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White Papers
Best Practices in Virtualization: Integrated Management
Dec 2007
This whitepaper examines the value of virtualization, the challenges of managing mixed environments, and a case study of a company moving to integrated management of virtualized and physical machines.
Provided by KACE
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White Papers
The Value of Talent Development: Your Guide to Strategic HR Practices
Oct 2009
Don't miss this practical guide to strategic HR practices. It shows you not only how to rethink your HR practices and policies, but also how to drive new processes — then align all of them to...
Provided by SumTotal Systems
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Whitepapers
Enabling Mobile Work While Ensuring Network Security
Jan 2009
This paper explores how Citrix� GoToMyPC� Corporate protects the integrity of the corporate network and the privacy of sensitive data by providing full spectrum security. As secure as online...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Whitepapers
IT's Critical Role in Enabling Mobile Work
Oct 2009
Citrix Online teamed up with Work Design Collaborative to explore how businesses are responding to the growing demand for mobility. And the results may surprise you.
Provided by Citrix Online
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Webcasts
The Converging Paths of SQL Server and SharePoint - Don't Wait Until It's Too Late!
Oct 2009
SharePoint and SQL server have much in common, and understanding their similarities will help you streamline your day-to-day tasks and help you work more efficiently. Do you know what those...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
The New Voice of the CIO
Oct 2009
We listened to more than 2500 CIOs worldwide, including 158 CIOs from midsize firms. Those discussions showed us the demands on CIOs are changing, and in reaction, how today's CIOs are redefining...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Flexible IT contains costs, boosts efficiency
Oct 2009
Like other midmarket companies today, you're probably focused on cost optimization. In the ForwardView article, "Work smarter, not harder: Flexible IT," experts suggest ways to do more with less....
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
From fear to value; CIO strategies for propelling business through the economic crisis
Oct 2009
Your aspiration: As a Chief Information Officer, drive change, innovation and efficiency to help build a smarter enterprise that will prosper amidst global competition. Your daily challenge: As a...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Virtualization for a Dynamic infrastructure
Apr 2009
This IBM white paper describes how Virtualization is an important element of a dynamic infrastructure and expands on the areas of server, storage, application, network, and client virtualization...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Together, we can work smarter
Jan 2009
By giving your people the tools and resources to work more effectively, you are giving your business the opportunity to operate more efficiently.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
How To Deal With Online Smear Campaigns From Your Competitors
Jun 2009
Increasingly, in this era of online communities and networks, consumers turn to the Internet for recommendations about products and services. For small businesses this means being online is a...
Provided by American Express
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Case Studies
Helping Dabur India Achieve High Performance Through Operational Excellence And Competitive Advantage
Jun 2008
Dabur is the fourth-largest consumer packaged goods company in India, offering a wide range of health care, personal care and food products to customers in more than 50 countries. Dabur identified...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Power Solutions Article: Getting Started with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on Dell Servers
Nov 2009
Microsoft® Hyper-V™ technology provides a simplified virtualization platform integrated directly into the Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 OS. This article provides an introduction to Hyper-V...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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White Papers
Microsoft Online Services Business Value
Jun 2009
This white paper describes the value of world-class, on-demand services that are provided by an industry leader, includes example cost savings for a typical deployment, and provides information...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Setting the record straight: SAN defrag is vital to storage performance
Aug 2009
Data volumes continue to grow. More companies are consolidating and virtualizing their IT infrastructures and far more demand is placed on storage performance. But one aspect that often gets...
