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whitepaper VIRTUAL MEDIA: Optimizing the Effiiciency and Security of Data Center Operations2008-11-07 Avocent
 

To ensure non-stop delivery of essential business services to users across and beyond the enterprise, IT data centers require constant, diligent managment. There are two reasons, however why it is not wise to have technicians constantly going in and out out of the data center to perform these daily management tasks. When too many people spend too much time around critical systems, it greatly increases exposure to both malicious and inadvertent security risks.

This paper looks at how Virtual Media addresses these twin issues of operational efficiency and security by allowing servers to access CD-ROMs and other storage media anywhere across the enterprise.

   
whitepaper Improving Business Continuity for the Remote Office2008-11-07 Avocent
  Remote System availability is critical to maintaining business continuity. Network outages and related disruptions in serviers account for significant losses in both productivity and revenue. Traditionally, organizations have built redundant infrastructure at remote sites to ensure the stability of the network. Companies today are considering whether they can cost-justify complete infrastructure redundancy across multiple sites for the sake of improved business continuity.   
whitepaper Engineering Firm Doubles Revenue, Limits Overhead with Project Management Solution2008-08-01 Microsoft
  Based in Houston, Texas, Commonwealth Engineering and Construction provides engineering and construction management services for the refining and chemical process industries. With the goals of driving operational efficiencies and enabling cost-effective growth, the company chose to centralize project management and accounting. Commonwealth turned to Microsoft? Gold Certified Partner New Vision Consulting Group to deploy Microsoft Dynamics? SL. Now, the company enjoys standardized project management and enhanced business intelligence and reporting, which improves company accountability and visibility into project data. In addition, easy access to detailed business information has helped Commonwealth provide better service to customers and avoid adding additional overhead during a period in which the company more than doubled its revenue.

Microsoft Dynamics provides powerful software that helps organizations drive down costs, improve operations, retain and build customer relationships and continue to innovate in challenging economic times.

Tags: Business Management, Software Project Management, IT Reliability, Application Development		   
whitepaper ERP Software Upgrade Fuels Collaboration And Growth for Online School-Supply Retailer2008-07-01 Microsoft
  SchoolKidz provides a simple, cost-effective approach to fulfilling the school-supply needs of students, parents, and educators. In 2007, the company was acquired by Staples?a 60,000-employee corporation. Staples plans to aggressively grow SchoolKidz's annual revenue. SchoolKidz upgraded its business management solution from Great Plains 7.5 (now Microsoft Dynamics? GP) to Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 and deployed Microsoft? Office SharePoint? Server 2007 to support the forecasted growth. With Microsoft Dynamics GP, SchoolKidz employees create reports, place orders, specify delivery methods, and share this information through Office SharePoint Server 2007. Now, employees can coordinate efforts to make better decisions and drive productivity. Since the deployment, SchoolKidz has doubled in number of employees, and Microsoft Dynamics GP has scaled to support this growth.

Microsoft Dynamics provides powerful software that helps organizations drive down costs, improve operations, retain and build customer relationships and continue to innovate in challenging economic times.

Tags: ERP, Business Management, Resources Mgmt., IT Reliability		   
whitepaper Network Solutions Leader Projects $1.5 Million Savings with Switch to New ERP2008-04-01 Microsoft
  Founded in 1983, Network Equipment Technologies (NET) is a leader in providing network and voice exchange solutions for government and enterprise customers worldwide. To increase its operational efficiency, cut costs, and improve government reporting and compliance capabilities, NET needed to implement a new enterprise resource planning system. For nearly a decade, the company relied on a business management solution from Oracle, which proved difficult to integrate and costly to manage. After a thorough evaluation process, NET engaged Microsoft? Gold Certified Partner Fullscope to facilitate implementation of Microsoft Dynamics? AX. Using Microsoft Dynamics AX, NET has increased the speed and accuracy of its sales order process, improved its government-contract compliance capabilities, and has estimated savings of U.S.$1.5 million compared to its Oracle system.

