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Data Center Networking Solutions

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Overview An organization's ability to utilize information technology and the Internet to achieve productivity gains, streamline business processes, and improve customer satisfaction is fundamental to a company's short-term and long-term success and profitability. This paper explains that by deploying an optimized network foundation, data center operations drastically reduce the risks of costly downtime, lost productivity, data corruption or loss, unsatisfied users and a diluted brand. Cisco provides customers with enhanced data center network solutions for specific environments.

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Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	March 2003	Downloads	8
Format	White Papers
Topics	Business Strategies

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Dell tops customer satisfaction charts

A survey has revealed that direct sales expert, Dell is continuing to climb the corporate ladder at the expense of Compaq and IBM. According to US IT managers, Dell listens to its customers more and makes more durable products than its rivals.

Channel:
Desktops

Egg promises profitability despite loss increase

Fourth quarter financial results released today show a jump on last year's loss of £149.7m, but according to the company the results are in line with expectations, and stem from investment in new insurance and investment products.

Channel:
WebWatch

Fact: Heavy IT spend equals bigger profits

John Simcox, vice president of Gartner said: "We have identified that organisations that have taken specific positive action to ensure that their employees are fully aligned with their customer satisfaction goals are seeing business benefits...

Channel:
IT Director

Apple and Dell winning customer' 'happy vote'

Despite making slight gains, Hewlett-Packard's two computer brands scored below the industry average of 74 per cent, with HP at 71 per cent and Compaq at 69 per cent. The 'satisfaction' score for PCs in the American Customer Satisfaction Index rose...

Channel:
IT Pro

Update: Job cuts loom over Ericsson-Marconi deal

He said transmission networks were one of the biggest gains of the transaction. Of course if we didn't do that we couldn't get the profitability, then we couldn't secure the long-term prospects. But it is clear that with a business that is running...

Channel:
Telecoms
Tags:
bt,
marconi

Online retailers rated on customer satisfaction

Pure-play online retailers scored more highly on customer satisfaction than the web counterparts of traditional high-street brands over the Christmas shopping period. A survey of 10,500 consumers on the top 30 retail websites in the UK, conducted...

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Retail & Leisure
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amazon,
b&q,
hmv,
play

IDC reports on Novell's Secure Desktop Solution: A Modern-Day Marriage of Business Benefit and Risk Reduction

This IDC whitepaper examines how companies are turning to integrated security solutions, such as Novell Secure Desktop Solution, to deal with the vulnerability of mobile assets and implement a comprehensive security strategy.

Publisher:
Novell

Getting Started with Master Data Management

Master data management forms part of an overall enterprise governance program that aims to establish trusted data throughout the enterprise. This white paper from Mike Ferguson of Intelligent Business Strategies defines master data, examines why it is needed, and explores methodologies for implementing master data management.

Publisher:
DataFlux

Balancing Security Against Productivity

What makes for great security? Is it about keeping the bad guys out or letting the good guys in? About defending attacks or preventing them? When IDG Research Services queried IT security professionals on the topic, intriguing insight into the effectiveness of security management came to light.