Provided by Condusiv Technologies
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Case Studies
Cloud Computing Improves Productivity in IBM Benchmark and Learning Centers
Mar 2009
The challenge was the time and personnel require? d to provision resources for benchmark platforms and course IT infrastructures were quite high, often requiring more than a week of work per...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Windows 7 Commercial Adoption Outlook
Oct 2009
The anticipation for commercial adoption of Windows 7 is reaching a boiling point. With Windows 7 available now, IT professionals should start preparing for it now. Specifically, they should: 1)...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Dell Proconsult Windows 7 Readiness Assessment FAQ
Oct 2009
Microsoft Windows 7 Readiness Assessment is a gap analysis of a customer's ability to migrate to Windows 7 in a given time frame. Your migration project is evaluated in terms of Dell's Best...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Interference-Aware MAC Protocol for Wireless Networks by a Game-Theoretic Approach
Jan 2009
This paper proposes an interference-aware MAC protocol using a simple transmission strategy motivated by a game-theoretic approach. The paper formulates a channel access game, which considers...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Hashing Techniques for Mobile Device Forensics
Jun 2009
Previous research conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has shown that mobile device internal memory hash values are variable when performing back-to-back acquisitions....
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Towards Optimizing Hadoop Provisioning in the Cloud
May 2009
Data analytics is becoming increasingly prominent in a variety of application areas ranging from extracting business intelligence to processing data from scientific studies. MapReduce programming...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Reflective Control for an Elastic Cloud Application: An Automated Experiment Workbench
May 2007
This paper addresses "Reflective" control for applications that use server resources from a shared cloud infrastructure opportunistically. In this approach, an external reflective controller...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Game-Based Admission Control for Wireless Systems
Nov 2008
Much previous work has examined the wireless power control problem using tools from game theory, an economic concept which describes the behavior of interdependent but non-cooperative users. This...
Provided by Stanford University
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Whitepapers
5 Key Virtualization Management Challenges - and How to Overcome Them
Mar 2009
Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, offering a plethora of opportunity for cost savings and scale - but it does not come without a need for management. This practical guide from...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Webcasts
Video: "Taking a Seat at the Executive Table: The Reality of Virtualization"
Dec 2009
This year, for the first time, the number of virtual machines is on track to exceed the number of physical machines shipped. The reasons are clear -- data center cost reduction and greater...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Guide to cost optimization: 4 ways to gain operational advantage
Dec 2009
In today's economic environment, companies everywhere seek to reduce the cost of operations. Did you know that organizations today spend up to 80 percent of the IT budgets supporting day-to-day...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
What Windows 7 Means to You
Dec 2009
Windows 7 is widely regarded as a make or break product for Microsoft after the less than satisfactory performance of Windows Vista. However, there are actually a lot of lessons that can be...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Migrating to Windows 7
Dec 2009
Windows 7 represents a monumental improvement over past operating systems but also presents a number of challenges for those considering an upgrade. From determining if your environment is...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
A Framework for Computing the Privacy Scores of Users in Online Social Networks
Sep 2009
A large body of work has been devoted to address corporate-scale privacy concerns related to social networks. The main focus was on how to share social networks owned by organizations without...
Provided by Boston University School of Management
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Webcasts
Optimize Your IT Costs with Automation
Dec 2009
Profitable companies are turning to IT Automation to cut costs, and streamline processes in both physical and virtual environments. But what is IT Automation? What benefits does it offer? Where do...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
Brave New World: Pervasive Insecurity of Embedded Network Devices
Jun 2009
Embedded network devices have become a ubiquitous fixture in the modern home, office as well as in the global communication infrastructure. Devices like routers, NAS appliances, home entertainment...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
Smarter service data protection for SMBs
Jan 2010
As data volumes skyrocket, organizations of all sizes must work harder to keep their critical information safe. For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), rapid disaster recovery is just as...
Provided by Iron Mountain
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White Papers
Maximize Data Protection for Physical and Virtual Systems
Jan 2010
The way that IT handles data protection is being significantly impacted by the rapid adoption of virtualization technology. With the need to view virtual machines as both a logical system with its...
Provided by Paragon Software
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White Papers
SMART, Modular, Cost-Effective Steps to Workload Automation
Aug 2008
Companies running legacy job scheduling products suffer from higher costs, inefficient use of resources, and greater IT complexity, according to independent analyst firm Enterprise Management...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
IT Automation: Going Beyond the Obvious to Find Real Cost Savings
Jul 2009
This paper, from industry analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates, explores how workload automation can help IT reduce outages, consolidate vendors, improve integration, and cut costs. Learn...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Gain a faster, cheaper way to manage workload
Jun 2008
IT Organizations are seeking to reduce costs and avoid business disruption while supporting growth. Since batch makes over 70 percent of all work processed by IT, industry experts recommend...
