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Enterprise Vault: Technical Overview: Enterprise Vault is designed to be a long term, highly scalable store for items of unstructured information. Now in its fifth version, Enterprise Vault delivers not only a scalable and robust storage system but also provides a wide choice of implementation scenarios addressing storage cost reduction and compliance driven information...; Tags: Symantec Corp., Cost Reduction, Enterprise Vault, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2007-05-29
Security, Service and Cost Reduction: A Paradigm Shift in Airport IT Applications Towards Low Cost and Maximum Security: Unlike other commercial enterprises, airports are vulnerable sites in terms of security. And the vital need for precise and safe operations is often at odds with profitability or attempts to optimize the cost of operations. These contradictory demands have created a critical need for greater efficiency at airports. Where in...; Tags: Information Technology, Cost Reduction, Airport, Strategy, Security, Management; White papers 2007-03-16
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) in Converged Application Platforms: Enabling Improved Utilization, Change Management, and Cost Reduction Through Hardware Assisted Virtualization: The advent of Voice over IP VoIP has bridged the thin gap separating data networks and voice networks. Over the years, the high speed last mile services have broadened their reach in tandem with wireless technology such as 3G and Wi-Fi, and end users are beginning to experience richer multimedia...; Tags: Virtualization, Network, Cost Reduction, Hardware, Intel Corp., Corporate Communications, Change Management, Telecommunications, Telephony, 3G, VOIP, Networking, Marketing, Tools & Techniques, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; White papers 2007-01-01
20 things managers can do to prevent layoffs: According to cost reduction expert Steven Martin, "Mass layoffs are management's way of telling you they were asleep." In this excerpt from his article "Layoff: A Four-Letter Word in Any Economy," he pinpoints preventive business strategies that allow management to steer the organization away from the need to undergo mass...; Tags: Layoff, Cost Reduction, Workforce Management, Human Resources; Download resources 2006-08-09
Insurance Broker Experiences 50 Percent Cost Reduction in First Month With EMC Captiva QuickScan Pro: As a wholesale insurance broker servicing independent retail insurance agencies Providence Insurance Brokers Inc. needed an innovative and cost effective way to process lengthy application and policy documents. Relying on fax machines was a time consuming and inconsistent way of sending important documents to clients. After seeking recommendations from another...; Tags: Cost Reduction, EMC Corp., Insurance, Financial Planning, Storage, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Hardware; Case studies 2006-05-09

Cisco Systems SAN Consolidation Cost Reductions Baselines and Results: Between January 2003 and January 2004, Cisco Systems deployed 25 Cisco MDS 9000 multilayer director switches in five production data centers, displacing the traditional storage networking infrastructure. The largest internal storage area network SAN deployment in the company's history, the Cisco MDS 9000 rollout was the first significant installation of...; Tags: Storage Networking, Consolidation, Cost Reduction, SAN, Cisco Systems Inc., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Hardware; White papers 2005-08-01
Cost Reductions Based on Application Life Cycle: For the past one or two years those ICT managers who are active within the context of application management, have increasingly faced the task of cutting costs. The potential reductions are substantial, because three quarters of application costs are incurred in the maintenance & control stage. But how is one...; Tags: Reduction, Cost Reduction, ITIL, It Services, Process Improvement, Strategy, Quality, Business Operations, Management; White papers 2005-05-09
Beyond Cost Reduction to Higher Business Value: How Consolidating Servers can Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership for the IT Infrastructure and Drive Overall Return on Investment: This paper helps readers to find out if their company is a candidate for server consolidation. The paper also describes how to get started on the right track to achieve lower total cost of ownership. Consolidating servers can generate significant cost savings for companies of all sizes. The effort should...; Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Cost Reduction, ROI, TCO, Roi/Tco, Servers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware; White papers 2004-02-20
Total Cost of Ownership and Cost Reduction Analyses: An Evaluation of End User Computing Costs: This White Paper examines a number of components of the Total Cost of Ownership TCO equation. The paper shows how TCO can be applied effectively, and successfully, to reduce operating expenditures. It explores the four major cost components of client-server computing, examines the cost differences between desktop computing and network...; Tags: Cost Reduction, TCO, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers
Cisco VPN Client Brings Flexibility and Cost Reduction to Cisco Remote Access Solution: The Cisco IT remote access group had been testing VPN-based remote access services for several months, and was prepared to migrate its user base from the service provider managed service model to a user managed model. This model requires the user to take ownership of and responsibility for managing their...; Tags: Cost Reduction, Cisco Systems Inc., VPN Client, Cisco IT, Remote Access, Telecommunications; Case studies
