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- Improve Branch Office Admin with Flexible Server Solution
- Paul Smith, a global fashion designer, wanted to improve management of its remote infrastructure. A small IT team in England centrally managed the company's entire infrastructure, including distant branch offices. Without local IT support, branch offices could be difficult to manage. Further, local systems could place the whole network at...
- Tags: Administrator, Branch Office, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-06-04
- Indonesian Bank Champions Platform for the Future, Bolsters Branch Office Security
- With nearly 800 branches and 5,500 automatic tellers across Indonesia, Bank of Central Asia BCA is a regional leader in financial services for businesses and consumers. Restricted by physical security concerns and the high cost of bandwidth, BCA relied on Novell servers to authenticate users at branch offices. As support...
- Tags: Security, Branch Office, Platform, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-02-26
- TechNet Webcast: BOIS and Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)
- This webcast discusses the overall goal of the branch office design: to provide a positive branch office user experience in a secure, efficient, and affordable manner with minimum ongoing management and support overhead. It uncovers Branch Office Infrastructure Solution BOIS 3.0 and how the Windows Server 2008 operating system provides...
- Tags: Secure, Webcast, Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-02-20
- Fashion Designer Improves Branch Office Administration With Flexible Server Solution
- Paul Smith, a global fashion designer, wanted to improve management of its remote infrastructure. A small IT team in England centrally managed the company's entire infrastructure, including distant branch offices. Without local IT support, branch offices could be difficult to manage. Further, local systems could place the whole network at...
- Tags: Branch Office, Microsoft Office, Administration, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Leading Advisory Firm Secures Branch Office Data With Windows Server 2008
- McGrathNicol is Australia's leading independent advisory firm. From 2005 to 2008, its staff doubled in size and the practice expanded into forensic and transaction services. As professional staff move frequently between branch offices, they need to work in a familiar desktop environment. The firm also needs to securely back up...
- Tags: Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., McGrathNicol, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Hardware Upgrade, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Empowered Branch: Make Your Branch Office as Productive as Headquarters
- In today's business environment, branch offices are enjoying unprecedented productivity, decision-making authority, and innovation. This paper introduces the factors that are elevating the importance of the branch office, the significance of transforming the branch office for the business, and how Cisco delivers value through the Empowered Branch. Because branch-office employees,...
- Tags: Branch Office, Microsoft Office, Cisco Systems Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2008-02-01
- TechNet Webcast: Branch Office Solutions With Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)
- More and more, the branch office is becoming an important part of a successful enterprise, and with the Windows Server 2008 operating system, great strides have been made in enhancing the functionality, manageability, and security of the branch office environment. The presenter of this webcast looks at both the challenges...
- Tags: Webcast, Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-01-04
- Drug Producer Upgrades Server Software, Enhances System Security and Availability
- ratiopharm is Germany's largest manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products and has branch offices in 24 countries. The company wanted to enhance the security of its enterprise network by upgrading its server software to Windows Server 2008. ratiopharm became an early adopter of the operating system, turning to KUMAtronik Systemhaus, a...
- Tags: Security, Server Software, Branch Office, Ratiopharm, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Optimizing Branch Office Security and Productivity in the Financial Services Sector
- This white paper examines the problems that financial services sector companies face when attempting to provide secure and efficient data access to branch offices. It also provides solutions based on the features and capabilities included with ISA Server 2006, Whale IAG 2007 and Windows Server 2003 R2. This paper specifically...
- Tags: Branch Office, Financial Service, Microsoft Office, Financial Planning, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Financial Services, Security, Finance, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- White papers 2007-12-01
- TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008: Branch Office Solution Scenario (Level 300)
- Windows Server 2008 provides integrated, secure, and cost-effective solutions that can help IT administrators efficiently manage the applications and services they must deliver to remote or branch office locations. Catastrophes and ongoing security threats increasingly require resilient distributed IT solutions for both public and private organizations. This webcast presents the...
- Tags: Webcast, Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-05-23
- Empowering Greater Branch Productivity with Distributed Communications
- The branch office is undergoing a transformation for many companies. In organizations in verticals such as retail and financial services, branch strategies are critical to a company's success. Yankee Group defines this type of organization as a "distributed enterprise" with the value of the company being spread across the...
