Total cost of ownership (TCO) is the ultimate measure to compare IT infrastructure platforms, as it incorporates the purchase and support costs of the platform along with ongoing operational and management expenses. The operational efficiency built into your software stack can greatly affect your bottom line—once you have procured and implemented your platform, operational costs ...
Data is often the most important non-human asset that a company has. It represents the actual information and details behind the products and services that each company provides. If this data is lost, becomes corrupt, or is unavailable, it can have a major adverse effect on whether or not your company stays in business. Case ...
This white paper analyzes how emerging key management and access control technologies will likely impact PCI compliance mandates and presents SSH’s Universal SSH Key Manager as a solution that can be implemented today to both increase security controls and meet the coming, common sense changes to compliance mandates.
This white paper discusses key mobile trends and analyzes how financial services organizations must change their IT application development, testing, monitoring, and management methodologies while extending their services to multi-client mobile environments, leveraging both Native and Mobile-oriented Web apps.
Business success in meeting today’s dynamic organizational requirements is dependent on its ability to empower a mobile workforce. Business IT resources — including application, data, and services — must be securely and reliably accessible by every device employed to perform business tasks, regardless of whether it is owned by the business or by an employee, ...
The RTA had an aging printer, facsimile and photocopier fleet of about 2,100 devices, from different manufacturers and with different service levels. The RTA also required an office equipment overhaul to meet new government agency requirements, which stipulated the organisation couldn’t have any capital expenditure on its service contracts or ‘purchase to own’ items such ...
As pressure mounts on IT budgets, it’s time to consider replacing older servers that contribute to staff inefficiencies, consume excess power and space, and drive up costs. Many IT organizations find themselves in a budgetary Catch22: they need to find ways to lower operating expenses to meet budget demands and add workload capacity. However the ...
Everything You Know About Sales is Wrong. Daniel Pink, author of the book, To Sell Is Human unveils the secrets to selling – what makes sales people tick and the traits that make the best sellers successful in today’s marketplace.
Nucleus Research examines new technologies and tools that are improving sales managers’ ability to measure and enhance the performance of their sales teams. Nucleus sees the future of sales performance management as integrated with CRM and collaboration technologies, enhancing managers’ ability to provide real-time coaching and motivation in context to drive better sales behaviors and, ...
Webcast Summary: Today’s consumers and B2B companies only want interactions that are relevant, personalized, and based on a customer’s situation and preferences. Companies that fail to provide relevant offers will be left behind.
Webcast Summary: Today’s consumers and B2B companies only want interactions that are relevant, personalized, and based on a customer’s situation and preferences. Companies that fail to provide relevant offers will be left behind.
Nucleus Research examines new technologies and tools that are improving sales managers’ ability to measure and enhance the performance of their sales teams. Nucleus sees the future of sales performance management as integrated with CRM and collaboration technologies, enhancing managers’ ability to provide real-time coaching and motivation in context to drive better sales behaviors and, ...
According to the 2012 Verizon Data Breach Investigations report, 99 percent of breaches led to data compromise within “days” or less, whereas 85 percent of breaches took “weeks” or more to discover. New security threats demand a new approach to security management. Read how the RSA approach to security management is uniquely positioned to tackle ...
When faced with the decision of upgrading an existing data center, building new, or leasing space in a retail co-location data center, there are both quantitative and qualitative differences to consider. The 10-year total cost of ownership (TCO) may favour upgrading or building over outsourcing, however, this paper demonstrates that the economics may be overwhelmed ...
The lead-acid battery is the predominant choice for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) energy storage. Over 10 million UPSs are presently installed utilizing flooded, valve regulated lead acid (VRLA), and modular battery cartridge (MBC) systems. This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these three lead-acid battery technologies.