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
Today's CRM helps SMBs speed sales cycle
Jan 2008
Current innovations in customer relationship management are making it possible to close deals faster. This technology is more accessible to midsize businesses than ever before. Discover how...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
In Business Planning, Competition Is Good
Jan 2010
When developing the competition section of your business plan, companies must define competition correctly, select the appropriate competitors to analyze, and explain its competitive advantages....
Provided by Growthink
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Whitepapers
Top Seven Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls for Group Policy in Windows 7
Jan 2010
Windows 7 is here, and it's chock full of fantastic new features and "tweaks." However, IT departments face the headache of users running wild with the software once Windows 7 is deployed to their...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Case Studies
How USPS Saved Money by Centralizing Management of 30,000 Mobile Devices
Jan 2010
Enterprises are struggling to maintain control and visibility of their mobile ecosystems. Managing thousands of wireless devices is even more challenging if you have a decentralized environment...
Provided by ProfitLine
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White Papers
Old Controversy Revisited: Pricing, Market Structure, And Competition
May 2011
In this paper, the author examines the connection between pricing, profit mark ups, competition, and economic activity from a heterodox perspective. These issues are examined utilizing a...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Business Relationships And The Impact Of Political, Competitive And Intermediary Connections
Aug 2008
In further developing the notion of business actors in the distributive channel, the paper integrates competitors, political and intermediary units to investigate if and how they have their...
Provided by IMP Group
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White Papers
Competition, Cooperation, And Corporate Culture
Jul 2007
Teamwork and cooperation between workers can be of substantial value to a firm, yet the level of worker cooperation often varies between individual firms. The authors show that these differences...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Screening, Competition, And Job Design: Economic Origins Of Good Jobs
Jan 2010
In recent decades, many firms offered more discretion to their employees, often increasing the productivity of effort but also leaving more opportunities for shirking. These "High-performance work...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Competition And Innovation: Does The Distance To The Technology Frontier Matter?
Jun 2010
This paper provides new evidence on the relationship between innovation, competition and distance to the technology frontier, using enterprise surveys from 40 developing and transition countries....
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Communication And Efficiency In Competitive Coordination Games
Sep 2010
Costless pre-play communication has been found to effectively facilitate coordination and enhance efficiency in games with Pareto-ranked equilibria. The authors report an experiment in which two...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
Globalization And Outcomes Of Institutional Competition
Nov 2008
Institutional competition, or competition of countries for mobile individuals and organizations by changing the system of formal institutions and adopting it to the demands of mobile groups and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Competition, Monopoly Maintenance, And Consumer Switching Costs
Nov 2007
Significant attention has been paid to why a durable-goods producer with little or no market power would monopolize the maintenance market for its own product. This paper provides an explanation...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Consideration Sets And Competitive Marketing
Mar 2010
The authors study a market model in which competing firms use costly marketing devices to influence the set of alternatives which consumers perceive as relevant. Consumers in the model are...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Technological Progress, Industry Rivalry, And Stock Returns
Aug 2010
In this paper the authors investigate the link between competition in technological innovation and asset prices. They develop a model of an innovation race in which firms are subject to...
