Next Generation Datacenter Transformation Strategy [ Source: Adaptivity Inc. ]
October 2008- Today’s IT organizations face a dual challenge of "keeping the lights on" while providing "new services" at unprecedented rates with reduced investment support from the business. At the same time the very business model of IT is changing —how applications, content, information, and infrastructure are delivered.

These demands and changes must account for the fact that external facing customer experience and corporate branding, as well as internal operational systems, depends heavily on ...

DR Capacity Harvesting Strategy [ Source: Adaptivity Inc. ]
October 2008- Every day IT is being challenged to do more with less. IT needs to eliminate waste wherever it is identified so precious resources can be invested into developing revenue streams and not merely supporting standard operations. To accomplish this, every ounce of compute power needs to be wrung from existing infrastructure.

The largest area of untapped potential remains off limits for exploitation; the resources set aside for Disaster Recover (DR). Entire datacenters filled ...

Thinking End to End: A Sound ECM Strategy for Retail Banking [ Source: Lexmark ]
August 2011- Retail Banks are re-thinking strategies to harness the data that is created in every corner of the bank enterprise. Core system data, Customer documents, email, and content from emerging technologies like social networking are creating the deluge of content. Developing an end-to-end enterprise content management (ECM) strategy that emphasizes capture and delivery will help develop further benefits in your retail bank environment and fast track the opportunities to leveraging the information of the future.
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Agent vs. Agentless - The application performance and transaction monitoring debate [ Source: INETCO Systems Ltd. ]
April 2011- For years, IT managers and application performance management teams have argued about the pros and cons of agent versus agentless monitoring software. But when it comes to business transaction management (BTM), there is a clear benefit tied to agentless deployment solutions. This is especially true if you are monitoring virtual and cloud-based applications and third party network environments.

Paving the Way to Risk-free Change: Guide to consolidating IT systems and rolling out new services in a payment processing environment [ Source: INETCO Systems Ltd. ]
September 2010- As the economy continues to improve, banks and payment processors are focused on expanding market share, new product offerings and operational efficiencies as part of their long-term survival and growth strategies. New service roll-outs, migration efforts and consolidation projects are translating into a whole new set of IT performance challenges and operational risks. At the same time, IT systems are also being looked at as an integral component of a financial risk management strategy. The ...

Smarter Commerce for Banking [ Source: IBM ]
January 2013- The banking industry is challenged by increasingly empowered customers, stringent government regulations, fragmentation and disintermediation. Smarter Commerce from IBM helps banks put the customer at the center of decisions and actions, increasing loyalty and revenue while enabling growth.

How to Prototype, Build and Update Enterprise Apps 5x faster [ Source: Verivo ]
July 2012- Enterprise mobility is gaining speed, and companies are developing internal- and external-facing mobile applications that drive revenue, build brand loyalty, strengthen communication with partners, and enhance employee productivity.

In-house development is a complex, expensive, and time consuming process that requires coding in multiple languages, extensive testing on different platforms, and dedicated resources for ongoing updates and maintenance. IT teams need more efficient development and management tools for mobile enterprise applications to help them ...

Research: 2012 Mobility Management: Best-in-Class Strategies [ Source: Verivo ]
July 2012- IT must consider enterprise mobility, like public and private cloud deployments, as essential IT infrastructure. The convergence of Social, Mobile and Cloud (SoMoClo) provides opportunity for business transformation and resource realignment. In addition, Enterprise mobility itself has come of age, and can bring measurable business value to organizations that maintain their mobile infrastructure secure, compliant and optimized.

Read this study based on an online survey of over 260 organizations in 45 countries, to find out:<...

Thinking End to End: A Sound ECM Strategy for Retail Banking [ Source: Lexmark ]
August 2011- Retail Banks are re-thinking strategies to harness the data that is created in every corner of the bank enterprise. Core system data, Customer documents, email, and content from emerging technologies like social networking are creating the deluge of content. Developing an end-to-end enterprise content management (ECM) strategy that emphasizes capture and delivery will help develop further benefits in your retail bank environment and fast track the opportunities to leveraging the information of the future.
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Managed Security Services versus in-house Security Information Management [ Source: Dell SecureWorks ]
June 2011- Preserving network security is a necessity; you must decide the best approach for your organization, weighing the quality of protection, risk tolerance and the associated costs.

This white paper provides an executive-level summary of the potential costs associated with managing information security in-house versus using a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) to reduce costs and improve the quality of protection.