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Best Practice is a management idea which asserts that there is a technique, method, process, activity, incentive or reward that is more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process, etc. The idea is that with proper processes, checks, and testing, a project can be rolled out and completed with fewer problems and unforeseen complications.

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Global Best Practices in Email Security, Privacy and Compliance
By : Proofpoint Published Date: Aug 04, 2008
A new generation of email security solutions is needed to meet the challenges of growing message traffic, rapidly-evolving security threats and increasingly complex data protection and privacy regulations worldwide. Securing inbound email - while challenging enough - is less difficult than maintaining compliance with the complex, overlapping and sometimes conflicting global regulations that govern data privacy, transactional ethics and corporate governance.
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On-Demand Webcast: Learn How To Have A ZeroIMPACT Exchange Migration
By : Quest Software Published Date: Jul 11, 2008
Learn best practices for an accurate, efficient and ZeroIMPACT Exchange migration across all major platforms by watching this on-demand webcast.
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Quest Software
Spotlight on Operations - Sustained Growth through Operational Excellence
By : SAP Published Date: Jul 09, 2008
This offer is a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. It features results from an EIU survey of top executives concerning their current thoughts, attitudes, and best practices related to operational excellence.
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SAP
Best Practices for Tape Encryption
By : CA Mainframe Published Date: Jun 20, 2008
Increased regulatory scrutiny on the protection levels afforded sensitive information by those that transact and process it is causing enterprises to improve mainframe security strategies. This entails proactively investigating exposures and implementing appropriate policies, processes and technologies, including those for data z/OS tape encryption. Read this Technology Brief created by CA to learn how to identify exposure points and through the use of Tape Encryption.
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CA Mainframe
VMware Data Backup and Recovery Design Best Practices with Data Domain
By : Data Domain Published Date: Jun 11, 2008
When using Data Domain storage with well-understood best practices for backup and taking snapshots in VMware, a deployment can simplify management of consistent images. Once stored, the images are ready to restore, locally or, with optimized deduplicated replication, at a remote DR site. This paper describes best practices for managing these synergistic technologies together.
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Data Domain
Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices with Data Domain
By : Data Domain Published Date: Jun 11, 2008
Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. Combining traditional backup with other methods such as clustering, replication and continuous data protection provide for a robust Exchange protection strategy. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for Exchange along with solutions from Data Domain.
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Data Domain
Helping Contact Center Agents Improve First Contact Resolution
By : Upstream Works Published Date: May 13, 2008
It’s not surprising that first contact resolution (FCR) is becoming a high priority among forward-looking contact center managers. Increasing the percentage of contacts resolved during the initial contact provides three great benefits; customer satisfaction goes up, operating costs go down, and contact-center generated revenue goes up. There are also potential downsides, like extended handle time as agents strive to keep the caller on-line until the issue can be resolved.
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Upstream Works
Eurekify Enterprise Role Manager Product Brief for CA Identity Manager
By : CA Published Date: May 12, 2008
CA Identity Manager improves business efficiency by automating the process of granting appropriate access to users and strengthens security by enforcing consistent identity policies across the organization. In order to simplify the task of setting policies, workflow and administering user entitlements, organizations are grouping individuals into common roles and managing users at this higher level.
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CA
Best Practices Guide for Protecting Mission Critical Business Processes
By : Stratus Technologies Published Date: Apr 22, 2008
Protect the availability of business-critical processes while keeping costs in line. This e-book takes you from business analysis to design and deployment to an actual case study using recognized industry best practices and governance guidelines.
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Stratus Technologies
Webcast: High Availability for SQL Server 2005 Using Array-Based Replication
By : HP MSExchange Published Date: Apr 21, 2008
This webinar demonstrates that, in a highly-available disaster recovery environment using either HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database mirroring, checkpoint duration is critical to managing the solution behavior and implementation of the best practices results in significant performance improvements up to 52%.
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HP MSExchange
Bloor: InComparison Network and Voice Management Software
By : CA WA Published Date: Apr 21, 2008
This in-depth, InComparison paper prepared by Bloor Research provides an overview of strategies and technologies for network (fault and performance) management and voice management in major enterprises. It highlights CA’s strategic directions, technology strengths and overall solution completeness. You'll find great insights on best practices for your Network and Voice Management needs.
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CA WA
Getting Value from Industry Best Practices: The High-Tech Supply Chain Challenge
By : SAP Published Date: Apr 20, 2008
Examine how adoption of industry best practices can fuel excellence in supply chain operations of consumer and high-tech OEMs. ASUG/SAP benchmarking studies measure the performance of industry leaders and reveal their secrets. SAP industry experts can help you rapidly harness the power of supply chain best practices.
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SAP
Achieving Business Performance Goals through Virtualization Management Best Practices
By : eG Innovations Published Date: Apr 08, 2008
This EMA white paper investigates virtualization management issues in detail, outlining the key drivers and outcomes of virtualization, explaining critical inhibitors to virtualization success (and how to overcome them), and describing core virtualization performance management solution requirements. It also briefly describes one such solution, the eG Enterprise Suite, and includes a short case study highlighting this solution in action.
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eG Innovations
Data Leakage Landscape: Where Data Leaks & How Next Generation Tools Apply
By : Utimaco Published Date: Apr 02, 2008

