Learn how a simple USB port can save you hundreds of thousands by eliminating copper- based network infrastructure costs, facilitating PDU setup and upgrades, and increasing physical security.

In this brief, IDC discusses the challenges of using tape and the benefits of disk-based data protection solutions with data deduplication, especially if a business is experiencing unabated data growth, a lack of recovery performance, and increased costs associated with physical tape. Read the brief.

Forrester Consulting conducted a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of SAP S/4HANA on their organizations. To better understand the benefits, costs, and risks associated with this investment, Forrester interviewed several customers with experience using SAP S/4HANA. Read the study to learn how Forrester concluded that SAP S/4HANA provides an ROI of 349%.

The IDPA DP4400 provides modern and powerful data protection for midsize organizations allowing companies to leverage the benefits of the cloud within their existing environments. The DP4400 can help transform your environment for the future, laying the technical foundation for the data center while modernizing your data protection for the cloud.

“With Workplace, the ease of use and the ease of communication actually started new connections that didn’t exist before, which fostered further new connections within the business.” Don Langford, CIO at Virgin Atlantic. Download this case study to find out how Workplace by Facebook improved the business with smarter staff benefits, improved communication and better teamwork and collaboration.

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.

As flash storage has permeated mainstream computing, enterprises are coming to better understand not only its performance benefits but also the secondary economic benefits of flash deployment at scale. This combination of benefits — lower latencies, higher throughput and bandwidth, higher storage densities, much lower energy and floor space consumption, higher CPU utilization, the need for fewer servers and their associated lower software licensing costs, lower administration costs, and higher device-level reliability — has made the use of AFAs an economically compelling choice relative to legacy storage architectures initially developed for use with hard disk drives (HDDs). As growth rates for hybrid flash arrays (HFAs) and HDD-only arrays fall off precipitously, AFAs are experiencing one of the highest growth rates in external storage today — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.2% through 2020.

With the benefits quickly stacking up, it’s easy to understand why Gartner stated HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure) as one of the hottest trends in data centre infrastructure. HCI is intended to reduce infrastructure complexity and cost, whilst enhancing scalability, agility and operational efficiency. This consolidated infrastructure enables organizations to leverage the software layer by using low cost commodity hardware, while reducing concerns around vendor lock-in, to form a seamless software- defined IT infrastructure environment well suited to today’s IT challenges. Simple to use and manage, without specialists and more cost-effective than most traditional solutions, it’s easy to understand why more organisations are making the move from traditional architecture to Hyper-Converged Infrastructure. Submit the form to view the infograph to discover the benefits and whether this solution is right for you.

Since Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) emerged as a breakthrough technology, it has continued to gain taction as it has truly delivered on its promise. It has helped organizations optimize resources, reduce complexity, lower costs, increase agility and accelerate development cycles, as well as provide a seamless path to hybrid cloud. These are just a few of the key benefits causing IT leaders pay close attention to HCI and look at ways to use it to power key initiatives such as digital transformation. As IT leaders continue to embrace HCI and the market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 42% through 2023, the future is happening now. Submit the form to read our latest whitepaper and discover 5 powerful HCI case studies around Business critical applications, Hybrid Cloud/Multicloud, Disaster recovery, Edge computing, Container and App Development.

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.

The use of SaaS applications within an organization is the new normal. In fact, there's a good chance that just your marketing department alone is using over 10 SaaS products. According to Gartner, the 2015 worldwide market for SaaS software application sales was $33.4 billion, with projections to double to $67.2 billion by 2019. Integration needs are changing, with SaaS applications, as well as mobile traffic, social networks, IoT, suppliers, partners, and customer channels all new integration points that will need to be captured in your business processes. Read “Five Principles for Integrating Software as a Service Applications” to learn: Key principles for successful hybrid integrations New integration use cases to grow your business upward and outward The why and how of integration as both an enabler and a differentiator Benefits of the TIBCO integration platform and its various offerings

With data and analytics the new competitive battleground, businesses that take advantage will be the leaders; those that do not will fall behind. But with data so distributed, gaining this advantage is a huge challenge. Unless you have data virtualization, a better, faster way to meet your analytic data needs. Read this white paper to learn who needs data virtualization and what kinds of benefits others have achieved.

