New market forces are creating unprecedented pressure for companies to move faster, with greater agility, and change in response to new threats and opportunities. Companies that are embracing a new approach built on Intelligent Cloud ERP are gaining valuable advantages — such as boosting profits, growing faster, entering new markets, and disrupting their industries. Learn how Intelligent Cloud ERP empowers you to leverage the opportunities presented by changes to how we work, collaborate and achieve success in this practical, actionable overview.

Even if companies understand that an omnichannel approach performs better in terms of operational metrics and meeting customer expectations, there’s still the question of how to do it. How should companies go about adopting an omnichannel support solution?

This paper provides an overview of the changing dynamics in the business world that demand a new approach to IT infrastructure. It provides a perspective for business managers and executives who are looking for a way to align business and IT by facing the challenges of disruption for better business outcomes. We will discuss the Kinetic Infrastructure from Dell EMC powered by Intel® Xeon® Platinum processor, which is designed to support IT flexibility and business agility. In addition, we will describe the first implementation of kinetic infrastructure on the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX system. The paper will explain how Dell EMC is helping businesses to rethink their data center architecture and accelerate their path towards more agility.

In today’s IT landscape, many organisations have adopted a cloud-first approach to business systems. Yet with so many vendors offering SaaS solutions, how do you know which vendor will enable you to achieve the true benefits SaaS has to offer? What are the characteristics to look for when considering a SaaS solution, and what are the real impacts on modern businesses? In this complimentary whitepaper, you will learn: • What real SaaS is and is not. • How to distinguish between real SaaS vendors and imposters. • The question of SaaS security. • Potential cost savings your company could gain from SaaS solutions. • If your company is ready to make the switch to SaaS. From IT professionals to anyone just looking to get a basic understanding of SaaS, this paper helps make sense of it all.

Digital disruption is fundamentally changing IT. Today’s organizations are under more pressure than ever to innovate fast and offer a superior experience to every customer. In this white paper, we explore the advantages that a modernized data center can bring for IT organizations seeking to keep pace in a dynamic environment, and how a software-defined approach can help move them forward. Real-world examples showcase how VMware is enabling IT teams to develop future-proof strategies with a foundation that is ready for cloud environments as well as global expansion and customer acquisitions. Submit the form to read this latest whitepaper to discover the advantages and how you could develop a future-proof strategy with VMware.

In today’s IT landscape, many organisations have adopted a cloud-first approach to business systems. Yet with so many vendors offering SaaS solutions, how do you know which vendor will enable you to achieve the true benefits SaaS has to offer? What are the characteristics to look for when considering a SaaS solution, and what are the real impacts on modern businesses? In this complimentary whitepaper, you will learn: • What real SaaS is and is not. • How to distinguish between real SaaS vendors and imposters. • The question of SaaS security. • Potential cost savings your company could gain from SaaS solutions. • If your company is ready to make the switch to SaaS. From IT professionals to anyone just looking to get a basic understanding of SaaS, this paper helps make sense of it all.

In today’s IT landscape, many organisations have adopted a cloud-first approach to business systems. Yet with so many vendors offering SaaS solutions, how do you know which vendor will enable you to achieve the true benefits SaaS has to offer? What are the characteristics to look for when considering a SaaS solution, and what are the real impacts on modern businesses? In this complimentary whitepaper, you will learn: • What real SaaS is and is not. • How to distinguish between real SaaS vendors and imposters. • The question of SaaS security. • Potential cost savings your company could gain from SaaS solutions. • If your company is ready to make the switch to SaaS. From IT professionals to anyone just looking to get a basic understanding of SaaS, this paper helps make sense of it all.

Cisco DNA takes a software-delivered approach to automating and assuring services across your campus, WAN, and branch networks. Based on an open and extensible platform, DNA allows you to build value on the network, so you can streamline operations and facilitate IT and business innovation.

Maintaining a competitive edge today means building a Digital Enterprise capable of taking full advantage of social, mobile, web, cloud, “things,” (sensors and devices), and analytics technologies. Among the terms used to describe this business transition is “the API Economy,” an economy in which APIs are no longer just an IT concern, but the underpinnings of new revenue streams and new business models that are disrupting entire industries. Read this paper to learn about: New, modern applications being built for the enterprise Application ecosystems and extending the value of your company in the API Economy Two ways to integrate devices in the Internet of Things The microservices approach to application development The role of API management in the digital enterprise

Despite being knowledgeable about their industry and experienced in running their organizations, the majority of business users lack expertise in analytics and visualization techniques—but that doesn't stop them from wanting to have a go. But making tools easier and more widely accessible is only part of the answer. A better approach is to work both sides of the gap. To make tools that can empower business users to discover and unlock value in their data—and that extend capabilities for experts, so they can share the analytics workload, improve efficiency, and focus on higher level work.

Organizations are adopting cloud computing to accelerate service delivery. Some try to deliver cloud economies of scale in their private data centers with the mantra “automate everything,” a philosophy often simpler in theory than practice. Others have opted to leverage public cloud resources for the added benefit of the pay-as-you-go model, but are finding it difficult to keep costs in check. Regardless of approach, cloud technology poses the same challenge IT has faced for decades: how to assure application performance while minimizing costs.

