Data Warehousing Whitepapers and Ebooks

This sections provides whitepapers on Data Warehousing that details on trends, analysis and latest happenings in the industry.

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Advanced CRM: Answering Unique Business Needs
Off the rack CRM doesn't fit every business. Are you better off with a customized solution that addresses your unique business challenges? This new white paper will help you decide if a more advanced solution is worthwhile. Our CRM expert gives you an honest breakdown of general and customized CRM information, including: Customized CRM considerations Pros and cons of a customized system Business requirements for any CRM system And more! Customized CRM may be the answer for your company...or may not be. Download and read Advanced CRM: Answering Unique Business Needs to find out now.
Who Are You? Managing Identity and Access in a Socially Connected BYOD World
Available On-Demand Original Event Date: May 16, 2013 For all the bottom-line benefits of BYOD and the consumerization of IT, the challenges of managing identify and access for the explosion of devices – and their users – has been a great one. With employees integrating social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook as part of their business regimen, the opportunities for introducing problematic software into the enterprise has grown exponentially. With an increasing number of users relying on multiple devices – PCs, smartphone and tablets – to get their jobs done the number of authorized, guest and "unknown" logins to your network are no doubt growing out of control. How can you tame the identity beast while keeping users, clients and partners safely connected – and keeping the bad guys out? Join this timely eSeminar sponsored by CDW to learn about the latest methodologies and best practices to create and automatically enforce 21st century identity and access polices that give you visibility into what's happening on your network now, and tools to ensure only trusted devices and users have access to sensitive data. Attendees will learn: Where today's identity and access threats are coming from Methods for managing and monitoring guests on the wired or wireless network Whether "non-user" devices like cameras and sensors are safe or being "spoofed" Where to start to ensure policies are enforced and users are safe from themselves Register now for this complimentary event, and bring your questions for our expert to address during the live Q&A following the presentation. Speakers: Shiloh Jackson - Solutions Architect, CDW Michael Krieger - VP, Market Experts Group, Ziff Davis Enterprise
Rethink your 'Big 4' Monitoring Tools
Spend Less and Get More with Today's New Unified Enterprise IT Monitoring Solutions Live Event Date: May 28, 2013 @ 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT Did you know that the majority of companies using Big 4 Monitoring and IT systems management tools are dis-satisfied with the value they receive? In fact, dis-satisfied is putting it nicely. Why? It's simple: the Big 4 monitoring frameworks are outdated, over-priced, require costly maintenance, and don't help IT improve services enough to justify their huge investment. Do you have an expensive to run, hard to use, and clunky monitoring framework that just isn't helping your IT department get productive, proactive and efficient? Join us for an educational eSeminar on how easy it can be to increase the performance of your IT organization with a next generation IT monitoring solution. Learn: How much your Big 4 tools are really costing you. What you can expect from the next generation of IT monitoring solutions. How you can make the transition, reduce costs & improve IT performance. Attend this live eSeminar and be automatically entered to win a new iPad! Official Rules for more details.
Data Protection Made Simple
Increasing demands placed on IT, along with tightening budgets has prompted IT leaders to seek out alternative technologies and improved methods of providing backup, archiving and disaster recovery to meet the demands of the 24/7 business. Learn how CA ARCserve provides a single solution that cuts through the maze of data protection complexity.
Where Finance Belongs on the IT Agenda
When the economy is stable, a company's IT organization may view Finance as just one of many internal customers competing for attention. But in the current recession, sudden shifts in revenue, costs, and the availability of credit can threaten even the most well-capitalized companies. When forecasting the agenda for IT resources, the needs of Finance must be viewed as mission-critical. Read this white paper to lean why Finance will need the very best that IT has to offer to prosper in this new environment.

Top White Papers

Advanced CRM: Answering Unique Business Needs
Off the rack CRM doesn't fit every business. Are you better off with a customized solution that addresses your unique business challenges? This new white paper will help you decide if a more advanced solution is worthwhile. Our CRM expert gives you an honest breakdown of general and customized CRM information, including: Customized CRM considerations Pros and cons of a customized system Business requirements for any CRM system And more! Customized CRM may be the answer for your company...or may not be. Download and read Advanced CRM: Answering Unique Business Needs to find out now.
Delivering on IT Transformation: Converged Infrastructure Drives Cost Down and Efficiency Up
Live Event Date: June 4, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT The changes in the world of IT have been dramatic. Thanks to the proliferation of Cloud Computing in all its flavors, virtualization is now the norm for both server and storage in many organizations. But virtualization alone can't deliver on the true promise of Converged Infrastructure - that of providing all of IT "as a Service" with the simplicity and efficiency that you'd expect from any public cloud offering. How can you reduce the burden of managing infrastructure, and allow IT staffer to focus on what counts - delivering bottom-line results? Join this important eSeminar to hear from infrastructure experts at CDW who will demonstrate how the latest developments from HP greatly improve efficiency and reduce provisioning burden for storage and systems. Attendees will hear from seasoned professionals who will discuss: How datacenter architectures are evolving to take advantage of new tools Why and how to tailor your storage environment to align with your applications and servers How tools like de-duplications now allow remote replication and remote storage for almost any applications Which type of storage is most cost-effective for your application types and company size How to embrace change and manage growth - even in remote and branch offices - with ease Organizations across the globe are finding new ways to become more efficient and continue to "Do More with Less". Register now for this event and learn where to start today to achieve these benefits in your organization. Attend this live eSeminar and be automatically entered to win a new iPad! Official Rules for more details.