Mar 12, 2010

How To Move your IT Spend from Maintenance to Strategic Projects!

Sponsored by Dell, Inc. / Intel

The single biggest conundrum for IT is that of having to spend the bulk of the budget just “maintaining” existing systems, and having precious little to invest in the game breaking new applications that will really drive your company. All that is about to change! Dell’s latest portfolio of products and services are specifically designed to help organizations become more efficient throughout the IT lifecycle and maximize their most valuable resources: people, time and money. The combination of innovative software and services combined with next-generation hardware infrastructure, offers customers a path to cutting costs and increasing efficiency. This will be the first of a series of webcasts that will show you how to create your own plan to become an Efficient Enterprise.

Mar 15, 2010

Information and Analytics: The Secret Weapon of Top-Performing Companies

Sponsored by IBM

In this educational eSeminar you'll hear how customers like you are applying analytics to drive profitable growth, cost takeout and efficiency savings. But the benefits don't end there. They're also attracting new customers, increasing customer loyalty, and releasing new products with greater success. These customers are using Information & Analytics as a secret weapon - and so can you.

Mar 16, 2010

Email Security Best Practices 2.0: Choosing a Hosted Email Security Vendor - Without the Hype

Sponsored by Trend Micro

Join industry expert Michael Osterman of Osterman Research Group and Eric Jensen from Trend Micro for this informative eSeminar to learn why companies are adopting hosted email security, hear results from a recent email security satisfaction survey, and learn about the launch of Trend Micro Hosted Email Security which may raise the bar on how offerings from different email security vendors stack-up.

Mar 16, 2010

Optimize Resource Deployment with SAP for Professional Services

Sponsored by SAP

Join us on March 16 as we discuss industry issues and take a look inside resource-management practices within SAP field services, an organization that manages more than 11,000 people worldwide. Using the SAP Multiresource Scheduling application to automate resource identification and scheduling, SAP has been able to quickly obtain global availability of its resources and work collaboratively across countries, time zones, and organizations to share this data.

Mar 16, 2010

Stay Ahead of the Curve with New System x and BladeCenter Servers

Sponsored by IBM / Intel

With the portfolio of Intel® Xeon® processor-based rack, blade and iDataPlex servers from IBM System x and BladeCenter, your business has access to even more processing power, memory, storage and reliability. IBM’s newest System x, BladeCenter, and iDataPlex servers add extended functionality on top of processor improvements to our leadership line of servers from just one year ago. You get an unbeatable combination of performance and value designed to give your business the IT performance you need.

Mar 17, 2010

Virtual Desktop: Opportunities, Challenges, and Successful Deployment

Sponsored by Riverbed Technology Inc

Virtual Desktops aren’t new – for years they’ve promised savings, security, and flexibility. They have been touted as the “next big thing” in IT, but the reality has often failed to live up to the hype. Now, with the rapid growth of consolidation and centralized architectures, organizations are once again exploring the possibilities within virtual desktop, and turning to WAN optimization solutions to eliminate the latency issues and other obstacles hindering virtual desktop deployment.

Mar 18, 2010

PUE Hype-Setting realistic expectations.

Sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric

Companies around the globe are publishing PUE’s that are close to perfection, but are these numbers achievable in a real-world, world-class production data center? This session will help attendees push past the hype and understand the science behind PUE. Learn about the metrics, measurements and best practices that go into calculating an accurate PUE. Beyond the basic calculations, you will examine what factors could increase or decrease your PUE calculations and how to produce a sound metric as a launching point for greater efficiency within your data center.

Mar 18, 2010

Securely Enabling Web 2.0, Internet Applications and Instant Messaging

Sponsored by FaceTime Communications

Web 2.0, unified communications, social networks and Internet applications can not only help employees be more productive; they can generate significant financial rewards--if they are secured and managed within company policy. However, managing employee Internet and communication tool usage requires nuanced and dynamic policies, plus technologies that address the potential challenges of data leakage, inbound threats, compliance, eDiscovery and user behavior.

Mar 19, 2010

Fast and Efficient Migration to Windows 7 - A Winning Proposition!

Sponsored by CDW

Windows 7 has been launched to nearly unanimous praise. More importantly, Windows 7 provides the foundation for a secure, efficient and lower cost PC environment. It’s become clear that nearly all organizations are going to make the move to Windows 7 over the next 18 months. The question for many is not when Windows 7? but how best to get there. This is where the combination of CDW and Microsoft make the real difference.

Mar 22, 2010

Changing the Game and Driving Down the Cost of Managing PC's

Sponsored by Dell & Intel

Thankfully, there’s now a better way to manage PCs day-to-day by utilizing a new generation of chip technology in desktops and notebooks. The result is a fundamental improvement in efficiency and lowering of the attendant costs. Join us for this interactive eSeminar and learn how IT organizations such as yours can take inventory remotely, identify and contain security threats, quickly resolve software and OS problems, and troubleshoot PCs – no matter what their state.

Mar 23, 2010

Managing Personal Devices in the Enterprise

Sponsored by Sybase Inc

Developing a strategy for managing and securing employees’ personally owned mobile devices is now a necessity. iPhone and Google Android devices are joining BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile smartphones in the workplace. And their numbers are only going to increase. Regardless of whether corporate policy allows mobile devices to access the corporate network, workers will continue to bring them into the office.

