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Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Banking 2006-09-26 01:00:16 IBM

Community financial institutions, including retail and commercial banks, savings & loans, and credit unions, along with larger institutions and other commercial enterprises, continue to face increasing information security threats. Compounding these threats is an ever increasing regulatory burden and focus from initiatives like Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, U.S. Patriot Act, PCI, etc. However, IBM is helping community financial institutions proactively defend against and respond to these various threats.

Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Healthcare 2006-09-26 01:00:16 IBM

Electronic health records or electronic medical records (EMR) is a hot topic in the healthcare industry today. Healthcare organizations know the value proposition of having immediate, accurate and secure access to patient information at the point of patient care but are unsure how to begin the migration to a more paper lite environment. Part of our discussion today will help us learn how the migration to EMR is much more than installing software; it's changing how people and processes work.

Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Industrial/Manufacturing 2006-09-26 01:00:16 IBM

Manufacturers of all types are faced with challenges on many fronts. Globalization has reshaped our view of supply and demand. Customer expectations continue to increase while customer loyalty can be lost with just one misstep. As a result, manufacturers develop and execute various strategies to win in the marketplace. A key step to meeting these challenges is to select IT solutions that work well together and support both the processes and the strategies that drive success for the company.

Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Life Sciences 2006-09-26 01:00:16 IBM

The IT industry is furthering understanding of important health issues such as genetics, diseases and cures. From avian flu to digital imaging, innovation is guiding the life science industry toward a healthier future.

Webcast: Best Practices in Data Center and NOC Operations: Network and Systems Monitoring 2006-09-25 10:58:56 CITTIO

To minimize costly downtime, network administrators often rely on automated monitoring solutions to alert them to trouble. However, the hidden costs and operational complexity of many traditional network monitoring solutions make them far too expensive for most companies to implement and maintain.

Fortunately, there's an alternative approach to monitoring that's grounded in best practices for managing heterogeneous data centers and NOCs (network operations centers). This new, managed-services model for maintaining your computing infrastructure offers a better ROI than conventional monitoring software because it:

Approaches data center monitoring and management as a business process, not a software tool

Runs within a Web-based portal environment and is backed by world-class service and support

Requires far less administrative oversight than traditional monitoring software

Leverages standards-based and open-source systems

Eliminates the need for costly consultants

Join us for this live TechRepublic Webcast to hear from Jamie Lerner, President and CEO of CITTIO, Inc., who will discuss this exciting new model for achieving data center excellence. Hosted by James Hilliard, Moderator for TechRepublic, this CITTIO-sponsored Webcast will offer important tips for selecting a monitoring solution, like how to avoid products with add-on modules or other hidden costs, and why it's vital that you demand simple license terms.

Our event will conclude with live Q&A, so you can ask our distinguished guests any questions you may have about choosing the managed service model for all your data center monitoring and management needs. Pre-register today!

Note: This Webcast will be recorded and made available on an on-demand basis following the live event. So pre-register today -- even if you're not sure you can attend on Sept. 28th -- and we'll notif

BSM at Work: Mercury Business Availability Center Demo 2006-09-12 01:00:16 Mercury Interactive

See how Mercury Business Availability Center can help you drive IT Operations into complete alignment with your business.

ING DIRECT Banks on Sprint to Deliver Continuously Reliable, Secure Service 2006-09-09 01:00:12 Sprint

This case study discusses how Sprint, powered by Cisco Systems, provides a secure and reliable solution for Wide Area Networking for INC Direct Bank, which primarily does business over the Internet and remotely over the phone in a 24x7 mode. Any service outages severely affect ING Bank's business model, so their requirement was to find a highly responsive and trusted partner with a network that was IP based, isolated from the public Internet, and highly reliable but would provide business continuity in case of natural disasters or external events affecting the network. With Sprint, ING Bank found a consultant and partner with a private IP network that provides the high level of responsiveness, integrity, and security they required. Also Sprint provided value-added managed security services at affordable cost, which allowed them to keep their own operational costs low--and pass savings on to their customers.

