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New functionality in BIG-IP v10--such as resource provisioning and route domains--coupled with existing administrative domain capabilities enables IT to virtualize application delivery functions across departments. Sharing the investment in a unified application delivery solution across business constituents increases the return on investment while reducing the complexity inherent in managing multiple devices.

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 Associates. Read their findings, and see why consolidating on a single, comprehensive workload automation solution is an easy win for IT and the business.

In an intensely competitive marketplace, knowledge is power. The more an airline can learn about what its customers like and don't like about its offerings, the more effective it can be at building customer loyalty and maximizing its revenues.

This whitepaper makes the case for using predictive analytics as a catalyst for that growth. It includes best practices from several global companies.

This White Paper provides strategies and tactics for enabling a more innovative, predictive enterprise that maximizes the value of every customer interaction to "get, keep and grow" customers.

Predictive analytics plays a vital part in growing your business. Read this whitepaper to discover the five keys to organic growth for your business.

This White Paper reviews the threats before us and the challenges those offer, the best way to solve these problems, and what return-on-investment can be expected for such a solution. Learn more today!

As information flows more freely in the business world, decisions need to be made quicker and based on sturdier data.

Learn the importance of Data Quality and the six key steps that you can take and put into process to help you realize tangible ROI on your data quality initiative.

"Time is money. You can't do business if you can't access your applications. I won't settle for anything less than 99.99% application availability." Steven Sommer, veteran CIO/CTO There is no aspect more critical to a business than the ability of its end users, customers, business partners and suppliers to have high availability access the corporate applications. If applications are unavailable, business ceases. And corporations know it.

Finding the right IT service provider is not as simple as it may seem. Choosing a service provider based exclusively on low price may be good for your bottom line, but may fall short on delivering the right level of IT expertise and resource scalability for long-term advantage.

Linux reliability has come of age. Several major Linux distributions including Novell SUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu scored high in reliability, improved over 2006 uptime statistics and achieved near parity with Unix distributions. Security incidents plagued Windows Server 2003, which saw uptime decrease by roughly 10% during last year. Corporations must continue to adhere to best practices in configuration, management and security to ensure optimal server operating system and application reliability.

Companies spend millions of dollars every year on building data warehouses, buying business intelligence (BI) software tools and managing their analytic processes in the hope of gaining consumer insight and winning market share. Yet, many companies fail to realize the full benefits of their technology investments because they are hamstrung by the layers of expertise and the complexity of technology tools needed to integrate various data warehouses and associated tools within their existing analytic environments. Since analysis is only as good as the accessibility, timeliness and accuracy of the information being analyzed, the interoperability of any data warehouse with any analytic environment is essential to achieving insightful, actionable analysis and making better decisions.

Download this side-by-side comparison guide that breaks down the industry's top 15 CRM players (including Salesforce.com, RightNow Technologies, NetSuite, Microsoft, Entellium, SugarCRM and Oracle) so you can quickly and easily compare the features and costs of each. Learn more today!

CRM has proven its ability to enhance business performance time and time again. However, the path to eff ective implementation is not always easy — complexities often arise as a result of trying to align an entire company behind the concept. You can fi nd the success that comes from leveraging customer knowledge to the fullest measure by following these 10 steps. Learn more today!

Today's Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions aim to recapture the personalized customer service provided by local mom-and-pop shops of yore – except with high-tech-analytics capabilities, collaborative platforms and automated processes. By gathering information from multiple data sources and storing it in a centralized location, a hosted CRM solution provides a holistic view of a customer in real time. Armed with this insight, a company’s management, sales and service people can better generate leads, target top customers, manage marketing campaigns, drive sales and boost customer satisfaction.

It's a scary climate for small and mid-size businesses. Besides economic, many growing businesses also experience problems and frustrations when it comes to data management and business software integration. Sage has introduced an eBook, On the Hotseat: How Your Peers Are Tackling the Questions That Matter Now, that provides insight on how other businesses are handling these problems.

Increased processing needs means increased energy costs. In fact, power costs can often exceed hardware costs. Read this white paper and see how the pairing of new IBM System x and BladeCenter servers with the new Intel Xeon Processor 5500 series can reduce costs and improve performance.

Even with increased start-up costs, higher-end processors can offer a lower TCO thanks to better performance. This white paper shows detailed comparisons between higher- and lower-end servers with surprising results—including a 42% lower TCO and 87% faster performance for the higher-end processor.

As organizations continue to deploy server virtualization, questions have shifted from "if" to "how." Out of all 220 inquiries Forrester's IT infrastructure and operations team answered on data centers, servers, and virtual appliances in 2008 to date, 72 were specifically in regard to server virtualization. These IT professionals' most common inquiries addressed vendor comparison, optimum physical to virtual consolidation ratios, expected ROI, and situation-specific concerns regarding the possible benefits that virtual servers could provide. These inquiries came from organizations in the early stages of implementing server virtualization — if you are considering or are in the process of implementing, you too should be asking these questions.

Optimize IT process, maximize ROI and improve service levels. The challenge facing businesses today is the need to achieve ever-higher levels of service and maximize return on investment, while simultaneously minimizing costs. This white paper reveals how IBM Maximo® asset and service management solutions help your organization run more efficiently.

Did you know that 61 telcos worldwide reported a loss of up to 10% of revenue due to order fallout? Why is this happening? How else is order fallout affecting companies? This report by Vanson Bourne, an independent research firm, examines the scope and nature of the problem. Business transaction assurance-making sure orders process successfully-may seem simple but it isn't. Learn about the challenges that telecommunications experts face and why current monitoring and management systems can't do the job.

Learn what Forrester has uncovered in their latest report on Enteprise Mobility trends. During the past two years, Forrester has seen the number of enterprise mobility inquiries increase nearly 55%, jumping to 550-plus inquiries in 2008. In the past year, we have seen a spike in the number of inquiries focused on mobile network architecture, new types of mobile devices, and deploying vertically focused mobile applications that address the needs of workers in certain industries (e.g., retail, transportation, and healthcare).

In today's business environment, equipping information workers with the right tools to do their jobs is a fundamental element for maintaining competitive advantage. Organizations are striving to achieve global connectivity in a dynamic environment where travel is becoming more difficult and expensive, employees are more dispersed, and business boundaries are constantly being extended. To harness the benefits of the new work order, organizations are looking to achieve true collaboration with customers, partners, suppliers and employees. Simply put, the mantra is to "improve productivity while lowering costs." Web collaboration is becoming imperative in reaching this fundamental goal by offering "anytime anywhere" communications that impacts the bottom line and improves profitability.

This white paper presents a simple two-step process to kicking the NetMeeting habit: 1. Admitting there is a problem by recognizing the symptoms. 2. Creating a recovery plan by finding new applications and implementing a new solution.