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<title><![CDATA[Hiring the Best Web Design & Website Development Company: 20 Interview Questions You Must Ask]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028563]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The world of web design includes a whole spectrum of freelance web designers, freelance web developers, student-run web companies, mid-level niche digital agencies or the high-end web design studios. The best web design agency in Australia - or anywhere in the world - should exceed the expectations and create a website for the business that is SEO-friendly, compelling and most importantly, converts customers. Knowing what one wants doesn't always translate into getting what one wants. It is important to interview potential web design companies carefully to ensure one chooses the right one for their business.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:54:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VoIP: Do You See What I'm Saying? - Managing VoIP Quality of Experience on Your Network]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028561]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Network convergence offers the vision of a single network, carrying traffic from many different types of applications (voice, video, and data, to name a few). Many have been enticed by this vision. A large and increasing number of organizations have a Voice over IP (VoIP) pilot or a full deployment project, either ongoing or planned for a future date. And it's almost impossible to buy a non-VoIP enabled phone system these days. In many cases, VoIP is just the entry point for rolling out new unified communications applications, such as real-time dashboards, video, and presence. Therefore, success is doubly critical for organizations deploying VoIP.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:53:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Automated DR Traffic Management With VMware SRM and the F5 BIG-IP]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028559]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations using F5 and VMware can take advantage of a complete solution for automated disaster recovery between two data centers. This paper summarizes a solution for enabling VMware vCenter Server to automate the failover of the network portion of the application infrastructure, in the event that a vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) event is triggered.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:47:13 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Transforming Communication Services With Global Sourcing]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028557]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The client, a leading communication solutions provider with over $35 billion revenues and more than 20 million customers, set out to transform its operations to provide next generation services. The existing infrastructure had a number of drawbacks like Operational Inefficiencies, Disoriented workflow and redundancy, Disparate systems, Lack of process coherence, and High operational costs (TCO). The company was looking at consolidating, getting rid of redundancies and increasing efficiencies in terms of time-to-market and improved customer services. Infosys partnered with the client to help them in their IT initiatives in core telecom domain. Within 2 years of commencing the relationship, Infosys gained ability to support major business transformation initiatives. Infosys rapidly took the ownership of the programs freeing some of the strategic staff to participate in business growth and strategy.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:14:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Staying on Top of Enterprise Extender: Proactive Monitoring, Management & Optimization]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028555]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[HPR totally supplanted SNA/APPN's traditional 'Intermediate session routing' functionality with three new, function-rich components. These three HPR routing components, in the context of EE, then rely upon UDP, a connectionless protocol often blocked by firewalls, for their end-to-end network transport. UDP, in its turn, uses IP, with all of its networking magic, as its underlying communications mechanism. Suffice to say that EE networking, with HPR, UDP and IP all in play, is sophisticated and thus complex - if not convoluted. Thus, in order to monitor, manage and optimize EE networking, one has to have specialized, EE-specific tools, such as SDS' VIP, that understands and supports the HPR protocols as well as their interplay with UDP/IP.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:12:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liquid Computing: Drive Down the Time and Cost of Managing Your IT Infrastructure With Unified Computing]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028553]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Cost containment is the most critical issue facing today's data center managers. Increasingly, IT departments are being forced to do more with less while at the same time being asked to support a complex set of business demands. The way to address these demands efficiently is to transform the data center into a unified set of flexible, configurable and scalable resources that can be controlled more effectively. Through this transformation, organizations can use IT assets strategically to respond in real-time to business requirements rather than relying on the capabilities of obsolete architectures and equipment. This white paper from Liquid Computing will discuss how the company and its unified computing infrastructure are addressing these challenges.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:11:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Argentina: Software Development and IT Consulting Outsourcing's New Hot Spot]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028551]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[This paper explains about the attractiveness of Latin America, IT Landscape in Argentina, Leading Content Producer in Spanish, Educational excellence, Political Stability, Closer time-zone which includes instant communication channels, better team integration, shorter communication cycles and Favorable Tax Structure. These favorable tax code policies provides highly educated, competitive workforce at an extremely favorable pricing structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:11:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deployment Guide: Deploying F5 Automated: Network Provisioning for VMware Infrastructure]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028549]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Both VMware Infrastructure and the F5 BIG-IP system offer rich Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that allow administrators to programmatically gather information or take actions through a variety of client libraries and languages. Additionally, VMware Infrastructure and ESX Server include the ability to take actions according to specific trigger events specific to a virtual machine or host. Taken together, the combination of these capabilities provides a flexible infrastructure by which VMware Infrastructure and the F5 BIG-IP system can interact effectively to automatically scale applications as demand increases.