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Virtualization is a top priority for SMBs. This Forrester research examines the four stages of virtualization deployment. Forrester highlights their key findings and makes concrete recommendations on how SMBs can accelerate successful virtualization adoption and avoid common mistakes

This Forrester report examines how small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) can take virtualization to the next level of maturity and realize gains beyond consolidation. It offers recommendations on how SMBs should approach the server and network infrastructure and explains how to build a virtualization roadmap.

This white paper helps IT professionals distinguish between these categories of service providers.

Forrester evaluated 11 leading Web content management (WCM) vendors across 190 external site content management and delivery criteria and found that European vendor SDL Tridion has established clear leadership in enabling organizations to manage and deliver persuasive content customer experiences. SDL Tridion excels in personalization and multisite and multi-language functionality.

All enterprises dealing with private data in test environments should mask or generate test data to comply with regulations such as Payment Card Industry (PCI), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and European Union (EU) as well as to protect against internal and external attacks.

The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of Microsoft's UC products on their organizations. Forrester's aim is to clearly show all calculations and assumptions used in the analysis.

The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of Microsoft Exchange 2010 on their organizations. Forrester's aim is to clearly show all calculations and assumptions used in the analysis. Readers should use this study to better understand and communicate a business case for investing in Microsoft Exchange 2010.

This study illustrates the financial impact of adopting a single-vendor approach for providing the latest collaboration tools while centralizing the messaging environment for lower-cost IT administration.

This new Forrester white paper provides a snapshot of a typical day in the life of a U.S. information worker. It reveals how workers are employing new technologies and applications, interacting with their teams and engaging in mobile activities.

This new Forrester white paper explores the evolution of project management and outlines steps for defining, hiring and developing your next-generation project managers.

According to Forrester, 48% of marketers need help demonstrating ROI on testing. Join Casey Carey, VP of Product and Bob Garcia, Director, Product Marketing and discover how to get ahead of the curve with the business-case answers they provide in this webinar.

This new white paper examines key challenges facing customer support organizations and explores the many advantages of collaborative remote support, including ad hoc training, faster first-contact resolution and an improved customer experience.

When a workplace disruption hits, you need to act fast to ensure your employees are safe, keep them informed and maintain productivity. This new Forrester white paper explores the critical role that the help desk should play in your organization's business continuity planning.

Want a standard IT platform that delivers network optimization and virtualization to the branch office? This Forrester report discusses why WAN optimization is the best way to gain better performance and cost savings for your business.

In this commissioned report, Forrester Research examines the financial impact and potential return on investment that an organization might realize from implementing McAfee's Network Security Platform IPS. To determine the impact, Forrester examined the costs, benefits, flexibility, and risk elements that a McAfee customer, Adena Health System, experienced when it implemented the McAfee Network Security Platform.

A commissioned Forrester study on Web security requirements and trends. across small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) and enterprises.

One of your biggest challenges is evaluating and selecting vendor products and services. That's why Forrester created the Forrester Wave, making it easy for you to make well-informed decisions. This complimentary Forrester Wave report on Email Filtering ($1749 retail value) offers: An in-depth evaluation of email security filtering vendors, based on 57 criteria, a powerful Excel spreadsheet that allows you to easily compare products and get in-depth data and analysis about each one, and tools to develop a custom shortlist based on your company's unique requirements.

One of your biggest challenges is evaluating and selecting vendor products and services. That's why Forrester created the Forrester Wave, making it easy for you to make well-informed decisions. This complimentary Forrester Wave report on Web Filtering ($795 retail value) offers: An in-depth evaluation of Web filtering vendors, based on 53 criteria and a powerful Excel spreadsheet that allows you to easily compare products and get in-depth data and analysis about each one.

Learn what Forrester has uncovered in their latest report on Enteprise Mobility trends. During the past two years, Forrester has seen the number of enterprise mobility inquiries increase nearly 55%, jumping to 550-plus inquiries in 2008. In the past year, we have seen a spike in the number of inquiries focused on mobile network architecture, new types of mobile devices, and deploying vertically focused mobile applications that address the needs of workers in certain industries (e.g., retail, transportation, and healthcare).

In this Webcast, Brownlee Thomas, Ph.D., Principal Analyst from Forrester Research, Inc., talks about current enterprise mobility trends, shows you what other companies are doing in response to these trends and gives you best practices for reducing your own mobility costs. Don't miss this timely and insightful Webcast.

Forrester evaluated leading Data Center Automation (DCA) solutions across approximately 80 criteria. CA was named as a leader in this Wave evaluation. The report states: “Recently, CA introduced its Data Center Automation Manager, which is part of its dynamic and virtual systems management solution and is directed at the automation of the data center.

A new white paper commissioned by VeriSign and written by Forrester Research, Authentication-as-a-Service, combines input from hundreds of businesses and Forrester's own industry expertise to help you understand the benefits of two factor authentication and the best ways to implement it.

Read a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting. This study features a detailed business case illustrating the financial impact of CIB Bank's experience in implementing ITM and ITCAM. CIB has over 700,000 customers, an extensive network of 140 branch offices, and over HUF28.2 billion in annual revenue.

There’s an old management axiom: You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Yet many organizations do a very poor job (or no job at all) of measuring the business value of their IT investments. Four existing methodologies can be adopted as is or customized to suit specific needs. Firms should pick one, institutionalize it as part of an overall governance framework, and embed it in IT portfolio management.

Find out how to assess your small or midsize business and IT systems to make sure you have access to the right information at the right time, allowing you to make better, faster decisions.