Sprint MPLS VPN, Cisco Avvid/IP Contact Center Offer an Integrated Solution for MTM 2006-09-09 01:00:12 Sprint

Medical Transportation Management (MTM) provides non-emergency transportation services for state and local governments and private healthcare through a network of 350 partners--serving 12 million recipients annually in 12 states. MTM needed an integrated voice and data networking solution, so by partnering with Sprint and Cisco, used Sprint Global MPLS VPN, powered by Cisco Systems, as a wide area networking solution to tie five U.S. call centers and patients together. In doing so, it achieved a customer satisfaction rate of 98 percent, while dramatically decreasing costs. This is a fully integrated solution for MTM, leading to putting their voice and data on a single network.

Software-as-a-Service; A Comprehensive Look at the Total Cost of Ownership of Software Applications 2006-12-07 01:00:20 Business Objects

Gartner estimates that the annual cost to own and manage traditional "on-premise" software applications can be up to four times the initial purchase price. This is due to a company's need to acquire and maintain the resources needed to support a large scale in-house software deployment; including: hardware, software upgrades and maintenance, user education, and technical support. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eliminates many of these costs, by taking responsibility for the day-to-day operations, upgrades, and infrastructure rather than placing it on the end user. The result is a much more economic solution that allows a company to devote precious resources to its core activities that impact their top and bottom line. Download this Zip file, with a 31-page Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) white paper (in PDF format) that explores this concept of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for on-premise software versus Software-as-a-Service, and discover your own cost savings with the included SaaS ROI calculator (in Excel format), too!

On-demand Vulnerability Management 2006-10-28 11:14:19 Qualys

Government and industry regulations, along with mounting security threats, are causing corporations to consider continual self-audits. These drive down costs, help focus remediation efforts and improve your overall security posture. Learn how to start your own self-auditing process by setting goals and answering key questions about your infrastructure. This last podcast in a four-part series examines what to look for in a self-auditing solution, how to use vulnerability management to ease the pain, and why your software solution really matters.

Listen to these other parts:
--There's a Hole in Your Network - Vulnerability Management Is No Mystery

--Don't Dread that Network Audit - Compliance with Government Regulation and Industry Standards

