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IT Manager Webcast: Remote Infrastructure Optimization for Branch Offices Using Windows Server 2008 (Level 100)

Remote and branch offices are where most of an organization's employees reside, and are often a critical customer interface where business is won or lost. IT teams are challenged with the costs of setting up and maintaining remote offices, providing data security between and within sites, and creating an agile...

Tags: Webcast, Optimization, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Remote Site, IT Team, Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Model, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Webcasts 2008-02-21

Momentum Webcast: Introductory Session to Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization Model and Virtualization (Level 100)

Infrastructure Optimization IO is the systematic process of reducing the complexity and costs associated with managing an IT infrastructure and improving its security and stability, with the goal of enhanced productivity for an organization and its people. The Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Model IOM provides a framework for identifying the people,...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Webcast, Optimization, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Infrastructure Optimization, Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Model, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Management

Webcasts 2007-11-01

Momentum Webcast: Introduction to Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization Model and Virtualization (Level 100)

Infrastructure Optimization IO is the systematic process of reducing the complexity and costs associated with managing an IT infrastructure and improving its security and stability, with the goal of enhanced productivity for an organization and its people. The Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Model IOM provides a framework for identifying the people,...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Webcast, Optimization, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Infrastructure Optimization, Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Model, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Management

Webcasts 2007-10-15

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Solution Boosts Web Portal Security, Helps Customer Save More Than $600,000 Annually

Many organizations face the challenge of providing secure user access to Web portals. Data#3, an IT solution provider, uses the Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization Model and Microsoft server products to help its customers deliver more secure and reliable remote access to extranets. With the solution, one Data#3 customer is improving...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Web Portal, Portals, Remote Access, Internet

Case studies 2009-07-01

Major Online Lender Uses Infrastructure Optimization to Help Manage Growth, Profits

Quicken Loans, the top online mortgage lender, needed to know if its core technology infrastructure was optimized to support its business and its rapid growth. To do so, it turned to BT, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, for a Core Infrastructure Optimization IO assessment based on the Microsoft IO maturity...

Tags: Optimization, Quicken, British Telecommunications, Microsoft Corp., Quicken Loans, It Services, Strategy, Management

Case studies 2009-06-01

Branch Office Modernization Best Practices using the Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization Model

For large organizations whose IT infrastructure includes supporting branch offices or sites, ensuring that the branch infrastructure is optimized can be a key factor in organizational success. This paper will help IT professionals understand how to control the costs associated with their branch infrastructure without compromising business agility, and it...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Optimization, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-06-01

Core IO

Organizations need to optimize their IT infrastructure so that it can keep up with their growing business needs. Microsoft provides three models that define a roadmap for organizations to reach infrastructure maturity. This webcast describes the Core Infrastructure Optimization Core IO model, which can help organizations improve the current state...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Organization, Strategy, Management

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Senate, Web ad titans joust over behavioral targeting

A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday picked apart behavioral Web advertising as executives from the likes of Google, NebuAd and Facebook touted their privacy controls and even went as far as noting that ads are good for you. The hearing before the Senate Committee on Senate Committee...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Advertisement, Privacy, Internet Service Provider, Behavioral Targeting, Service Provider, U.S. Senate, Online Advertising, Internet Service, NebuAd, Privacy Law, Tom, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature

There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...

Tags: Dion Hinchcliffe, Itasca, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, Mashup, Mashup Exchange, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Serena, SnapLogic, Web

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Momentum Webcast: Charting Your Path on the SAM Maturity Model (Level 100)

The attendee of this webcast will learn about the new Software Asset Management SAM Maturity Model and how and why one should consider charting the company's course along the framework. The presenter discusses the SAM Maturity benefits, how to identify where the company is on the maturity scale and how...

Tags: Software, Webcast, ISO, Tools & Techniques, Process Improvement, Iso standards, Management, Quality, Business Operations

Webcasts 2008-04-17

Power Company Optimizes Technology, Increasing Efficiency While Reducing Costs

Edesur, a distributor of electricity in Buenos Aires, Argentina, needed a strategic plan for upgrading its aging IT infrastructure. With 50 servers and 2,000 desktops, Edesur wanted the plan to be cost-effective, easy to implement, and scalable. Edesur turned to Microsoft Consulting Services for assistance, which recommended the Core Infrastructure...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Edesur, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Groupware, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Hardware

Case studies 2008-04-11

NCA Partner Online Series: Consultative Selling With Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization

Infrastructure Optimization is Microsoft's maturity model for business productivity and IT operations. The presenter of this webcast will cover the elevator pitch for Infrastructure Optimization, review a case study from a partner that used to deepen their customer relationship, and review the tools available today to help incorporate Microsoft IO...

Tags: Optimization, Microsoft Corp., Strategic Planning, Collaboration, Productivity, Strategy, Management

Webcasts 2008-04-04

HP and the next generation data center

Today HP is announcing its salvo in the battle for the next generation datacenter NGDC. HP wants to be the winner in the battle for the universal hardware platform for virtualized applications, the battle for management and orchestration software for that datacenter and the battle to provide key global services...

Tags: Software, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Customer, DL785, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-03-17

IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 1 of 5): Overview (Level 100)

There is more pressure than ever on IT departments today. The bulk of IT budgets are spent just "treading water," rather than adding new business value. Microsoft is focused on helping customers flip that equation through a more dynamic IT infrastructure. The attendee of this webcast will learn how security...

Tags: Security, Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management

Webcasts 2008-02-05

How to package up the SaaS platform

When I agreed to deliver the keynote at Oracle's Industry Summit on SaaS this Friday [disclosure: this is a paid engagement] I obviously had no idea that it would come on the heels of two acquisition announcements of great import for anyone interested in Oracle's role as a SaaS enabler....

Tags: Acquisition, Software-as-a-service, Database, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., SOA, Software As A Service (SaaS), Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-01-16

Sun acquires MySQL; Adds to its software stack

Updated: Sun Microsystems is taking the plunge into the database market with the purchase of open source database developer MySQL for $1 billion ($800 million in cash in exchange for all MySQL stock and assumption of approximately $200 million in options). With the move, announced Wednesday, Sun...

Tags: MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wall Street, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-16

IBM's 'Blue Cloud' signals the tipping point for enterprise IT into services model

I recall a front page story I wrote for InfoWorld back in 1997. At the time there were still plenty of naysayers about whether websites were a plaything or a business tool. There was talk of clicks and mortar, and how the mortar would always determine business outcomes. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Red Hat Inc., Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Service, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Utility Company Fosters Efficiency and Manageability With Holistic IT Approach

Electricidad de Caracas used a variety of technology products to keep its business moving, but, increasingly, those tools and technologies weren't contributing to the strategic direction of the company and instead were hindering productivity. The company used the Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Model to put processes and technologies in place to...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Pricing, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing

Case studies 2007-11-01

Infrastructure Optimization Opens New IT and Business Possibilities for EDF Energy

EDF Energy, one of the largest energy companies in the UK, employs over 13,000 people and supplies energy to approximately 5.5 million customers. After the utilities industry was deregulated and privatized in the UK four years ago, EDF Energy was formed from the acquisition of three separate companies. After these...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Optimization, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Infrastructure Optimization, Strategy, Management

Case studies 2007-09-07

HP: IT as we know it is over

Hewlett-Packard executives believe that a tipping point has been reached, and we are entering a new era. Technology is moving into a new context--IT as we know it is over," Deborah Nelson, HP’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Alliances Technology Solutions Group. What comes next is "Business Technology." ...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hewlett-Packard, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-04-24