- Tags: The Yankee Group, Branch Office, Avaya Inc., Organization, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Management
- White papers 2007-05-07
- Cisco's Wide Area File Services Technology Solves Centralised File Server Performance Problems for a Dutch Government Department
- The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality had recently centralised file servers from multiple branch offices to three locations. As a result, the Ministry's staff started having severe problems accessing their files and applications. Implementing Cisco's Wide Area File Services WAFS has ensured that the Driebergen-Zeist office and other...
- Tags: Branch Office, File Server, Cisco Systems Inc., File Servers, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2006-11-01
- TechNet Webcast: Protecting Branch Offices With Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 (Level 200)
- This webcast describes the tasks required for deploying a Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration ISA Server 2006 solution in a branch office. The presenter explains how to configure both the headquarters and branch office sites, and how to deploy a site-to-site Virtual Private Network VPN connection using the Layer two...
- Tags: Internet, Webcast, Branch Office, Microsoft Office, Server, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft Corp., Internet Security, Microsoft TechNet, IPSec, VPNs, Network Security, Networking, Security
- Webcasts 2006-08-16
- Using Cisco WAAS for File and Print Server Consolidation
- Enterprises face significant cost, management, and security challenges as they attempt to scale file servers and storage capacity at each of an increasing number of branch sites. In addition, requirements for protecting data generated in branch offices are growing stricter because of regulatory compliance mandates. These factors have the potential...
- Tags: Print Server, Branch Office, Consolidation, Cisco Systems Inc., File Servers, WANs, Regulatory Compliance, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Hardware
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Securing and Accelerating Branch Office Communications Using ISA Server 2006
- Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration ISA Server 2006 can be used to help solve the problems of securing, managing, and accelerating branch office connections to the main office. ISA Server 2006 is an integrated firewall, Web proxy, remote access Virtual Private Network VPN server, and site-to-site VPN gateway. Each of...
- Tags: Branch Office, Microsoft Office, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft Corp., ISA Server 2006, VPNs, Network Security, Remote Access, Telecommunications, Firewalls, Security, Networking
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Unified Services Gateway provides resilient infrastructure and remote manageability for branch offices
- Learn how Close Motor Finance dramatically improved resiliency and remote manageability of their branch offices by using NetDevices’ SG-8 services gateways to provide all data network connectivity and security, including routing, firewall and VPN functionality in a single, multifunction device known as a ‘branch in a box’
- Tags: Data Network, Gateway Inc., Branch Office, Manageability, VOIP, Security, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2006-01-26
- TechNet Webcast: Scenario-Based Solutions for Secure Windows Server 2003 Network Access (Part 2 of 2) (Level 200)
- Using a foundation of a corporate office with a remote branch office and remote users, this series examines five scenarios for connecting external users to an internal network securely using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 solutions. This webcast demonstrates the final three scenarios. A secure remote access solution is configured with...
- Tags: Scenario, Webcast, Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft TechNet, Remote Access Solution, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Remote Access, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Telecommunications, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Webcasts 2005-08-24
- 42% of online users applied for loans online, 83% applied for credit cards online
- Yahoo! and Compete studied the behavior of 76,000 financial services searchers from September 2004 to February 2005. 28% of the financial services searchers went on to open deposit accounts within four weeks, while 26% applied for a credit card within four weeks, and 8% applied for a loan within six...
- Tags: credit card, branch office
- Blog posts 2005-06-08
- Branch Office Data Consolidation Strategy: Delivering End-to-End Solutions
- Managing and protecting remote data islands in distributed enterprise presents enormous challenges for IT staff. As a result, many companies are considering and pursuing branch office data consolidation initiatives to tame their escalating capital and operational costs. This paper will describe the benefits of branch office data consolidation, key solution...
- Tags: Branch Office, Consolidation, Microsoft Office, Taneja Group, Strategy, Storage, Management, Hardware
- White papers 2005-02-01
- TechNet Webcast: Scenario-Based Solutions for Secure Windows Server 2003 Network Access (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)
- Using a foundation of a corporate office with a remote branch office and remote users, this series examines five scenarios for connecting external users to an internal network securely using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 solutions. This webcast demonstrates two of the five scenarios. The webcast shows you how to connect...
- Tags: Scenario, Webcast, Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
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