“If that holds true, agents will need to make more use of indirect channel partners to keep up with the expanding sales footprint and capacity,” April said. “Agents reap the benefit of having more feet on the street selling their services, while solution providers enjoy an additional source of recurring revenue.”

The requirements being placed upon CIO’s and CISO’s are too great for corporate objectives to be realised using IT Security controls alone. In Read more

SAP Trade Promotion Optimization will facilitate promotion planning by allowing users to perform what-if simulations based on order history and other internal data, retail point-of-sale, syndicated retail measurement data and market research data in order to obtain reliable recommendations for promotional activity — from individual events to annual promotion plans.

WebSphere Commerce streamlines the customer ordering process by integrating marketing and shopping across all channels, Read more

HP also announced that Rajiv L. Gupta has been designated as lead independent director of the HP board, effective immediately. Gupta has served as a member of the board since January 2009 and has extensive leadership experience at large global companies. I am pleased to join the HP board at this important time.

EXIN multi-level program is based on job roles that prepare professionals for what they need in their daily work. They learn how to build, implement and maintain an overall ITSM Read more

Symantec is working to deliver next generation technologies that are designed to ensure reputation, behavioral and contextual information is available to enable new protection techniques through the single-instance approach. This new approach plans to ensure context is applied to maximize efficiency and avoid unnecessary or duplicate scanning and content updates.

The Linux Professional Institute continues to demonstrate recognized global leadership in the certification of Linux Read more

CompTIA’s A+: provides a solid foundation for any network technician in areas including installation, preventative maintenance, networking, security and troubleshooting. CompTIA’s Network+: proves a technician’s competency in managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, installing and configuring basic network infrastructures. Both A+ and Network+ are held by 10 percent of security cleared professionals.

Surgeries often last for hours, and surgeons need to look up a patient’s Read more

Information Security management in the UK is being transformed through tough new enforcement powers given to the ICO and initiatives such as the Information EXIN Assurance Maturity Model (IAMM) from the Cabinet Office. The effect will bring about a change in prioritisation in the way both the public and private sectors process information and data.

The exponential level of data growth is impeding organizations’ ability to effectively manage and recover data. In 2011, storage Read more

Kevin Tan, an IT manager with Lockheed Martin, uses the CompTIA CTP+ certification as a criterion for new hires. “We found that we’re supporting a lot of different solutions when we host a next generation data center or a call center,” says Tan. “We have Cisco Telepresence, and we have a lot of VoIP in our call centers. We need very specific types of individuals who have not only base level network administration skills but also knowledge of convergence technologies. We Read more

Coupled with this is the increasing level of public awareness about the need for greater privacy in relation to the collection of person identifiable information. In the event of breach of information the harm which could be done to the individual is significant. Organisations EXIN need to consider the moral impact of such a breach and the subsequent damage to its reputation.

IT organizations need full visibility into their virtual environment so they can identify unprotected virtual Read more

HP ProLiant servers, including HP ProLiant DL380 G7 servers with advanced virtualization support, provide IFAW with more efficient and reliable remote support at its U.S. headquarters, as well as country offices in Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Symantec is committed to addressing the challenges of global climate change and supporting responsible energy and climate legislation. We are reducing our data center energy use and related greenhouse gas emissions by deploying Read more

“This award is recognition of our success in delivering IT performance solutions that have become the foundation for the next generation of IT,” said Eric Wolford, executive vice president of marketing and business development at Riverbed. “Through hard work and innovation, we are solving some of the toughest problems faced by today’s globally distributed organizations. We help organizations build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with their business needs and is Read more