source technologies. Posted: 01 Dec 2011 \| Published: 01 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Open Source \| Open Source Software \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Licensing \| Software Project Management \| Software Selection \| Vendor Selection

IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Desktop Virtualization 2011 Vendor Analysis sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: Although leveraging virtualization to support desktop workloads can improve IT management efficiency, costs, and capabilities, choosing the vendor that best fits your needs can be overwhelming.This white paper offers a detailed vendor analysis that offers a way to determine which desktop virtualization solutions most benefit your business. Posted: 01 Nov 2011 \| Published: 01 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Desktop Virtualization \| Desktop Virtualization Software \| IT Management \| Vendor Selection \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Storage Europe: Fall 2011 sponsored by SearchStorage.com EZINE: In the Fall 2011 issue of IT in Europe, Manek Dubash explores how open-source storage could be the key to breaking the chains of vendor lock-in. Posted: 02 Sep 2011 \| Published: 02 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Data Classification \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Open Source \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Virtualization \| Tape Backups \| Vendor Selection

Integrating Desktop Virtualization into Your Cloud Strategy sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This comprehensive, multi-media tutorial explores how desktop virtualization with Dell VMware can benefit SMBs in many different ways. Posted: 02 Aug 2011 \| Published: 02 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Desktop Virtualization \| Desktop Virtualization Software \| Email Security Software \| SMBs \| Vendor Selection \| VMware \| VMware Disaster Recovery

From the Shop Floor to the Front Office: Taking a Fresh Look at Manufacturing ERP Options sponsored by IQMS WHITE PAPER: Selecting a supplier for manufacturing ERP solutions is more important than ever before, due to the increasingly complex set of business processes involved. Manufacturers now require the ability to share data in real time across all functional areas touching the manufacturing process. This paper takes a fresh look at manufacturing ERP options. Posted: 21 Apr 2011 \| Published: 21 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning Software \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Disaster Recovery \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Enterprise Architectures \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Manufacturing Software \| Software as a Service \| Vendor Selection

IT Handbook: Planning a Server Refresh sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel EGUIDE: Server buyers should consider the implications of vendor roadmaps and consolidation and look to capacity planning and objective tools when updating data center hardware. In this IT handbook you will learn the importance of a server roadmap, factors to consider in server selection, tips on server consolidation and capacity planning, and much more. Posted: 04 Mar 2011 \| Published: 04 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Benchmark Testing \| Capacity Planning \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Vendor Selection

ERP In A Recovering Economy: Now is the perfect time to invest! sponsored by IQMS WHITE PAPER: During past economic slowdowns companies didn’t plan ahead to safeguard the ability to grow profitably. While the current economic downturn shows a need to reduce costs, many SMMs are also pursuing growth. They’re responding to market pressures and rising costs by targeting IT solutions like industry-specific ERP to set the stage for future growth. Posted: 06 Jan 2011 \| Published: 06 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Economic Environment \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| ROI \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Software Implementation \| Strategic Planning \| Vendor Selection

E-Book: How to develop an SAP data archiving strategy sponsored by Dolphin EBOOK: As more businesses deal with aging SAP systems, data archiving strategies are becoming more important. Most administrators either have added storage or migrated historical data to offline storage. But simply moving old data elsewhere isn’t ideal. Read this e-book to learn how to develop successful SAP data archiving strategies and solutions. Posted: 18 May 2010 \| Published: 18 May 2010 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Management \| Data Migration \| Database Management \| Databases \| ERP \| ILM \| Information Management \| SAP (Product) \| Vendor Selection

12 Criteria to Help Make Your Next ERP Replacement Your Last sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: Learn twelve criteria to help you identify and select an ERP solution that fits your business needs. Find the right ERP provider that will help you implement quickly and achieve business objectives. Posted: 21 Feb 2008 \| Published: 21 Feb 2008 TOPICS: Customer Service \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Just-In-Time \| Manufacturing Execution Systems \| Manufacturing Software \| ROI \| Software Implementation \| Software Selection \| Strategic Planning \| Value Chain Management \| Vendor Selection

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VENDOR SELECTION DEFINITION (continued): … A tier 1 vendor is one of the largest and most well known in its field -- often enjoying national or international recognition and acceptance. Vendors may be both manufacturers and value-added resellers (VARs). For example, Cisco Systems Inc. is regarded as a tier 1 vendor in storage area network switching equipment and related technical certifications. Tier 1 vendors may also be a "preferred" vendor that provides products and services to you at appealing prices or other favorable terms.See also: tier 2 vendor
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