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<title><![CDATA[whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/Enterprise Applications/Best Practices]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/enterprise-applications/enterprise-applications/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[6th Sense Analytics Interviews Thomas Koulopoulos, Author of Smartsourcing]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper211/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-20 14:39:40</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[During this podcast, you&rsquo;ll hear from Thomas Koulopoulos, founder of Delphi Group, managing director of Perot Systems Innovation Labs, and author of Smartsourcing. A widely recognized authority on IT, innovation and the globalization of business, Tom was named one of the industry&rsquo;s six most influential consultants by InformationWeek magazine. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Centralized Data Center Management Software: Best Practices to Control Your Data Center]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper266/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-22 13:44:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper details best practices for achieving secure access to any server or network device from a single interface in your data center. Topics covered include centralized access and control, integrating management tools, KVM server management, serial over IP, power management over IP, and full remote access.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tools for Change: A Five-Step Framework to Align IT with Business Company Data Security Goals]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper278/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-15 12:25:15</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper shares the best practices for company data security used by some of today&#39;s most progressive IT leaders to help align their group&#39;s efforts with company goals and to make their data protection activities more successful.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web Enabled Customer Support - Self-Service Business Processes]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper285/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-15 15:03:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The benefits of moving manual processes to the web are well understood. But very few organizations have web-enabled product returns, bill disputes or other complex business processes. This paper discusses requirements for web-enabling complex processes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Begin at the End: A Good Lean Strategy Starts with Defining Your Ultimate Goal]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper308/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:33:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Countless surveys have confirmed that most lean initiatives are abandoned outright or fail to deliver expected and needed results.&nbsp; One well-known lean business consultant estimates that the failure rate is 98%. What is it the 2% of companies know that the others do not? Download this white paper to learn more. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving Lean Success: A Holistic Approach]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper309/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:32:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, the concept of lean manufacturing production has gone through a dramatic evolution from an obscure and isolated practice to a mainstream, extensively publicized methodology that is well known throughout the manufacturing and supply chain industry. Download white paper to learn more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Maintain Your Focus: Sustaining the Lean Transformation on the Shop Floor]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper310/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:35:19</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lean has become the proven approach companies have used in industry after industry to transform into &ndash; and maintain position as &ndash; leading, dominant, world-class competitors. Yet, many companies that begin the Lean transformation process with energy and resolve fail to sustain and complete the transformation to a Lean organization. Download this white paper to learn more. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Ways ERP Can Help You Implement Lean]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper320/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-30 15:35:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why is Lean so popular? Because it delivers what manufacturing companies truly need in today&#39;s highly competitive world: shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit, improved productivity and enhanced customer service.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[11 Criteria For Selecting The Best ERP System Replacement]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper322/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-07 08:02:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An ERP system is your information backbone and reaches into all areas of your business and value-chain. Replacing it can open unlimited business opportunities. In this white paper are the 11 criteria that will allow you to identify and select the ERP system replacement solution that will meet these expectations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The ILM Journey: An HP StorageWorks File System Extender Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper361/</link>
<pubDate>2007-03-21 10:49:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Download this white paper to read about the discipline known as Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and to learn how the efficiencies it creates can help you achieve your business goals. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why HP Blades for Exchange?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper370/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 12:33:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read this guide of the HP BladeSystem infrastructure and learn the benefits of deploying Exchange Server 2003 on the HP BladeSystem environment. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Deploying Exchange Server 2003 on HP StorageWorks 8000 Virtual Array]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper373/</link>
<pubDate>2007-03-21 09:29:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, there are a number of factors that must be addressed to ensure a successful application deployment. Click here to receive a guide to design and configuration of the EVA8000 for Exchange Server 2003 deployments. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leadership from HP: IT Delivered through a Service-Centric Architectural Approach]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper376/</link>
<pubDate>2007-03-21 10:21:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you want to learn how HP&rsquo;s SOA professionals work with your company to find the best possible solution for your existing heterogeneous environment, download this paper now.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Resolving Critical Business Problem Areas in Data Center Operations Through Automation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper417/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 12:58:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Automating repetitive Data Center Operations into best practices makes response times faster, more reliable, and less costly. Learn how to extend your current IT systems to do more of the routine work, freeing up IT staff for higher-value projects. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simplifying Data Security for Regulatory Compliance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper465/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 00:05:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today&#39;s Corporate Executives are faced with an array of Data Security legislation which mandates that they be personally accountable for the protection of customer account information. Crippling penalties present a modern day &#39;sword of Damocles&#39; hanging above the desks of CTOs, CIOs, CFOs and CEOs. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Reference Guide to Data Center Automation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper492/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-18 08:41:31</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over time, organizations have placed increasingly heavy demands on their IT departments. This Realtime guide, sponsored by Opsware, explores data center automation&mdash;methods through which hardware, software, and processes can work together to streamline IT operations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unified CPM and the Application of Predictive Analytics]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper499/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 08:26:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As vendors rush to embrace and exploit predictive analytics, only those with a truly unified solutions will succeed in capitalizing on this powerful and promising technology. Read this insightful white paper to learn more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Implementing Best Practices for Network & Systems Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper505/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 09:01:08</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The phrase &quot;Best Practices&quot; has become so overused, it has become practically meaningless for IT managers. Improvement is necessary, but where do you start, what tools are appropriate, where do I find actionable information, and how do I do this with minimal cost? If these questions apply to you, this paper provides a plan of attack. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study Reveals Hidden Costs May Be Lurking in Your Documentation Process]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper526/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 09:49:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When launching products, creating manuals, providing customer service and doing other tasks that involve documentation, you cannot afford inefficiencies. IDC, the premier global provider of market intelligence, surveyed hundreds of companies to uncover common content-related inefficiencies and their costs. See the results in this white paper.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Introduction to Product Information Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper528/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 09:13:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In today&#39;s complex global life sciences marketplace, the ability to manage product information is a daunting task. The ability to ensure greater control over this critical product information has led to the development of a standard for product information throughout the European Union. If your company as not begun to think about PIM, now is the time, download this white paper immediately.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Introduction to Structured Product Labeling]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper529/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 09:14:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In February 2004, the FDA issued a Draft Guidance requiring the electronic submission of labeling content to be provided in an XML-based format called Structured Product Labeling (SPL). The purpose of this white paper is for the reader to gain an understanding and prepare for the FDA&#39;s new electronic labeling submission standard. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Executive Guide to Understanding Business Requirements]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper578/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-17 13:47:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper is structured so that each page is its own &quot;mini-white-paper&quot; but each is also part of a total look at better structuring requirements documents, processes and content completeness. At the end of this paper is a one page &quot;tear-out&quot; summary which is both a shortened distillation of the content, and a diagnostic tool to start a peer discussion on your organization&#39;s performance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building Reliable IP Telephony Systems]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper579/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 08:35:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most important pieces of keeping a business afloat is reflected in its voice system. This white paper takes a comprehensive, yet understandable, look into the world of IP telephony systems by defining reliability and availability, and discussing the important pieces to review when selecting a voice system.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is the EU in a Position to Achieve Its i2010 Goals?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper589/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 14:21:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A recent report by the European Commission noted that &ldquo;Europe is not investing in productivity, enhancing ICT as much as the USA&rdquo;. The report also claimed that the situation is worse for SMBs than for enterprises.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dynamic IT and Integrated Financial Services: At the Doorway to the Financial Value Chain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper608/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-16 16:55:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This Financial Insights white paper is based on financial services IT spending primary research studies conducted in 2004 and 2005 and ongoing research and executive interviews of C-level and line-of-business executives in the areas of IT spending, enterprise performance management, and corporate banking and treasury management. