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- TD Bank botches IT system consolidation; Customer havoc ensues
- If you're a TD Bank customer and your balances are a mess here's the reason: IT issues are wreaking havoc on the bank. TD Bank, formerly Commerce Bank, told customers that balances, credits and debits may be inaccurate due to computer glitches. The problems...
- Tags: Bank, Commerce Bank N.A., Information Technology, Consolidation, Balance, Computer, TD Bank, Productivity, Financial Services, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Let the smart grid vendor consolidation begin!
- OK everyone, time to get out your betting pool forms to figure out who might be next in the smart grid M&A game. With the market turning at least somewhat positive and federal funds, in theory at least, following into smart grid projections, there are bound to be plenty of...
- Tags: Consolidation, Grid, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Management Software Consolidation
- More and more organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty and are increasingly challenged by the need to do more with less by reducing costs while still striving to align their business and IT infrastructure. Fortunately, a new generation of management software solutions is providing a cost-effective way...
- Tags: Software, Service Management, Consolidation, IBM Corp., It Services
- White papers 2009-09-18
- HiveLive: the beginning of community app consolidation?
- Larry Dignan has the details of RightNow's acquisition of HiveLive. I was struck by two things. First up Barron's notes that HiveLive had raised $7.8 million so a sale at $6 million sounds like a distressed deal. Second, RightNow is talking very clearly about integration: RightNow believes that by...
- Tags: Consolidation, RightNow Technologies, HiveLive, HiveLive Platform, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Live Webcast: Scale Up and Save: Best Practices for High-Density Virtualization & Consolidation
- Fast-paced and resource-constrained environments of today require IT decision makers to take fresh approaches in order to keep up with dynamic organizations. Join NEC and Intel in this live TechRepublic Webcast to understand market drivers for high density virtualization hosting. Discuss how leading edge...
- Tags: Webcast, Consolidation, Best Practice, NEC Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-09-01
- Live Webcast: Improve Your Competitive Edge through Network Security Consolidation
- At a time when achieving a competitive edge is core to the success of any business, employee productivity, risk reduction and cost management are under the microscope. Business processes that benefit these three critical factors are being hastily explored and rapidly implemented. Security Consolidation is...
- Tags: Webcast, Network, Consolidation, Network Security, SonicWall, Competitive Edge LLC., Security Consolidation, Security
- Webcasts 2009-07-21
- Consolidation, modernization, and virtualization: A triple-play for long-term enterprise IT cost reduction
- If you have an opportunity and you can deploy servers and assets in the matter of hours instead of a matter of days or months, IT becomes an enabler for the business to be more responsive. You can respond to competitive threats, respond to competitive opportunities, roll out new business...
- Tags: Virtualization, Information Technology, Consolidation, IT Cost, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Massive Consolidation and Virtualization Effort Drives Up to a 35 Percent Drop in IT Costs
- Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. Siemens has provided external customers with state-of-the-art IT for over 25 years. In 2007, it also took on the task of managing operations for all 12 of Siemens operating companies' U.S. data centers as well as a widely distributed assortment of local IT operations....
- Tags: Drives Inc., Siemens AG, Information Technology, Consolidation, IT Cost, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Yum! France Expands Its Performance Analysis Capability for Its Two Major Restaurant Brands
- Yum! France owns the Pizza Hut and KFC brands in France and is part of the worldwide Yum! group which was spun off from Pepsico in 1997. Yum! France wanted to enable common financial consolidation for the Pizza Hut and KFC brands and improve precision and flexibility for tracking financial...
- Tags: Brand, Oracle Corp., Performance, France, Consolidation, Yum, Branding, Marketing
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server:A Highly Available, Flexible, Simple Approach to SQL Server Consolidation White Paper
- The success of SQL Server has given rise, inevitably, to a huge growth in the number of servers dedicated to hosting it. The result of this proliferation has too often been low levels of utilization, high capital costs, large amounts of stranded capacity, poor availability, and - as the most...
- Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft SQL Server, Consolidation, Microsoft Corp., Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Cooling future cost inflation
- Cooling future cost inflationMakes senseAlthough you COULD should take those 80+ watt desktops and grid them together in a distributed fashion - thus adding little-used CPU power into a big pool. This allows for ALL computers great and small to be loaded and configured EXACTLY THE SAME. This of course...
- Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Desktops, Virtualization, inflation, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-23
- State and Local Government Agencies Use VMware for Consolidation and Energy Efficiency
- The attendee of this webcast will learn more about how state and local government agencies are using VMware virtualization solutions to consolidate datacenters, resulting in increased productivity and reduced energy consumption. This webcast is a great opportunity to learn the basics of virtualization.
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Agency, Consolidation, Government, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-05-20
- Watch this space: Consolidation in the offing for corporate carbon management applications
- I actually DID NOT find this news on the SAP Web site, but noticed it on the Gartner web site this morning and it is definitely noteworthy because it portends of things to come. I'm a couple days late with this post, but hopefully I may be forgiven a vacation...
- Tags: Consolidation, SAP AG, Clear, Clear Standards, Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Site Development, Productivity, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Internet, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Customer Spotlight: City of San Diego Uses Virtualization for Consolidation and Application Deployment
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how the City of San Diego, California is using VMware virtualization solutions to consolidate servers and make application deployment easier while increasing productivity and easing the IT budget. The attendee will find out how virtualization optimizes existing IT infrastructure and reduces IT power,...
- Tags: Information Technology, Consolidation, San Diego, Application Deployment, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2009-05-13
- Infrastructure Consolidation
- Consolidation may be a key tool for realizing the goals of many organizations. In particular, if some form of consolidation advances the business goals of the organization, then consolidation should be considered. However, it will not match the business goals of all organizations or it may not be a priority...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Consolidation, Infrastructure Consolidation
- White papers 2009-05-12
- Will consolidation hurt innovation?
- At a Churchill Club event in Santa Clara, Calif., Peter Solvik, managing director at Sigma Partners, questions CIOs about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The panel includes: Matt Carey, chief information officer of Home Depot; Karenann Terrell, CIO of Baxter; and Lars Rabbe, former CIO of Yahoo. The IT...
- Tags: Innovation, CIO, Consolidation, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Yahoo, Baxter, Home Depot
- Videos 2009-05-08
- Ferromatik Milacron Reduces Administration and Process Costs Through Application Consolidation
- Ferromatik Milacron Maschinenbau GmbH wanted to standardize critical business processes, while retaining the maximum degree of flexibility for the subsidiaries and comply with accounting standards and regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley, for countries in which the company operates. The challenge was to accelerate the production of financial reports and consolidate financial data...
- Tags: Accounting, Oracle Corp., Financial, Consolidation, Administration, Ferromatik Milacron, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Case studies 2009-05-01
- A Guide to Consolidating SQL Server Data Warehouses
- Consolidation should allow deploying applications to a centralized environment in a standard way. Database consolidation takes this a step further by reducing the database footprint within an existing company. Applying the same approaches and techniques of database consolidation to a data warehouse environment should be straightforward. No longer should it...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Microsoft SQL Server, Consolidation, Database Consolidation, Storage, Databases, Business Intelligence, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- TechNet Webcast: Branch Consolidation With Windows Server and Cisco WAN Optimization (Level 300)
- Running Windows Server on the Cisco Wide-Area Appliance Service WAAS branch office solution reduces the cost and complexity of providing IT services in branch locations with accelerated access to centralized applications and secure and reliable local Windows Server services. The platform includes Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation on the...
- Tags: Webcast, Optimization, Microsoft Windows Server, Consolidation, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows, WANs, Servers, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-04-23
- Is billing consolidation a good thing?
- The agreement by WellPoint to sell its pharmacy benefit unit to ExpressScripts for $4.68 billion may be the first of several deals leading to consolidation in medical billing. Good thing or bad thing? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Billing, Consolidation, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
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