PODCAST - Network providers must re-examine how they can speed up innovation and time to market by working with trusted partners and developer communities. However, energizing such an ecosystem takes careful planning. This podcast covers market trends driving network providers to change their relationships with application developers.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Premiered: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Network Provisioning | Network Service Providers | Telecom Provisioning | Telecommunications Networks | Telecommunications Service Providers

WHITE PAPER - Mobile internet access and the explosive demand for high bandwidth services on mobile devices have created a pivotal point for service providers. Those providers that can meet the new demands while increasing efficiency will be able to increase their market share, while those that are not will lose ground. Read on to learn how to keep up.
Posted: September 21, 2009 | Published: September 21, 2009


Topics:  Fiber Optic Networking | Telecom Provisioning | Telecommunications Carrier Systems | Telecommunications Hardware | Telecommunications Infrastructure | Telecommunications Service Providers | Telecommunications Standards

PODCAST - Bill Martorelli, principal analyst for Forrester Research, discusses trends in the SAP managed hosting arena, myths about SAP managed hosting, and gives advice on creating RFPs and negotiating SLAs.
Posted: June 16, 2009 | Premiered: June 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure Providers | Application Outsourcing | Data Centers | Economic Environment | Hosting Services | IT Infrastructure | Market Trends | Request for Proposals | SAP (Product) | SLA | SLA Management Services

PODCAST - Network providers must re-examine how they can speed up innovation and time to market by working with trusted partners and developer communities. But energizing such an ecosystem takes careful planning. This podcast discusses the lessons learned in the market for working well with application developers, and best practices for network providers.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Premiered: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Best Practices | Network Provisioning | Networking | Partnerships | Telecom Provisioning

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript, Michael Dortch, Founder and Lead Analyst of DortchOnIT.com, explains what to look for in an SAP managed hosting provider including how to determine your organization's requirements and how to evaluate potential providers.
Posted: June 16, 2009 | Published: June 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Outsourcing | Applications Management | Hosting Services | Infrastructure Management | SAP (Product)

PODCAST - Network providers must re-examine how they can speed up innovation and time to market by working with trusted partners and developer communities. However, energizing such an ecosystem takes careful planning. This podcast examines application developers' needs and how network providers can improve their relationships with developers.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Premiered: October 2, 2009


Topics:  Application Service Providers | Applications Management | Network Management | Network Managers | Networking | Telecom Provisioning | Telecommunications Networks | Telecommunications Service Providers

EBOOK - As a leading provider of solutions for Service Providers, Blue Coat appliances give you the visibility, acceleration and security needed for optimizing your network. Read this e-book to learn how Blue Coat gives you the control you need to deliver a whole set of new managed services for your business and consumer customers.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: December 22, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Applications Management | Network Appliances | Network Management | Web 2.0 | Web Application Security | Web Applications Management

WEBCAST - In this webcast, you will learn what to look for in an SAP managed hosting provider -- including how to determine your organization's requirements and how to evaluate potential providers.
Posted: June 16, 2009 | Premiered: June 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure Providers | Application Outsourcing | Data Centers | Hosting Services | IT Infrastructure | IT Services | SAP (Product) | SLA | SLA Management Services | Systems Management Services

CASE STUDY - In this success story you will read how by hosting its SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) financial modules with FIT, XOJET is saving the expense of a dedicated SAP staff and IT infrastructure. Read on to learn how you company can take advantage of the same benefits as XOJET did by choosing FIT to maintain your SAP infrastructure.
Posted: June 16, 2009 | Published: June 16, 2009


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Infrastructure Providers | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Service Providers | Applications Management Services | Business Intelligence | Disaster Recovery | ERP | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | SAP (Product)

EGUIDE - Outsourcing an application means your organization relinquishes some control. In this article Heather Clancy will offer seven questions that you should resolve with your provider before investing in SaaS.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Authentication | Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Security | Encryption Standards | Software as a Service

VIDEO - Marcio Nespatti, Alcatel-Lucent, discusses the latest research on next generation advertising.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Premiered: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Advertising | Content Delivery | Content Providers | Internet Consumer Services | Telecom Provisioning | Telecom Spending | Telecommunications Service Providers | Telecommunications Services

ANALYST REPORT - This whitepaper will discuss these managed service trends and challenges, and will identify the steps to success to meet customers. Escalating application and security requirements.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: December 28, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Managed Security Services | Security Management | SLA