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping Up Your SOX Compliance and Turning IT into a High Performer by Improving Change Control]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper630/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-14 13:23:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper covers the implementation, disclosure and ongoing evaluation of internal controls for SOX compliance with a focus on the role of IT, as well as the penalties for non-compliance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Agile Service Operation Embraces Technology]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper633/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Technology can prove to be a vital component in the quest for service profitability. However, there is a lot of technology out there targeted at field service organizations which has evolved to the point where its introduction in customer-facing functions can significantly enhance organizational productivity.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cost of Losing Information]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper668/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 13:10:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The primary information management concern in the enterprise today is to ensure that the knowledge necessary to drive critical business processes is available where it needs to be, when it needs to be. The costs of failure to do this are high.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Network Faxing and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper679/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:26:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Easily implemented and integrated with electronic medical record systems, network fax servers can play a valuable role in supporting HIPAA objectives, offering a standardized, enterprise-wide faxing solution, and helping to maintain a high standard of security, efficiency and organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving Best Practice in IT Management for SMBs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper726/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 13:14:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As businesses grow they carry with them many practices established in their early days.&nbsp; Good practice in IT management allows businesses to make effective use of IT while minimizing costs and reducing business risk.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Your IT Guy Has Enough on His Plate Without Being the HIPAA Police]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper746/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 21:57:28</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How is HIPAA Security Rule compliance impacting your IT department?&nbsp; This paper explores some solutions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Got The Enterprise Software Blues? Appliances to the Rescue]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper748/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 21:55:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper explores how Appliance-based Software Delivery (AbSD) provides a better alternative to both software and Software as a Service (SaaS).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Privacy, Compliance, and International Data Flows]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper759/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 11:55:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mandatory compliance requirements often vary or conflict. Discover the major issues and appropriate actions organizations must take today to protect the privacy of information and meet legal and contractual requirements.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Application Security: No Room for False Positives]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper765/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-22 14:19:23</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Enterprises are responding to new threat on communication protocols by hardening Web applications, and they are increasingly turning to Web application security assessment tools to improve the security of their applications. This report examines why high accuracy is critical to the effectiveness of the tools, and it discusses how Cenzic Hailstorm addresses this problem.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leveraging Managed Service to Automate Security Assessment]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper769/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-05 10:46:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With web applications constantly evolving, finding vulnerabilities is a challenging, costly and time-consuming undertaking.&nbsp; The solution is automated security assessment products that leverage stateful processing to comprehensively examine web applications and reveal vulnerabilities in hours rather than weeks.&nbsp; Find out how Cenzic&#39;s ClickToSecure solution can help you secure your applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NextGen Healthcare: How Technology Can Help Make Consumer-Directed Healthcare a Reality]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper798/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 12:47:36</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper communicates the value of software technologies that provide a single point of entry for prospects and health plan providers (including agents) to educate a new or renewing insured on the full value proposition of each plan offering.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Definition of a Business Service for Customer Data Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper801/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:34:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper will define different vendor approaches to developing business services and the relative cost implications of each approach for the customer.&nbsp;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IBM DB2 Anonymous Resolution: Knowledge Discovery without Knowledge Disclosure]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper802/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:31:02</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper will examine the potential of a technological breakthrough to reduce trust-based risks and change the way organizations reach a harmonious balance between consumer privacy and information sharing. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WebSphere Customer Center Product Positioning Paper]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper804/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:34:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper gives the reader an overview of the functionality of IBM&#39;s WebSphere Customer Center, and explains why IBM is the strategic partner that more Fortune 500 companies select as their strategic platform for Customer Data Integration. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WebSphere Product Center at Panasonic]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper805/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 14:08:25</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This case study outlines their success in achieving global simultaneous product launches, correct information for catalogs and advertising, faster price change notifications and better Point of Sale (POS) integration.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer Overview of the HP Renew Program]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper820/</link>
<pubDate>2007-03-21 09:38:50</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The HP Renew Program is a worldwide strategic initiative from HP designed especially to complement new product sales.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bringing Humanity Back to the Web]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper834/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-16 14:37:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s world, it may seem like there is barely enough time to stay on top of running a business, let alone for perceived luxuries like personal interaction over every transaction. This white paper looks at the benefits of combining two popular online communication tools- email marketing and live chat - to boost customer loyalty and retention.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Functional Re-Use and SOA: The Service Interface as an Enabler for Software Re-Use Best Practice]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper851/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 12:01:15</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) provides a foundation to achieve software reuse. A key part of the SOA value proposition is the benefits realized from software reuse. Learn more in this new white paper from Quocirca. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building an Enterprise Security Operations Center]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper864/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-01 09:00:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Managing the security environment today poses a series of challenges for IT personnel and their organizations due to the daily onslaught of security data from varying security and network systems. This paper explores the requirements and best practices for setting up a Security Operations Center (SOC) within an organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Process Innovation: A Process Industry Perspective]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper943/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:33:41</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In recent years, industry leading companies have identified business process innovation as the only real competitive advantage. But what sets the most admired process companies apart from the rest is their continued business process innovation and scale? Download this white paper to find out.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lean Inventory Levels Resulting in Improved Customer Satisfaction]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper947/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:35:07</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A fast-growing supplier, NEI&#39;s delivery performance was declining, creating a significant problem with past-due shipments, even though the company had an excess of finished goods. Access this case study to learn about how they addressed their challenges.   ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Presenting a Real-Time Enterprise for Your Company]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper979/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 12:02:03</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This exclusive Yankee Group White Paper reveals and examines how mid-size businesses can now build a real-time enterprises and leverage real-time information. Learn how to reduce scattered information and silo databases that prevent your enterprise from achieving operational excellence.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Monitoring Physical Data Center Threats]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper980/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-10 14:45:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While well-understood protocols exist for monitoring physical devices such as UPS systems, computer room air conditioners, and fire suppression systems, there is a class of distributed monitoring points that is often ignored. This paper describes this class of threats, suggests approaches to deploying monitoring devices, and provides best practices in leveraging the collected data to reduce downtime.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Driver Based Planning and Budgeting]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper990/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-21 08:40:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This whitepaper will help organizations understand how driver based planning and control activities can be transformed into the proactive management function that add greater value through faster decision making.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Social Media Marketing: Risks and Regulatory Issues]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1005/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-14 09:30:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The pharmaceutical industry is very interested in using social media to promote products, services and issues important to it. However, many drug firm executives are uncertain about how to tackle the legal and regulatory issues associated with social media communications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Evaluating Financial Management Software - Is It Time for a Change?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1043/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-21 15:03:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper walks through the key areas of a financial management solution so when you are evaluating current and future financial management software, you are prepared to avoid challenges and maximize your investment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics CRM Enterprise Performance and Scalability]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1045/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-20 12:14:21</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read how demand planning software packages can help manufacturers to: Establish baseline sales forecasts, incorporating multiple inputs, perform sophisticated analysis that improves their use of human and capital resources and better understand their markets and customers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alcatel-Lucent Case Study]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1055/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-03 11:32:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 and increasing competition in the telecommunications market, Alcatel-Lucent was ready to undertake the difficult task of redefining IT to drive competitive advantage for the business.