Networking World: JUST RELEASED: Strategic Approach To Data Protection

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

JUST RELEASED: Strategic Approach To Data Protection

Week of October 15, 2007

The Strategic Approach to Data Protection
	Sponsor: InMage, Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner Length: 42 minutes

Companies today face an always rising amount of data. More importantly, business demands and government regulations demand we keep more of that data accessible. That means new strain on our storage and backup efforts, not to mention data recovery. Downtime of any sort is no longer option. So how do you make sure your data remains accessible, no matter what challenges you encounter? And how do you determine the right data protection solution for your needs? We'll examine those questions and more with Dave Russell, research vice president at Gartner, and Rajeev Atluri, co-founder of InMage.

Enterprise Search: The Results You Need to Succeed

Sponsor: Coveo

Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Length: 22 minutes

Today’s enterprise search solutions must be able to connect to multiple applications and repositories, respect nuanced and diverse security models, and respond to users via creative interfaces. How does your enterprise search solution measure up? Join Whit Andrews, Research Vice President at featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and Laurent Simoneau, CEO of Coveo, Inc., as they show you how to spend less time searching for information and more time using information. Discover how to narrow the list of vendors before you embark on a new search project. Learn about the latest advances in enterprise search. And see what’s on the radar for 2007.

Closed-Loop SOA Governance
	Sponsor: SOA Software Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner Length: 48 minutes

SOA Software is the leading provider of comprehensive enterprise class Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Governance, Security, Mediation, and Management solutions. It is the largest specialist vendor of SOA solutions and the only company that offers a complete SOA infrastructure solution that can govern Web Services that reside on all major platforms. Learn how to get a comprehensive integrated SOA governance solution for your organization that will increase service reuse, reduce SOA development costs and complexity, and ensure a loosely-coupled SOA. Specifically, learn about closed-loop, integrated SOA governance infrastructure; what it is, what it’s about, and why it’s important.

MEI: Best Practices for the Mid Size Company
	Sponsor: Extol Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner Length: 42 minutes

Business priorities now drive the IT projects and decisions at most companies today. CIOs, COOs, and their teams must be able to rapidly deliver technology solutions that improve overall business processes, attract and grow customer relationships, improve workforce effectiveness, and enhance revenue growth. And they must create clear visibility into up-to-date information from across the organization to enable proactive, not reactive decision making, as well as accurate forecasting and quick resolution of errors and disputes. In this program, Gartner Analyst Benoit Lheureux, and Ed Krupka, President of Burris Logistics, break down how a company can plan for and implement successful IT strategies that produce clear business results.