Provided by University of British Columbia
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White Papers
Perfect Competition
Nov 2007
In his 1987 entry on 'Perfect Competition' in The New Palgrave, the author reviewed the question of the perfectness of perfect competition, and gave four alternative formalisations rooted in the...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
The Role Of Logistics Information And Communication Technologies In Promoting Competitive Advantages Of The Firm
Nov 2007
With the rapid growth of technologies, the economic society and life are changing significantly in the 21st century. The way to capture their competitive advantage has become the most important...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Liberalization And Regulation In The EU Energy Market
Dec 2007
Competition ensures competitive prices. In this respect, the liberalisation of the EU energy markets is a must. The regulatory framework for the energy markets should be properly designed and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Make-Or-Buy' In International Oligopoly And The Role Of Competitive Pressure
Mar 2008
The authors study how competitive pressure influences the make-or-buy decision that oligopolistic firms face between producing an intermediate component in-house or purchasing it from a domestic...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Strengthening SMEs To Make Export Competitive
Mar 2008
The importance of SMEs in any economy cannot be overlooked as they form a major chunk in the economic activity of nations. India has nearly three million SMEs, which account for almost 50 per cent...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Negative Network Externalities In Two-Sided Markets: A Competition Approach
Jul 2008
Consider a firm advertising in a job matching agency with the aim of employing the most qualified workers. Its chances of success would be higher for a smaller number of competitor firms...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Aspects Regarding The Romania's Position In The Global Competition Of Knowledge-Based Economy
Jul 2009
The objectives of proposed research are fits into the context of reflecting the level of development reached by the country, developments in information and knowledge-based society. The authors...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Innovation And The Competitiveness Of Industries: Comparing The Mainstream And The Evolutionary Approaches
Dec 2010
The paper of the relationships between innovation and the competitiveness of industries is an important topic for both, academic research and economic policy. The huge economics literature...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Capital Tax Competition In The European Union: Theory And Evidence From Two Natural Experiments
Mar 2010
The authors investigate the effects of European integration on corporate tax competition. Both economic and monetary integration result in lower transaction costs in financial markets - by...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Interactions Between Competition And Consumer Policy
Feb 2008
This paper discusses complementarities and tensions between competition policies and consumer protection policies. The paper argues that markets will often supply adequate customer protection...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
NGA, IP-Interconnection And Their Impact On Business Models And Competition
May 2008
Developments towards Next Generation Networks (NGN) have a strong impact on the design of the markets for electronic communications in general, but specifically on intercarrier relations with...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Is Google The Next Microsoft? Competition, Welfare And Regulation In Internet Search
May 2008
Internet search (or perhaps more accurately 'Web-search') has grown exponentially over the last decade at an even more rapid rate than the Internet itself. Starting from nothing in the 1990s,...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Reference Dependence And Market Competition
Jun 2008
This paper studies the implications of consumer reference dependence in market competition. If consumers take some product (e.g., the first product they have considered) as the reference point in...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
A Case For Affirmative Action In Competition Policy
Jul 2008
The authors analyze the trade-off faced by competition authorities envisaging a one-shot structural reform in a capitalistic industry. A structure is a sharing of productive capital at some time...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Outsourcing And Vertical Integration In A Competitive Industry
Nov 2009
The authors develop a partial equilibrium, perfectly competitive framework of a (potentially) vertically integrated industry. There are three types of firms: upstream firms that use primary...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Labour Values And The Theory Of The Firm: Part I: The Competitive Firm
Dec 2009
This paper is the first part of a Marxian critique of the theory of the firm, focusing on the analysis of labour values. Starting from Adam Smith's example of the deer hunter marginal analysis is...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Energy Prices And China's International Competitiveness
Nov 2009
This paper uses the CCF approach to analyze and determine whether there is a causal relationship between the world energy price index and China's international competitiveness. The data on the...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Webcasts
The Secret To Beating The Competition
Dec 2010
The current Gilt Groupe CEO tells Business Insider CEO the author that it's all about getting the best people for the job. "It's a combination of taking as much time as it is to get the right...
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Business Answers: Who To Hire First & Overseas Competition
Feb 2011
The small business editor at The Wall Street Journal and author of the book "The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook," and the chair and managing partner of Next Street, a firm...
Provided by American Express Company
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White Papers
Competition And The Strategic Choice Of Managerial Incentives: The Relative Performance Case
Dec 2009
In this paper the authors study the role of market competitiveness in a strategic delegation game in which owners delegate output decisions to managers interested in the firm's relative...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Tax Burden And Competition In The European Union ? Does It Change?
