More than ever before, IT executives are occupying a seat in the C-suite. Find out what you can do to bolster your career and the perception of IT in the enterprise.
As more and more customers rely on cloud computing, providers need to be prepared to tackle the challenges that are inherent to widespread cloud adoption and optimize their service performance. Achieving an optimal level of performance isn’t simple. It’s a multifaceted challenge, and Cloud Service Providers (CSP) has many customer requirements to meet. Providers must ...
This whitepaper is analysing the challenges in Security Control Systems in Manufacturing organisations such as deploying information technology in automation environments, and the use of virtualization, mobility and SaaS applications to increase productivity. It is also exploring the advantages of Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform to address all these challenges. Download Now! Subscribe to ...
Establishing, maintaining, and demonstrating compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a necessity for “… all entities involved in payment card processing—including merchants, processors, acquirers, issuers, and service providers, as well as all other entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data (CHD) and/or sensitive uthentication data (SAD)1.” With approximately ...
The Weather Channel needed to increase business insight, streamline reporting processes and improve data control. In 2012, it implemented a flexible Business Intelligence (BI) solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to take advantage of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Power View via a portal and virtual desktops. As a result, The Weather Channel saves more ...
RHI, a global supplier of refractory products, wanted better BI (Business Intelligence) tools. To improve query performance and reporting capabilities, the company implemented a tabular data model based on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services and the new xVelocity memory-optimized column store index. Queries that once took more than a minute to run now finish ...
Georgia-Pacific is a leading producer of building products and paper goods for consumers worldwide. To address rapid business growth, the company’s building products unit needed a higher-performing, more scalable data warehouse. In response, the firm implemented Microsoft SQL Server fast track data warehouse, which has greatly improved performance and provides faster and more reliable access ...
The number of cyber attacks against midsize companies has doubled in the last year. And cost per employee is more than three times that of larger companies. While midsize organisations often lack the sophisticated defenses of large enterprises, many fail to recognise their vulnerability and are overconfident in their ability to spot and counter threats. ...
While traditional storage methods have worked fairly well in the past, the fact is that today, they are just not good enough, fast enough, efficient enough, cost-effective enough or easy enough to use. Find out how you can meet the challenges of scalability and availability in this informative whitepaper. Subscribe to the Data Insider Newsletter ...
Data at government institutions and agencies is growing at a rapid rate. Massive data growth is driven by a cross section of very data-rich applications. Applications vary from agency to agency and while there may be variances among applications and workflow, government agencies share the need to effectively address the challenge of supporting large file-based ...
Auckland Airport wanted better Business Intelligence (BI) tools to optimize operations, so it replaced existing Oracle and Cognos products with a BI solution that includes Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. As a result, the airport has improved business agility and profitability with near-real-time access to analytics information. In addition, it has ...
This video is a demonstration of how LiveVault, a cloud-based server data protection solution from HP Autonomy, can be used to protect critical file data stored on a HP StoreEasy Storage appliance. Subscribe to the Developer Insider Newsletter From the hottest programming languages to commentary on the Linux OS, get the developer and open source ...
This white paper helps managers demonstrate the profitability of reducing operational costs in server backup and recovery through investment in cloud server data protection (subscription), rather than traditional backup methods. Comparative cost categories used in calculating this ROI are summarized in a convenient checklist. These include capital costs of hardware and software as well as ...
This video is exploring the role of IBM and the contributions done to the Linux community as well as the use of Linux in IBM Power System platforms. It is also discussing the advantages and benefits of working with the open source community to create efficient architectures while reducing costs. Subscribe to the Developer Insider ...
Forty-four percent of employees want a phone for work and personal use respectively, but mobile malware has increased by four times last year. How do you embrace employees’ productivity while keeping corporate data safe? Get started with the Enterprise Mobility Management Solution (EMM). Watch our on-demand webcast, the “5 Must-Haves for an Enterprise Mobility Management ...
Research shows that today’s business goals are centered on reducing costs, strengthening customer relationships and improving financial management. The biggest challenges to achieving these goals are lack of skills and investment funds, and inadequate linkages between the IT environment and how business processes are managed. Read this IDC analyst report to see why enterprises are ...