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices in Extending ERP]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1070/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:33:25</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Aberdeen&#39;s 2006 ERP in Manufacturing Benchmark Report explored how ERP strategies are evolving as enterprises strive to derive more and better business value from their implementations. That often means driving the use of ERP deeper into their organizations or broader across more of the enterprise. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Keys to Performance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1071/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:37:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Key Performance Indicators and To-Do Lists provide the opportunity for a company to more fully utilize information already available within the organization to promote greater efficiency, stronger performance, and continuous improvement &ndash; all directed toward accomplishing company-wide business objectives for greater stronger asset performance. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[8 Ways Every Solution Provider Can Profit from Rollouts Now]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1077/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-02 08:30:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;8 Ways Every Solution provider Can Profit from Rollouts Now&rdquo; demonstrates how rollouts are creating strong sales opportunities for solution providers of all sizes. Importantly, it also addresses how solution providers have finally &ldquo;cracked the code&rdquo; of transforming this high-volume business, which is extremely service intensive, into a high-profit business via innovative on-site service delivery models that let them find the contract IT service professionals they need, right when they need them.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Wireless Network Security and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1083/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:55:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper will explore what security challenges wireless networks present, suggest best practices to ensure Wireless LAN security, and demonstrate how AirDefense Enterprise, a Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention System, can help you define, monitor and enforce your wireless security policy. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Performance Appraisal Software: Build It or Buy It?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1095/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-30 21:48:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thinking of building a performance appraisal system? Often, long-term consequences of building software systems internally are overlooked. Read this white paper for a cursory look at some of the actual costs involved.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Tips for Selecting an Internet Fax Service]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1099/</link>
<pubDate>2007-05-15 08:34:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If faxing is a critical component to your business, you want to be sure you make a wise decision on how to do it. This paper offers 10 tips to help you sort through the myriad of choices in order to get the best combination of features and flexibility. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[8 Strategies for Improving Supply Chain Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1111/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:32:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[External forces can knock your business off balance with no warning. To meet these external challenges, you need the capability to extend supply chain visibility, respond to changes in real time, and improve performance measurement across the entire chain.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[9 Steps to Implement a Successful CMDB Project]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1114/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-10 13:20:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Simply click the title to receive this whitepaper which lays out a prescriptive nine-step plan describing how to implement a CMDB, including best practices that may be used to educate staff and design an effective CMDB project plan.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Optimize Your Vision: Aligning Your IT Portfolio & Business Strategy]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1117/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read this guide, that was published in BusinessWeek, on how organizations are now beginning to tackle this problem by taking a more holistic approach to IT Portfolio Management, enabling rapid decision-making based on a company roadmap.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stand Guard Against Accidental File Erasure]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1127/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 10:40:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sooner or later, disasters happen to every computer user. They delete important files, on purpose or accidentally. Or they update a document and save it, overwriting the original version. Download this paper to learn how to protect against accidental file erasure. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Self-Tuning Disk Drives Eliminate Performance Bottlenecks and Heighten ROI]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1128/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 10:40:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The size of today&rsquo;s hard drives boggles the mind. Coupled with this surge in disk capacity is an explosion in file sizes. And multi-MB PowerPoints, MP3s and PDFs litter the hard drive. The problem is that drive I/O speed has not kept up the pace. As a result, it has developed into a serious bottleneck in system performance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Impact of Disk Fragmentation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1129/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 10:40:23</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While there is little dispute among IT professionals regarding the impact of disk fragmentation on system performance, no independent guidelines exist to recommend the frequency of defragmentation across an infrastructure. This white paper will outline the results of testing, draw conclusions, and make recommendations regarding managing fragmentation across your infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SIP Trunking Benefits and Best Practices]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1158/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A complete guide to SIP trunks, this whitepaper provides a comprehensive overview on the basics of SIP trunking, including a discussion of infrastructure needs and deployment issues and solutions. In-depth sections dedicated to interoperability, security as well as quality and reliability issues are also included. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Industrial Equipment Manufacturing: Innovation and the Competitive Edge]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1185/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-11 09:44:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this white paper we do not make specific recommendations for manufacturers to follow; rather, we present suggestions for competing effectively in a fast-paced industry. From adopting lean manufacturing practices to strengthening bidding and quoting processes, opportunities exist for companies to grow and thrive despite relentless cost pressures.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Build a Competitive Edge for Manufacturing Plant Operations]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1187/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-11 09:59:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper outlines ways that technology can help manufacturers meet these challenges, increase operational efficiency, and step ahead of competitors with more proactive planning, greater shared visibility, and more agile and more profitable responses to change. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Get to the Numbers that Matter in Retail]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1191/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-05 12:31:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The objective of this white paper is to review various aspects of retail financial management and to draw important lessons for small and mid-size retailers. The paper addresses a wide range of topics that impact a retailer&rsquo;s financial success. Many of these are common to retailers of all sizes, but some are specific to mid to small tier businesses and many cautionary notes are given.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Manage Your Operations for Greater Profitability with Retail Chain Manager for Microsoft Dynamics AX]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1192/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-11 10:29:33</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By providing integrated, adaptable functionality within one scalable platform, Microsoft Dynamics AX helps midsize retailers improve their agility with an all-in-one solution based on an open technology platform. And it provides the ability for retailers to connect and interact with customers, partners, and employees around the world.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Analysis of Aggressive Online Behavior Targeted Against Corporations, their Products and Brands]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1198/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-14 09:29:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Internet has become a hospitable environment for people looking to advance aggressive forms of criticism against corporations. The same social media technologies that strengthen your company&rsquo;s relationship with consumers also make is easy for a single critic to mount an aggressive campaign against you. This whitepaper will present new research that reveals what drives this type of aggressive behavior. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Case Studies for Aggressive Online Behavior Aimed at Large Corporations]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1199/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-14 09:29:40</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This new study by Harvard&#39;s Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society analyzed corporate attacks against leading companies like Wal-Mart, McDonald&rsquo;s, AOL, Genzyme and Lufthansa. This study establishes three profiles of corporate attacks and examines the unique behavior patterns and personal motivations behind each.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making the Case for an Interoperable, Multi-scale Hospital/Healthcare Knowledge Domain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1207/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-16 11:02:43</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Get this free white paper to read why mass casualty and other public health emergencies create a demand for information within hospitals, between hospitals, between hospitals and local incident command centers, and between local, statewide and multi-state incident command centers and agencies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices in Siebel CRM Performance Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1214/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-21 13:15:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is often overlooked is that application performance is just one of three key drivers of return on investment (ROI) from your Siebel application. An efficient infrastructure is critical. It&#39;s important to optimize the Siebel application for your own unique business environment, user needs and usage patterns. But, it&#39;s all for naught if you do not build and sustain adoption and efficient and effective use of the Siebel application by your end users.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer Reviews Drive Online Satisfaction, Recommendation and Loyalty]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1215/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Online retailers are always on the lookout for ways to improve the online shopping experience and stay ahead of the competition. Adding consumer product reviews is one such way. As part of the analysis of the Spring 2007 edition of the Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index, we delved into the data specific to consumer product reviews to answer pertinent questions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Acquire Satisfied and Loyal Online Customers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1217/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-08 13:42:21</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This report analyzes satisfaction of the various methods of generating site traffic (email, search marketing, recommendations, shopping comparison sites, etc.) to see which result in the most satisfied customers -- who are also more likely to purchase in the future and recommend the site to others.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Asset Sustainability: The Key to a Greener Organization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1221/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-21 10:26:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Make EAM part of your Green Strategy; This white paper includes recommendations for a Green-centric Organization. Find out how a comprehensive, green-oriented asset performance management solution will enable you to achieve compliance, efficiency, and consumer appeal.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ITIL Best Practices: The Business Case for Change and Configuration Management and the CMDB]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1225/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-10 13:20:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This ITIL best practice white paper on how to build a business case for change and configuration management and the CMDB makes a strong case for Configuration Management as the only real solution for controlling Change in high volume Change-transaction enterprises. