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White Papers

  • Meeting the Challenges of Business Intelligence

    BI is often seen as a complicated, jargonfilled arena that requires lots of IT expertise and resources. There is also a tension between delivering fast results economically and doing the right thing for long-term growth and flexibility. This paper provides smaller organizations with a framework to evaluate and select the...

  • How to get manageable endpoint, mobile device and web security together

    Endpoint protection has never been easy, but it once was at least straightforward. Workers had one computer, used the corporate email system and visited only a few websites while at work. Today, endpoint protection is far more difficult with many employees have two, three or four Internet-connected devices containing sensitive...

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  • Advancing Business Value through Virtualization

    To realize the performance, availability, and agility benefits that virtualization can provide, your data center infrastructure must be able to support the initiative. This informative paper evaluates the prevalence and efficacy of data centre virtualization deployments, and the hardware that supports them, so that you can determine what adjustments your...

  • Capitalize on the Next Phase of Virtualization

    Organizations today are moving beyond traditional server virtualization and advancing their virtualization strategies into all aspects of the IT. Learn more about how virtualization is expanding into storage, networking and management along with the value a converged system can offer your organization in reaching your virtualization potential. Read on to...

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  • Intro: Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager (VIM) 4.0

    The Secunia VIM 4.0 is a powerful Vulnerability Intelligence and Management tool that provides you with the necessary information to analyze vulnerabilities in your IT infrastructure, enabling you to track and eliminate them easily from a centralized dashboard interface. Read on to find out how Secunia can help your business...

  • Resource Guide: 10 Tech Skills You Should Develop Over the Next Five Years

    If you want a job where you can train in a particular skill set and then never have to learn anything new, IT isn't the field for you. But if you like to be constantly learning new things and developing new skills, you're in the right business. In the late...

  • Unlocking Big Data

    Big Data solutions are fast becoming the foundation for a new era of progress and innovation – an era that will give rise to an intelligent economy of smart cars, smart buildings, better healthcare, law enforcement and education, plus new and better ways of interacting with customers, and phenomenal productivity...

  • Using Microsoft's Free Tools to Image and Deploy Windows 7

    Microsoft provides freely available and quite powerful tools that can help you image and deploy Windows 7. This white paper explores those components and their processes used during these deployments. It considers and explains every step of a Lite Touch installation, while also detailing the benefits of ImageX, the WIM...

  • Foundational Focus: OSI Model - Breaking Down the 7 Layers

    The OSI model is a conceptual tool used to discuss and describe network functions. The use of a standard reference model is essential to communicate ideas as well as create new technologies. It is a good idea to be familiar with the OSI model, the features assigned to each layer,...

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  • 77 Features for Windows 7 that Every IT Professional Should Know About

    Windows 7 builds on Windows Vista's positives and eliminates many of the negatives. It adds new functionality, is less resource-hungry, and starts and shuts down noticeably faster. Whether you're upgrading from Vista or moving up from Windows XP, these 77 tips and tricks, along with other new and enhanced features,...

  • 2013 IT Skills & Salary Report

    The results are in and analysis is complete from our sixth annual IT Skills and Salary Survey. This was our first in partnership with Windows IT Pro and our largest survey ever. In fact, this year's survey ranks as one of the largest in the industry.

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  • ZDNet Asia IT Priorities 2013 Report

    For this annual research study by ZDNet, Asian IT decision makers participated in an online survey to outline their key investments and priorities for the year, highlighting plans to optimize customer processes and prioritze cost-reduction initiatives. Download the full report to read more about the strategies, priorities and implementation plans...

  • The End of Fragmentation: How to Keep Windows Systems Running Like New

    Imagine a Windows system that maintains optimum performance over time and never needs to be “de-fragged” again. By proactively optimizing I/O at the Windows level, fragmentation is prevented before it ever becomes a problem. As a result, Windows systems continue to run like new. This white paper examines what productive...

  • Using Microsoft's Free Tools to Image and Deploy Windows 7

    Microsoft provides freely available and quite powerful tools that can help you image and deploy Windows 7. This white paper explores those components and their processes used during these deployments. It considers and explains every step of a Lite Touch installation, while also detailing the benefits of ImageX, the WIM...

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Webcasts

  • Live Webcast: The Power of Body Language

    Join us for this LIVE event!
    Wednesday, November 6th
    10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT

    In an increasingly virtual world filled with webcams and online events, your body language can still play a huge role in your ability to communicate effectively. And whether you are presenting to colleagues...