PRODUCT LITERATURE - FACTS® PPO™ is a fully automated provider network processing module, this system provides you with a fully integrated database for providers (both practitioners and facilities).
Posted: April 2, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2001


Topics:  Contract Management | Health Care Applications Software | Health Care Industry | Insurance Applications Software | Insurance Industry | Network Processing | POS

ANALYST REPORT - Check out this brief analyst report to learn how a comprehensive up-the-stack approach supports today's mission-critical enterprise networks and provides reliable, rapid response times for network-centric business practices and applications on a 24/7 basis.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: April 29, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Content Delivery | Enterprise Systems | Network Management | Network Performance | WAN

WHITE PAPER - As demand for mobile multimedia services increase and average revenue per user declines, mobile service providers must transform their networks to profitably support legacy voice and advanced packet-based services. This paper outlines the challenges associated with transforming the mobile transport network.
Posted: June 9, 2009 | Published: June 9, 2009


Topics:  Mobile IP | Streaming Media Services | Streaming Video Software | Telecom Spending | Telecommunications Industry | Telecommunications Infrastructure | Telecommunications Management Software | Telecommunications Standards | Telecommunications Systems | Wireless Systems

CASE STUDY - Bankinter, a multichannel bank, chose to work together with Intel and Infogroup in order to benefit from Intel® Core™ 2 Processor with vPro™ technology which it believed could meet its desktop platform manageability challenge.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: May 9, 2008


Topics:  Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Computer Support | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper will examine the trends and challenges associated with web-based services and MSPs, and will identify the best way to optimize network and application performance and security. We will look at today's best practices and examine how Blue Coat Systems is addressing requirements with an integrated solution.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: December 30, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Security | Managed Security Services Providers | Network Management | SMBs | Web Services | Web Services Management | Web Services Security

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Read this paper to read about the breadth of technologies Blue Coat offers in a single platform that enable service providers to differentiate their MLPS solution.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Security | Cloud Computing | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Green Data Center | MPLS | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews the best of the newest achievements in VSAT performance and utility and shows how these solutions could become part of the mainstream of corporate network deployment and an integral portion of commercial (and competitive) service provider offerings.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: December 30, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Applications Management | Caching | Enterprise Applications Software | Enterprise Systems | Network Management | Network Performance | Satellite Communications Systems | WAN

PODCAST - This podcast explores the business benefits of upgrading to a flexible computing environment. Discover how you can help your customers transition to this environment by providing application virtualisation, profile virtualisation and centralised management tools.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Premiered: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Customer Service | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Management | User Experience | Windows

PODCAST - This podcast provides recommendations to help organizations better meet the diverse computing needs of their customers. Discover how to improve the end user experience with centralised virtual desktops and application virtualisation.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Premiered: November 19, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Customer Service | Desktop Virtualization | User Experience | VARs | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

EBOOK - In this e-book, experts share their advice on the things that can make or break a project. Readers will discover what the current market for managed hosting is like, what to include in an SLA, and the key considerations when selecting a hosted provider.
Posted: June 30, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Host Management | SaaS ERP | SAP (Product) | SLA | Software as a Service

WEBCAST - This webcast provides recommendations to help organizations better meet the diverse computing needs of their customers. Discover how to improve the end user experience with centralised virtual desktops and application virtualisation.
Posted: November 18, 2009 | Premiered: November 18, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Customer Service | IT Management | User Experience | VARs | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - Given the increasing importance of service-oriented architecture (SOA), this white paper cuts through the marketing hype surrounding SOA and focuses on the three most important facts you need to know about this groundbreaking technology.
Posted: June 7, 2006 | Published: June 1, 2006


Topics:  .NET | Application Integration | Change Management | Composite Applications Software | Content Integration Software | Enterprise Resource Management | Globalization | Network Best Practices | SOA | Web Services Architecture | Web Services Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper evaluates the impact of changing market landscape on enterprise application service offerings, and evaluates traditional service models in today's context and attempts to evangelize an innovative service model which meets the need of the hour-- faster ROI at lower TCO.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: August 11, 2009


Topics:  Application Integration | Applications Management | Cataloging (Information Management) | CIOs | Enterprise Applications Software | Enterprise Systems | Operational Support Systems | Software as a Service | TCO