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Enterprise Single Sign-On Best Practice Considerations]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1230/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-01 09:21:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations are implementing Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions to improve business productivity, reduce cost and secure access to critical applications. This white paper discusses commonly overlooked considerations when evaluating SSO solutions, to help ensure success with your deployed solution.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Do Leading Organizations Implement Integrated Workplace Management Systems?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1240/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-27 08:41:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this white paper, we discuss industry standards, the range of disciplines IWMS spans, external systems (e.g., CAD, ERP, human resources) that interact with a solid IWMS, and the costs avoided when innovators enforce data templates and processes throughout the enterprise.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Advantages to the Sale-Leaseback]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1241/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-27 08:43:09</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leaders in every industry perform sale-leaseback transactions to unlock the value of real estate, improve the balance sheet and realize tax benefits. The paper discusses how sale-leasebacks enhance financial ratios, elevate operations and re-focus real estate strategies on profitability rather than logistics. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Knowledge Centered Support: A Best Practice-Base to Knowledge Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1247/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-11 15:51:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Take a best practice approach to knowledge management with Knowledge Centered Support: understand the major benefits and principles of effective Knowledge Centered Support. Read this step-by-step guide for implementing a solution to increase efficiency and end-user satisfaction and reduce total cost of ownership.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forget Speeds and Feeds: ERP Outsourcing for the Mid-Market]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1249/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-24 09:35:29</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ERP Outsourcing for the Mid-Market discusses the nuances of outsourcing and critical success factors for mid-market companies.&nbsp; Specifically, how companies can effectively select a compatible outsourcing partner who understands both parts of the equation - business and technology - and how to create a governance environment that fosters a successful outsourcing relationship.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DNS Best Practices Whitepaper]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1265/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-14 10:42:27</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The BlueCat Networks approach to secure and well-managed DNS involves an examination of all components involved in the delivery of DNS services. Learn about how architecture that is used to implement DNS can have a large impact on security and functionality.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Migration Made Easy: Switching VAN Providers Without the Fire Drills]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1273/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-30 09:09:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The challenges presented by multiple Value-Added Networks (VANs) and managing diverse trading partners create barriers to the efficiencies promised by EDI. Multiple providers mean multiple points of failure with no one entity to hold accountable. Also, as trading communities grow, end-to-end supply chain visibility becomes an essential operational requirement.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving the Perfect Order: Improving Supply Chain Communication]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1274/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-30 09:08:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No enterprise is an island. Goods and services flow in from suppliers. When you include suppliers of wares for raw material extractors, along with recyclers that turn consumer and commercial waste into new raw materials and finished goods, it is a supply chain with no beginning and no end.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deploying Application and OS Virtualization Technologies Together: Citrix and Virtuozzo]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1279/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-10 11:49:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As virtualization becomes more pervasive in the datacenter, organizations are deploying complementary types of virtualization technologies. Read this white paper to learn how blending application and OS virtualization using Citrix and Virtuozzo will provide stronger and more robust virtualization solution.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving Sustainable IT Compliance to 21 CFR Part 11]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1290/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-17 08:28:50</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[21 CFR Part 11 continues to cause confusion. Recent FDA guidance documents help, but many IT departments still struggle to establish appropriate validation processes with limited time and resources. Ecora&#39;s FREE in-depth guide, &quot;Achieving Sustainable IT Compliance to 21 CFR Part 11,&quot; gives you an overview of the regulation from an IT perspective. It also outlines how you can accurately and cost-effectively implement a systems-based best practices approach that will help you meet FDA requirements.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ITIL Version 3 Frequently Asked Questions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1301/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-29 12:21:09</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This list of Frequently Asked Questions provides answers to important questions affecting ITIL professionals, including the significant differences between version 2 and 3, the impact on investments in publications and training, and how other standards align with version 3.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ITIL Version 3 Quick Reference Card]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1302/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-29 11:20:24</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This quick reference guide provides an easy to use snap shot of key ITIL version 3 practices and concepts.&nbsp; In addition, it provides a visual map between ITIL Version Service Delivery and Support books to the new ITIL Version 3.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Network Lifecycle Management: A Solution Approach to Managing Networks]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1319/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-03 11:41:36</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper focuses on how network engineering and operations teams can achieve operational objectives. It begins with a review of some of the challenges and hurdles blocking these objectives. Then it provides a discussion of best practice approaches aimed at achieving these objectives.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Community Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1321/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-30 09:09:07</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business Community Management is a strategic vision that creates a comprehensive view of the supply chain by integrating the technology, business processes and communication of the entire business community to facilitate end-to-end supply chain visibility. This white paper will examine the current state of B2B communication; detail the steps needed to mitigate the challenges created by B2B; and more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Outsourcing Best Practices: A Primer on Outsourcing Governance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1333/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-24 09:34:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing Best Practices describes how to create a governance environment that fosters a successful outsourcing relationship.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT Due Diligence Case Study: J.W. Childs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1335/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 2004, J.W. Childs had the opportunity to acquire the Sunny Delight Beverage Co. (SDBC) through a unique carve-out of brands by Procter &amp; Gamble. An accurate and in-depth assessment of the infrastructure required to support SunnyD&rsquo;s business going forward would be absolutely essential to Childs&rsquo; decision to purchase the company.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Little Gym Makes Service a #1 Priority]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1341/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 14:04:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Service to our gym owners is our number one priority,&quot; said Linda Mason, Vice President of IT for The Little Gym International. &quot;This clearly drove our decision-making process in searching for an outsourcer.&quot; Learn why OneNeck was their number one choice for outsourcing their IT services.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aberdeen Lean Scheduling and Execution Benchmark Report]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1343/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:32:39</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this report, find out the operational performance benefits that Best-in-Class manufacturers attribute to the use of Lean Scheduling and Execution principles. Read about Lean Scheduling key metrics and get ready to implement them. Discover best practices in Lean implementations and how these help reduce overall manufacturing costs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6th Sense Analytics Interviews Rusty Weston of Global Services Magazine]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1396/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-20 14:39:28</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Jake Sorofman, Vice President of Marketing for 6th Sense Analytics interviews Rusty Weston, editor in chief of CMP Media&rsquo;s Global Services magazine, a premier publication focusing on the trends of off-shoring and outsourcing. The discussion focuses on the trend of globally distributed software development. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing Success in Outsourced or Offshored Software Development]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1397/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-20 14:40:18</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This whitepaper outlines a way for organizations to build a modern framework for managing distributed teams that overcomes the structural challenges of working across far-flung locations, and ensures projects come in as expected&mdash;on time, on budget and on target with business goals. This framework reuses your existing development infrastructure to restore visibility and empowered decision making within your globally distributed software development projects.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 5 Essentials of Effective Software Development Metrics]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1398/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-20 14:40:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Software development projects have a long and storied history of failure. In fact, 82% of projects today run late, while errors cost 80% of the average project budget to fix (The Standish Group). Certainly no other business process today is allowed to endure this sort of failure. But software development is often left to chance, despite the significant cost and importance of the process.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building Software in a Flat World]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1401/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-20 14:39:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Offshore development has been embraced by the vast majority of commercial software vendors and enterprise application development groups. Why? Because a world flattened by globalization makes it possible to improve competitiveness by taking advantage of the easy exchange of low-cost, high-quality technical skills.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Delivering Software As Appliances: Expert Advice]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1417/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-21 09:43:50</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Enterprise customers want software applications delivered as server appliances because they help to reduce IT costs and complexity. Appliances provide better performance, security and manageability. Learn from experts, about factors to consider and things to avoid with the appliance delivery model.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Promiscuous Monitoring in Ethernet and Wi-Fi Networks]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1425/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-14 09:53:28</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper examines the problems related to the deployment and usage of software-based network monitoring solutions, methods of achieving network traffic visibility in various network configurations that include hubs, switches, routers, etc. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interactions: The Foundation of Business Relationships]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1495/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-12 12:32:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business relationships have always been based on interactions. Until now most of these interactions have been through conventional means, such as the telephone. But now more and more of your business interactions are over the Internet, and this trend will continue for the foreseeable future. Are you ready to handle this change? