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Learn How to Align, Motivate, and Drive Sales Performance

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:01 -0700

This short video will introduce you to Work.com, Salesforce.com solution for Sales Performance Management. Work.com (formerly Rypple) is Salesforce.com's solution for driving sales performance.

Amplify winning sales behaviors
Improve performance 1:1 sales coaching
From the maker of Salesforce CRM

Learn how Salesforce Work.com helps teams drive better performance and forecast consistency through coaching, real-time feedback, and goal setting.

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Workforce Management

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Each issue of Workforce Management will bring you timely human resource news and information, articles and research analysis that will impact how you look at recruitment and retention costs, the latest technology that fits your company needs and ways to effectively communicate retirement benefits.

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Saving Time and Money with Savvy Use of Flash in Automated Storage Tiering

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

In this white paper, IDC examines EMC's FLASH 1st strategy — which pairs Flash drives with EMC's FAST VP tiering solution and FAST Cache, effectively an extension of the DRAM Cache, in its VNX arrays. Find out how your organization can leverage and benefit from this easy to manage storage insfrastructure.

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Integrated Computing Platforms: Infrastructure Builds for Tomorrow's Data Center

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

In this white paper, you will gain insight into increasingly dynamic environments that require infrastructure integration that demands a high level of expertise – relinquishing IT professionals from their DIY mentality to implementing ICPs for optimal efficiency. Read now to learn more about how these computing platforms can benefit your organization today.

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6 Ways to Calculate Returns from Your Network Monitoring Investment

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Financial constraints put all technology investments under a microscope; even technology that ensures network reliability. Depending on an organization's business model, network infrastructure and overall goals, Return On Investment (ROI) for network monitoring might be realized in five minutes or over five months. This paper outlines the areas in which network monitoring, mapping and alerting solutions deliver ROI. It discusses how to compare those returns to the costs for achieving them.

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Top 8 Considerations for Selecting SMB Network Monitoring Software

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Maximizing up-time through monitoring and mapping of network devices, as well as providing alerts to potential and actual disruptions, is a mission critical imperative. Download this white paper for the top 8 considerations and criteria SMB IT professionals should evaluate when researching network monitoring software.

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Top 8 Reasons SMBs Need to Monitor their Networks

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

These tools are generally powerful, easy to use and affordable. After you enter the most important pieces of equipment to monitor, they just run in the background - only alerting you to active or impending issues related to hardware, software or bandwidth utilization. Here are the top reasons to implement a network monitoring system.

Why Monitor Your Network?

Optimize network reliability
Visualize network topology
Stay in touch with your network
Understand capacity utilization
Troubleshoot device and traffic issues
Save time in network administration
Track trends
Improve the bottom line

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6 Job Scheduling Tactics for Windows Server Sprawl

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Built-in schedulers often fall short when you need to include dependencies, the behavior of other applications, or the completion of business processes on other servers.

If your data center is starting to get out of control, it’s time to consider an enterprise scheduler, also known as workload automation.

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Automated Operations: 5 Benefits for Your Organization

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Operations became a monster that had to be fed constantly. Whole administrative structures were created to support it. This bureaucracy, and the nature of people, led to a system that was prone to errors—resulting in more expense and complexity.

Given the right tools, automating background IT processes can be surprisingly easy and reap major benefits. Understanding the benefits—and obstacles—will help you get approval for and start a successful automation project.

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Enterprise Job Scheduling: 12 Things You Should Know

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

To find examples, just look in your runbook, operator documentation, or system administrator checklist for timed or manual jobs that you have to monitor every time they run. Automating your job schedule is a cost-effective solution that frees up your operators to perform more important tasks.

Are you ready to automate job scheduling or upgrade your automation? Download this white paper to find out the 12 areas that you should consider.

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High Availability in Workload Automation (HA in WLA)

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

High availability is a key way to prevent such downtime. The concept is a design and implementation approach that ensures a software system stays available to its users even when there are hardware or software problems.

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Private Cloud in 2013: Strategies and Implementation eBook and Virtual Conference

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Among the multitude of capabilities that the Cloud can offer, you want to know exactly how it will benefit you and your business, right? Learn how HP and Microsoft have teamed up to create a private cloud system that utilizes the benefits of both Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and HP Converged Infrastructure that will advance your system to its fullest potential. Because the cloud is such a complex, yet advanced tool, getting advice from those who know it best will save you time and energy when it comes to implementation, planning, deployment, operations, and more.

Along with this eBook also comes a complimentary pass to WindowsITPro's The Private Cloud: Strategies and Implementation virtual conference on Thursday, May 30, 2013 @ 11:00am ET. In this virtual conference, The Private Cloud: Strategies and Implementation, a loaded list of IT experts will inform you of the latest and greatest capabilities of the cloud and will give you a how-to experience from assessment, to planning, to management, to integration.

Attending the live conference has the added benefit of rewards. The more you participate in the event, the more points you earn! It's that simple. You'll earn prize points for each activity you participate in throughout the virtual conference. For example, earn 30 points for attending an educational webcast session, 10 points for viewing a document, and 25 points for visiting a booth. Also, take a brief event survey and be entered to win a $50 Best Buy gift card! The attendee with the highest number of points will win a Grand Prize a set of Beats Headphones by Dr. Dre.

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IT Monitoring for the Mid-Market Business

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

For a small and medium size organization, the service levels the IT infrastructure delivers can have a huge impact on the business. However, for many IT teams in these organizations, tracking and managing service levels is a persistent challenge. Too often, administrators only find out about issues after the fact, so the business experiences poor service levels and costly downtime. This eBook offers an in-depth look at why these challenges persist—and it outlines the key requirements IT teams need to address these challenges.

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The Complete Guide to Monitoring Virtualized Environments

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Driven by such compelling advantages as increased agility, scale and cost savings, today's organizations are growing ever more reliant on virtualization, whether for servers, desktops or cloud platforms. However, for many organizations simply understanding, let alone optimizing, service levels in complex, highly dynamic virtual environments continues to be a challenge. This eBook looks at the obstacles that confront those monitoring virtualized environments, and it reveals the best practices that can help organizations overcome their monitoring challenges.

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Creating a Clean and Healthy Environment

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The YMCA is committed to providing a welcome, safe, and enjoyable environment for its members. Doing so requires maintaining thousands of pieces of fitness equipment and ensuring facilities meet the highest standards of cleanliness. YMCA and Staples entered into a partnership together, as Staples Sustainable Earth line of cleaning solutions met the Y's key purchasing requirements – and more.

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An Alliance for Purchasing Power

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Northumberland County was ordering office supplies from a variety of vendors and was consuming valuable resources on managing various ordering, warehousing, and delivery processes. The organization maintained a central purchasing department to spearhead procurement and wanted to consolidate to a single vendor in an effort to improve efficiencies and reduce overhead costs.

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Future Proofing Mobile Computers