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Application Performance for Oil and Gas Seismic Analysis sponsored by Dot Hill Systems Corp. WHITE PAPER: The reference solution combines Dot Hill storage solutions, Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre, and Mellanox Infiniband to deliver a highly scalable and high performance infrastructure for oil exploration computing platforms, as well as other HPC applications. Posted: 04 Apr 2014 \| Published: 14 Mar 2014 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Performance Management \| Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Mining \| Data Mining Software \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Energy Industries \| Information Governance \| Information Management \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

Transforming Insight Into Action With Business Event Processing sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores key business event processing capabilities that are helping energy and utilities organizations to manage instrumented and intelligent utility networks detect outages, improve grid security, and prevent fraudulent use of energy. Posted: 10 Oct 2011 \| Published: 31 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Energy Industries \| SOA \| Transaction Processing Middleware \| Utilities Industry

HP Data Center Smart Grid: An HP Converged Infrastructure Innovation Primer sponsored by HP & Intel® WHITE PAPER: By helping your data center more accurately visualize and control energy use, you'll reclaim facility capacity and optimize energy use en route to reducing costs for your organization. Read this white paper for the details. Posted: 10 May 2011 \| Published: 10 May 2011 TOPICS: Cooling Capacity \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Energy Industries \| Power Consumption Monitoring \| Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

How to Protect the Increasingly Vulnerable Energy Industry sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Learn how an integrated security intelligence platform provides the necessary components to help energy and utilities companies automate compliance and risk management, detect and manage threats, and protect the smart grid from both security breaches and cyber-attacks. Posted: 24 Mar 2014 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Energy Industries \| Information Security \| Log Management \| Network Security \| Regulations \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Event Management \| Security Management \| Security Managers \| Security Systems \| Security Threats \| Utilities Industry

Realizing the Value of the Green Data Center by Integrating Facilities and IT sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and how systems management technologies contribute to green management. Posted: 06 Oct 2008 \| Published: 04 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Data Centers \| Energy Industries \| Environmental Compliance \| Environmental Industry \| Environmental Law \| IT Infrastructure \| Systems Management

Optimization Applications in the Energy and Power Industries - IBM ILOG Optimization White Paper sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows how mathematical optimization enables the rapid development and deployment of applications that address the energy and power industries’ most pressing issues, including climate change, grid utilization, market restructuring and Enterprise IT. Posted: 14 Dec 2010 \| Published: 14 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Development and Integration Services \| Application Integration \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Business Development \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Energy Industries

Achieve Higher Quality Decisions Faster for a Competitive Edge in the Oil and Gas Industry sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: This brief resource profiles a storage and analysis approach that can help your organization meet the challenges of today's data-intensive business world and achieve a competitive edge. Read on to learn more. Posted: 24 Sep 2013 \| Published: 31 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Content Analytics \| Content Management \| Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Mining \| Data Mining Software \| Data Storage \| Energy Industries \| Information Management \| Information Storage and Retrieval Systems \| Storage Management

Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS - Meeting the Demanding Requirements in Specific Markets sponsored by Xtore WHITE PAPER: SAS technology has been proven to be the most versatile storage solution in data transfer and high performance. Read this white paper to learn about a solution that renders the necessary performance needed for your client's expanding market requirements. Posted: 22 Aug 2007 \| Published: 01 Aug 2007 TOPICS: Channel Management \| RAID \| SCSI Devices \| SCSI Protocol \| Serial ATA \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management \| VARs \| Vertical Industries \| Video-on-Demand

Measuring the Business Impacts of Effective Data: Chapter One of a Three-Part Study sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company WHITE PAPER: This study of over 150 Fortune 1000 firms from every major industry or vertical explores issues associated with the lifeblood of today’s enterprises: data. The findings demonstrate the often dramatic impacts that even marginal investments in information technology can have when that technology addresses data quality, usability, and intelligence. Posted: 02 Nov 2010 \| Published: 02 Nov 2010 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Employee Performance Management (EPM) \| Financial Management \| Financial Metrics \| ROI \| Vertical Industries

Statoil Pumps up Production Levels through Information Sharing and 'Smart' Practices sponsored by IBM Line of Business WEBCAST: Diminishing petroleum reserves and increasing worldwide demand for oil and natural gas continue to drive complex challenges. Solutions require fresh thinking, rigorous research and carefully calculated investments. Watch the video to learn more. Posted: 03 Mar 2008 \| Premiered: Mar 1, 2008 TOPICS: Oil Industry

Big Data and Analytics Applied to Oil and Gas sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Companies that leverage data to optimise business processes will not only survive, but thrive during market downturns, and dominate the industry on the next upswing, this report from Quorum argues. Posted: 19 Sep 2017 \| Published: 19 Sep 2017 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Entry \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Database Management \| Database Management Software