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Service Catalogs to Run IT As A Business (Not 'Like' A Business)]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1496/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-03 09:59:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Properly implemented, service catalogs can help IT run as a business - not just &quot;like&quot; a business. They improve communication, provide users with easier access to IT services, and enable measurement-driven continuous process improvement. This white paper shows you how to achieve a successful service catalog implementation on BMC Remedy and extend the benefits of service catalogs across functional areas.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Ways HP Helps IT Support Environmental Initiatives]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1510/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-21 10:24:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many companies have been talking about being green lately, but HP&#39;s been quietly doing something about it for years. Read this paper to find out more about the company&#39;s 20-year commitment to manufacturing and retiring its products in an environmentally responsible manner.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Top 4 Reasons to Automate Labor-Intensive Paper-Based Processes to Increase Productivity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1511/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-10 15:06:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boost productivity. Increase competitive advantage. Reduce compliance risk. And help the environment in the process. How many more reasons do you need to automate paper-based processes? Read this white paper to learn how you can automate document-based business processes to improve knowledge-worker productivity and much more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How HP Can Help IT, Facilities and Procurement Work To Maximize Productivity and Minimize Costs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1512/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-10 15:04:18</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It takes three to develop a solid strategy for running an efficient printing environment: IT, facilities and procurement. This HP white paper explains how a cooperative strategy involving all three of these departments can help increase staff productivity in the IT department, lower total operational costs for the enterprise, and improve operational effectiveness and business process efficiency.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Technology Provider Enhances Customer Relations and Revenue Potential with Flat-Rate Online Meetings]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1542/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-25 11:38:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why invest in a product if its ongoing cost discourages you from using it? That was the question facing Michael Steelman, director of support services for First Data Systems. For years, the company&#39;s sales team relied on an expensive per-minute online meeting product for performing live demonstrations to remote prospects. Finally, the constant, cumulative fees became so cost-prohibitive the company shied away from using the product except in the most urgent situations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Human Resource Technology Provider Upgrades Online Meeting Performance and Capacity for Instant ROI]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1543/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-05 12:32:24</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CheckPoint HR is in the middle of tremendous growth. In just two years, the human resource technology company has expanded from servicing about 400 worksite employees (WSE&#39;s) to over 20,000. David Flook, a partner at CheckPoint HR, chalks up this impressive growth to his company&#39;s unique approach to providing Web-based services for mid-market companies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sales Effectiveness with Online Meetings and Collaboration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1544/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-05 12:33:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Overcome sales challenges of travel costs, complex sales cycles and smaller lead pools Technology has allowed businesses to expand without borders, so naturally, the sales environment has grown increasingly competitive. Salespeople face daily challenges that need to be overcome efficiently.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Learn how Web Conferencing Can Help You Meet Your Marketing Goals]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1545/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-28 12:47:25</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To reach their business goals, marketing professionals must leverage new technologies. Web conferencing and collaboration tools can facilitate marketing initiatives, letting marketers meet with prospects and clients anywhere, anytime, in an Internet-based, real-time environment. The technology offers rich functionality, including file and application sharing, annotation, online chat, polls and surveys and Web co-browsing and recording, among other features. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pizza Company Slices Travel Costs with GoToMeeting Corporate]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1547/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-25 11:37:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Papa John&#39;s is expanding rapidly with aggressive plans to open dozens of stores each year around the world, including Asia, Europe and Latin America. And because Papa John&#39;s provides valuable marketing guidance and training to franchisees, replacing travel with typical audio calls wasn&#39;t enough.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web Conferencing's Expanding Role in Training]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1550/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-07 12:43:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper describes the results of a survey of 533 trainers conducted in December 2006-January 2007 concerning the usage levels, benefits, and justifications for web conferencing as a training application. It explores trainer attitudes concerning the relationship between a variety of synchronous and asynchronous tools, as well as the impact of web conferencing on live, in-person training.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Tips to Turn Your Website into a Marketing Machine]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1584/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-18 11:45:24</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how you can transform your website into a marketing machine that attracts qualified prospects and converts a higher percentage of them into paying customers.&nbsp; This Internet marketing whitepaper discusses 5 tips you can implement today to leverage the Internet and reach your customers more effectively.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Worst Practices in Business Intelligence: Why BI Applications Succeed Where BI Tools Fail]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1587/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-16 12:39:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides insight into the top four worst practices for business intelligence. It also provides guidance on how to avoid or overcome worst practices in order to tap into the true power of BI. By reading this paper, you will have a solid understanding of how to avoid BI failure and achieve success with your BI initiatives.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Worst Practices in SOA Implementation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1588/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:50:39</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Designed to help organizations learn from the mistakes of others, this paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration. It also provides guidance on how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices in order to realize the true value of an open, reusable integration architecture. By reading this paper, you will have a solid understanding of how to avoid SOA integration failure and achieve success with your initiatives.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guide: WAN Optimization Vendor Selection]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1601/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-27 13:22:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Best Practices for Selecting a WAN Optimization Solution: Benchmarking Performance ROI&quot; includes best practices for defining requirements and comparing alternative solutions, and offers a metric that IT organizations can use to select the WAN optimization solution that delivers the greatest value.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Outsell the Competition]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1604/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sales Benchmark Index presents information in this NetSuite White Paper that helps sales management succeed in implementing a data-driven decision making process for sales success. Five steps for developing a sales benchmark are defined, with a list of key metrics you can use.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Persistent Group Chat: An Approach for More Profitable Team Communications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1616/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-01 14:11:18</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unlike email, instant messages (IMs) do not allow group communication; nor do they persist -- you can&#39;t hold on to them for as long as you wish. Persistent group chat, however, allows businesses to organize persistent dialogue around business-critical topics, and keep them for easy retrieval later.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Harnessing the Power of an IT Dashboard]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1635/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-24 09:53:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover the three key reasons how enterprise IT dashboards can deliver highly valuable information to your organization in an easy to use format and provide simple processes that will turn dashboard data into actionable IT decisions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Operations Management in UK Financial Services]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1646/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The extremely competitive nature of the financial services industry today and the changing landscape of customer expectations and their approach to investing in financial products, puts an onus on suppliers to consider how well they are dealing with new and existing customers&rsquo; business transactions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Document Management Case Study: Salter, Feiber, Murphy, Hutson & Menet, P.A.]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1649/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 15:48:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Like most law firms, Salter Feiber deals with vast amounts of documents, a significant portion of which needs to be kept for long periods of time. &quot;We tried to keep the files closed during the last 12 months onsite,&quot; says Kim Chewning, Firm Administrator. &quot;Everything else was sent to a third party for storage in a secure facility.&quot; However, as the archive grew, so did the storage cost. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Park West Landscape Gets ROI Fast with ViewWise]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1650/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-01 10:01:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Park West&rsquo;s successful landscape business had a paper problem. The 11 separate companies (including their headquarters) created paperwork havoc for their Accounts Payable (AP) Department. They required an electronic document management alternative that could meet their criteria to standardize the process for all 11 companies. They needed this at a price that would enable them to realize return on investment in a reasonable length of time.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Document Management Case Study: DUCA Financial Services]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1652/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 15:47:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The amount of paper that DUCA Financial Services had to retain for every member they dealt with was piling up. In fact, DUCA had a complete office wall dedicated to the storage of client records in thirteen large fireproof filing cabinets. &quot;We simply ran out of space and had no more room to put anything,&quot; said Jack Vanderkooy, President &amp; CEO. &quot;While we have to maintain documents for our daily reference and access, the problem was made greater by the fact that legally we have to retain documents and files for the full term of each mortgage or loan.&quot;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cortes & Hay Title Insurance Agency Case Study]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1653/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 15:47:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To properly serve their customers, Cortes &amp; Hay must create files of documents that need to be distributed to appropriate parties. The documents that comprise a title insurance binder come from two places. There are documents generated internally, and documents that come from external sources.