January 26, 2009 - (Free Research) One of the biggest dangers in establishing best practices for your contact center is to do so in isolation from your self-service stakeholders. Instead, all customer "touch-points" must be viewed as part of a continuum. Customer touch points include Web Self-Service, Interactive Voice Response, Contact Center Agents, and Face-to-Face transactions.
November 10, 2011 - (Free Research) Data centers are a complex and critical part of today’s business infrastructure, usually built up over a period of time. But what happens when you have to move an entire data center at once? This resource presents key points when moving a data center.
May 05, 2010 - (Free Research) Virtualization on industry-standard servers has transformed IT service delivery, enabling companies to dramatically consolidate infrastructure, reduce costs, and much more. Read this paper to learn about the features and benefits of Vmware vSphere and the Intel Xeon processor 7500 series-based servers.
March 01, 2012 - (Free Research) This paper provides an overview of the differences between the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and offers strategies for making the transition to IFRS smooth and painless.
December 2008 - (Free Research) Virtualized iSCSI SANs are increasingly being chosen for virtual data center deployments because they help simplify storage management and help overcome performance, scalability and cost barriers of traditional SAN architectures.
March 2010 - (Free Research) What do you do to prepeare for the inevitable invasion of server virtualization? How are you going to get from 20% virtualization to 60% virtualization in three years or less. The first and by far most critical step is to make sure that you have in place an infrastructure that is optimized for virtualization.
April 2012 - (Free Research) Transitioning to the virtual data center involves taking into account many trends that are just beginning to take off, such as cloud computing, IT consumerization and Big Data. In this expert e-zine, explore how you can take steps to embrace these new technologies and improve the efficiency of your data center.
September 2011 - (Free Research) Increasing data center efficiency is always the end goal for IT managers. Find out which criteria your management software tools need to have to reduce the time and tasks required to increase the efficiency of your overall IT infrastructure.
March 2010 - (Free Research) By turning to a virtual-ready infrastructure, IT has the opportunity to create a next-generation architecture that fundamentally changes the way data centers work for the future. In doing so, IT has the opportunity to transform its own value to the organization by making the infrastructure more flexible and ready to move at the speed of business.
August 2011 - (Free Research) In order to tackle significant data center problems, virtualization must be effectively managed. This white paper discusses the cost savings virtualization can deliver to data centers and outlines the issues that can occur if the technology is not properly managed.
August 2011 - (Free Research) <p>This case study follows one organization's approach to addressing their space, power, and cooling constraints. Explore the virtualization architecture they decided on and the key hardware, software, and service components that comprise it.</p>
March 2012 - (Free Research) Discover how an open, standards-based power management application can help you monitor and optimize power utilization to increase uptime, improve server density and decrease energy costs.
May 2011 - (Free Research) <p>This case study highlights the consolidation approach one company implemented and explains how it enabled significant cost savings, standardization of processes and applications, and substantial gains in IT productivity.</p>
March 2012 - (Free Research) The servers you select drastically impact the footprint of your data center. This video describes a rack server you can implement immediately to consolidate space, reduce power consumption, and lower costs in your infrastructure.
March 2012 - (Free Research) Many companies struggle to find a server that can maximize uptime, support complex workloads, and minimize power costs. This video examines a recommended server architecture that meets these and other data center needs while increasing the efficiency of your virtual environment.
April 2012 - (Free Research) <p>This case study showcases a highly efficient cooling system that enables significant data center savings. Learn more about this platform and hear from one company that implemented it here.</p>
March 2012 - (Free Research) No organization can afford the downtime, damage, and data loss associated with a power failure. This video explains how the right uninterruptible power supply (UPS) can prevent these costly negative effects and allow you to manage your data centre more effectively.
March 2012 - (Free Research) When valuable time is spent maintaining IT operations, it is difficult for companies to focus on the long-term sustainability of their data centers. This short video showcases new server technology that can help you better manage your infrastructure so you can effectively plan for the future.
November 2011 - (Free Research) Since data centers are usually built over a long period of time, businesses end up with several small data centers scattered over a diverse area. To make more efficient use of these facilities, it’s generally best to consolidate. This resource presents best practices to data center consolidation.
March 2012 - (Free Research) From distributed data centers to cloud computing, several consolidation trends will solidify in 2012. An expert discusses how these trends will change data center facilities and IT roles.
April 2011 - (Free Research) Learn how businesses are reducing their current data center energy consumption and explore the steady rate at which server virtualization spending continues to increase. Gain insight into the downward trends in systems management spending and IT job advancement.
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