Mar 23, 2010

Virtualization Makes IT as Reliable as Your Emergency Services

Sponsored by HP Software / VMware Inc.

Public safety and emergency services are the most essential services that citizens depend upon. Implementing a virtualization solution can really make a difference in the lives of public safety and emergency services personnel as they protect and serve the public. Virtualization can dramatically reduce the risk of downtime and improve utilization, while simultaneously reducing costs.

Mar 23, 2010

Want to Know How You Cost-Effectively Build and Grow A Predictable MSP Business Today?

Sponsored by Kaseya

Yes it's tough out there. The "hey days" are gone.... But you can still increase your revenue and profits by shifting your business focus from a technology driven company to a sales and marketing driven company and we’ll show you how with 5 proven steps.

Mar 24, 2010

How PC Power Management Can Cut PC Energy Costs by 30 to 60% with a 6- to 12-Month Payback

Sponsored by Verdiem

Join us for this informative eSeminar and learn how IT professionals, sustainability leaders and CIOs are saving money, getting fast payback, and lowering their environmental impact via PC power management initiatives. You’ll hear from a PC power management expert about how IT executives’ approaches to greening IT operations are delivering rapid and real-world paybacks for the investment.

Mar 24, 2010

Honing Your Webinar Presentation Skills: The Latest in Professional Development

Sponsored by Citrix Online - GoToWebinar

Join Roger Courville, Webinar expert, researcher and author of the new book, The Virtual Presenter’s Handbook, for this informative eSeminar. This free one-hour session will be packed with practical, actionable ideas to sharpen your Webinar presentation skills and accelerate your career.

Mar 25, 2010

Optimizing Data Protection, Security and Compliance for Remote and Branch Offices

Sponsored by Dell, Inc.

Data protection can be challenging for remote or branch offices, particularly when sites are supported only through central IT resources or local IT staff dual-tasked with other business functions. Exponential data growth further complicates demands on these already stretched resources. The ultimate result is increased costs and complexity within your storage environment. Combining Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS4000 Series storage arrays with the Dell™ PowerVault™ DL2100 Powered by CommVault® can help simplify data protection in scalable storage solutions designed for remote sites within large organizations.

Mar 25, 2010

Holistic Customer Communications Management: Building Profitable Relationships in Insurance

Sponsored by Interactive Intelligence

Customer Communications Management (CCM) plays a critical role in increasing sales and improving retention in the insurance industry. A comprehensive CCM vision is essential in today’s ever-changing landscape with the advent of new customer demands, shifting demographics and the expansion of the various devices and channels that policyholders, agents, and 3rd party partners use to interact with insurers. This is essential for sales, servicing and ultimately driving growth through new business and retention.

Mar 29, 2010

Desktop Virtualization - The Right Solution for Efficiency, Security, Resiliency and Data Protection

Sponsored by Dell, Inc.

It is critical that IT professionals, who are considering desktop virtualization, get answers to questions like: how do I get the most advantageous solution? How do I move to VDI with the least pain and hassle? The answers to questions like this, and many more, can be found in this eSeminar. The combination of Dell’s world-class products and experienced/results oriented service offerings and Microsoft VDI offering will get you the benefits when you need them, without a lot of intervention and emergencies dumped in your lap. Industry leaders Dell and Microsoft provide a highly integrated solution, simplifying your migration.

Mar 30, 2010

World Class Visualization Tools Bring Research to Life!

Sponsored by Dell, Inc.

Great research is a hallmark of the finest educational institutions. And one of the most important technology initiatives to make this research more actionable, more useful, and to add clarity are Visualization Systems and Tools. Visualizing HPC research through Dell’s Visualization Clusters is a great tool for any research department. Researchers require the ability to bring their work to life by using our high definition visualization walls. Dell’s visualization solutions have empowered researchers at The University of Texas at Austin to bring their research to life.

Mar 31, 2010

SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) for Third-Party Logistics (3PL) with Sony and IBM

Sponsored by SAP

Learn about the new SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) application and the success that Sony has had with the application as installed by IBM. Included in this Webinar will be discussions on how the SAP EWM is a great choice to address the needs of 3PL that handle multiple clients and advanced business intelligence.

Apr 6, 2010

Level-3 Demystifies Virtualization Through Automation

Sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company

Join Level-3 Communications as they share their approach to operational efficiency through process automation. Level-3 is one of only six Tier 1 Internet providers in the world and one of the world’s largest IP transit networks in North America and Europe. Explosive demand for bandwidth has fueled their rapid growth. To keep pace, Level-3 acquired 6 companies in a short period of time which left them facing IT integration and standardization issues.

Apr 7, 2010

Cloud Computing: Facts Not Fiction

Sponsored by Riverbed Technology Inc

Today, cloud computing is the hot topic but it’s usually only discussed in vague terms. You don’t need buzz words or techno-speak. You need practical advice and real world approaches to realize its benefits. And, you also need helpful information on how to tackle servers, networks, storage, consolidation, virtualization, and data protection. Thankfully, Riverbed can help.

Apr 21, 2010

Enhancing Availability In The Virtual Data Center Event Broadcast

Sponsored by Dell, Inc. / Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ introduces new capabilities designed to deliver high availability for virtualized environments. To capitalize on these capabilities, organizations must design an infrastructure that includes a robust, reliable shared-storage solution with built-in redundancy and tight integration of virtualization management capabilities