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Scalable NAS for Digital Media — Plan Now or Crash later

Talar — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:52:18 +0000

The biggest hurdle for any network operator or designer is planning for the future. It wasn’t long ago that network authorities could just say, no video, no audio, no voice, etc. and make it stick … but it is not going to be that way in the future. Plan now how you will accomodate the technology your users will demand … or be sorry to play catchup.

Next-Generation Scalable NAS for Digital Media

Featured Speakers:
Srikanth Venkataseshu
Worldwide Solution Marketing Manager
HP StorageWorks NAS Division

Michael Vizard
SVP, Editorial Director
Ziff Davis Enterprise

Aug 6, 2008
1:00 p.m. Eastern/10:00 a.m. Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes

Technology Professional,

The digital industry is in the midst of unprecedented growth and transformation. With so many ways to capture and share digital information, Web 2.0 businesses like social networking sites have propelled the growth and consumption of user generated rich media like photos, graphics, music and video files.

For video portals, live sports events and other online entertainment, the Internet is the vehicle for delivering on-demand digital content. Traditional broadcasting companies are also leveraging the Internet to deliver premium content in high-definition for on-demand viewing. As digital content and delivery evolve, both traditional enterprises and Web 2.0 companies need a solution that can scale to meet increasing demands.

Managing and delivering rich media files requires a special storage infrastructure. Attend this webcast as Srikanth Venkataseshu of HP explores the company’s next generation of Scalable NAS and discusses how its high availability and massive scalability is uniquely suited to address the demands of this new and exciting digital era.

Sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company

Can’t make it? Register and watch the recording on-demand, after it takes place.

How Much Are You Willing to Lose?

Talar — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:57:22 +0000

I’ve been advocating virtualization and non-hardware consolidation of systems for years now, long before it was a buzzword. There are many provable operational advantages … which is where the focus currently seems to be.

But at heart I am still a maintenance guy and I now see some real savings in the maintenance/logistics side of the house.

Take a look at this free report and then sit down with yourself and a mirror and deice if the guy in front of you is the one who really wants to be responsible for your company or agency losing, and losing big time, day after day, month after month, year after year?

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Next-Generation Scalable NAS for Digital Media

Talar — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:08:59 +0000

For years I’ve lived with corporate and government networks that fought a long. losing battle against users overloading the network with multimedia.

In the ’90s it was sufficient to tell people, no, you can’t.

In the first few years of the 2000’s years it was enough to block video and music downloads.

This strategy won’t stand any longer. You CEO wants multi-media, your marketing department wants multi-media, your users want multi-media and much more important than all those ‘wants’, your customers wnat it too.

Make the network perform … that’s the answer for the next decade. Here is how:

Next-Generation Scalable NAS for Digital Media

Featured Speakers:
Srikanth Venkataseshu
Worldwide Solution Marketing Manager
HP StorageWorks NAS Division

Michael Vizard
SVP, Editorial Director
Ziff Davis Enterprise

Aug 6, 2008
1:00 p.m. Eastern/10:00 a.m. Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes

Technology Professional,

Can’t make it? Register and watch the recording on-demand, after it takes place.

Are You Heading For A Huge Piracy Loss?

Talar — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:52:30 +0000

Been watching the latest hurricane tracks? What about the price of cruse oil futures? Got investment money tied up in banks that have sub-prime mortgage problems? There certainly seems to be enough for the average businessperson to worry about these days, so in one respect to to bring up just one more.

But I will. Because it’s a huge risk and unlike oil prices and other issues you can’t control, you can avoid this issue almost completely … and improve the quality and profitability of your business while you are at it … software piracy.

Join us TOMORROW and go behind the scenes of corporate piracy. Register now!

Date: Tuesday, July 29
Time: 2 PM Eastern; 11 AM Pacific
Webcast: Software Piracy Strategies: Targeting Unlicensed Customers and Lost Revenue

If you still think that software pirates live in dorm rooms or their parents’ basements, you’ll be surprised to learn that the average infringing organization has annual sales of $17 million.

Join us and get strategies, best practices, and specific recommendations on how to identify corporate pirates and convert them into paying customers. You’ll also learn:

How to determine if piracy is a problem for your company
How to choose the best anti-piracy strategy for your company - prevention vs. lead generation
How to recover revenue from corporate pirates (average revenue recovered can range from $500k to $3M)
What the average infringing business looks like, why they are using pirated software, and how it gets there

Have your questions answered during the live Q&A!

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Virtualization is Virtually the Key to the Future

Talar — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:53:20 +0000

"We Don’t Have the Money". How many times have you uttered that weary complaint when someone tried to sell you something new? Well, her’s the thing about virtualization. It does more and costs less. It does things better and costs less. It makes servers simpler to operate and costs less.