Microsoft Dynamics provides powerful software that helps organizations drive down costs, improve operations, retain and build customer relationships and continue to innovate in challenging economic times.

Tags: Business Management, Sales - Marketing, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., IT Reliability		   
whitepaper Airport Retailer Gains Real-Time Insight into Inventory with New Business Solution2008-05-01 Microsoft
  InMotion Entertainment is the largest electronics airport retailer in the nation. With more than 50 stores located in 33 airports, InMotion delivers portable entertainment to the travelers market. For years, InMotion faced inventory control issues due to limited store space, and plans to merge with another airport retailer only added to the predicament. Integrating the two companies' business management systems required InMotion to find a solution that could handle multiple sales channels while providing real-time inventory updates to prevent overstock in stores. With the help of Microsoft? Gold Certified Partner Tectura, InMotion deployed Microsoft Dynamics? NAV to create a customized enterprise resource planning system that uses real-time information to better manage inventory and vendor relationships.

Microsoft Dynamics provides powerful software that helps organizations drive down costs, improve operations, retain and build customer relationships and continue to innovate in challenging economic times.

Tags: Warehouse Inventory Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., IT Reliability		   
whitepaper IT Manager Webcast: Introduction to Platform Solution Blueprints (Level 200)2008-11-07 Microsoft
  The goal of Platform Solution Blueprints is to help IT managers plan their technology investments by focusing on reusable capabilities, such as next-generation Web, business intelligence (BI), service-oriented architecture (SOA), virtualization, security, and many others that are critical to the success of their business. By considering each of these capabilities in terms of how they fit into the overall platform blueprint, instead of thinking of them as silo solutions, IT managers can optimize and secure their IT infrastructure, create agility through innovation, and reduce costs. This webcast introduces to the Platform Solution Blueprints series.

Tags: Infrastructure Management		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Which Enterprise Search Solution Is Right for My Business? (Level 100)2008-11-07 Microsoft
  The attendee of this webcast will learn about Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express along with the portfolio of enterprise search solutions that integrate with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and find the search solution needed to increase business productivity. In this webcast, the presenter will outline use-case scenarios for Search Server 2008 Express, demonstrate the familiar search experience the product provides, and show how to use Search Server 2008 Express, including quick installation and configuration of Search Server and federation using the OpenSearch standard. In addition, the presenter will briefly discuss search as part of the business productivity infrastructure using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the highly scalable and feature-rich FAST Enterprise Search Platform (ESP) products offered by Microsoft.

Tags: Search Strategies, Application Servers		   
whitepaper Integrated ERP Solution Empowers Manufacturing Company2007-11-01 Microsoft
  Zurn is a major manufacturer and distributor of commercial-grade plumbing products and accessories. Its 10 product lines are engineered by domestic and foreign vendors, manufactured across nine locations in the United States, and sold through 70 independent agents throughout the United States. Due to the acquisition of new businesses, Zurn was running three disparate enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems from Oracle, IMI, and Data General. Financial reporting and data sharing across business units was time consuming, and upper management was left without a real-time enterprise view of sales and warehouse data. Zurn executives wanted a versatile ERP system that would address these challenges and meet changing business needs. Zurn worked with Microsoft? Gold Certified Partner Advanced Systems Integration (ASi) to customize and deploy Microsoft Dynamics? AX business management software as its complete and fully integrated ERP solution.

Microsoft Dynamics provides powerful software that helps organizations drive down costs, improve operations, retain and build customer relationships and continue to innovate in challenging economic times.

Tags: Business Management, Warehouse Inventory Management, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., IT Reliability		   
whitepaper The 2008 CEO Study: Implications for the CIO2008-06-13 IBM
  IBM talked to 1,130 global CEOs, general managers, and senior public sector and business leaders about their thoughts on the future of the enterprise. The results indicate an agenda characterized by change. Learn about five key insights from the study and what they mean for the CIO as change agent. Download the study here.

Tags: Business Management, Finance, Service Level Management, Resources Mgmt.		   


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