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rogue IT: Compliance of IT in the Capital Markets]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1658/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-10 15:08:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A world class IT organization needs to be better than even the regulators require &ndash; and good IT governance doesn&#39;t have to tie the IT department up in red tape. Judicious application of IT best practices, frameworks and methodologies can help achieve this, based on an accurate picture of the IT environment, at which point regulatory compliance becomes a happy side effect. Find out how you can have an up-to-date true view of your infrastructure on a daily basis &ndash; not just at a point in time by reading this white paper.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Power to Improve Everything: Enabling the Customer-Centric Enterprise]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1676/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-13 13:42:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What kind of customer service does your organization deliver? Is your customer service system of handling questions or issues developed with the customer in mind?&nbsp; If it isn&rsquo;t, you may be putting your customer relationships at risk. Download this white paper to learn the competitive advantages of being a customer centric company.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You're Virtually There: Remote Support Best Practices and Benefits]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1681/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-23 08:43:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As support centers have deployed this new generation of remote support solutions, they have developed a series of best practices for maximizing their benefits. Based on market research performed from 2004 to 2007, this white paper summarizes these best practices, illustrates the benefits, and suggests considerations for selecting the remote access solution that will be most effective for your support organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WebEx Support Center: Remote Support Security Overview]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1692/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-23 10:58:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this document is to provide information on the data security features and functions available with WebEx Support Center Remote Support and inherent to the underlying WebEx communication infrastructure known as the WebEx MediaTone&trade; Network.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HP Customer Perspective: Best Practices for Implementing HP Quality Center Software]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1696/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-10 15:00:14</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper offers a structured approach to planning and implementing HP Quality Center software, an integrated,web-based suite of tools and best practices for automated software quality testing. It also offers practical advice, based on my own experiences as a QA architect for a Fortune 500 company, for each phase of implementation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CRM Software: Reasons to Optimize]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1708/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-29 15:41:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Managing customer relationships profitably is a challenge many businesses face. Increasingly available information and customer choices translate into a decrease in automatic loyalty. New distribution and communication channels create more complex customer interactions. Implementing powerful technology enablers may be prohibitively expensive for many firms.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tips for Cost-Effective Customer Retention Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1710/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-21 17:11:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper examines the details of how to gain improved customer retention and acquisition for a lower overall investment by defining basic CRM functionality needed by most organizations to achieve their customer goals and objectives.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Midmarket ERP Solutions Checklist]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1721/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-15 08:59:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So your midmarket company has done its research and has settled on what you feel is the perfect ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution? Not so fast. Before you sign on the dotted line, consider these 12 key points to ensure you&#39;re making the best possible decision.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FISMA Best Practices: Overcoming Persistent Weaknesses Through Effective Security Compliance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1745/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-09 20:21:02</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Securing Federal information and systems is an ongoing challenge. By implementing comprehensive security compliance management methods for data collection, retention, monitoring and reporting, federal agencies can successfully demonstrate a sound framework that meets FISMA requirements. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Data Center Transformation: Simplify data Center Build Outs, Consolidations and Acquisitions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1780/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-26 13:17:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Changes in information technology (IT) can be split into two broad categories. Moves, additions and changes (MAC) are day-to-day IT activities which involve adding and removing end-user personnel, changing end-user locations such as when an employee moves to a different cubicle and upgrades services. Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions (BOCA) are large-scale projects which can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Authenticating Mobile Workers and Securing Data Access]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1808/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-25 13:45:50</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In an environment where business and government databases store ever-increasing amounts of sensitive and confidential data; and where a growing number of employees need to access that data remotely, password security alone is insufficient to ensure user authentication. Two-factor authentication requires two measures for users to verify their identities and access data. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ITIL Version 3 and the IT Service Catalog]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1848/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-23 13:44:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Demand for IT services is outpacing the growth of IT budgets. The business constantly requests new services, requires higher service levels, and expects more consistent service delivery. With supply constrained, the only solution is to manage this demand more effectively. The new version of ITIL prescribes essential changes to help IT and the business tackle this difficult task.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Best Practices for IT Request Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1850/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-23 13:44:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper outlines the challenges associated with IT Request Management and ten best practices that represent the hard-won knowledge from dozens of successful Service Request Management projects. By following these guidelines, your IT organization can provide more responsive service delivery, increase operational efficiency, and improve internal customer satisfaction.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The IT Service Catalog: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1851/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-23 13:45:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper is intended to share some of those lessons learned and suggesting ways you can achieve success by avoiding the most common pitfalls. But before we talk about the typical mistakes in creating a Service Catalog, let&rsquo;s briefly review its purpose.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Going Online to Extend Reach, Enhance Relationships, and Build Sales]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1882/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Consultants and other professional services firms offer a unique product: themselves. This means they are constantly faced with a dilemma: how does one maximize productivity, and be billable with products and services while simultaneously marketing and selling their services? One way is to turn to web conferencing to extend reach, create new products, enhance relationships, and build sales pipelines. But do the benefits go deeper?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Generating More Sales at a Lower Cost: The Return-on-Investment (ROI) Case for Webinars]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1886/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-01 10:27:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper presents an overview of lead generation webinars, outlines the benefits of webinars, offers one webinar ROI model, and puts forth some webinar best practices to help you get more qualified sales opportunities at a lower cost and improve the ROI of your webinars.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leveraging the Talent Supply Chain for a Competitive Advantage]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1908/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-02 12:42:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover how managing the talent supply chain can help professional services providers realize a competitive advantage. Explore the market trends driving the need for talent management and the business practices that support the talent supply chain.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Reasons Customers Choose SAP for Business Transformation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1919/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-02 12:48:48</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many CEOs have told us that business transformation needs to be done effectively and efficiently, without much disruption to the business. And it should be a continuous process, not a one-time event. Continuous business transformation, accomplished over time, requires a new degree of flexibility and adaptability in all parts of the enterprise. So how do you get ready to change and continue to change?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Economist: How to Achieve IT Excellence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1929/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-02 12:48:09</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAP sponsored article written by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), this article discussion focuses on how leading companies enable IT to perform optimally. Includes interviews with Abbe Mulders, CIO, Dow Corning, and Ron Kifer, chief information officer (CIO) of the global nanotechnology manufacturer Applied Materials.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Video of the 12 SEO Campaign Killers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1944/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-29 15:49:03</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Watch what not to do when launching a search engine optimization (SEO) campaign to attract more visitors, leads and sales. This video covers keyword performance, ROI considerations, holistic approaches and ranking analysis.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Video Presentation: The Dawn of a New Industry]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1945/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-29 15:49:14</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Watch what it takes to takes to produce online videos that drive sales, leads and publicity for your business. This quick presentation explains why Internet video is growing at such a rapid pace and offers tips on how to begin your own video marketing campaigns.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Globally Deploying Wireless Messaging]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1956/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-13 09:57:18</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes the key issues a multi-national enterprise needs to consider when determining the requirements for deploying a global wireless messaging project. It then outlines how the Good&trade; Mobile Messaging solution addresses those key issues. Also included are includes two case studies of recent Good Technology customer deployments.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Business of Interactive Entertainment]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1984/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-10 09:05:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Appropriately sizing and hosting your online game project&rsquo;s infrastructure can improve your bottom line. In this white paper, IBM describes the current state and direction of key technological trends and how they impact the business of games, focusing on what online game companies need to know to more rapidly and efficiently build a better game.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Patient-Centric: the 21st Century Prescription for Healthcare]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1986/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-10 09:01:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Throughout the industrialized world, healthcare systems are in crisis. Aging populations and skyrocketing costs are putting unprecedented financial and organizational pressure on healthcare providers and payers. The result is often a decreasing level of care. In response, fundamental changes are taking place. Patient-centric systems are evolving in which the patient&#39;s well-being and the responsibility for good health are defining treatment and operational policies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Compete More Effectively by Acting as Your Own Supply Chain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1988/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-10 09:04:39</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;ve heard it over and again: mid-sized manufacturers need to increase efficiencies while protecting their existing infrastructure and boosting profits. IBM can help, with tailored solutions. Click for the complimentary report, &quot;Ten Insights for Success in an On Demand World&quot;.