Jan 2010
Enlargement of the European Union and the globalization process significantly affect tax systems and fiscal policies of individual countries. The level and structure of tax burden is often...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Competition And Economic Growth: A Critical Survey Of The Theoretical Literature
Jan 2010
The paper examines the relationship between competition and economic growth, in the theoretical framework described by endogenous growth models, but with a specific interest in the policy...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
CEO Turnover In A Competitive Assignment Framework
Apr 2010
There is considerable and widespread concern about whether CEOs are appropriately punished for poor performance. The empirical literature on CEO turnover documents that CEOs are indeed more likely...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Conversations Among Competitors
Sep 2007
The author develops a model of bilateral conversations in which players may honestly exchange ideas with their competitors. The key to incentive compatibility is a strong form of complementarily...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Bersin & Associates: Evolution of ERP's - Driving Business Value Through Integrated Talent Management
Aug 2010
While effective talent management has always been a key differentiator for successful businesses, the recession forced everyone to reexamine both their internal processes and how best to invest...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Global Cement Industry: Competitive And Institutional Dimensions
Aug 2010
The cement industry is a capital intensive, energy consuming, and vital industry for sustaining infrastructure of nations. The international cement market - while constituting a small share of...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Bankruptcy And Product-Market Competition: Evidence From The Airline Industry
Sep 2010
The authors investigate the effects of Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings on product market competition using data from the US airline industry. They find that bankrupt airlines permanently downsize...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Optimal Choice Of Product Scope For Multiproduct Firms Under Monopolistic Competition
Dec 2007
In this paper the authors develop a monopolistic competition model where firms exercise their market power across multiple products. Even with CES preferences, markups are endogenous. Firms choose...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Whitepapers
In-Memory Analytics: Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Business Intelligence
Apr 2011
Read this paper to find out more about new technologies that can make it easier to build and consume analytical applications. In-memory analytics helps make it easier to build high-performance...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Modular data centers: providing operational dexterity for anincreasingly complex world
Apr 2011
Business enterprises are facing increasing complexity operating in a world of extremely high levels of interconnection and interdependency. This white paper discusses how CIOs have the opportunity...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
5 Key Virtualization Management Challenges - and How to Overcome Them
Mar 2009
Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, offering a plethora of opportunity for cost savings and scale - but it does not come without a need for management. This practical guide from...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Webcasts
Video: "Taking a Seat at the Executive Table: The Reality of Virtualization"
Dec 2009
This year, for the first time, the number of virtual machines is on track to exceed the number of physical machines shipped. The reasons are clear -- data center cost reduction and greater...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Guide to cost optimization: 4 ways to gain operational advantage
Dec 2009
In today's economic environment, companies everywhere seek to reduce the cost of operations. Did you know that organizations today spend up to 80 percent of the IT budgets supporting day-to-day...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
CA/Microsoft Hyper-V Protection White Paper Adopting Server Virtualization
May 2009
Server virtualization technology helps significantly reduce overall IT capital expense and operational costs. Hyper-V virtualization technology, a feature of the Windows Server 2008 operating...
Provided by CA (Computer Associates)
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White Papers
What Windows 7 Means to You
Dec 2009
Windows 7 is widely regarded as a make or break product for Microsoft after the less than satisfactory performance of Windows Vista. However, there are actually a lot of lessons that can be...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Migrating to Windows 7
Dec 2009
Windows 7 represents a monumental improvement over past operating systems but also presents a number of challenges for those considering an upgrade. From determining if your environment is...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
A Framework for Computing the Privacy Scores of Users in Online Social Networks
Sep 2009
A large body of work has been devoted to address corporate-scale privacy concerns related to social networks. The main focus was on how to share social networks owned by organizations without...