According to Forrester Research, "Enterprise data virtualization has become critical to every organization in overcoming growing data challenges," with faster access to connected data, self-service, and agility among the many benefits seen. In this report, Forrester analyzes past research and Forrester Wave reports, user need assessments, and vendor and expert interviews to evaluate the offerings of top vendors in enterprise data virtualization. In compiling the vendor rankings, the report reviews the current offering, strategy, and market presence for the 13 most significant vendors. They discuss where TIBCO ranks in the evaluation and positions TIBCO Data Virtualization as a leader in enterprise data virtualization Read The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Data Virtualization, Q4 2017 report to learn more.

Manufacturing suppliers range from approved vendors and contract manufacturers (CMs) who only deliver materials and services to complex strategic partnerships. A transactional relationship based primarily on order fulfillment might work well for some companies. However, by taking a CM relationship to the next level of supplier-partner, organizations gain strategic benefits including cost savings, reduced risks, and optimized profits. The right cultural fit and the right-sized partner for your business can play a key role in building this long-term relationship.

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.

Overview Key Challenges Organizations still struggle with communication between data owners and those responsible for administering DLP systems, leading to technology-driven — rather than business-driven — implementations. Many clients who deploy enterprise DLP systems struggle to get out of the initial phases of discovering and monitoring data flows, never realizing the potential benefits of deeper data analytics or applying appropriate data protections. DLP as a technology has a reputation of being a high-maintenance control — incomplete deployments are common, tuning is a never-ending process, lack of organization buy-in is low, and calculations of ROI are complex.

Global data deduplication provides important benefits over traditional deduplication processes because it removes redundant data through entire enterprises, not just single devices. Global deduplication increases the data deduplication ratio—the size of the original data measured against the size of the data store after redundancies are removed.

Cash may be popular with consumers, but it often presents challenges and extra costs for retailers. Manually handling, counting, reconciling and depositing cash every day, or multiple times a day, can be expensive. Smart safe technology and automated cash handling can help and benefit all areas of your business – from Finance to Operations to Loss Prevention – but, more importantly, your customers. Read this eBook to learn the four key benefits of automated cash handling: • Maximize your cash flow • Gain more flexibility with open systems • Reduce shrinkage and reconciliation • Care for customers instead of counting cash

Asia Pacific is an exciting region where great strides are being made in digital transformation. It is home to significantly diverse economies and is remarkably leading the charge in developing connected cities of the future—smart cities. Many economies are seeing the benefits of these rapid developments, and as the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes commonplace in organizations and workers continue to work remotely and flexibly, more devices are becoming connected to the Internet.

Everybody’s talking about big data. Huge promises have been made about its role in driving enterprises forward. But few organizations are realizing its true benefits.

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.

For restaurants with hourly employees, time and attendance is a critical part of workforce management. Everybody clocks in and clocks out, but that’s just one small piece of the puzzle when it comes to juggling schedules and keeping the business running smoothly. If it’s been a while since you upgraded your time and attendance software, you may be working a lot harder than you need to be. This ebook will show you how having the right time and attendance solution can simplify your management and make all the difference in how your business operates.

Does your current software give your business the visibility and flexibility you need to be responsive and competitive, or is outdated software negatively impacting business growth and excellent service? The retail world is becoming more complex. eCommerce has grown in the U.S.—from $42 billion to $236 billion in the last decade*—and lifestyle shopping is raising customer expectations. Having the right retail management software solution—one that can keep up with your business needs and the increasing pace of technology—is critical. Given the recent advancements in technology—and higher customer expectations—perhaps it’s time to ask if your retail management software is up to the task of nurturing and managing your growth over the coming decade. Epicor has been a part of successful retail businesses for years. Here are some risks you may face from using outdated software: 1. Excessive labor costs and hiring gaps 2. Operational inefficiencies 3. Insufficient data and insights 4. Dimi

Replacing your point of sale (POS) software can be daunting, yet most retailers recognize that innovation is important for delivering on evolving customer expectations. Selecting the right software is an investment of time and money that can pay off with increased customer loyalty, more productive employees, and simpler business management. Epicor has been a part of successful retail businesses for years. All that industry experience has given us insight into what not to do, like: 1. Not involving the head of the organization in the decision-making process 2. Skipping the planning phase because it “takes too much time” 3. Considering a technology partner that doesn’t truly understand your industry 4. Assuming you will do things exactly the same way you do things today 5. Selecting a vendor that lacks a long-term product vision Read the white paper to learn more about how these mistakes can cause your organization to stumble—and how you can avoid them.