  • Live Webcast - Communication Matchmaking: Managing Communication Styles, Preferences and Technology

    Join us for this LIVE event!
    Tuesday, October 22nd
    9:00 AM PDT / 12:00 PM EDT

    The cardinal rule for effective communication is to know your audience. When working with your team, that means you need a firm understanding of their communication styles to be most successful.

    Unfortunately,...

  • Live Event - Conversations on the Future of Business: Insight Driven Innovation

    As organizations continue to leverage insights generated by social media, online and offline sales transactions, and mobile shopping, the selling process will become dramatically more intelligent and streamlined. Target is one of many retailers that have continued to improve e-commerce, mobile commerce and point-of-sale technologies to improve the way it...

  • Live Event - Conversations on the Future of Business: The Power of Networks

    Networks and the enabling technologies have enabled companies to effectively collaborate internally, with partner organizations and with the general public. In addition to enhanced operations, these group efforts have enabled organizations to construct smarter cities, businesses to manage energy consumption, and companies to commit themselves to socially responsible initiatives.

    ...

  • IBM Cognos Insight Personal Edition

    IBM Cognos Insight is a personal analytics solution that empowers analysts and business users to explore, analyze, visualize and share insights without compromising IT values.

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  • Live Webcast - Communication Matchmaking: Managing Communication Styles, Preferences and Technology

    Join us for this LIVE event!
    Tuesday, October 22nd
    9:00 AM PDT / 12:00 PM EDT

    The cardinal rule for effective communication is to know your audience. When working with your team, that means you need a firm understanding of their communication styles to be most successful.

    Unfortunately,...

  • Live Webcast: Disk Backup Appliances – The Next Generation

    Your backups are too big and you store them too long. Missed SLAs, cost and complexity still vex you. You’re worried you won’t get all of your data back. Your IT staff wastes countless hours managing complicated, temperamental backup solutions. What if you could make backup predictable, shrink windows, over...

  • On-demand Webcast: Which Mobile Device is Most Secure?

    BlackBerry was once the go-to mobile device for security-savvy enterprises. The iPhone has since taken its place, with Android and Windows Phone 8 adoption steadily on the rise. The increasing trend of mobile consumerization has reached a point where it is increasingly difficult for IT organizations to settle on a...

  • Live Webcast - The Next Generation Rules of Sales Effectiveness

    The frenzied and competitive pace of business today requires sales teams to engage their buyers with market insight, speed, and clear ideas on how to solve business problems. Buyers are turning more to online information, including business and social networks and communities, to inform themselves. As a result, they are...

  • Live webcast - Anticipate and act: how analytics enhances the supply chain

    Data is constantly being created as a byproduct of customer interactions and business activities. That data can have tremendous value because it can be used help you take the pulse of all the factors related to your business processes and customer needs. Today’s analytics systems can be easily used and...

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  • On-demand Webcast: Which Mobile Device is Most Secure?

    BlackBerry was once the go-to mobile device for security-savvy enterprises. The iPhone has since taken its place, with Android and Windows Phone 8 adoption steadily on the rise. The increasing trend of mobile consumerization has reached a point where it is increasingly difficult for IT organizations to settle on a...

  • On-demand Webcast: Beyond 20-20 Vision: Luxottica Gains Actionable Customer Insight for Marketing

    Join us in our IBM/Aginity webinar to learn how Luxottica, the world's largest eyewear company best known for brands including Ray-Ban, Persol and Oakley, Inc., is using advanced analytics with their omni-channel customer data to improve marketing ROI and customer engagement.

    Luxottica, has teamed with Aginity and IBM to...

  • On-demand Webcast - Three key considerations for the best tiered storage strategies

    It's a guideline we all learned as kids: Use the right tool for the right job. This guiding principle is as appropriate for the data center today as it was for shop class back in the day - especially when it comes to storage. KPCB and IDC estimate that global...

  • Mitigating Insider Threats

    IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager can help organizations confidently defend their business against insider threats. Privileged Identity Manager provides a single solution that secures, automates, and tracks use of privileged account access. The solution helps protect clients at their most vulnerable points, from the people who have legitimate access and...

