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Download the latest whitepapers, webcasts, solutions briefs and case studies that address Managed Services, Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) and their benefits to the enterprise. Learn how these services and technologies play a role in infrastructure, software delivery, packaged services, application development, marketing, customer relationships and more to help reduce costs, improve busines processes and improve return on investment.

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	Best Practices in Using Managed Services and SaaS as you prepare for the Cloud Join Top IT Executives from TTX Company, Q Interactive, Motorola and Manpower and explore how area companies are dealing with this shift and the increased use of Managed Services capability, combined with how companies are preparing for the use of Managed Services in a Cloud environment. The 5 Key Contract Traps You Must Avoid when buying a Cloud/Managed Services Service. Dan Graham, Partner at FVLD, Ltd., has documented 10 key provisions that must be reviewed in every Managed Service/Cloud agreement and has identified the top 5 Key Contract Traps that you must avoid when buying a Cloud/Managed Services service. He will share these five traps with you and how you can avoid them. The IT Challenge of Managing the Cloud David Johnson, Director of Product Marketing, Avocent a Division of Emerson Network Power discusses the evolution of the data center to cloud computing and the issues faced by IT within the Data Center, along with strategies on how to manage cloud computing infrastructure in an efficient and cost effective manner. 6 Reasons Why You Need To Embrace Cloud Computing Now \| Especially if You're a Mid-Sized Company Michael Whitmer, Global Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, Operations,Hudson North America details the tremendous benefits a mid-sized company can realize when moving some of their applications into the Cloud, and about the factors that lead to success. Create Winning Strategies with the Cloud This session will focus on how the cloud can best enable your organization's goals and objectives. It will describe Oracle's strategy regarding the cloud that focuses on two principles: 1) ensuring that cloud computing is fully enterprise grade and 2) giving customers choice within the cloud. Whether the cloud is public or private, SaaS or PaaS, or deployed at customer or elsewhere, there is a model delivers the benefits of speed and agility to enterprises. Keynote Panel: Saas and Cloud Computing Software as a Service (SaaS) and the underlying platform mix of Cloud Computing and Web 2.0 has quickly emerged as a leading approach for solving business problems in the Enterprise, yet many IT organizations are unclear on how to effectively leverage SaaS for their organization. In this seminar we'll explore which areas in the Enterprise lend themselves to SaaS, Cloud Computing and Web 2.0 Saas and Collaboration Learn how Saas can help you meet you collaboration needs and enhance your programs. Discussions include changing business priorities , an IBM perspective and their strategy, and key concepts. The Future of IT Management as Driven by Web 2.0 and SaaS Learn how Web 2.0 and SaaS are playing roles in IT service management. Discussions include Saas software evolution, financial advantages and what is on the horizon. The User Interaction Aspects of SOA, Web 2.0, SaaS & Cloud Computing It's all empowering them, allowing them to do more by themselves and deciding what IT provides to the user. This webcast takes you through Web 2.0, Saas, SOA and Cloud Computing as a way to enhance the IT user experience. Learn how these platforms and applications can make the IT user interaction richer and easier.


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	Reducing Costs: What the Smart IT Manager Needs to Know This webcasts explores the disaster of a financial crises and what companies are doing to address the cost issues. Cutting back costs using traditional methods, such as a decrease in personnel, will no longer be options in an environment where there is significant influx of government dollars into the public IT infrastructure sector. Learn how to balance traditonal cost cutting methods with ways to align IT investments that have some strategic importance. The New World in this Ecomomy: The Role of SOA, Cloud Computing, Saas & Web 2.0 in Business Optimization & Alignment Adapting to new SOA technology and the changing business models driving it is challenging today's CTO. Join industry expert Nikhil Kumar as he explores the evolution of SOA through Web 2.0 and Saas and how it plays in light of a new business climate.