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The Cost-Based Business Case for Data Loss Prevention

Source: RSA

This Aberdeen Group Report illustrates that Data Loss Prevention technologies can in fact be deployed in a cost effective manner. Based on Aberdeen customer research, this paper provides the criteria you will need to make the business case for deploying a data loss prevention solution in your enterprise. This paper also showcases a mini-case study focused on the TCO of an RSA DLP customer.

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Strategies to Mitigate Information Risk: Data Loss Prevention and Enterprise Rights Management

Source: RSA

As data breaches continue to plague organizations worldwide businesses must consider every weapon available to combat information threats. Enterprise Management Associates highlights the complementary values of Data Loss Prevention and Enterprise Rights Management as a strategic approach to information risk control.

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Research report: The Case for Investing in Business Analytics Technology

Source: SAS

You're thinking now is the time to take the plunge into business analytics, but you still have some unanswered questions. This research summary addresses the most common questions and concerns surrounding the successful launch of a business analytics initiative. It also includes real-world examples of organizations already getting return on their investment.

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Is Slow Site Performance Driving Your Customers Away?

Source: Akamai

Today's customers want custom content - and they want it fast. This Forrester Research white paper uncovers critical measures that can ensure a rich and responsive experience coupled with dynamic content all without sacrificing page-loading speed. Get the whole story and download your copy today.

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Optimizing SharePoint for Business Advantage

Source: OpenText

SharePoint has evolved from a document-sharing platform to a solution for case management, application development, Web site creation and recordkeeping. Sixty-two percent of CIOs and IT leaders say SharePoint is critical to their technology portfolio, according to new research. This white paper examines the benefits and challenges that IT executives are experiencing and how they plan to control their SharePoint environments.

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Seven Requirements for Balancing Control and Agility in the Virtual Environment

Source: BMC Software

Unparalleled agility is the promise of virtualization. But managing change, staying compliant, and preventing virtual sprawl are just a few of the challenges you could face before you reap the rewards. VMware joined us recently to co-author 7 must-read tips for striking the perfect balance in your virtual environment.

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Tackle the Challenges of Virtualization Management

Source: BMC Software

Virtualization adds a whole new level of complexity to the IT infrastructure, introducing new challenges in every step of the process -- from planning to configuration and management. Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software.

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Operational Efficiency, Service Assurance, Simplicity, and Modernization White Paper

Source: BMC Software

Working harder simply won't get you there. No matter how many people you allocate, sinking more labor into old IT practices cannot concurrently meet rising demands on IT and cut costs. Read about cost-effective, automated ways to meet this challenge head-on in our latest article, "Strategies for Modernizing IT, Reducing Costs, and Improving Operational Efficiency."

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Unlock the Hidden IT Opportunities in Troubled Economic Times

Source: BMC Software

IT executives are under intense pressure to cut costs, and that pressure is significantly increased by the current grim economic outlook. So, how can your organization weather this economic storm? Surprisingly, a variety of opportunities for IT are hidden within today's financial challenges. Learn how with the right approach, processes, and technology, you can provide higher-quality services for a lower cost, while also helping your business to position itself for growth when the economy rebounds.

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Five Steps to Successful Data Center Consolidation

Source: BMC Software

Using the five step process outlined in this white paper, we were able to eliminate more than 2,000 servers from our own IT infrastructure, saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs.

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Preparing for the Next Cyber Attack

Ensure you are up-to-speed on the latest security technologies available to keep your network safe in this Executive Guide. Get a thorough assessment of the corporate security threat landscape. Protect your network with data leakage protection, NAC and other technologies explained in this report.

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Cloud Building: 8 Ingredients for Internal Clouds

Cloud computing: a fundamentally new way to deploy IT services and functions cost-effectively and quickly. Learn how the VMware vCloud initiative dramatically improves how consumers access their information and experience applications as well as the 8 ingredients to get you going.

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Investing in Business Analytics Technology

You're thinking now is the time to take the plunge into business analytics, but you still have some unanswered questions. This research summary addresses the most common questions and concerns surrounding the successful launch of a business analytics initiative. It also includes real-world examples of organizations already getting return on their investment.

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Achieving Gridness, Part I: Oracle Application Grid

Oracle Fusion Middleware Radio presents part one of a 2-part podcast covering Oracle's recently introduced IT approach for the foundation of your middleware environment.  Read More »

 

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Webcast with Dan Vesset: Investing in Business Analytics Technology

What exactly is business analytics and why should you care? Dan Vesset of IDC and Gaurav Verma of SAS answer this and many other questions about data integration, quality and governance in this on-demand Webcast.  View Now »

 

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Enterprise Cloud Computing: Ready for Primetime?

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