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Reduce Costs With Good Systems Management Practices in Hard Economic Times

As budgets are being slashed, IT is still expected to do more with less to support the business. With good systems management practices in place using products from Symantec such as Altiris Client Management Suite, IT professionals can reduce overall costs of owning PCs throughout their organization. This webcast will...

Tags: Economic Times, Symantec Corp., Information Technology, Systems Management, It Services, Network Administration, Networking

Webcasts 2009-09-01

Momentum Webcast: The Value of Premier Services in Tough Economic Times (Level 100)

In today's economic climate, one needs to maximize the IT resources to maintain mission-critical systems and create business value. Microsoft Premier Support helps to maximize the availability and efficiency of the IT infrastructure, reduce the risks, and improve the IT staff's productivity. The attendee will learn more about how the...

Tags: Economic Times, Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management

Webcasts 2009-05-07

Getting Past Fear & Anxiety: 5 Best Practices to Manage Through Challenging Economic Times

This paper is aimed at small business owners interested in increasing revenues and productivity during the downturn. Special attention is paid to how to make technology work harder for one during the downturn. This paper provides specific how-to advice for each best practice cited so that readers can immediately implement...

Tags: Economic Times, Best Practice, Manage Inc., Downturn, AMI-Partners

White papers 2009-04-17

Marketing During Tough Economic Times: How to Get Your Marketing to Generate More Sales

This paper is aimed at small business owners interested in learning how to radically improve their marketing to increase sales. Special attention is paid to best practices that will help one increase marketing effectiveness while saving money and time through the use of in-house printing solutions including: printers, PCs, web-based...

Tags: Economic Times, Sales, AMI-Partners, Marketing Research, Marketing

White papers 2009-04-17

IT Management in Tough Economic Times

Every small and midsize business knows what these are: manually upgrading applications, applying patches, provisioning servers, fixing the same problems over and over. All too often, IT organizations find themselves caught up in a cycle of service and support that is anything but efficient. But in tough economic times, the...

Tags: Economic Times, IT Administration, Information Technology, Provisioning, Server, Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-03-17

A shrinking Satyam

The stakes are growing as uncertainty continues Satyam is another services firm with some retention issues: employees and clients. Let’s start with the client erosion issue first. Satyam apparently had around $2 billion/year in revenues. Of course, that number may change due to the...

Tags: Economic Times, Satyam, Financial Planning, Insurance, Operational Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-02-22

In These Economic Times, How Can Endpoint Data Loss Prevention Help You Protect Confidential Information?

When the economy creates a challenge for companies, they might look to reduce costs or evaluate hiring strategies. If a company is looking to reduce its workforce, how has it prepared to protect its intellectual property, customer and employee data? Recent research has shown that employees who fear losing their...

Tags: Economic Times, Symantec Corp., Data Loss, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Intellectual Property, Security, Human Resources, Research & Development, Business Operations

Webcasts 2009-02-19

Network Infrastructure Enhancement Solutions for Uncertain Economic Times: Smart Choices Help Improve Efficiency While Managing Costs

Businesses are facing economic challenges and need to find ways to make smarter choices while cutting costs. Many small and medium sized companies are finding innovative ways to upgrade and enhance their IT infrastructures for critical, profit-center activities even though budgets are tight. Some are even cutting costs by swapping...

Tags: D-Link Systems, Economic Times, Network Infrastructure, Network, Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology

White papers 2008-12-01

IT Strategies for Uncertain Economic Times: How Microsoft Delivers High-Value Solutions at Low Cost to Help Organizations Improve Productivity, Accelerate Agility, and Reduce Costs

Even in uncertain economic times, leading organizations recognize that investing in Information Technology IT is a key differentiator that can help improve productivity, accelerate agility, and reduce costs. Intended for IT leaders and procurement professionals, this paper describes how Microsoft, with a long history of delivering high-value solutions and market-leading...

Tags: Economic Times, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Purchasing & Procurement, Leadership, Management, Business Operations

White papers 2008-12-01

Increasing Profitability During Tough Economic Times

All eyes are glued to the global economy right now. This obsession started in the U.S., but quickly seeped throughout markets worldwide as economic weaknesses escalated internationally. And now companies are looking for cost-cutting measures that enhance - not hinder - their business. One of the biggest financial hits that...

Tags: Economic Times, Mobile, DiVitas Networks, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

White papers 2008-11-13

Budget Adjustments for CIOs in Lean Economic Times

CIOs have faced lean economic times with regularity over the past four decades, and they will inevitably face lean times again - it isn't a question of whether they will happen but when. Forrester advises CIOs to base budget cuts on the impact to the business and to IT productivity,...

Tags: Economic Times, CIO, Adjustment, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-03-28

Additional Resources

Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate

If I'd paid the full whack $2,495 to attend the Enterprise 2.0 conference I'd be demanding at least a partial refund. It seems the 'Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock' debate was less than a damp squib and more like a feeble whimper. Here's the back story: ...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

40 years ago the Internet was born - now it devalues everything it touches

you are devaluing your proffesionshame on you.internet is one of the greatest invention in human history.Establishing walled islands on the InternetThe Internet is like a huge river, or better yet, sea, that allows users to move from small island to small island web application, to find the things they care...

Tags: Web site development, e-reader software, e-reader, Internet, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Intuit enhances Quickbooks by bringing cloud apps to desktop software

Intuit, a trusted name for some 4 million small business customers who manage their finances using the Quickbooks software, is bringing a bit of the cloud to the desktop. The company, like so many others these days, is unveiling an app store of its own and opening its API to...

Tags: Software, Desktop, Intuit Inc., Sales Force, Desktop Software, Intuit QuickBooks, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Survey: cloud interest grows triple-fold; cost may not be main factor

buble bust...anyone learns from 2000 and so IT burst?Current interest in private cloudsHi Joean interesting piece, and thanks for the link to my post? This current enthusiasm for private Clouds is also interesting? and I am left wondering how long it will continue.It's presumably a mix of security concerns (real...

Tags: Marketing research, cloud computing, survey

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions

Except that most software is not 64-bitnor are most drivers. Also, you have a nasty Microsoft enforced warning screen if you are trying to use non-signed drivers each time you boot. Not a killer, but stupid and annoying.Also, as someone else pointed out, if you don't have at least 4...

Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, 64-bit, Windows 7 Upgrade, 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

Could diabetes fight the obesity epidemic?

Nice one, Dana.When are you going to write something relevant - like IT - on this site?There is no IT in this blog. Just pointing out the obvious.When will you learn to use google?This is among the worst medically releated post you have written. And please stop quoting the...

Tags: Exenatide, diabetes, GLP-1, secretion

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Print and online ad revenues plunge at New York Times Co.

Their losses will continue, and it's not because of a bad economyThe company said that there was some sign of an improving economy and that fourth quarter losses should be lower than in the most recent quarter.That's some good spin. However, their losses and that of the MSM started...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Sales force management, online advertising, New York Times Co., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

With Apple, there's a fine line between paying a premium and being a sucker

It's no secret that I'm a Mac guy and yet I always find the need to disclose that. Therefore, I must be one of those types of people who finds value in Apple products and is willing to pay a premium for them. But that doesn't go for every product....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mouse, Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Mice, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Live Webcast: Deliver Continuous Data Protection

Can you really afford any downtime in times like these? In today's tough economic and competitive climate, businesses and organizations need to protect themselves from unplanned downtime that affects their sales, service, customer satisfaction, employee productivity and reputation. Besides business continuity BC, they also need to have a plan and...

Tags: CA ARCserve, Webcast, Continuous Data Protection

Webcasts 2009-10-19