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SDN & The Future of Enterprise for Cloud & Business Agility

Posted January 7, 2013 - 5:30 pm

Learn from IBM and guest speaker, Andre Kindness of Forrester Research Inc., about software defined networking (SDN) and the future of enterprise networking in an informational webcast.
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Business Intelligence Market Trends and Adoption Patterns

Posted January 7, 2013 - 5:30 pm

A valuable examination of the state of the BI marketplace, this report is the culmination of data from 859 users.
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eGuide: 8 Reasons Why you Need Hosted VoIP

Posted January 7, 2013 - 5:30 pm

Hosted VoIP is one of the fastest growing technologies being adopted by small businesses today. The cost savings and enhanced features are hard to beat.
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Re-Thinking Communications to Grow Your Business

Posted January 7, 2013 - 5:30 pm

Today's customers can use the Internet to search for businesses 24 hours a day, using search engines and social media sites.
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How Cloud Communications Reduce Costs and Increase Productivity

Posted January 7, 2013 - 5:30 pm

Does your phone system lack Fortune 500 communication features? Are you ready to cut your phone bill in half? Download this new eBook to quickly learn how cloud communications deliver these 4 benefits
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Learn How 8x8's VoIP Phone Solutions Meet Tomorrow's Small Business Challenge

Posted January 7, 2013 - 5:30 pm
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Data analytics will fail if executives ignore the numbers

Posted January 7, 2013 - 8:42 am

One major selling point for data analytics is that it gives executives the information they need to make the decisions that are best for the company. However, if executives don't read the reports before signing on the dotted line, or if they expect research groups to write reports to justify their decisions, then there's no point.
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More CIOs are gaining stature as business strategists

Posted January 2, 2013 - 12:12 pm

CIOs are earning business credibility, sharpening customer focus and raising IT's strategic profile, according to our 2013 State of the CIO survey.
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BrandPost: Life as we know it would be impossible without big data

Posted December 27, 2012 - 9:00 am

Big data has simplified complexities in so many business processes we hardly notice any longer. It permits our rapidly emerging self-service economy. It’s not just our future. It’s our present.
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BrandPost: The promise of big data: Analytics for all

Posted December 25, 2012 - 9:00 am

As big data sources -- everything from social networks to operations -- touch more people inside the enterprise, more workers will need analytics to get value from the data.
CIOs need to learn new ways of thinking

Posted December 25, 2012 - 8:30 am

Your task in 2013: tap into the latest research about business transformation, collaboration and innovation.
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SAP in 2013: Five things to watch

Posted December 21, 2012 - 5:11 pm

It was a typically busy year for SAP, with the company making headlines for strong sales of its HANA in-memory database, high-profile acquisitions and aggressive moves into cloud computing.
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Essential Strategies for Using Virtualization to Enhance and Improve Business Continuity

Posted December 14, 2012 - 5:45 pm

In this paper, we discuss how virtualization can enhance your disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives and which technology solutions will give you the best chance of success.
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Cloudera CEO: We're taking Hadoop beyond MapReduce

Posted December 13, 2012 - 12:03 pm

In an exclusive interview, the voluble CEO of Cloudera, Mike Olson, holds forth on the company's new Impala project and the boundless potential of Hadoop
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Oracle buys DataRaker for 'big data' analysis

Posted December 13, 2012 - 10:07 am

Oracle is planning to buy DataRaker in a move that will give it a cloud-based platform for analyzing data from smart meters used by energy utilities. Terms of the deal, which was announced Thursday, weren't disclosed.
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Cloud Collaboration. Understanding the Options to Find the Right Fit

Posted December 12, 2012 - 1:30 pm

Wondering which cloud collaboration solution is best for your business? Learn the four key factors you must consider when choosing a supplier--and find the right solution that will enable faster time to market.
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Collaboration and the Cloud: Harness Both to Accelerate Your Business

Posted December 12, 2012 - 1:30 pm

Give your workforce cutting-edge collaboration without taxing IT resources. Provide secure flexibility in the cloud. Learn how a Cisco hosted solution keeps you up to date with the widest range of applications when you need them.
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Forrester Talks About Collaboration Services: Deployment Options for the Enterprise

Posted December 12, 2012 - 1:30 pm

From the cloud or hosted, outsourced or as a managed service--what is the best way to deploy collaboration services? In this report, Forrester helps IT pros identify key priorities and create an optimal strategy for implementation.
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10 Reasons to Accelerate Cloud Collaboration

Posted December 12, 2012 - 1:30 pm

See why ROI potential has made unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) a top IT priority. Learn how cloud-based UC&C can boost productivity, overcome skill-set gaps, and lower TCO up to 40% with real-time, global deployment.
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IT departments battle for data analytics talent

Posted December 12, 2012 - 12:18 pm

Few areas of the IT job market have seen the growth and disparity in supply and demand that the data analytics field has experienced. As big data continues to get bigger and the analytics field continues to mature, it's becoming a core part of business and the decision-making process. Competition for top analytic talent is going to be fierce as more companies enter the hiring fray.
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In a crowded market, cloud monitoring services expand

Posted December 12, 2012 - 9:00 am

Straight cloud monitoring services, like those from Cloudyn, Cloudability and Newvem might be a thing of the past as some service providers team up or add functionality as a way to stand out in a crowded market.
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Making big data smaller

Posted December 11, 2012 - 12:49 pm

MIT researchers develop a new approach to working with big data: reduce it to a size that can be managed and analyzed with conventional tools
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BrandPost: Spend pennies in the cloud for big data analytics

Posted December 11, 2012 - 9:00 am

Through Amazon Web Services, companies can test drive SAP HANA on big slices of their data for less than a dollar per hour.
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Mobile devices enhance in-store shopping

Posted December 10, 2012 - 12:41 pm

New Neilsen data finds that people use their smartphones to help with shopping at real bricks-and-mortar, shirt-shoes-and-pants-required stores
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7 steps to big data success

Posted December 9, 2012 - 4:27 pm

Big data might not be the answer to all of our prayers, but it does represent an opportunity for IT to have a seat at the table and directly drive stronger revenues, market penetration and share of voice in an ever more competitive global marketplace. Here are 7 steps to big data success.
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