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The year 2011 ended with a staggering 5.9 billion mobile phone subscriptions, especially significant considering that the total world population is around 7.011 billion. Of course, a direct comparison is not fair since many people have multiple subscriptions, but it represents a window into the pervasiveness of these devices and how they are an integral part of people’s lives today. For enterprises, this also represents the impending end to the old computing era and the emergence of the mobile worker. Enabling mobility in the workplace is a top-of-mind goal for decision-makers within every organization. This necessity is brought about by the consumerization of IT and the requirement to develop policies to manage the “bring-your-own-device” (BYOD) trend.

Business wants more fluid access to data while IT organizations must maintain security. As the variety of access and multitude of threats to network resources and sensitive information have grown, so has the need for more flexible and automated ways to effectuate security policies, controls and enforcement. Rarely is this need more keenly felt than at the network endpoint, where people, technology, information assets and requirements for security and compliance meet most directly.

This document provides a high level overview of how to build a high performance, highly available IP SAN with deduplicated disk protection and long-term tape archive. This document will also put that solution into context with the rest of a typical IT environment.

Enterprise Strategy Group shares why client-side deduplication is the best. Dedupe 2.0 leverages intelligence and awareness at the source, backup server, and storage device. In these scenarios, the awareness of what data is already in the deduplicated storage and the discernment to send new data or not is performed within the production server instead of the backup server or deduplicated storage. Hence, network savings begin at the production server and backups are significantly faster since only changed data is transmitted from the production server to the storage solution.

As with many enterprises today, your data center houses critical IT components that your business depends on. But are they fully secure and protected from potential threats such as intruders or natural disasters? A data recovery plan is very important to be fully prepared in the event of a disaster.

Rayonier chose Riverbed Technology for a global WAN optimization solution in order to make its private cloud a reality. With Riverbed, Rayonier consolidated and virtualized eight data centers down to two, without diminishing end-user performance or adding bandwidth. Payback on the Riverbed® investment was less than a year. Download the case study to learn how your organization can similarly benefit.

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This white paper discusses the impact of these security approaches as well as how mobile devices may affect network security.

Learn about the technology limitations killing the performance of mobile websites and mobile applications, plus how innovations in mobile content delivery networks (CDNs) can transform users' experience of the mobile Web.

Learn what's slowing down your dynamic mobile websites and mobile apps-and how to fix it. In this on-demand webinar, join Mobile IT leaders discussing best practices and a new case study on how to speed up the mobile end user experience.

Read this whitepaper to learn the 3 key factors that IT managers need to consider when designing a scalable network for today's mobile workforce.

Contact center hosting and cloud-based solutions are fast becoming integral to enabling customer care service for enterprises.

Contact center hosting and cloud-based solutions are fast becoming integral to enabling customer care service for enterprises.

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In an insightful report from iDirect, find out why satellite is the best option for delivering cost-effective, reliable, broadband connectivity to any location. Today's satellite networks are enterprise-class platforms built on IP; offering seamless integration with existing communications technology. In addition, satellite now delivers up to 99.99 percent network availability and meets new security regulations, such as AES encryption. Get the facts on satellite for the smart grid and learn how satellite services can deliver the security, latency, and reliability required for all core utility applications. Download the report.

Smart printers enable businesses to change the way their printing operations are structured, to streamline and improve processes in ways that reduce operating costs while improving reliability.

With consumer use of smartphones growing by the day, it's no surprise that users are taking them into the workplace as well. Thousands of people already use their personal smartphones for work-related tasks like checking email and calendars when they're away from their desks. And many wish they could do more with their smartphones, given their myriad functions and applications.

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Telecoms companies need to adapt and rapidly to these new threats to ensure they can survive, and hopefully thrive, on some of the new opportunities that emerge. Find out how by downloading this paper.

As more employees desire to use their personal smartphones for work, IT managers must leverage the opportunity, or risk their organizations missing out on an emerging business trend. It's no longer feasible for an IT department, regardless of company size, to ignore the smartphone push from the majority of the employee population. IT management must attempt to channel the chaos and determine ways to embrace the personal mobility wave while maintaining effective security and management measures, especially in relation to the corporate network. This free whitepaper discusses innovative mobile strategies, new policies, and a fresh approach to allowing smartphones access to corporate resources.

This case study examines Adobe's globalization efforts in transforming traditional practices to global content value chains and outlines how Adobe's been able to do it successfully.

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Cell phones and smartphones have become constant companions to influential shoppers. To capitalize on mobility's ubiquity, leading U.S retailers are actively pursuing the mobile channel as a way to enhance customer engagement and loyalty, while giving them "first-mover" advantage over their competitors.

Fast, accurate communications are the underpinnings of patient care and safety. Yet, today's hospital staff carry so many pagers and other devices, it's become cumbersome. With Amcom Mobile Connect, you can simplify communications and strengthen care by using your BlackBerry smartphone for code alerts, patient updates, lab results, consult requests, and much more. In short, everything.