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VIDEO - With just under 100 days to go to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Magnus Alvarsson, chief integrator at Atos Origin explains what has been done so far and what lies ahead for the technology team. Watch this video to understand the remaining steps that must be taken to ensure the 2010 Olympics go off without any major problems.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Premiered: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ITIL | Quality Control | Systems Management | Testing

VIDEO - Watch this video to learn some of the steps Atos Origin took to make sure the Beijing 2208 Olympic Games were successful and learn some of the steps they are taking for future Olympic Games, including Vancouver 2010 and London 2012.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Premiered: November 24, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | Data Quality | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ITIL | Systems Management | Systems Management Services | Testing

PODCAST - A Windows 7 migration is an opportunity to drive across the board value into your IT infrastructure. Begin with the end in mind. Learn how to move your IT environment forward by leveraging the latest in security, data protection and systems management along with your Windows 7 refresh.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Premiered: November 11, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | Operating Systems | Software Migration | Systems Management | Windows | Windows Security

WEBCAST - With the release of Windows 7, many organizations are considering migrating to this new platform. This webcast explores best practices to aid IT pros in this transition. Discover a wide range of hardware and software technology that will help you prepare for this switch.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Migration | Desktop Management | IT Best Practices | PC Operating Systems | Software Upgrades | Systems Management | Windows

PODCAST - This podcast details a strategy to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Get answers on how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Premiered: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management Services | IT Infrastructure | Metrics | ROI | Systems Management | VMware

WEBCAST - This webcast details an approach to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Learn how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Premiered: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance | ROI | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Systems Management | VMware

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn how to best approach a hardware and software refresh. Gain insight into key systems management considerations for a desktop and server upgrade including costs, security and compliance.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Desktop Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

VIDEO - In this videocast, learn how to best approach a hardware and software refresh. Gain insight into key systems management considerations for a desktop and server upgrade including costs, security and compliance.
Posted: October 29, 2009 | Premiered: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Desktop Management | Microsoft Hyper-V | Regulatory Compliance | Security | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn about a wide range of high availability (HA) alternatives that meet IT requirements and reduce the risk of downtime. Determine ways to justify an HA investment and how to mix and match tools for faster ROI. Watch this webcast to learn how to align your business needs with a high availability strategy.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Premiered: November 10, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Clustering | Data Centers | Downtime | High Availability | Network Management | ROI | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WEBCAST - In this webcast, get a firsthand look into a virtual platform that is designed to meet your current and future IT demands. Learn how to right-size system capacity and improve workload scalability. Discover industry best practices to increase agility of applications and systems.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WEBCAST - In this webcast, discover how application and desktop virtualization together with blade servers and SAN technology provide the most cost-effective virtual desktop tools for everyone in your organization. Gain insight into how to leverage this approach to simplify your IT systems while improving the productivity of your users.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Premiered: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Microsoft Hyper-V | Network Performance | SAN | Storage Management | Systems Management

PODCAST - IT pros have several options to choose from when ensuring high availability, making it difficult to know which approach is best for their organization. This expert podcast explores these choices with a focus on cluster and grid computing. Discover the differences between the two with details on when to use them.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Premiered: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Cluster Software | Clustering | Downtime | High Availability | Network Monitoring | Network Performance | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | Windows Server Software

WEBCAST - Businesses rely heavily on their servers, so if they fail productivity is lost. This expert webcast explores the dangers of unplanned server downtime. Discover some of the most important planning, configurations and management issues for server high availability.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Premiered: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Grid Computing | High Availability | Network Management | Network Performance | SAN | Server Hardware | Server Management | Systems Management

PODCAST - Join us to learn how to leverage IBM’s software, hardware and services to achieve competitive advantage.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Premiered: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Selection | Systems Management

VIRTUAL TRADESHOW - Learn application transformation strategies, such as legacy application modernization and exploiting mainframe alternatives, in this on demand virtual conference. Get innovated with Geoffrey Moore, best-selling author and managing director of TCG Advisors and Dale Vecchio, featured speaker from Gartner Research.
Posted: October 4, 2009 | Premiered: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Data Center Management | Legacy Applications Software | Mainframe Computers | Server Virtualization | SOA | Software Infrastructure | Software Project Management | Systems Management | TCO