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whitepaper Maximize customer insight to achieve your goals2009-06-03 SPSS
  EFM is a system for centralizing the collection, management, and use of feedback throughout your organization. It enables you to fully engage with people through targeted feedback programs or by asking questions during naturally occurring interactions. Through EFM, you can deliver insights to guide planning and improve processes.

This paper defines EFM and details the benefits if offers. It then describes several business problems that organizations are already addressing through the use of EFM. It also describes some of the capabilities your organization will want to look for in an EFM system.

Tags: Business Management, Network Design, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Performance Budgeting and Management		   
whitepaper Security Vs. Disaster Recovery: Three Best Practices of Disaster Proof Hard Drive Technology2009-05-25
  In the world of product design, a common saying when considering a new product concept is "Good, fast and cheap - pick two." The majority of decisions are always a balance of high quality, features, time to market and cost of goods. Sacrifices are always made somewhere - one can't have it all. In the world of data protection, similar balances exist when implementing a comprehensive plan. Security, disaster recovery, ease of use, compliance and cost are often considered and require a balanced approach for any size company. Balancing all the aspects of data storage will sometimes involve heated negotiations between company divisions. Different company divisions will have conflicting goals and objectives - one can't have it all.

Tags: Storage Management, Security Management		   
whitepaper Consolidated Disaster Recovery Using Virtualization2009-05-18 Novell
  Traditional disaster recovery infrastructures have failed to keep pace with business requirements for recovery speed and integrity at a reasonable cost. This white paper provides an overview of how server virtualization is modernizing disaster recovery. Find out how virtualization, together with workload portability technologies, enables organizations to implement a disaster recovery plan that is more affordable and flexible than traditional options, while providing rapid restore times and enterprise-level workload protection.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Data Center, Data Recovery - Security, Disaster Recovery		   
whitepaper Podcast: 10 Things Small Businesses Must do to Protect & Secure Data2009-05-01 Symantec
  Small business owners and IT personnel agree that securing and backup up their data is critical - yet why are so many businesses falling short? Often, they need best practices to know where to begin. Donna Childs, author and small business consultant provides guidelines so small businesses can take the first step in protecting their information. Download this podcast to learn more on the 10 things small businesses must know.

Tags: Business Management, Anti-Hacking, Network Security, Resources Mgmt.		   
whitepaper Top 10 Things Small Businesses Must Know About Protecting and Securing Their Business Data2009-05-01 Symantec
  Small business owners and IT personnel agree that securing and backup up their data is critical - yet why are so many businesses falling short? Often, they need best practices to know where to begin. Donna Childs, author and small business consultant provides guidelines so small businesses can take the first step in protecting their information. A few of the best practices that Ms. Childs will cover include knowing which data you need to secure and protect, why employee training is critical, and why establishment of file-naming conventions is highly recommended. Download this white paper to receive more details on the 10 things small businesses must know.

Tags: Business Management, Anti-Hacking, Resources Mgmt., Strategic Planning		   
whitepaper Prepare for the Best: Fast and Reliable Disaster Recovery With Dell PAN System2009-04-27 Egenera
  There is little doubt that a hurricane or flood could bring their data center to a sudden halt. But according to a global study conducted by Forrester Research, over 40 percent of the IT executives surveyed indicated that it was a power failure and not a violent natural event that caused their most recent data center outages. Regardless of the reason for the disruption, what matters most is how soon they recover their most critical applications and business processes. Dell PAN System combines PAN Manager software by Egenera for Dell with Dell PowerEdge servers. The solution is designed to ensure business continuity by restoring all of their critical applications to full operation in fewer than 30 minutes - every time.

Tags: Application Servers		   
whitepaper New data protection strategies2008-06-20 IBM
  As the demands for data capacity and higher service levels grow, protecting corporate data becomes more challenging. Continuous Data Protection, as discussed in this white paper by Evaluator Group and IBM, can cost-effectively improve security with minimal impact to business.

Tags: Data Recovery - Security, Network Disaster Recovery, Back-up, Disaster Recovery		   
whitepaper Optimize Test and Development with Smaller Production Copies: Minimize Costs and Maximize Resources in Non-production Environments2009-04-08 INFORMATICA
  Using full-size database copies for test and development can slow you down, proving to be costly and ineffective in the long run. Optimize the management of test data in your application development and data integration efforts, save unnecessary downtime and storage costs by reducing the size of database test copies.

View this presentation to learn the methods used for creating smaller test copies from your production database while without losing any application functionality or breaking any referential integrity. You will also receive an expert overview of the Applimation, now Informatica, Data Subset solution, which offers:
  • Creation of smaller databases for targeted business area testing or development
  • Definition of application-level business policies to select data
  • A flexible method for replicating sets of current master and transactional data while ensuring full data integrity
  • Pre-packaged Data Subset accelerators for Oracle E-Business Suite, SAP, PeopleSoft Enterprise and Siebel CRM applications
  • Automated creation of a divested database (very applicable in merger and acquisition scenarios) that is fully functional with all application integrity intact, ready for use in the newly divested entity
Sponsored by:
Applimation, now Informatica

Tags: Data Mining - Analysis, Network Disaster Recovery, Database Management, OS Interoperability		   
whitepaper Everything You Need to Know About Network Failover2009-02-10
  The Internet has become so pervasive and integral for conducting business and communicating with customers, partners and employees, that network performance, high-availability, and uptime are required for running the day-to-day operations of an organization. Network downtime not only costs money and loss of productivity, it can also adversely affect a company's reputation among customers and partners. For many companies, their entire business strategy depends on how well its network performs. There are many events that can cause a network or site to go down, such as natural disasters, security attacks, a backhoe cutting a network line, or failing network infrastructure.

Tags: Network Administration, Wide Area Networks (WAN)		   
whitepaper CA XOsoft "Intelligent Replication" fact sheet2009-01-29 CA XOsoft
  Enterprises today are constantly threatened by system crashes, planned and unplanned outages and natural disasters that can lead to costly downtime and decreased customer service levels. And as the amount and sophistication of data continues to grow, organizations must take proactive steps to mitigate the risks of loss — and ensure uninterrupted access to business-critical information. In this fact sheet, you will learn how CA XOsoft solutions, with support for a wide variety of IT environments and backup solutions, represent a flexible and affordable way to ensure business continuance.

Tags: Best Practices, Disaster Recovery, Network Security, Data Recovery - Security