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At the same time, those assets still must be managed to keep U.S. electrical and natural gas systems operational while everything from terrorists to massive hurricanes to economic and political forces seem bent on making that difficult. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) has become a central concern for utilities. This Energy Central white paper explores EAM and SAP’s solution to address these challenges. Request Free!

A key source of the implementation cost is building business processes. Significant savings can be realized if a company reduces the time it takes to build these business processes, and if the business processes can be fully automated. Companies willing to think outside-the-box are discovering that adopting a new generation application automation and job scheduling tool at the beginning of a development project as part of the infrastructure can cut implementation costs substantially. This white paper focuses on how an application automation/job scheduling tool can reduce costs in each of these areas: Design Development Testing/QA Implementation Maintenance Request Free!

The more relevant your calls to action, the better connections you’ll make with prospects. Potential buyers of your services have a broad set of concerns that must be satisfied before they begin the buying process. If you’re simply serving up content about features and benefits, you’re ignoring their preferences and illustrating to them your lack of insight into their buying process. This white paper outlines a strategy to create a call-to-action architecture that helps you connect with prospects and sets your sales team up for a successful close. You’ll learn how to: Engage your prospects through a fair exchange of information and capture their permission for future marketing efforts Anticipate your buyers’ needs by aligning relevant information with the stages of their buying cycle and satisfying their objections Create specific conversion points that lead to sales engagement Request Free!

This white paper defines 4G, examines the two leading 4G technologies, and discusses their various features, benefits and the progress of each technology to date. It concludes with a recommendation for companies considering future 4G deployments, and iPass’ position. Request Free!

This white paper takes another look at the two leading 4G technologies and the current status of deployed 4G networks. It continues with advice on managing long-term 4G costs. The paper concludes with a discussion of next steps and iPass’ position. Request Free!

Virtualization offers many benefits, but most IT organizations are missing out by focusing too much on the virtual infrastructure, and not enough on the mission-critical application workloads it supports. The result is inefficient operations, underachieved virtualization goals, and negative business impacts. In this white paper, EMA VP of Research, Systems & Storage Management Andi Mann will highlight how enterprises can use advanced workload automation technologies in their virtual environments to: Increase server utilization, VM efficiency, and server consolidation ratios Reduce the time that senior staff are wasting on routine, mundane operations Leverage virtualization and automation to provide ‘just-in-time’ cloud computing services Request Free!

The Item Unique Identification (IUID) Program aims to improve asset management by marking items delivered to the DoD with unique item identifiers. It’s up to contractors working with the DoD to determine the best way to mark their products. This white paper helps by: Summarizing the IUID program requirements Explaining the leading options for compliance marking Presenting the advantages and limitations of using certain types of labeling products Providing an overview of what to look for in an IUID label printing system Request Free!

This white paper provides a guide to planning and conducting a strategic and successful transition. Request Free!

In this white paper, you will gain valuable information on how executives at today’s top consumer product, materials and chemical companies can drive growth and competitive advantage with Scientific Information Management. Specifically, learn to: Leverage years of existing research and intellectual property Automate and streamline workflows to allow scientists to focus on science Collaborate across the global R&D enterprise Request Free!

In this white paper, you will gain valuable information on how scientists and engineers at R&D organizations can: Easily access and aggregate both structured and unstructured data from multiple research areas into a single environment Conduct advanced scientific analytics allowing them to integrate the applications and algorithms that work best for them View results in the manner most effective for their needs Unlock their data’s true value by delivering the precise information they need when and how they need through real time interactive reports and dashboards. Learn how you can do this while limiting the burden on IT resources! Request Free!