Records Compliance and Cost Reduction - A Case Study: Multiple acquisitions had resulted in over 1.8 million cartons of offsite records with inconsistent, outdated or non-existent classifications. These poorly classified records did not adhere to the company's retention schedule and therefore could not be destroyed. As a result, the bank was incurring excessive storage costs, unnecessary discovery costs and...; Tags: Bank, Iron Mountain Inc., Compliance, Cost Reduction, Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Records Management, Financial Services, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Investment, Finance; Case studies
Hudson's Bay Company Saves More Than US$130K Annually in Administrative Cost Reduction and Expects to Achieve 100% ROI Within 2 Years With Oracle E-Business Suite: Throughout its long history, Hudson's Bay Company HBC has consistently embraced change and innovation to remain successful within the highly competitive Canadian retail market. The company recognized the need to adopt a long-range strategy to improve organizational efficiency and productivity while aggressively pursuing consumer value. In its first phase of...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, Cost Reduction, ROI, Hudson, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Management, Software; Case studies
Unified Data Drives Operational Efficiencies and Cost Reductions: Headquartered in San Jose, California, Lumileds is the world's leading manufacturer of high-power LEDs (light-emitting diodes). When Lumileds was founded they needed to rapidly move their financial data into an independent business module. They also wanted to look closely at manufacturing as a way to consolidate the data - to...; Tags: Oracle Corp., J.D. Edwards & Co., Cost Reduction, Light-emitting Diode, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Engineering, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
International Network Services Case Study: Spheris: Spheris, the second largest company in the medical transcription industry, was formed in 2003 with the acquisition of EDiX Corporation by Total eMed. As a result of the acquisition, Spheris needed to integrate the two merging companies and supporting infrastructures. Spheris sought a trusted partner to support its telecommunications cost...; Tags: Acquisition, Cost Reduction, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telephony, Corporate Law, Business Services, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Investment, Finance, Networking, Business Operations; Case studies
International Network Services Case Study: Food Processing Company: A global 50 food processing company consistently needs to contain costs in order to maintain profitability. The North American division of the client organization recognized that its complex service provider relationships, account structure, and services probably were costing more than required. The client needed to reduce the cost of providing...; Tags: Food, Cost Reduction, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing; Case studies
Insurance Giant Aviva Sees Business Travel Cost Reductions, Paralleled With Increased Productivity, Thanks to the Global Roll Out of WebEx: Aviva is the world's sixth largest insurance group and the leading provider of life and pensions products in the UK. The company needed to ensure that the business units were trained up on how to use the product and they needed to make sure there was adequate support in place...; Tags: WebEx Communications Inc., Cost Reduction, Aviva Plc., Insurance, Web Conferencing, Internet; Case studies
Pilkington Drives Global IT Service Improvements and Multi-Million Pound Cost Reductions With Touchpaper Solutions: Pilkington is a leading global glass manufacturer with 2004 sales of £2.7 billion and around 24,000 employees. Productivity improvements, cost reduction and quality and technological advances are the key to remaining competitive in glass manufacturing. Touchpaper solutions have played a part in assisting Pilkington to reduce its IS services costs,...; Tags: Information Technology, Cost Reduction, Pilkington; Case studies
Florida Hospital Selects HP Multifunction Devices for Simplification, Space-Savings and Cost Reduction: Trojan adware malware Florida Hospital is one of the largest not-for-pro hospitals in the country. With plans underway for the construction of a new hospital, it was time for a complete technology review, including all output devices. In keeping with its commitment to continually leverage innovative solutions, Florida Hospital wanted...; Tags: Hospital, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cost Reduction, Healthcare, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security; Case studies
Today's CRM Solutions Will Never Transform Sales Productivity: In the '90s CRM suites became the norm as separate applications for call centre, field sales, customer support and marketing were brought together. Current CRM and Business Process Management applications need to be static for a stable environment; they support users that are procedurally driven; are most effective where the...; Tags: CRM Solution, Cost Reduction, CRM, Sales Strategy, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software, Marketing; White papers
Convenience Retailer Reduces Labor Management Costs and Improves Customer Experience: QuikTrip Corporation, with more than 450 owner/operated convenience stores and travel centers, is decorated with several quality-focused awards, including being on the list of Fortune magazine's 100 best employers. Each store operates as its own profit center, and QuikTrip rewards success with bonuses and internal advancement based on individual and...; Tags: Performance, Cost Reduction, Management, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Case studies