Provided by Boston University School of Management
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Webcasts
Optimize Your IT Costs with Automation
Dec 2009
Profitable companies are turning to IT Automation to cut costs, and streamline processes in both physical and virtual environments. But what is IT Automation? What benefits does it offer? Where do...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
Brave New World: Pervasive Insecurity of Embedded Network Devices
Jun 2009
Embedded network devices have become a ubiquitous fixture in the modern home, office as well as in the global communication infrastructure. Devices like routers, NAS appliances, home entertainment...
Provided by Columbia University
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Resource Center
Service Management Resource Center
Jan 2010
This buyer's guide provides assistance in evaluating identity and access assurance solutions. It describes common identity and access management challenges and the capabilities required to address...
Provided by IBM Corp.
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White Papers
Smarter service data protection for SMBs
Jan 2010
As data volumes skyrocket, organizations of all sizes must work harder to keep their critical information safe. For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), rapid disaster recovery is just as...
Provided by Iron Mountain
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White Papers
Maximize Data Protection for Physical and Virtual Systems
Jan 2010
The way that IT handles data protection is being significantly impacted by the rapid adoption of virtualization technology. With the need to view virtual machines as both a logical system with its...
Provided by Paragon Software
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White Papers
SMART, Modular, Cost-Effective Steps to Workload Automation
Aug 2008
Companies running legacy job scheduling products suffer from higher costs, inefficient use of resources, and greater IT complexity, according to independent analyst firm Enterprise Management...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
IT Automation: Going Beyond the Obvious to Find Real Cost Savings
Jul 2009
This paper, from industry analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates, explores how workload automation can help IT reduce outages, consolidate vendors, improve integration, and cut costs. Learn...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Gain a faster, cheaper way to manage workload
Jun 2008
IT Organizations are seeking to reduce costs and avoid business disruption while supporting growth. Since batch makes over 70 percent of all work processed by IT, industry experts recommend...
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
Today's CRM helps SMBs speed sales cycle
Jan 2008
Current innovations in customer relationship management are making it possible to close deals faster. This technology is more accessible to midsize businesses than ever before. Discover how...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
In Business Planning, Competition Is Good
Jan 2010
When developing the competition section of your business plan, companies must define competition correctly, select the appropriate competitors to analyze, and explain its competitive advantages....
Provided by Growthink
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Whitepapers
Top Seven Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls for Group Policy in Windows 7
Jan 2010
Windows 7 is here, and it's chock full of fantastic new features and "tweaks." However, IT departments face the headache of users running wild with the software once Windows 7 is deployed to their...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Case Studies
How USPS Saved Money by Centralizing Management of 30,000 Mobile Devices
Jan 2010
Enterprises are struggling to maintain control and visibility of their mobile ecosystems. Managing thousands of wireless devices is even more challenging if you have a decentralized environment...
Provided by ProfitLine
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Webcasts
Knowledge Unleashed: Using Customer Intelligence to Move the Needle
Jan 2010
Learn about the benefits of employing enterprise policy management in your organization. Gain strategic insight on how to advance to the next level of service by leveraging customer intelligence...
Provided by Convergys
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Webcasts
Demo: Simple Management with IBM Cognos Express
Oct 2009
IBM Cognos Express includes what midsize businesses need for immediate use in a preconfigured solution. It plugs into your existing infrastructure and can be deployed in as little as an hour. A...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
SWOT Analysis - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, And Threats
Jan 2010
When conducting strategic planning for any company - online and/or offline - it is useful to complete an analysis that takes into account not only your own business, but your competitor's...
Provided by PowerHomeBiz.com
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White Papers
What You Need To Know About Competitive Analysis For Your Business Plan
Jan 2010
As you draft your business plan, you'll quickly learn that learning as much as possible about the competition is a crucial element to your growth strategy. Whether it's marketing, pricing,...
Provided by Hubpages
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White Papers
Enterprise Performance Management - How Tomorrow's Leaders Will Get Ahead
Jan 2010
Evolve to Thrive: From Operational to Management Excellence, successful companies are connecting disparate management strategies to align performance networks, not just transactional activities....