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[All Data Is Not Equal]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2021/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 10:47:39</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Application vulnerabilities and risks must be weighed to identify resources, performance requirements and service level objectives to ensure business continuity. Using real-world case studies, this white paper examines Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) best practices for disaster preparedness.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Server Virtualization: Do's and Don'ts for Mission-Critical Manufacturing Systems]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2022/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 10:54:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover best practices you can use to benefit from server virtualization today. Avoid mistakes that could affect the availability and performance of your mission-critical manufacturing IT solutions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Server Virtualization in Mission-Critical Healthcare IT]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2023/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 11:00:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides an introduction to server virtualization for hospitals and healthcare delivery organizations. It also offers best practices you can use to benefit from virtualization, while avoiding missteps that could affect the availability and performance of mission-critical healthcare IT.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leave Your Parachute at Home: 7 Tips for Real-World Businesses in Second Life]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2061/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Opportunity in 2008: Prospering In Hard Times Through Customer Insights]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2064/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-18 11:38:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To paraphrase an old saying, &ldquo;When the going gets tough, retailers start slashing operational costs.&rdquo;&nbsp; Ironically, cost slashing usually exposes a retailer to even greater risks instead of fortifying it against economic uncertainties.&nbsp; All businesses have felt the impact of today&rsquo;s volatile economy.&nbsp; 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&rsquo;s market. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Keys to a Successful Identity and Access Management Implementation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2127/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-28 18:37:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a core element of any sound security program. But IAM is also difficult to implement because it touches virtually every end user, numerous business processes as well as every IT application and infrastructure component. As such, successful projects require input and cooperation from many internal groups, an effort that can be difficult to organize.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Grant Thornton Achieves 99.7% Accuracy Tracking IT Assets]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2143/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-06 14:56:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oracle Recovery Manager Design Best Practices with Data Domain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2158/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-02 10:21:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) is a built-in tool that allows the Database Administrator (DBA) to easily backup and recover the data in an Oracle database. RMAN handles the coordination required to ensure that transaction integrity is preserved and sufficient information is maintained to recover the database to any appropriate point.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Symantec NetBackup Design Best Practices with Data Domain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2173/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-02 10:21:39</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper walks you through how Data Domain integrates with NBU, including planning and sizing considerations, operational considerations, offsite replication, and other integration basics so you can get the most out of this powerful solution.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are Your Secrets Safe? Policy, Strategy and Technology for Ensuring Outbound Email Content Security]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2201/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Email has revolutionized how businesses communicate. But email also makes it easy to transport confidential information and valuable intellectual property outside your organization &mdash; without anyone knowing until it&#39;s too late. To combat these threats, enterprises must develop clear policies for outbound email content and should adopt technology to monitor and enforce such policies. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 Strategies for Enabling IT to Activate the Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2237/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-08 16:28:36</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper from BMC Software reviews how IT organizations can become more responsive to Business Service Management needs, and accelerate the business by following the same steps that people would use when trying to improve the way they play golf.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2008 IP Telephony Deployment Best Practices]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2269/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this document, you&#39;ll learn to enable the successful execution and completion of IPT Deployment projects through a standardized set of processes and methodologies based upon Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Document Process Management: The Compelling Case for an Integrated Lifecycle Strategy]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2289/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-21 15:17:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IDC has found a direct correlation between effective document management and improved business performance. Yet recent research reveals that half of organizations rate their document process management processes as ineffective. This best-practices paper gives you insight into how you can reduce costs, increase productivity, mitigate risk and enhance business performance through the strategic outsourcing of document lifecycle management.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On-Demand Records Management: Meeting the Challenge]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2292/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Effective records management has never been more crucial to meeting corporate governance, risk management and operational mandates. Yet half of enterprises lack a fully implemented records management program. Download this white paper to learn how strategic outsourcing can help you mitigate risks, apply best practices, meet compliance mandates and improve overall records management ROI.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart SOA: Best Practices for Agile Innovation and Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2340/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-12 12:40:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this era of unprecedented change, organizations need agility to adapt rapidly. Part of what separates winners from losers is the ability to respond quickly and intelligently to market opportunities, competitive threats and regulatory constraints &mdash; in short, to innovate and create value. The best companies understand how to use technology for strategic advantage to help accomplish these goals.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Green Building Imperative]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2346/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-21 10:29:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Investments in green building strategies consistently result in significant benefits for organizations today.&nbsp; 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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Building an Online eLibrary]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2352/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Librarians looking to build electronic libraries face numerous challenges. This new white paper by Integration New Media provides a summary of best practices for building an eLibrary. From defining your audience and content requirements, through to choosing a technology solution that makes sense for your use cases, this paper will provide a strong checklist of items to consider. The paper also looks at the three types of users and the key elements of designing the user experience for your eLibrary.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anti-Malware Battlefield Tools: Customer Perspectives and Reference RFI]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2388/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-09 11:34:33</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this Methodologies and Best Practices document, Burton Group Research Director Daniel Blum recounts customer perspectives on the anti-malware battlefield playing out at the enterprise level. The document explores lessons learned, and what keeps customers awake at night even after good defensive strategies are in place. The Reference RFI alone is valuable for those switching anti-malware products, or seeking new ones.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BMC Software Solutions Integrate and Automate ITIL Best Practices]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2390/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is the most widely adopted best-practice IT framework for service management. ITIL defines terminology and processes across IT organizations by providing a common language and set of standards for quality IT service. If you are looking to implement ITIL, it is crucial that you understand how specific solutions support ITIL guidelines. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CMDB: Cornerstone of ITIL-based Integrated Service Support]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2392/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A CMDB, when used in support of ITIL best practices, is the cornerstone of IT Service Support, providing a centralized view of IT data that is essential to delivering consistent, reliable, effective, and efficient service to your business customers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Manage IT from a Business Perspective:  Latest Best Practices from ITIL]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2394/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is the standard for IT best practices. One of the core books, entitled Business Perspective: The IS View on Delivering Services to the Business, focuses on the importance of managing IT resources based on what is important to the business. Business Service Management (BSM) solutions from BMC Software enable the key concepts of this business perspective approach and help IT organizations identify the best technology solution to support the business.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Overview]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2402/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-09 14:57:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Companies in every industry rely on information to make decisions. Often, the information they need is difficult to obtain because it either does not reside in their departmental systems or is fragmented across different applications. Although company function such as sales, marketing, operations, finance, and human resources are interconnected, the data they produce and store is not. For a business to achieve optimal performance, information has to flow across functional boundaries.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Greening of Training: How Sustainability is Reshaping Organizational Learning]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2433/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-21 10:31:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is your company &ldquo;going green?&rdquo; Would you like it to? This paper looks at corporate sustainability efforts and the pivotal role that the learning department can play in them. Also included are practical ideas for making training more environmentally-friendly.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for HP Servers and HP Enterprise Virtual Array in Microsoft Exchange Server]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2443/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 09:53:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Customer Focused Teating (CFT) team at HP previously published the Best practices for HP servers and HP StorageWorks EVA8000 in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment paper, which presented the results of testing a user environment of 5,000 users with both 100-MB and 1-GB mailboxes. This paper builds upon those results by demonstrating the actual effects of a larger enterprise environment of 20,000 users with 1-GB mailboxes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High Availability for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Utilizing CCR with HP StorageWorks]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2445/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 09:53:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides technical best practices that enable customers to streamline their CCR planning and deployment process in order to build infrastructures that perform predictably.