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Email has become THE mission critical application for businesses large and small. As a growing business continually striving to increase productivity, collaboration and corporate success, you understand the important role that Microsoft Exchange Server plays in any profitable business. Small and mid-size businesses alike see the productivity benefits of utilizing an enterprise-class solution but since many do not have the financial or human resources to bring it in house, more and more of them are turning to a hosted solution.

Microsoft Exchange Server has been a crucial technological breakthrough in advanced corporate communication systems. Companies who utilize an enterprise-class email server like Exchange believe that email is mission critical, and value the productivity it enables. But an in-house migration to Exchange 2007 from an earlier version of Exchange or another email program will not be an easy task. Complexity, time and cost issues loom large over the IT department and are causing IT directors to search for an alternative solution.

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.

Key technology trends and user preference shifts are changing the way businesses communicate and collaborate today. Enterprise solutions must be simpler to deploy, more intuitive to use, and must enable today’s mobile users the ability to collaborate effectively wherever they are. At the same time they must deliver a secure and seamless communications experience. Smart companies must catch on or be left behind.

Enterprise conferencing and collaboration technologies today stand at an exciting crossroads. Solutions that were once considered consumer technologies are moving into the enterprise. Never has this trend been more pronounced than now, as consumerization of IT and mobile device proliferation increasingly break down the walls between business and consumer use. As a result, enterprise solutions must become increasingly simpler to deploy and more intuitive to use. At the same time they must deliver a secure and seamless communications experience. As the worlds of consumer and business communications blend, walking the line between the two has become top of mind for users and IT decision makers alike. Businesses must capitalize on these tectonic shifts in user preferences by deploying agile communications that today’s mobile users need in order to collaborate effectively wherever they are.

Many companies claim to offer enterprise grade communications solutions. But how is “enterprise grade” measured and what should you look for? This fact-filled white paper outlines 8 ways to determine whether or not your provider is equipped to offer an enterprise-grade communications solution. Download this complimentary white paper: The 8 Criteria for Enterprise-Grade Communications as a Service 8x8 shares full technical details on what to expect from an enterprise-grade service platform that stands above the rest. You’ll learn the 8 criteria to look for including: What to expect when it comes to service level guarantees What geo-routing technology is and why it’s critical for optimizing global call clarity and reliability What you should look for in your communications provider’s network for global operations and superior service Which security and compliance certifications to expect from your provider Specific uptime and reliability metrics to ask your provider for How analytics

In today’s highly competitive business environment, top companies will be the ones that have developed innovative ways to create stellar communications experiences that keep the end users engaged—employees and customers alike. Video and Web conferencing have become well-established tools to drive rich internal as well as external communications. However, to make an impact, these collaboration tools must be reliable and intuitive to use. Continuous communication offers hassle-free integrated user experiences that fit today’s mobile work styles. Technology advancements and changing perceptions are opening up innovative opportunities, which offer businesses new avenues to create a competitive edge. Smart companies must catch on or get left behind.

There is a crisis in enterprise communications and collaboration, due in large part to the diversity of technology and application silos that create user complexity and confusion. As cloud and mobile become the convergence points for enterprise communications and collaboration, enterprise planners have to focus on a global open cloud strategy to facilitate effective internal and external collaborative business workflows

Aberdeen Group research finds that file transfer has transformed from a loose collection of low-level protocols to full-featured, enterprise-class solutions for secure, reliable managed file transfer. This report examines how organizations benefit from managed file transfer solutions, and recommends steps to success for all organizations.

This report is a detailed examination of how backup and recovery practices vary by the size of the enterprise.

This document outlines key concerns that exist for both IT and line-of-business videoconferencing stakeholders and is intended to allow both of these constituencies to better understand the holistic challenges and value propositions of videoconferencing.

This Aberdeen Group research shows why you should be looking more closely right now at secure/managed file transfer solutions.

This document outlines key concerns that exist for both IT and line-of-business videoconferencing stakeholders and is intended to allow both of these constituencies to better understand the holistic challenges and value propositions of videoconferencing.

Absolute Software has announced it has completed its acquisition of the LANrev systems management platform. Absolute plans to integrate LANrev's popular Mac and PC lifecycle configuration management technology with its flagship security and asset management suite, Computrace.

This IDC document presents highlights from the Adopting Mobility in the Enterprise Executive Roundtable held in New York City.

Aberdeen's analysis confirms that the case for convergence between endpoint management is still very strong in the mobile, Bring Your Own Device era.

Learn how Under Armour performs patch management, provides Mac and iOS device support and creates reports for business critical data.

Read this white paper to learn how the combination of discovery, data aggregation, correlation, out-of-the-box analytics, data management, and reporting can yield a single pane of glass into data center and IT operations and services.

Banks that have successfully implemented document imaging applications, developed comprehensive polices and diligently follow consistent procedures reap the benefits of efficiencies in loan portfolio management (even more efficiencies if the bank does enterprise-wide imaging), increased productivity, diminished loan policy and document exceptions and streamlined audit and examination processes.

Learn how Drupal - the open source social publishing platform - together with Acquia, gives you the tools you need to assemble a rich, interactive experience with your website.

Read this paper from Acquia and learn about the underlying drivers for enterprise social software; key requirements and how Drupal meets those; how open source development outpaces proprietary alternatives; examples of communities built with Drupal and Acquia.

More and more, Open Source presents not only a cost alternative, but instead an innovation alternative, to proprietary enterprise software products. This paper compares the total cost of ownership of the Open Source Social Publishing Drupal solution to various proprietary Content Management systems.

Open Source solutions present not only a cost alternative, but also an innovation alternative, to proprietary enterprise software products. This paper compares the total cost of ownership of the Open Source Drupal to various proprietary Content Management systems.

Today, digitally savvy companies manage a growing set of web experiences. Learn about three ways to capitalize on Drupal to gain a consistent, yet flexible and extensible platform for content delivery.

This paper provides information on how Acronis Access Advanced enables enterprise IT to provide their users using any device to securely access, sync and share corporate content while maintaining control over security and compliance.