Data protection programs at most organizations are concerned with protecting sensitive data from external malicious attacks, relying on technical controls that include perimeter security, network/wireless surveillance and monitoring, application and point security management, and user awareness and education. In this paper, the different leakage points are mapped with regulations and best practices.


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Utimaco
How Lack of Delegated User Administration and Integrated Workflow Will Sink Your Identity Management
By : CA Published Date: Mar 27, 2008
This document examines ways delegated user administration and integrated workflow with centralized controls can save an IT organization time and money, leading to increased user productivity and creating more secure IT computing environments.
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CA
EMC NetWorker Design Best Practices with Data Domain
By : Data Domain Published Date: Mar 26, 2008
Data Domain deduplication storage integrates with standard NetWorker architectural and operational environments and provides a highly cost-efficient nearline storage solution for enterprises of all sizes. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of how Domain deduplication storage offers new storage architecture options for EMC NetWorker customers.
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Data Domain
The Green Building Imperative
By : TRIRIGA Published Date: Mar 19, 2008
Investments in green building strategies consistently result in significant benefits for organizations today.  Green buildings not only reduce the environmental impacts of natural resource consumption and green house gas emissions, but they also provide economical benefits such as reduced costs, improved bottom-line performance and higher shareholder value.
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TRIRIGA
Automating Job Scheduling for Windows
By : Tidal Software Published Date: Mar 14, 2008
Datacenters experience constant change under pressure from technology and business drivers. IT systems are becoming more, not less complex as new technologies are introduced, and IT staffs are not growing to keep pace with the growth in size and complexity of the typical datacenter. Windows administrators need to radically simplify both complex and routine tasks if they are going to effectively respond to the constant pressure to deliver increasing value with limited resources. The most effective thing Windows administrators can do to address this issue is to minimize duties associated with maintaining the existing infrastructure.
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Tidal Software
Best Practices for Microsoft Exchange 2007 with HP Server and Storage in Mid-Range Environments
By : HP MSExchange Published Date: Mar 10, 2008
This paper provides configuration and performance data, best practices and recommendations to help system administrators deploy Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 on several of the HP MSA family of products. The results presented here are derived from extensive testing.
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HP MSExchange
Grant Thornton Achieves 99.7% Accuracy Tracking IT Assets
By : Absolute Software Published Date: Mar 05, 2008
Discover how Grant Thornton standardized its IT asset management across a nation-wide network of leased computers to reduce loss rates, achieve regulatory compliance and drive down total cost of ownership. By tightly controlling all network end-points, Grant Thornton was able to achieve close to 0% loss of all mobile IT assets.
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Absolute Software
HRO Innovation: Building Blocks to Derive Full Value
By : SAP Published Date: Mar 03, 2008
Taking human resources outsourcing beyond lip service to the adoption of best practices and better use of technology.
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SAP
Building a Reliable Data Center That’s Energy Efficient and Extra Secure
By : IBM Published Date: Feb 29, 2008
This InformationWeek article delves into the details of some of today’s most innovative data centers. You’ll read about data centers that cool with winter air, run on solar power, provision services without human involvement, and are virtually impenetrable. Any one of the tips – and there are dozens – could be a major breakthrough for your company.
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IBM
Leave Your Parachute at Home: 7 Tips for Real-World Businesses in Second Life
By : Elastic Collision Published Date: Feb 14, 2008
Media coverage of Second Life typically favors the opinions of industry analysts and naysayers. All too often, the concerns of regular users are overlooked. In October 2007, as part of a larger survey, we asked more than 800 Second Life residents what advice they would give to real-world organizations establishing a presence in Second Life.
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Elastic Collision
Big Opportunity in 2008: Prospering In Hard Times Through Customer Insights
By : ICC Decision Services Published Date: Feb 07, 2008
To paraphrase an old saying, “When the going gets tough, retailers start slashing operational costs.”  Ironically, cost slashing usually exposes a retailer to even greater risks instead of fortifying it against economic uncertainties.  All businesses have felt the impact of today’s volatile economy.  Retail has been hit especially hard, with sales in 2007 rising by only 2.4% - the smallest year-to-year increase since 2002. Despite such dour statistics, there are plenty of opportunities to gain share in today’s market.

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ICC Decision Services
Video Presentation: The Dawn of a New Industry
By : Fathom SEO Published Date: Feb 06, 2008