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Microsoft Exchange 2007 with HP Server and Storage in Mid-Range Environments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2446/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 09:53:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Backup and Recovery Best Practices for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with HP Servers and HP Storage]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2447/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 09:52:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides users in enterprise environments the data to effectively understand the options as well as the limitations of implementing online streaming backups into their infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Backup and Recovery Best Practices for SQL Server 2005]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2449/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 09:52:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With databases regarded as mission critical in most companies, the ability to back up Microsoft SQL Server 2005 data when required and within the specified backup window is vital. To help you choose from the available configuration options and backup and recovery procedures, HP has conducted extensive laboratory tests to determine best practices.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices for Storage Deployment]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2451/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 09:55:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper provides IT professionals with best practices related to implementing HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server, version 3.6. These documents assist solution architects, SQL database administrators, storage administrators, service administrators, and IT technical management personnel as they develop their consolidation/virtualization platform standard, architecture blueprint, and deployment strategy for Microsoft SQL Server.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Configuration Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with HP EVA4000 and HP Blade Servers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2453/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 09:53:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Configuration best practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 4000 and HP blade servers is a best practices paper that leverages HP servers, storage, and management software by providing the recommended best practices for configuration of an HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage subsystem deployed into a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 environment with HP servers. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Creating a Culture of Performance and Value]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2460/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The role of IT in many organizations has evolved from supporting the business to enabling the business &mdash; a shift that requires IT to transition from being mostly tactical and cost focused to being an enabler of the overall strategy and value focused. IT organizations that have successfully made this change have done so by among other things transitioning their culture from a reactive operationally focused caretaker of assets to a proactive strategically focused enabler of business value. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Webcast: High Availability for SQL Server 2005 Using Array-Based Replication]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2469/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 09:55:28</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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%.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building a Reliable Data Center That’s Energy Efficient and Extra Secure]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2481/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This InformationWeek article delves into the details of some of today&rsquo;s most innovative data centers. You&rsquo;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 &ndash; and there are dozens &ndash; could be a major breakthrough for your company.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices in Complex Equipment Manufacturing, Sales, and Service]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2498/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-02 12:27:21</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A sea of challenges surrounds the complex equipment manufacture, and the best way to navigate through them is with best practices. You can read the proof in SAP success stories from customers who use best practices to manage what counts &mdash; from supporting service and aftermarket sales to controlling price and profits to improving the compliance process.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital Media: Transforming Innovation into Market Growth]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2522/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-07 10:01:18</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Innovation is changing the landscape of industries with an ever-increasing speed and transformational force. Read this white paper, part of a three-part series, to find out how innovators in the digital media industry have recently realized previously untapped potential.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alternative Energy: Transforming Innovation into Market Growth]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2523/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-07 10:01:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Florida is building its reputation as an innovator in the alternative energy industry. Find out how a select number of Florida-based alternative energy scientists and entrepreneurs are making an impact in this emerging field.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security: Transforming Innovation into Market Growth]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2524/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-07 10:01:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. market for homeland security technologies that is open to private sector contractors is estimated to reach a cumulative value of approximately $140 billion by 2010.&nbsp; Learn which sub-sectors of the industry are expected to grow the fastest and how your tech company can benefit.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EMC NetWorker Design Best Practices with Data Domain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2558/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-02 10:20:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart SOA- Best Practices for Agile Innovation and Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2586/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-13 13:15:08</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this era of unprecedented change, organizations need agility to adapt rapidly. Part of what separates winners from losers is the ability to respond quickly and intelligently to market opportunities, competitive threats and regulatory constraints - in short, to innovate and create value. The best companies understand how to use technology for strategic advantage to help accomplish these goals. Service oriented architecture (SOA) can help. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Helping Contact Center Agents Improve First Contact Resolution]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2669/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-15 11:31:25</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;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. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence Best Practices for Dashboard Design]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2672/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dashboards help organizations make better business decisions. The way in which they are created is not trivial and attention must be paid to the details. Employing visual design standards and principles are important, but are only part of the journey. The way in which data is integrated from the enterprise is just as important. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices and Tools to Automate Data Center Security and Compliance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2704/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-29 09:31:28</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IDC shares best practices and recommendations on how IT can gain a consolidated security and compliance view across all of the devices and align data center automation, change management, and process workflows across &quot;IT silos&quot; to deliver compliance assurance and improved security practices.&nbsp; Enhance security and improve compliance visibility through automation across the IT service lifecycle.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Lack of Delegated User Administration and Integrated Workflow Will Sink Your Identity Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2707/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-01 09:46:27</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The New Information Agenda: Do You Have One?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2711/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The lack of trusted information - information that is accurate, timely and relevant - is on the minds of CEOs and senior executives around the world. The cost and complexity of managing increasing volumes of data and content, combined with the need to provide trusted information to every user for every transaction, is driving CIOs to rethink their approach to information delivery.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Steps to E-mail Security]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2865/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-09 13:53:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every enterprise has to find a balance between security and the ability to carry on conducting business freely. This short guide is about finding that balance. By following some basic principles, there&#39;s no reason you can&#39;t let legitimate business email move into, out of and within your enterprise while stopping the things that cause damage: viruses, spam, spyware, trojans, phishing, Denial of Service attacks, the loss of sensitive data and the collection of illegal, immoral and just plain offensive material.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving Business Performance Goals through Virtualization Management Best Practices]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2896/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Audit and Compliance Reporting for IBM AS/400 (System i)]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2915/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-19 12:28:25</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI, HIPAA and GLBA requires regular audit reporting against critical information technology (IT) assets. This whitepaper outlines the key items that need to be reviewed on AS/400 (System i) for both configuration data and transactional log information from the audit journal.&nbsp; The white paper also provides guidance on integrating the AS/400 with Security Information Management (SIM) solutions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing Business Intelligence (BI) Complexity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2944/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-22 22:15:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses, more than ever before, are relying on fact based decision-making and analytics to compete in this environment. This has given rise to &quot;Business Intelligence,&quot; or simply BI, a broad category of applications and technologies for accessing, combining, computing and analyzing data to help enterprise users make better business decisions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Remote Replication for Oracle 10g Using XP Continuous Access]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2952/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-23 10:41:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides a comprehensive set of test-proven best practices for properly configuring, deploying, and operating an Oracle 10g database on an HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array (XP12000) in an HP-UX environment using HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Software as the remote copy infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Developing Operating Procedures For Projects Involving Multiple Organizations Using a Linear Respons]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2973/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the difficulties of managing projects that involve several (perhaps many) organizations is that the group has no pre-established procedures for handling actions that cross organizational boundaries. With no procedures in place, confusion and miscommunication will result, which will lead to unnecessary delays, wasted resources, and potentially even conflict among the organizations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Perspective On Standards: A Tool For Global Competitive Survival In A Complex Regulatory World]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2978/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In today&#39;s global markets, companies are required to navigate a plethora of standards and regulatory requirements, making global business complex. Rockwell Automation&#39;s perspective is that the harmonization of standards and regulatory requirements is the best approach to facilitate global market access, competition and growth.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VMware Data Backup and Recovery Design Best Practices with Data Domain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3010/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-02 10:22:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices with Data Domain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3011/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-27 14:52:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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