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Managed Office Protection: Switching from AV to SaaS sponsored by Panda Security WHITE PAPER: Antivirus products require too much time and effort for small and mid-sized companies. Security as a Service (SaaS) means delivering traditional security applications as an Internet-based service to customers. Now you can focus on your core business, switch from Antivirus to Security as a Service and start enjoying the benefits of SaaS. Posted: 24 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 Mar 2008 TOPICS: High Availability \| Host Management \| SaaS ERP \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Hardware \| Security Management \| Security Systems \| SMBs \| Software as a Service \| Virus Protection

Growth And Complexity: The Challenges Ahead For Midsize Manufacturers sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: This is the first in a series of six reports addressing the opportunities and challenges faced by midsize manufacturers. Posted: 08 Jun 2009 \| Published: 02 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Global Economy \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Pricing \| Product Management \| Productivity \| Revenue Projections \| SMBs

VMware Solutions for Small and Midsize Businesses: The Most Cost-Effective Way to Enable Always On IT sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Check out this solution brief to discover how VMware equips SMBs with technology solutions that allow them to cost effectively optimize the use of their existing IT assets and resources as well as protect the systems, data, and applications that run the business, ensuring Always On IT. Posted: 01 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Data Center Management \| Data Security \| IT Asset Management \| IT Infrastructure \| SMBs \| VMware \| VMware ESX \| VMware Server

Making Web 2.0 Work for Your Enterprise: IT Deployments sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: The consumer Web has shown us the power of the internet as a social, collaborative platform, particularly when compared to existing rigid corporate environments. Wikis, blogs, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds, social networks, tagging, and mashups are flexible, user-driven tools that have the potential to bring many benefits to the enterprise. Posted: 03 Apr 2009 \| Published: 01 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Blogs \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Product Development \| Market Research \| Marketing \| Project Management \| RSS \| SMBs \| Social Computing \| Social Networking \| Tagging \| Wikis

Making Web 2.0 Work for Your Enterprise: External Deployments sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Discover how several innovative companies are using collaboration, blogging communities, social networks, and related forms of communication to enhance branding, increase reputation among customers and communicate with them, create public support, and increase team productivity and knowledge sharing. Posted: 03 Apr 2009 \| Published: 01 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Blogs \| Collaboration \| Communications Software \| CRM \| CRM Best Practices \| Enterprise Portals \| Productivity \| SMBs \| Social Networking

Enterprise Resource Planning Software: Taking the Plunge sponsored by VAI, Vormittag Associates, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to discover the many benefits of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. Posted: 20 Mar 2009 \| Published: 20 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Call Centers \| CRM \| Data Integration \| ERP \| Sales Force Automation \| SMBs \| Software Selection \| Systems Operations \| Vendor Selection

A Business Intelligence (BI) Agenda for Midsize Organizations: Six Strategies for Success White Paper sponsored by IBM Cognos WHITE PAPER: Success in business intelligence is all about facilitating sound, data-driven decisions at every level of the business. Read this white paper to learn six strategies for BI success, drawn from the experiences of actual IBM Cognos customers. Posted: 02 Mar 2009 \| Published: 02 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Dashboards \| Data Quality \| Productivity \| SMBs

Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This Dell High Availability Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V introduces different options to implement HA for Hyper-V environments. Posted: 11 Dec 2008 \| Published: 11 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Enterprise \| High Availability \| Memory \| Operating Systems \| SAN \| SMBs \| Testing \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Dell Networking Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V sponsored by Dell EMC and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This solutions guide details the four available networking configurations, and the advantages and disadvantages of each with an emphasis on typical Dell system configuration and the hardware offerings. Posted: 11 Dec 2008 \| Published: 11 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Clustering \| DHCP \| High Availability \| Network Configuration Management \| SMBs \| VLAN \| Windows Server Software

Invest and Innovate Today, Grow Your Business Tomorrow sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Learn how integrated software solutions help you invest and innovate to sustain your company's growth by differentiating products and services keeping your costs down and prices competitive and more. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 10 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| CRM \| Integrated Development Environments \| Integration Server Software \| Marketing \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Design Reuse: The Key to Building Better Products Faster sponsored by PTC Small/Med Product Development WHITE PAPER: Learn how design reuse can save up to 75% of modeling time, improve product quality and time-to-market and reduce the risk of fundamental errors in this feature article. Posted: 30 Oct 2008 \| Published: 30 Oct 2008 TOPICS: CAD/CAM Industry \| Data Storage \| Enterprise Systems \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Software \| PDM \| PLM \| SMBs

Eight Strategies for First Rate Customer Service sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper provides eight strategies for creating a relationship with your customers that will keep them coming back. Posted: 06 Oct 2008 \| Published: 03 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Communications Networks \| CRM \| Customer Loyalty \| IP \| Network Convergence \| Network Management Services \| SMBs \| Software

