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whitepaper VeriSign EV Certificates Deliver a 48,000% ROI for dwell2008-07-15 Verisign
  One reason for dwell's success is that its people are proactive about heading off obstacles before they impact the revenue stream, such as its early-in-life decision to replace another vendor's SSL Certificates and seal with VeriSign's. dwell didn't even consider anyone other than VeriSign as the new SSL Certificates provider. People see the VeriSign Secured Seal everywhere. It's the brand they've come to trust, far and away the leader in name recognition. After its success with the VeriSign Secured Seal, contemporary furniture supplier dwell of the UK decided to find out how much further help the VeriSign Extended Validation (EV) Certificate would provide. The green bar boosted conversion rates by 13.8% and monthly sales by ?18,000 (over $35,000) - a 48,000% return on investment.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper VeriSign EV Brings 30% More Conversions for Central Reservation Service2008-07-15 Verisign
  Central Reservation Service (CRS) provides a free hotel reservation service that offers attractive rates and special deals on hotels and resorts, with no prepayment and no booking, change, or cancellation fees. CRS wanted to allay customers' security fears and improve conversion rates. CRS implemented VeriSign Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates to contend with high abandonment rates. Tests showed that customers who saw EV's green bar converted to purchase 30% more often than those who didn't see the green bar, far exceeding the company's expectations.

Tags: Security Administration, Authentication - Encryption, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper EV Green Bar Viewers Register 87% More Often for Papercheck2008-07-14 Verisign
  Papercheck is a San Francisco-based company that offers document editing and proofreading services, especially to academic users, over the Internet. The company wanted to eliminate credibility as an issue with customers and get more site visitors to register for services. Papercheck standardized on VeriSign SSL Certificates from the beginning and recently upgraded to Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates. In tests, the company found that visitors who see the EV green address bar are 87% more likely to complete the online registration process - the key step in becoming a customer.

Tags: IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper The Power of Partnering in Accomplishing Your Green IT Agenda2008-07-03 Outsourcing Center
  These days many organizations IT purchase, management, and life cycle decision take into account some or all of the above "Green" issue. Outsourcing is a proven business model that brings power to an organization, as it brings the completive advantage of leveraging the partnering service provider's resource and reducing risks in achieving the buyer organization's objectives. It also facilitates cost-strategy of outsourcing to achieve their green IT objectives.

Tags: IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper Common Sense About Green IT and Sustainability: Harnessing the Power of Data to Optimize Results2008-07-02 SAS Institute
  Consider this wakeup call: If one is in executive-level IT, one should be involved in company's sustainability initiatives. Why the urgency? Because sustainability offers a watershed opportunity for better business performance through innovation, while also benefiting the planet and perhaps own career. By deploying the right technologies, IT can play a crucial role in furthering a company's ability to monitor, analyze and implement more sustainable, or "Green," business practices, defined as those that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In many cases, making small, incremental changes in IT processes can lead to observable benefits.   
whitepaper Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Uses Shared and Self Services to Enhance Efficiency2008-07-01 Oracle
  The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra)wanted to achieve the efficiency savings set by the Gershon Report through optimal asset utilization, sound planning, and world-class business processes. The challenge was to reduce environmental impact of operations in line with the government's "Green" IT agenda. As a solution Defra leveraged existing investment in Oracle applications to streamline and automate processes by rolling out Oracle's self-service applications to all staff and reduced travel and subsistence claims team from 12 in 2002 to 4.5 people in 2008, and cut average reimbursement time from 28 days to five days by automating paper-based processes.

Tags: E-commerce - E-Business, Data Tools, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper Common Sense About Green IT and Sustainability2008-07-01 SAS Institute
  IT has always helped enterprises reduce costs through more efficient processes, but when efficiency is viewed through a sustainability lens, the results can be startling. UPS uses "package-flow" software to map out its most efficient delivery routes. From drastically limiting left-hand turns, which waste energy as drivers sit idle, UPS estimates it shaved nearly 30 million miles off its delivery routes, saved 3 million gallons of gas and reduced CO2 emissions by 32,000 metric tons. This is just one example in the Computerworld technology briefing that explores sustainability as a driver for business innovation.

Tags: IT Budgeting, Government, IT Budgeting, IT Infrastructure		   
whitepaper 10 Steps to Green IT2008-07-01 Capgemini
  Green computing is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently. Many business executives recognize the need to act on carbon footprint reduction and green IT. However, a myriad of information exists - some of it contradictory - and it can be difficult to determine where to start. This paper gives 10-step guide to formulating a green IT strategy.   
whitepaper Making IT Greener: Choosing Windows Server 2008 on Dell2008-07-01 IDG (International Data Group)
  The pressure to increase environmental sustainability is becoming a pressing concern for organizations around the world. Thanks to the high concentration of energy-gobbling electronics in the data center, IT organizations are becoming especially interested in "Go Green" initiatives that would optimize existing resources while reducing energy costs. The problems driving IT executives to this decision point offer no easy fix. The growing use of technology to address organizational requirements is causing an expanding data center footprint in many shops. Delivering computing power to more users means more IT devices. Buying cheap servers to run more applications and meet demanding service level agreements has created server sprawl.

Tags: Server Platforms - OS, IT Budgeting		   
whitepaper IBM Information Infrastructure to Meet New Emerging Green Initiatives and Needs in IT2008-07-01 IBM
  While reading this paper, one must be aware that today's business executives are concerned not only with the growing costs of energy to run and cool data centers, but also with presenting a green corporate image in today's era of heightened environmental awareness. The data center has become a major energy consumer on the corporate balance sheet. At the same time, many IT organizations are facing a multidimensional crisis that is the first of its kind in the history of information processing. These companies are experiencing a virtual explosion of information to process and store as energy costs soar to record levels. More energy efficient data centers can help reduce environmental impact while curbing IT costs.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, IT Budgeting