So the way I see it, you have two choices … get on the train or get left behind. You don’t want to be left standing on the platform, do you? If your company gets downsized or gets gobbled in a merger, how do you think they will decide which IT people to keep and which to cut? It won’t be the ones who saved the most, it will be the ones who DID the most.

THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY:

IN THIS ISSUE:

Redmond Channel Partner Update

Microsoft Virtualization Strategy Coming Together
By Lee Pender
First, an editor’s note: I’ll be on the vacation for the next few weeks. A real vacation — one that doesn’t involve checking e-mail or listening to voice mails. (Yes, those vacations still exist — or, at least, I think they do. I guess I’ll find out.) Anyway, RCP Editor-in-Chief Scott Bekker will be taking over RCPU until I return roundabout the middle of August. Bekker’s a fly blogger with mad skillz… Seriously, he’s very good, and I just hope that he doesn’t steal my regular audience of readers (or, in any case, that he gives you back to me when I return). Enjoy his stuff, and I’ll see you in August. And thanks, as always, for reading, even in the dog days of summer.

Let’s not even pretend that this has been an interesting news week for Microsoft followers. Tonight’s earnings will provide plenty of fodder, sure — but, for the time being, it’s a famine after last week’s Worldwide Partner Conference news feast.

So, today, we have the final pieces of Microsoft’s virtualization product offering falling into place. Specifically, we now know that Virtual Machine Manager will ship in the fourth quarter of calendar 2008 and will not have to be bundled with the over-named System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise.

So, whether you’re psyched about Hyper-V or less than enthused, at least now you know more of the details. And that’s what’s passing for news this week. (Click here to comment.)

Making Voice Commands Actually Take Command

Talar — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:21:52 +0000

Just recently a good friend of mine suffered a physical problem that forced him to start using voice commands to do most of his computing work. This re-introduced me to the world of applications that depend on IVR (Interactive Vice Response) systems and coding.

I don’t think I have seen anything with more promise than IVR on phone, pure computer and integrated data systems over the past few years, a customers, you need to know more about this. learn and earn.

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Found 26 bugs in a production application in less than 40 minutes
60% reduction in VoiceXML application lifecycle costs, $250,000 savings
QA infrastructure savings realized equal $300,000 annually
100,000+ automated test scenarios in only 18 hours, $280,000 savings

Your current VoiceXML application development and testing methods can’t come close to providing what Voiyager can do for you:

Entire VoiceXML application lifecycle process improvements
The only full application exploration technology
Immediate problems or risk identification
Early bug detection and resolution
Improved regression testing process
Integrated business logic review
System monitoring and load testing
And ultimately,higher quality applications - the first time

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Social Networks and Direct Customer Communication

Talar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:26:12 +0000

Gear Up your Enterprise Architecture for a New Era of Social Networks and Direct Customer Communication

Find out how to create and adapt architectures for new models of end user and customer interaction, including blogs, wikis, social networking servers, and an entirely new generation of models and tools. The Enterprise Architect Summit will also include the latest trends from top industry experts on enterprise architecture methodologies, service-oriented architecture implementations, and innovative new techniques for building systems that last. You’ll have many networking opportunities with peers from other organizations, enabling you to share ideas and hear firsthand about what approaches worked and why. You’ll take away expert analyses, a dynamic network of enterprise architecture peers, and new concepts ready to implement.

Secure your spot at this exclusive event today!
Register now for the Summit and you’ll receive a complimentary round in the Enterprise Architect Summit Classic golf tournament at the Arizona Grand Golf Course.
Call 1-800-280-6218 today or visit us online at www.EASummit.com

Workshops

Boardroom to Code: Best Practices and Case Study for Business/IT Alignment – Peter Herzum, President, Herzum Software
SOA and Domain Modeling – Ashton Thorogood, Enterprise Architecture Team Lead, SIG, LLP

Keynotes

SOA Report Card – Chris Haddad, Vice President and Service Director, Burton Group
Enterprise Architecture: A Journey, Not a
Destination – Allen Brown, CEO, Open Group Workshops Best Practices Keynotes Strategy Networking

