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Achieving Proactive IT Management: Extend the life of network assets & cut total IT costs by 30%

Understanding the lifecycle of IT assets and implementing a technology lifecycle management strategy are no longer nice-to-haves, they're business necessities. In this program, industry experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from Dimension Data, a leading IT consultancy for the Global Fortune 100, look at the rising importance of technology lifecycle management to business. They'll reveal best practices to mitigate risk and methods for improving network performance while reducing overall IT spend. You'll discover how to cut total IT costs by 30 percent with asset management, reduce network maintenance costs by 20 percent, ensure network readiness for video and wireless, and significantly reduce downtime, saving an average of $42,000 an hour and $3.6 million each year.

Type: Video (30 minutes)

 

Secrets to Successful Sourcing Partnerships

Join leading experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from Dimension Data as they break down the key stumbling blocks that companies and service providers encounter when negotiating and executing managed services deals. More importantly, they’ll reveal the tactics to mitigate or avoid those stumbling blocks. Learn what Gartner sees as the key issues and challenges straining outsourcing relationships. Get relationship advice on how to ensure customer satisfaction in an outsourcing relationship. Find out how to overcome the new challenges brought on by the rise of bundled managed services. Learn how multi-national corporations can get seamless, easy to manage, global sourcing agreements. Find out the role price/cost should play in influencing your outsourcing decisions. And learn how to use the Gartner Magic Quadrants to map vendor strengths against your current and future outsourcing needs.

Type: Audio (30 minutes)

 

Video in the Real World: Key Industry Trends, Best Practices, Challenges and Benefits
Today, video is all the rage. Analysts and manufacturers promote it and companies are buying. In this webcast, thought leaders from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from Dimension Data, will provide insights and research that reflect the increasing importance of video to business, best practices that enable you to select the solution that fits your business, ways to ensure successful deployment, and methods for maximizing return on investment.

Type: Video (19 minutes)