The Value of an Integrated System for the Oil and Gas Industry sponsored by IFS VIDEO: Organizations in the oil and gas industry tend to rely on a lot of specialist business applications, but a lack of integration can cause headaches for IT. This five-minute webcast explains how the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) approach can bridge the gap between specialist functionality and total integration. Posted: 11 Jun 2013 \| Premiered: 11 Jun 2013 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Contract Management Software \| Enterprise Application Integration Middleware \| Enterprise Applications Software \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Financial Applications Software \| Human Resources Software \| Project Management \| Systems Integration \| Systems Integration Services

Oil & gas and data analytics - A love story sponsored by IBM VIDEO: This video features a panel of expert speakers who dive into the unexpected love story between the oil industry and data analytics. Posted: 24 Mar 2014 \| Premiered: 24 Mar 2014 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| Data Analytics \| Data Management

Oil & Gas - Connected Workplace Helps Oil and Gas Sectors Retain Talent sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise RESEARCH CONTENT: Why offering a superior workplace experience—and the ability to easily scale it—is key in a highly dynamic industry. Posted: 17 Oct 2016 \| Published: 17 Oct 2016 TOPICS: IT Management

CW Middle East ezine July 2018 sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com EZINE: What more does a region need to be recognised as a technology leader than its very own valley, of the silicon variety? Where once only oil flowed down Saudi Arabia's economic valleys, tech has now taken a grip. Read in this issue about the country's ambitions in the tech sector. Posted: 09 Jul 2018 \| Published: 12 Jul 2018 TOPICS: Artificial Intelligence \| Computer Hardware \| Internet Infrastructure \| Internet Services \| IT Consulting Services \| IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| IT Systems \| IT Workforce \| Security \| Security Management \| Training

The Future Of Data-Sharing In Oil And Gas: How Data Ecosystems Are Changing The Industry sponsored by Aveva WHITE PAPER: Partners are only as effective as the information they have, and inconsistent data doesn’t allow them to maximize their expertise. That’s why data sharing requires modern solutions that work with IT departments to easily share data with stakeholders in a cost-effective, secure way. Read on to learn more. Posted: 18 Oct 2023 \| Published: 18 Oct 2023 TOPICS: .NET

Refining your plan-to-profit process sponsored by Unit4 EBOOK: For the past 15 years, the professional services maturity benchmark report has provided business leaders with critical strategic snapshots and tips to make your business both mature and sustainable. Here, you will read about the focus on financial and leadership performance and their importance in the maturity model. Read on to learn more. Posted: 29 Nov 2022 \| Published: 29 Nov 2022 TOPICS: .NET

Refining Your Plan-to-profit Process sponsored by Unit4 EBOOK: For the past 15 years, the professional services maturity benchmark report has provided business leaders with critical strategic snapshots and tips to make your business both mature and sustainable. Here, you will read about the focus on financial and leadership performance and their importance in the maturity model. Read on to learn more. Posted: 22 Apr 2023 \| Published: 22 Apr 2023 TOPICS: .NET

The brains behind your industrial operations sponsored by Amazon Web Services EBOOK: The Industrial IoT (IIoT) certainly supports innovation within manufacturing – but it can also drive innovation across industries. How? This e-book maps out six key ways. To unlock that information, and learn about common obstacles to IIoT projects, download the book. Posted: 29 Sep 2023 \| Published: 29 Sep 2023 TOPICS: .NET

Case Study - Petrobas sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. CASE STUDY: Petrobras needed to accelerate data replication from offshore drilling platforms back to the corporate headquarters. Download the case study to learn how Riverbed deployed Steelhead® appliances to reduce Petrobras’ backup window from 34 hours to four hours, improve application performance for remote workers to LAN-like speeds, and more. Posted: 12 Jan 2012 \| Published: 12 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Acceleration Hardware \| Applications Management \| Backups \| Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Replication \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Remote Backups \| Storage Devices \| Storage Management \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security

CW Middle East January-March 2020: Digital leads the way at Abu Dhabi oil giant sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com EZINE: In this issue of CW Middle East, read how the UAE and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company have recognised that things will change as oil and gas resources dwindle. Digital technology, such as artificial intelligence, has been identified as a key driver for future industries. Posted: 02 Jan 2020 \| Published: 09 Jan 2020 TOPICS: Artificial Intelligence \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| Computer Industry \| IT Consulting Services \| IT Governance \| IT Management \| IT Services \| Project Management

Demystifying Big Data: Facts vs. Hype sponsored by TechTarget Data Management EGUIDE: What is "big data" and why is the IT industry talking about it so much? In this expert e-guide, discover what Gartner Inc. says about the emergence of a big data hype cycle. Posted: 30 Sep 2013 \| Published: 27 Sep 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management

