Sponsored By: IBM Share
Assuring End-to-End Application Performance
There's no such thing as downtime anymore. And it's not even about an application or system going completely offline. You can't even afford a slowdown in performance. That can mean loss of productivity, loss of money, loss of customers and loss of reputation. So how do you make sure your systems and applications are always delivering peak performance? For more and more organizations, the answer is Application Performance Monitoring. In this program, leading experts from Gartner and IBM look at the benefits APM can yield, the key issues APM must address, and where you can turn to find the best APM solution for your company's needs.
Type: Audio (45 minutes)
Dispelling the Hype Around Private Storage Cloud Environments
Discover how Cloud Storage can help you manage your business more efficiently. Companies are constantly battling two equally important yet seeminglycontradictory objectives: data growth and constrained budgets. In addition, businesses are looking for ways to become more flexible in order to respond to competitive pressure and customer demands more rapidly.The traditional approach to data storage management alone is no longer adequate, but employing a Cloud model is a way to help mitigate these issues. This video explores the benefits of private Storage Clouds for both IT and business leaders and provides practical advice to help dispel the hype surrounding Cloud for storage management. You will learn how to build a practical roadmap toward private Storage Cloud by starting with a virtualized, efficient storage environment and build a more flexible and responsive business.
Type: Video (26 minutes)
Better Information Governance can improve your business results
Information is crucial to the success of any organization. However, too much data can be overwhelming and lead to poor decision-making. Further, as organizations face an ever-growing wave of digital data, they need to analyze that information and make timely decisions to achieve their business goals.
For more and more organizations, the key is information governance. But what is information governance, and how can an organization get started on this path, and what changes lie ahead? In this program, leading experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner Inc. and IBM examine the assignment of roles and responsibilities and accountabilities around data and how you can use information governance to your advantage.
Type: Video (14 minutes)
Benefits and challenges of social networking for competitive advantage
Facebook has 400 million active users, MySpace has 160 million, and Twitter has 105 million. How many users, customers, and prospects do you have in your database? It would be expensive to create a social network the magnitude of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter and why would you want to when for very little effort and zero dollars spent, you could leverage these social networking giants to create your own network? Watch a new on demand webcast “Benefits and challenges of social networking for competitive advantage” and let Gene Alvarez, Research VP at featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and Maria Azua, VP of Cloud Enablement for IBM, show you how to utilize community-driven, social software to build awareness for your brand, drive sales, and create discussion groups that improve customer service.
Type: Video (27 minutes)