Strategy

Collaborative Governance: Social Networking and the Enterprise SOA Program – Frank Martinez, Executive Vice President, SOA Software
Enterprise Communities: SOA Collaboration from a Business Perspective – Mitchell Kick, V.P., Strategy and Operations, Global Ecosystem and Partner Group
Panel: The Impact of Social Media on Enterprise
Architecture Strategies
Implementing a RESTful ESB – Jeremy Deane
Harness the Power of the Social Web for Business
– Bob Bickel, CEO, Ringside Networks
How Blogs, Wikis and Social Media are Transforming
Business – DL Byron, Principal, Textura Design
What, How, When, Where and Who of Business
Capabilities – Natty Gur, Enterprise Architect, Dao2Com
Enterprise Architecture: Making it Real:
Applying Change Management Discipline to Maximize
EA Value – Robert Audet, Principal, Diamond Management &
Technology Consultants
Panel: Collaboration in Enterprise Architecture

Best Practices

Extending SOA to the Desktop – Francis Cardin
A Complete Approach to SOA Success – Peter Herzum, President, Herzum Software
Supporting Web Services: A Balancing Act between Customer Satisfaction and Cost Reduction – Evan Leonard
DSM: A Bottom-Up Analysis to a Top-Down View of Software Architecture – Neeraj Sangal
Frankly Speaking: Frameworks and Their Value in the EA Process – Leonard Fehskens, V.P. and Global Professional Lead, The Open Group
Assuring Performance in Mainframe-based Services – Shawn Dissel
SOA Danger Zone: Protecting the Enterprise from the Inherent Architectural Deficiencies of SOA – Paul Lipton, Advisor and Sr. Architect, CA Intellectual Property and Industry Standards Group
Optimizing SOA Investment – Steven A. Warner, Ph.D., Technical Director, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Extreme Geographically-Distributed Development: Tips and Tricks – Nada deVeiga, Java Solutions Manager, Parasoft Corporation

Did We Mention Networking?

EAS Grand Resort, Phoenix offers unparalleled opportunities to network with fellow attendees and industry leaders. Meet on the golf course, at the opening night reception, the Exhibitor reception or throughout the conference for unparalleled relationship-building and interaction. Visit the EAS
site for more details on the event, venue and travel discounts, and to register online. You can also call 800-280-6218 to speak to one of our customer service representatives.

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Raising the Bar on Responsiveness

Talar — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:55:41 +0000

I’ve been watching a number of my on-line business associates having difficulties with responsiveness. A friend recently sent out a request for proposals (Bid Tender) for a non-trivial web development job … one that has a 5 figure budget and would also result in a lot of favorable public exposure for the successful bidder.

My friend was pretty frustrated. Not because the responses he received bad, or because they were over budget …

But because more Than 59% of the Invitations He Sent Were Not Responded To!

Any chance that your business is missing opportunities every day simply because you don’t respond to them promptly?

Customer Service:
Raising the Bar on Responsiveness
Live Webinar: July 22, 2008 11:00 a.m. PST

Customer Service: Responsiveness is Key
Jonathan Hubley
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Director of Product Marketing
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Thousands of leading companies are delighting their customers with more agile and responsive support—thanks to the ease and power of software as a service. Attend this live Webinar to learn how Human Resources innovator Gevity uses Salesforce Call Center to:
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Are You Heading to the Big Apple?

Talar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:29:45 +0000

Not yet positive that I can go but my wife and I have been looking for a great reason to visit New Yrk and, since this conference ends just before my birthday that sounds like a great business-related excuse, doesn’t it?

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Drive Down Complexity and Cost of IT Operations

Talar — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:10:29 +0000

That ought to get a few manager’s attention. Hope those who were drinking their coffee while reading didn’t snort and spray all over their keyboards and screens.

Everybody Says they can automate process, few ever succeed. Check this out and see if these guys aren’t of the ledger.

Workload Automation Solutions Drive Down Complexity and Cost of IT Operations

Featured Speakers:

Joe Goldberg
Consulting Brand Manager,
CONTROL-M&D Brand Team
BMC

Aaron Goldberg
VP, Market Experts Group
Ziff Davis Enterprise

Jul 17, 2008
4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific
Duration: 60 minutes

Technology Professional,

Imagine a situation where you would have to maintain four different cars, one to use for the grocery store, one to take the kids to school, another to drive to work with, and one for out of town driving. Sounds expensive? It sure is, not to mention the fact that much of your time would be wasted on switching between different cars. In IT, many datacenters accommodate more than one scheduling solution, often deploying one for each of their major platforms and applications. While historically this approach has offered good automation capabilities for specific platforms, it is now apparent that it is not only costly, but fails to accomplish the automation efficiencies required to meet current operational demand. Join this webinar to learn about the benefits of Enterprise Scheduling as well as operational savings that go along with consolidating to a single solution across the enterprise.

Sponsored by BMC

Can’t make it? Register and watch the recording on-demand, after it takes place.