  • Live webcast - Anticipate and act: how analytics enhances the supply chain

    Data is constantly being created as a byproduct of customer interactions and business activities. That data can have tremendous value because it can be used help you take the pulse of all the factors related to your business processes and customer needs. Today’s analytics systems can be easily used and...

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Case Studies

  • Nucleus ROI case study: Compass for Success

    Discover how Compass for Success obtained a ROI of 297%,payback in 4 months, and an average annual benefit of C$1,370,654 with IBM Business Analytics.

  • Cost of Data Breach Study -Italy 2013

    Customers often abandon the organization following a data breach. This study examines the costs incurred by 22 Italian companies from 10 different industry sectors following the loss or theft of protected personal data and notification of data breach victims as required by various laws. Read more...

  • Capita Total Document Solutions securely transfers a million documents per month with MOVEit

    In 2010, Capita TDS decided to replace its data transfer infrastructure with Ipswitch’s MOVEit solution, a high-end, secure managed file transfer system hosted on on-site servers. An objective process led to the rapid selection and installation of this system, now set to handle peak loads of up to 150,000 documents...

  • Hermes Counts on MOVEit™ File Transfer for Enterprise-level Security and Compliance

    With awareness of data breaches at an all-time high, financial institutions are working hard to implement policies and solutions that protect sensitive financial information along with their reputations and industry competitiveness. Hermes, a multi-specialist asset manager, deals with a huge amount of sensitive data and, therefore, turned to Ipswitch to...

  • Fashion retailer Monsoon makes the move from FTP to MOVEit™ Managed File Transfer

    MOVEit is the world’s most comprehensive and easy-to-use secure managed file transfer solution. Monsoon, one of the world’s leading retail outlets for fashion and accessories, uses Ipswitch File Transfer’s MOVEit to add security and auditability for file transfer between its international operations. Read more...

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  • Cost of Data Breach Study -Italy 2013

    Customers often abandon the organization following a data breach. This study examines the costs incurred by 22 Italian companies from 10 different industry sectors following the loss or theft of protected personal data and notification of data breach victims as required by various laws. Read more...

  • Case Study: NHBC Adopts MOVEit? to Secure, Manage and Track Internal and External Document Transfers

    Key Challenges:

    • Managing file transfers while putting an end to unmanaged FTP and file-sharing applications
    • Providing total transparency for audits and compliance with internal and external regulators
    • Preventing leaks of confidential business or personnel information by users or external stakeholders
    Read on to find out how MOVEit? addressed...

  • EMC Brainshark Customer video

    Learn how Brainshark is leveraging EMC infrastructure to confidently deliver software-as-a-service. Understand how EMC is helping to address increasing data growth challenges and increasing customer requirements for higher availability, performance and scalability.

  • Vendor Landscape: Managed File Transfer

    Managed file transfer (MFT) secures and facilitates file transfer; it reduces risk and cost, increases reliability and visibility, and simplifies partner relationships. Read more to understand what’s new in the MFT market, evaluate MFT vendors and products for your enterprise needs and determine which products are most appropriate for particular...

  • Capita Total Document Solutions securely transfers a million documents per month with MOVEit

    In 2010, Capita TDS decided to replace its data transfer infrastructure with Ipswitch’s MOVEit solution, a high-end, secure managed file transfer system hosted on on-site servers. An objective process led to the rapid selection and installation of this system, now set to handle peak loads of up to 150,000 documents...

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  • Case Study: NHBC Adopts MOVEit? to Secure, Manage and Track Internal and External Document Transfers

    Key Challenges:

    • Managing file transfers while putting an end to unmanaged FTP and file-sharing applications
    • Providing total transparency for audits and compliance with internal and external regulators
    • Preventing leaks of confidential business or personnel information by users or external stakeholders
    Read on to find out how MOVEit? addressed...

  • Vendor Landscape: Managed File Transfer

    Managed file transfer (MFT) secures and facilitates file transfer; it reduces risk and cost, increases reliability and visibility, and simplifies partner relationships. Read more to understand what’s new in the MFT market, evaluate MFT vendors and products for your enterprise needs and determine which products are most appropriate for particular...

  • Capita Total Document Solutions securely transfers a million documents per month with MOVEit

    In 2010, Capita TDS decided to replace its data transfer infrastructure with Ipswitch’s MOVEit solution, a high-end, secure managed file transfer system hosted on on-site servers. An objective process led to the rapid selection and installation of this system, now set to handle peak loads of up to 150,000 documents...