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:10:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kick Open the Box on Higher ROI for Active RFID: Driving Cost Parity With Passive Systems]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028547]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Active tag cost is always the first question when end users evaluate a RFID system because the on-going tag costs will drive up Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Yet deployment costs, support and system maintenance are other key metrics for ROI. Active RFID market adoption is driven by the need for reliability and affordability. Passive systems are usually judged on the tag cost of around 20 cents. Yet when total cost of ownership calculations are considered, the real cost is more like $2- $4 per tag. Active tag systems can now be had for around $10 per tag - with active tags providing enormous benefits to automating systems and operations - that barcode and passive cannot accomplish.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:09:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An Osterman Research White Paper: AXIGEN, the Alternative for Exchange]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028543]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Virtually anyone who uses email at work understands how important this capability to getting his or her work done. For example, an Osterman Research survey conducted during March 2009 found that the typical user spends 152 minutes each day working in email. Based on an average workday of nine hours nine minutes discovered in that survey, the typical user spends 28% of his or her day doing something in their email client. Interestingly, the author found virtually identical results for both smaller and larger organizations with a difference of only one minute in the average time spent using email on a typical day.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:08:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Multi-Sourcing Governance Through Operational Level Agreements]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028539]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Disappointed with the failure of traditional IT outsourcing, many leading enterprises are moving away from large, multi-year, single-vendor contracts. Instead, they are adopting a new model, one commonly referred to as "Multisourcing", which involves allocating separate IT functions to different vendors. This enables them to leverage the skills and value propositions of each vendor to enhance efficiency and reduce risk. However, multi-sourcing is not without challenges. It requires a wide range of services to be demarcated, tracked and measured, while simultaneously retaining a holistic view of the company's entire IT infrastructure, applications and processes. In response to this challenge, Infosys has adopted and refined the concept of Operational Level Agreements (OLAs), a metric-based approach to coordinate and manage multiple services.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:07:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Collaborative Analytics: Sharing and Harvesting Analytic Insights Across the Business]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028537]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The architectural model described provides the basis for a new cooperative approach between the edge-based business analysts and the center-focused IT department. Their long experience and personal understanding of how analysts actually work suggests that the IT department change their approach. Criticizing spreadsheet usage is not enough. IT must provide tools to enable analysts to innovate with data in a managed environment and to allow socialization and collaboration within that community. In addition, IT must speed up the inward flow of new information and analyses from the edge to the center and back again, so that analysts can use accurate and consistent of centrally-sourced information.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:06:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Roadmap to Modular Global Sourcing]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028535]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[In today's global economy, businesses are under constant pressure to manage operational efficiency and control costs. But in order to deliver breakthrough results, they also need to maintain a strategic focus on innovation. Information Technology (IT) has been a great enabler for businesses to improve operational efficiency and drive down transaction costs. However, traditional IT outsourcing models have focused mainly on cutting costs and fallen short on the current imperatives of business alignment and innovation. Global sourcing has played a critical role in driving design and manufacturing innovation for industries such as Automotive, Apparel and Consumer Electronics. Clearly, the level of global sourcing maturity in IT and business process services is not the same as in their manufacturing counterparts.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:05:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Leveraging Outsourcing During Economic Uncertainty]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028533]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The fears of a looming economic crisis have put business decisions under a scanner. Whether the economy is headed for a full-fledged recession or not, might still be debatable. However, this period of uncertainty has given an opportunity for organizations to improve their business models and develop strategies that are more rational, prudent and better aligned with market realities. In these trying times, outsourcing is proving to be a great enabler. Many organizations have realized that outsourcing initiatives, if properly executed, can help them deal with economic uncertainties better. IT and Business Process Outsourcing, earlier mainly seen as means to cutting costs, are today known to offer much more in terms of benefits.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From Outsourcing Projects to Strategic Relationships: Converting Short-Term IT Services Projects Into Long-Term Multi-Year Strategic Relationships]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1028529]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations typically initiate their global sourcing efforts by selecting a small part of their ADM projects to be undertaken from offshore locations. Gradually, they increase the offshore component of such projects as they get more and more comfortable with the global sourcing concept. Over time, a large part of the support for such projects gets moved to offshore locations. This process of identifying projects, determining global sourcing vendors and their roles gets reviewed year after year during the annual IT budgeting cycle. Benefits from these efforts are realized and organizations tend to remain content with this process.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:03:28 -0700</pubDate>
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