CW Middle East ezine January 2019 sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com EZINE: Oil may be the main fuel to the economies of the Middle East, but the region is trying to break from its reliance on the black stuff. This ezine has already featured articles about the UAE and Saudi Arabia diversifying their economies, with particular interest in fintech. Posted: 04 Jan 2019 \| Published: 04 Jan 2019 TOPICS: Artificial Intelligence \| Computer Hardware \| Computer Software Industry \| Financial Services \| IT Best Practices \| IT Consulting Services \| IT Industry \| IT Management \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| IT Systems

Computer Weekly – 9 July 2013: The most influential women in UK IT sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we unveil our list of the 25 most influential women in UK IT, and talk to the winner - Tech City CEO Joanna Shields. We hear from oil giant BP about how it moved to a hybrid cloud environment. And we examine the changing nature of the outsourcing market and what it means for IT managers. Posted: 08 Jul 2013 \| Published: 09 Jul 2013 TOPICS: Careers \| Industry Organizations

The people and digital technology transforming the Middle East sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com EGUIDE: In this e-guide we feature an interview with a British Academic who is helping the UAE establish the world's first university focused on artificial intelligence. Also, find out in this eguide how Abu Dhabi oil giant ADNOC is adapting its business in the digital age, and how Bahrain is preparing itself as a fintech hub. Posted: 28 Aug 2020 \| Published: 28 Aug 2020 TOPICS: Artificial Intelligence \| Banking Services \| Cloud Computing \| Education Industry

Spotlight on the Middle East: Emerging IT economy sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com EGUIDE: We focus on how countries in the Middle East region are trying to diversify their economies away from oil revenues. We look at how Saudi Arabia is trying to create their own version of Silicon Valley, how Dubai is trying to incorporate bitcoin into the property sector and how the UAE is trying to harness the power of artificial intelligence. Posted: 29 May 2018 \| Published: 29 May 2018 TOPICS: IT Industry \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| IT Workforce

Top 10 Middle East IT stories of 2021 sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com EGUIDE: The Middle East is about more than oil these days, with advanced technology industries developing across the region. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Middle East IT stories of 2021. Posted: 01 Feb 2022 \| Published: 01 Feb 2022 TOPICS: CIOs \| Management of Change

Royal Holloway: Lessons on catastrophe - differences and similarities between cyber and other forms of risk sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com RESOURCE: Cyber insurance is still in its infancy but has shown significant growth, with evidence for further expansion. However, a lack of past information and some idiosyncrasies make pricing difficult, as well as potentially amplifying risk exposure. This article summarises findings from a practical model that could be used in lieu of actuarial data. Posted: 06 Jul 2020 \| Published: 06 Jul 2020 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Data Security \| Insurance Industry \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

Workplace Experience Proves Key in Oil and Gas Sector sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise RESOURCE: To retain workers demanding device and OS flexibility, companies increasingly turn to cloud-based productivity tools. Posted: 06 Dec 2016 \| Published: 06 Dec 2016 TOPICS: IT Management

CW Innovation Awards: Bharat Petroleum refines operations with a digital nerve centre sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com EGUIDE: In this case study, learn how Bharat Petroleum's massive IoT project will enable the company to respond quickly to equipment failure or hazardous incidents, and provides a single view of the company's entire value chain. Posted: 27 Apr 2021 \| Published: 28 Apr 2021 TOPICS: Artificial Intelligence \| Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Network Architectures \| Public Sector

CW Special report on Wipro sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This 5 page special report from Computer Weekly gives you the facts on Wipro, its strategy, products and services and financial performance. Posted: 23 Nov 2012 \| Published: 23 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Application Development \| Application Outsourcing \| Applications Management \| Business Intelligence \| Business Process Outsourcing \| Cloud Computing \| Consulting Services Industry \| Data Center Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Energy Industries \| Financial Services \| Governments \| Health Care Applications Software \| Information Management \| Infrastructure Management \| Life Sciences Industry \| Manufacturing \| Mobile Device Management \| Notebook Computers \| Offshore Outsourcing \| Outsourcing \| Product Development \| Public Sector \| RFID \| Server Appliances \| Social Computing \| Social Networking \| Supply Chains \| Telecommunications Industry \| Transportation Industry \| Windows 7

Drive Industry 4.0 results with machine learning sponsored by Amazon Web Services EBOOK: As industrial companies try to keep up with the digital transformation, many are searching for ways that they can better collect, analyze, and make sense of their data. And while some are leveraging machine learning, it can present a handful of challenges. Browse this guide to learn more. Posted: 02 Oct 2023 \| Published: 02 Oct 2023 TOPICS: .NET