--How One Organization Conquered the Audit Challenge

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Title	Date Added	Company
Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Banking	2006-09-26 01:00:16	IBM
Community financial institutions, including retail and commercial banks, savings & loans, and credit unions, along with larger institutions and other commercial enterprises, continue to face increasing information security threats. Compounding these threats is an ever increasing regulatory burden and focus from initiatives like Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, U.S. Patriot Act, PCI, etc. However, IBM is helping community financial institutions proactively defend against and respond to these various threats.
Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Healthcare	2006-09-26 01:00:16	IBM
Electronic health records or electronic medical records (EMR) is a hot topic in the healthcare industry today. Healthcare organizations know the value proposition of having immediate, accurate and secure access to patient information at the point of patient care but are unsure how to begin the migration to a more paper lite environment. Part of our discussion today will help us learn how the migration to EMR is much more than installing software; it's changing how people and processes work.
Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Industrial/Manufacturing	2006-09-26 01:00:16	IBM
Manufacturers of all types are faced with challenges on many fronts. Globalization has reshaped our view of supply and demand. Customer expectations continue to increase while customer loyalty can be lost with just one misstep. As a result, manufacturers develop and execute various strategies to win in the marketplace. A key step to meeting these challenges is to select IT solutions that work well together and support both the processes and the strategies that drive success for the company.
Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Life Sciences	2006-09-26 01:00:16	IBM
The IT industry is furthering understanding of important health issues such as genetics, diseases and cures. From avian flu to digital imaging, innovation is guiding the life science industry toward a healthier future.
Webcast: Best Practices in Data Center and NOC Operations: Network and Systems Monitoring	2006-09-25 10:58:56	CITTIO
To minimize costly downtime, network administrators often rely on automated monitoring solutions to alert them to trouble. However, the hidden costs and operational complexity of many traditional network monitoring solutions make them far too expensive for most companies to implement and maintain. Fortunately, there's an alternative approach to monitoring that's grounded in best practices for managing heterogeneous data centers and NOCs (network operations centers). This new, managed-services model for maintaining your computing infrastructure offers a better ROI than conventional monitoring software because it: Approaches data center monitoring and management as a business process, not a software tool Runs within a Web-based portal environment and is backed by world-class service and support Requires far less administrative oversight than traditional monitoring software Leverages standards-based and open-source systems Eliminates the need for costly consultants Join us for this live TechRepublic Webcast to hear from Jamie Lerner, President and CEO of CITTIO, Inc., who will discuss this exciting new model for achieving data center excellence. Hosted by James Hilliard, Moderator for TechRepublic, this CITTIO-sponsored Webcast will offer important tips for selecting a monitoring solution, like how to avoid products with add-on modules or other hidden costs, and why it's vital that you demand simple license terms. Our event will conclude with live Q&A, so you can ask our distinguished guests any questions you may have about choosing the managed service model for all your data center monitoring and management needs. Pre-register today! *Note:* This Webcast will be recorded and made available on an on-demand basis following the live event. So pre-register today -- even if you're not sure you can attend on Sept. 28th -- and we'll notif
BSM at Work: Mercury Business Availability Center Demo	2006-09-12 01:00:16	Mercury Interactive
See how Mercury Business Availability Center can help you drive IT Operations into complete alignment with your business.
ING DIRECT Banks on Sprint to Deliver Continuously Reliable, Secure Service	2006-09-09 01:00:12	Sprint
This case study discusses how Sprint, powered by Cisco Systems, provides a secure and reliable solution for Wide Area Networking for INC Direct Bank, which primarily does business over the Internet and remotely over the phone in a 24x7 mode. Any service outages severely affect ING Bank's business model, so their requirement was to find a highly responsive and trusted partner with a network that was IP based, isolated from the public Internet, and highly reliable but would provide business continuity in case of natural disasters or external events affecting the network. With Sprint, ING Bank found a consultant and partner with a private IP network that provides the high level of responsiveness, integrity, and security they required. Also Sprint provided value-added managed security services at affordable cost, which allowed them to keep their own operational costs low--and pass savings on to their customers.
Sprint MPLS VPN, Cisco Avvid/IP Contact Center Offer an Integrated Solution for MTM	2006-09-09 01:00:12	Sprint
Medical Transportation Management (MTM) provides non-emergency transportation services for state and local governments and private healthcare through a network of 350 partners--serving 12 million recipients annually in 12 states. MTM needed an integrated voice and data networking solution, so by partnering with Sprint and Cisco, used Sprint Global MPLS VPN, powered by Cisco Systems, as a wide area networking solution to tie five U.S. call centers and patients together. In doing so, it achieved a customer satisfaction rate of 98 percent, while dramatically decreasing costs. This is a fully integrated solution for MTM, leading to putting their voice and data on a single network.
Software-as-a-Service; A Comprehensive Look at the Total Cost of Ownership of Software Applications	2006-12-07 01:00:20	Business Objects
Gartner estimates that the annual cost to own and manage traditional "on-premise" software applications can be up to four times the initial purchase price. This is due to a company's need to acquire and maintain the resources needed to support a large scale in-house software deployment; including: hardware, software upgrades and maintenance, user education, and technical support. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eliminates many of these costs, by taking responsibility for the day-to-day operations, upgrades, and infrastructure rather than placing it on the end user. The result is a much more economic solution that allows a company to devote precious resources to its core activities that impact their top and bottom line. Download this Zip file, with a 31-page Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) white paper (in PDF format) that explores this concept of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for on-premise software versus Software-as-a-Service, and discover your own cost savings with the included SaaS ROI calculator (in Excel format), too!
On-demand Vulnerability Management	2006-10-28 11:14:19	Qualys
Government and industry regulations, along with mounting security threats, are causing corporations to consider continual self-audits. These drive down costs, help focus remediation efforts and improve your overall security posture. Learn how to start your own self-auditing process by setting goals and answering key questions about your infrastructure. This last podcast in a four-part series examines what to look for in a self-auditing solution, how to use vulnerability management to ease the pain, and why your software solution really matters. Listen to these other parts: --There's a Hole in Your Network - Vulnerability Management Is No Mystery --Don't Dread that Network Audit - Compliance with Government Regulation and Industry Standards --How One Organization Conquered the Audit Challenge