  • Hermes Counts on MOVEit™ File Transfer for Enterprise-level Security and Compliance

    With awareness of data breaches at an all-time high, financial institutions are working hard to implement policies and solutions that protect sensitive financial information along with their reputations and industry competitiveness. Hermes, a multi-specialist asset manager, deals with a huge amount of sensitive data and, therefore, turned to Ipswitch to...

  • Fashion retailer Monsoon makes the move from FTP to MOVEit™ Managed File Transfer

    MOVEit is the world’s most comprehensive and easy-to-use secure managed file transfer solution. Monsoon, one of the world’s leading retail outlets for fashion and accessories, uses Ipswitch File Transfer’s MOVEit to add security and auditability for file transfer between its international operations. Read more...

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Downloads

  • Intel® Composer XE 2013

    Now it’s simpler to recompile for greater improvements by using pre-optimized, pre-threaded performance libraries. This performance-oriented developer tool includes Intel C++ and Fortran compilers, and threading and math, multimedia, and signal processing performance libraries. It’s compatible with leading development environments and compilers on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X and...

  • Intel® VTune ™ Amplifier XE 2013

    Advanced performance and thread profiler for C, C++, C#, Fortran, Java, and MPI developers. New pre-sets deliver easier ?point and shoot” profiling set-up. A threading timeline, data filtering, frame analysis, and source display make it easier to tune your application for today’s and tomorrow’s processors. Powerful bandwidth and memory access...

  • Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2013 SP1

    Efficiently boost application performance. This development suite offers industry-leading compilers, along with highly tuned performance libraries for math, crypto, imaging, compression, and others. Harness performance from the latest processors simply by recompiling your code. Scale for multicore and many-core architectures with Intel® Threading Building Blocks and Intel® Cilk Plus™ parallel...

  • Intel® Advisor XE 2013

    This breakthrough threading prototyping tool simplifies data-driven threading design for C, C++, C#, and Fortran application architects. Quickly prototype multiple threading designs and compare the projected performance scaling and synchronization issues. Evaluate design alternatives before investing in implementation and without disrupting product development and release cycles. Select the design with...

  • Intel® Inspector XE 2013

    Intel® Inspector XE finds memory leaks, corruption, deadlocks, data races, and more in C, C++, C#, F#, Fortran, and MPI applications. Use a normal build: no special compiler or recompiles are required. Heap growth analysis and debugger breakpoints simplify diagnosis of difficult bugs early in the development cycle?when they are...

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  • Control Your IT Universe with DameWare: Remote Support Made Simple, Affordable & Mobile

    DameWare Remote Support (DRS) delivers the tools you need to remotely manage the Windows® desktops and laptops in your IT universe. DRS includes DameWare Mini Remote control for powerful remote troubleshooting & management. Comprehensive Active Directory functionality, including filtering objects & attributes. Inventory & manage everything from domains to logs...

  • Free Trial - Get One, Unified IT Dashboard View of all your Infrastructure and Applications with up.time®

    Do you want a unified view of IT systems performance, availability and capacity across all server platforms, network devices, applications, and IT business services? 5 Reasons to consider up.time:

    • Unified, enterprise-level monitoring, alerting and reporting across all Servers, Networks, Applications, and IT services.
    • Easy to use and...

    • Enhance IT Security with SolarWinds® Log & Event Manager

      What will you do when the security systems implemented to secure your IT environment are not secure anymore? Do you know what’s lurking in your network to exploit vulnerabilities and compromise IT security?

      SolarWinds Log & Event Manager (LEM) provides real-time insight and awareness into all your security, operational...

    • The Ultimate HPC Cluster Development Suite

      Intel® Cluster Studio XE 2013 SP1 can help you achieve top application performance for Intel® Xeon® processor and Intel® Xeon Phi ™ coprocessor-based systems. The suite provides a comprehensive set of standards-driven C, C++, and Fortran development tools and programming models to enable developers to efficiently develop, analyze, and optimize...

    • Say Goodbye to Spreadsheets for good & download a FREE Trial of SolarWinds IP Address Manager!

      The explosion of IP-enabled devices in today’s corporate networks has increased the complexity of IP space management beyond what can be handled with spreadsheets or other home-grown tools.

      SolarWinds IP Address Manager makes it easier than ever to manage and monitor Microsoft® DHCP and DNS, as well as Cisco®...

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