Network Security Checklist sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Every SMB should have a written (and thoughtfully prepared) network-security plan in place. This white paper provides tips to help you develop one for your company. Posted: 25 Sep 2008 \| Published: 25 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Identity Management \| Network Security \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Policies \| SMBs \| VPN

Network Security for Small Business sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Achieving effective network security for small business requires a solution designed to fit your needs today and can adapt to tomorrow's threats. This paper examines how best to protect your network, as well as the benefits a secure environment offers. Posted: 25 Sep 2008 \| Published: 25 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Network Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| SMBs

5 Steps toward Disaster Preparedness sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the impacts of a disaster can result in loss of or lack of access to data, applications, and work facilities. This paper explains five key steps to consider when implementing a program for your company. Posted: 25 Sep 2008 \| Published: 25 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Application Security \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Processes \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| SMBs

Enabling Growth for Midsize Companies sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Gain insight into strategies to grow your business and learn what role IT plays in enabling your goals. Posted: 17 Sep 2008 \| Published: 17 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Application Portfolio Management \| Business Intelligence \| Enterprise \| Mergers and Acquisitions \| Productivity \| SMBs

Peace of Mind for the Life of Your Business sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In today's rapidly changing marketplace, small businesses are facing new challenges and competitive pressures. Read this whitepaper to learn how to choose the right vendor to build the solutions that your business needs. Posted: 28 Aug 2008 \| Published: 28 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Communications Networks \| Communications Systems \| Competition \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Fixed Assets \| Mobile Device Management \| Productivity \| SMBs \| Vendors

IDC Report "Backup and Recovery: The Open Source Option Comes of Age" sponsored by Zmanda Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read the IDC Vendor Spotlight on Zmanda. Learn the latest user requirements, market trends and the unique role of Zmanda in bringing enterprise-scale open source backup & recovery solution to the market. Posted: 09 Jul 2008 \| Published: 08 May 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Security \| Open Source \| SMBs \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization Software \| TCO

Unix, Linux Uptime and Reliability Increase; Patch Management Woes Plague Windows sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Use this report, the Yankee Group's Global Server Operating System Reliability Survey, to make an informed choice on which servers best fit your needs. Posted: 17 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2008 TOPICS: Downtime \| IT Managers \| Linux \| Patch Management \| Security \| SMBs \| TCO \| UNIX \| Windows

Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company. Posted: 09 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jun 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Systems \| Customer Satisfaction \| Dashboards \| Data Management \| Decision Support Databases \| OLAP \| Reporting Software \| SMBs \| Spreadsheets

Top Ten Reasons to Automate Operating Expense Controls sponsored by ExpenseWatch.com WHITE PAPER: Manual processes are error-prone, time-consuming and costly. Learn the top ten reasons to automate operating expense controls. Posted: 01 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Purchasing \| Purchasing Best Practices \| SMBs \| Spend Management \| Spend Management Software \| Travel and Expense Management Software

The Benefits of Network Attached Storage in Small and Medium Sized Business Networks sponsored by NETGEAR Inc. WHITE PAPER: SMBs must choose the right solution for managing their data - because a wrong decision can be costly. Luckily, NAS solutions fit the requirements and budgets for SMBs. Read this white paper to learn how these solutions are impacting smaller organizations. Posted: 03 Dec 2007 \| Published: 01 Dec 2007 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management \| Disk Backups \| NAS \| RAID \| SMBs \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security

Usage of Virtualization Technology at Small and Midsize Businesses sponsored by VMware and Intel WHITE PAPER: Virtualization technologies can allow small and medium-sized businesses to reduce hardware costs and optimize IT. If your business is not currently using this technology, checkout this survey to gauge how your peers are addressing virtualization issues. Posted: 09 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 Nov 2007 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Hardware Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| SMBs

The Starting Point for Backup Recovery and Archive sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Are you in the midst of planning how to meet your backup, recovery and archiving needs? This white paper explains key methods for assessing a backup environment and determining the right technology to execute your strategy. Posted: 08 Jun 2007 \| Published: 01 Sep 2006 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Content Archiving \| Content Archiving Software \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Recovery \| Disk Backups \| SMBs \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation \| Tape Backups

Five Keys to Your CRM Success sponsored by Salesforce.com WHITE PAPER: A successful CRM strategy can give small and midsize businesses (SMBs) competitive advantage. This white paper presents five key steps to developing a customer-centric approach for every aspect of business. Posted: 04 Oct 2006 \| Published: 01 Oct 2006 TOPICS: Branding \| CRM \| CRM Best Practices \| CRM Software \| Customer Loyalty \| SMBs