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Managing for Profitability in Europe
Jan 2010
When managing for profitability, companies depend especially on access to good information on the internal aspects of financial and operating performance in order to allocate resources wisely. Our...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
In Search Of Management Excellence: An IT Focus On Process
Jan 2010
Operational Excellence? Not good enough. Read about this exclusive survey of CIOs and CFOs from IDG Research Services to learn why both camps say Management Excellence - enabled by Enterprise...
Provided by Oracle
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Downloads
Software Trial: AdminStudio® Migrates MSIs to Windows® 7 and App-V® Fast
Feb 2010
AdminStudio® allows IT to quickly prepare reliable virtual and MSI packages for error-free rollout with deployment solutions like SCCM, ZENworks, and LANDesk. AdminStudio also provides tools to...
Provided by Flexera Software
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Presentations
Webinar: Best Practices for Windows 7 Application Compatibility
Feb 2010
Are your business-critical applications compatible with Windows® 7? Join the Microsoft® "App Compat Guy" Chris Jackson to learn best practices for how IT teams are resolving Windows 7 application...
Provided by Flexera Software
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White Papers
Enabling Device-Independent Mobility with Dynamic Virtual Clients
Jan 2010
Intel IT is investigating a model where users can access their applications and information from any device, anywhere, anytime. To create this device-independent mobility, Intel IT is considering...
Provided by Intel
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Webcasts
Dynamic Virtual Clients
Jan 2010
Dave Buchholz and Clyde Hedrick from Intel explain how Intel IT is considering implementing Dynamic Virtual Client (DVC) technology that will provide a more robust and flexible platform that users...
Provided by Intel
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Case Studies
Dynamic Virtual Client: What's in store for client technology going forward?
Jan 2010
Dynamic Virtual Client, thin client advantages with rich client user experience and mobility.
Provided by Intel
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Webcasts
Application Virtualization: Easy Application Distribution at Last?
Jan 2010
Application Virtualization is a breakthrough technology that eliminates a number of issues that inherently make application deployment so complex. Are the days of the Windows Installer-based...
Provided by KACE
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White Papers
Top 5 Considerations when Selecting Virtual Appliances
Jan 2010
Virtual machine technology is taking the IT industry by storm. Since VMs are self-contained and transportable, they can be delivered in a pre-configured state as virtual appliances (VAP). This...
Provided by KACE
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White Papers
The Essentials Series: Automation Tools for Windows 7 Migration
Jan 2010
The Essentials Series by industry expert Greg Shields will assist you in understanding those activities and enabling technologies that are available for planning and executing a Windows 7...
Provided by KACE
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Webcasts
WEBCAST: POWER7 Announcement, The Next Generation Power Systems
Feb 2010
IBM introduces the next generation Power Systems™ — the first of a family of systems and storage designed to meet the demands of a smarter planet. From the chip and virtualization capabilities all...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Reduce IT Cost by Simplifying and Improving Data Center Operations Management
Jan 2009
IT workload automation results in average annual savings in staff costs alone of $750,000. Learn more about automating complex IT processes - read the white paper.
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
Customer Testimonial: Riverside Desktop Virtualization
Feb 2010
Riverside's I.T. department included only two PC technicians who were responsible for supporting more than 1,200 PCs, laptops and mobile devices across two medical campuses and multiple remote...
Provided by CDW
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Whitepapers
Have You Met the HIPAA Compliance Guidelines Yet?
Feb 2005
Find out what you need to know about HIPAA compliance and remote access. Every business that is part of the United States healthcare industry needs to comply with federal guidelines regulating...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Webcasts
Sales PM Demo
Mar 2010
Learn how to turn the information intensity of your job into a competitive advantage. Pay attention to certain sweet spots of information, make better decisions, create better goals, and set...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
IDC: IDC Expert ROI Spotlight
Dec 2009
This research paper outlines how the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General realized a three year ROI if 202% by using NetApp solutions to reduce infrastructure costs, increase user productivity,...
Provided by NetApp