Gain a bird's-eye view of how online fraud affects the airline industry Fraud continues to be a major source of revenue loss for the global airline industry. With airlines pushing for more direct bookings and the accelerating use of mobile as a booking platform, incidence of fraud is rising, albeit only slightly. Despite these factors, many airlines are not devoting the necessary resources and tracking the required metrics to measure and control fraud. CyberSource partnered with Phocuswright to benchmark global metrics and trends in fraud management and protection among airlines. The study also explores airline awareness of various fraud-related issues and examines their approaches to and implementation of fraud management tools and services. To learn more, download the study today

Get higher quality, more accurate location data – and a safer, more profitable fleet – by choosing the right location services provider. The true value of a location platform comes from bringing together multiple data sources and presenting them in a meaningful way. Using a platform approach, you can help customers differentiate their service, increase margins and increase safety. So, in this guide, we cover the four key considerations for choosing a mapping and location service platform to ensure a high quality, accurate mapping service for you and your customers. Download the eBook

Information management is getting harder. Organizations face increasing data volumes, more stringent legal and regulatory record-keeping requirements, stricter privacy rules, increasing threat of breaches and decreasing employee productivity. Companies are also finding that their old-fashioned, legacy archive strategies are increasingly ineffective. This is driving many organizations to rethink their approach, developing more modern Information Governance strategies.

This report outlines the reasons that organizations choose not to upgrade ERP solutions, and cautions against this approach, by supplying research that illustrates the benefits of keeping your ERP current and up-to-date.

For all organizations, server and component-level crises are unfortunate inevitabilities. Likewise, the need of end-users to revert to previous file versions is a common occurrence due to predicaments large and small. Recognizing these realities, ESG consistently recommends that organizations consider an approach to data protection that is broader than what backup alone can provide

Backup and high availability are both essential forms of protection that fulfill different roles within a data protection strategy. So which type of protection is right for different systems? According to recent analyst reports, experts recommend a blended approach that aligns data protection with type of data.1 By aligning data protection with data urgency, businesses can ensure higher levels of resiliency and reduce demands on internal resources.

Without specific and explicit design decisions about not only the network architecture but also network operations,enterprises risk drifting toward a future of many clouds, each with their own operational nuances. Those who are not mindful about managing new additions increase the complexity of their network with each variation. This white paper discusses how to approach the design of the network and operations in the move from cloud to multicloud. The focus is on meeting the business needs of today and tomorrow, battling complexity, preserving the possibilities for options, and supporting IT’s role as the steward of technology decisions for the business.

In this webinar Black Duck Software (www.blackducksoftware.com), together with representatives of SAP, will review the benefits open source offers to development organizations, the management challenges it presents, and approaches for addressing those challenges.

Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software.

Information management is getting harder. Organizations face increasing data volumes, more stringent legal and regulatory record-keeping requirements, stricter privacy rules, increasing threat of breaches and decreasing employee productivity. Companies are also finding that their old-fashioned, legacy archive strategies are increasingly ineffective. This is driving many organizations to rethink their approach, developing more modern Information Governance strategies.

In retail, your people are your greatest asset. In this eBook you'll learn how to proactively drive revenue with recruiting, and how to prove the value of your efforts. Expect to learn: • 3 ways to calculate the ROI of your recruiting • How you can use the candidate experience to generate revenue • How to use the hiring process to decrease employee turnover • 2 approaches that remove the hiring burden on store managers Want to start driving revenue through your retail recruiting? Download the free eBook now!

Interested in learning how the right physical and network infrastructure approach in your colocation data center facility can help you stabilize costs, provide better security, and help promote growth for you and your tenants? Download the Panduit white paper Optimizing Colocation Infrastructure Strategies to learn how to overcome the challenges of aging colocation data center infrastructure and onboard new tenants quickly.

IT professionals are under tremendous pressure to ensure IT Resilience and that business technology services are protected and available 24/7. In this webinar, Forrester’s Senior Analyst, Naveen Chhabra, explores the practices and technologies that have evolved to become the tech infrastructure needed to help organizations achieve true IT resilience and giving IT the tools they need. You will hear about: The state of the IT Resilience market.New and evolving approaches and technologies that are leading organizations to solve for IT resilience.The tools IT needs in order to focus on modernization and building a solid cloud strategy.

In today’s IT landscape, many organisations have adopted a cloud-first approach to business systems. Yet with so many vendors offering SaaS solutions, how do you know which vendor will enable you to achieve the true benefits SaaS has to offer? What are the characteristics to look for when considering a SaaS solution, and what are the real impacts on modern businesses? In this complimentary whitepaper, you will learn: • What real SaaS is and is not. • How to distinguish between real SaaS vendors and imposters. • The question of SaaS security. • Potential cost savings your company could gain from SaaS solutions. • If your company is ready to make the switch to SaaS. From IT professionals to anyone just looking to get a basic understanding of SaaS, this paper helps make sense of it all.