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The promised benefits of the Cloud are clear, and government mandates are pushing you to make the move. But, you may be worried about the complexity of putting together a self-service, hybrid cloud that spans resources in your datacenter and those rented from public cloud providers. Learn how to build and manage private cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service using open source datacenter virtualization and management technologies, while minimizing the complexity, cost, and risk of transitioning mission critical workloads to the cloud.

Continued growth- whether organically or through M&A - is vital for a bank's ongoing health. But with growth comes challenges, particularly in the area of Customer Communications Management. Without question, optimizing and modernizing customer communications is essential for banks that are looking to grow. However, banks that are still using legacy systems and old processes to generate customer communications may find that their systems are holding them back.

Your mobile apps need to "reach out and connect" for data or services in order to deliver value to your app users. Most enterprises today have a wide range of back office systems - so-called "systems of record". Come and listen to Rational experts explain how the Rational IDE portfolio meets your mobile development needs "from the front end to the back."

Integrating data into a data warehouse can be a time-consuming and expensive process. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is configured for optimal performance when integrating data for IBM Pure Systems for Analytics.

Attend this webinar to learn how DevOps techniques bring forward concepts from Agile, applies new automation technologies and enables rapid, continuous enterprise development and delivery.

Join this teleconference and learn how the combination of IBM information governance offerings and analytic solutions on the z Enterprise platform can help you to enhance information integrity, availability and quality.

This webinar will help you understand how the virtualization and cloud technologies developed by IBM can help you maximize your virtualization investment and build your cloud infrastructure at your own pace and customized for your organization’s unique requirements.

For the last 50 years the IBM Mainframe has been the most secure computing platform to run critical applications and host essential business data. Customer's business requirements are constantly changing to support new growth opportunities, which in turn affects Mainframe security risks. The resulting security requirements include:

Every attack on an enterprise begins with a single vulnerability - usually a hole in an application, an open port on a network, or a misconfigured device. But how do the bad guys find these vulnerabilities? What methods do they use to seek out potential entry points, and how do they use those flaws to crack your enterprise data? In this fascinating webcast, top security experts look at the latest trends and techniques in vulnerability detection and offer a detailed look at the latest methods for exploiting vulnerabilities in enterprise applications.

The term, "technical debt" refers to delayed technical work that is incurred when technical short cuts are taken. Just like financial debt, some technical debts can serve valuable business purposes while other technical debts are simply counterproductive. This webinar will explain when it's advisable – and when it's not – for organizations to take on technical debt. Attend this webinar to learn

With iPads, iPhones and other smartphones and tablets accessing your network, there’s much more to consider than simple device management. The corporate use of these devices makes them an increasingly attractive target for malware writers. So what can you do to keep mobile malware at bay?

Banks are looking for new ways to increase profitability. Enabling mobile bill payment is a huge opportunity to forge stronger and more lasting bonds with their customers as a mean means to increase profitability. According to Aite Group, only about 15 percent of U.S consumers' currently pay their bills through their banks. Banks looking to seize this "85% opportunity" face considerable competition, not to mention the current difficulties in onboarding payees. Overcoming these barriers will improve banks' ability to attract and retain mobile banking users, especially the increasingly important 20- to 35-year-olds who rely on their smartphones to handle most tasks and transactions in their lives.

Security has always been a concern for IT when considering a move to the cloud. Does the provider meet industry standards for security and compliance? Is the data center secure? Is there spam and virus protection?

Anytime, anywhere customer service expectations have upended many industries - and insurance is no exception. Policyholders expect to be able to reach out at any time, through any channel, and receive a high-quality experience, whether self-servicing contact information or looking to connect with a live agent to facilitate a purchase or a claim.

It can be an IT manager's biggest headache ? managing the growing number of remote users that are on the go and exclusively work from their laptops over wireless networks. And when a system fails to restart, a site visit often times is the only option for recovery. Now, with the powerful combination of Intel's latest vPro technology and Dell KACE Appliances, IT managers can enjoy remote systems management and recovery that is both effective and economical.

Join us on this webcast to learn how IBM Smarter Storage stands up to these challenges and allows organizations to optimize storage for today and tomorrow, while driving out cost and improving service levels. You'll see how the IBM Storwize family of storage solutions leverages advanced functionality like heterogeneous virtualization, real-time compression of live production data, consistent, simplified management tools and intelligent automated flash optimization to maximize efficiency while improving performance and reducing cost. These are family values that can truly improve user experience and create real economic value at the same time.

This webinar will give you the expert insights you need to empower your most valuable knowledge workers, provide exceptional customer experiences, and thrive in an increasingly competitive environment.

In this webcast, IBM Rational Chief Evangelist Bruce Powel Douglass explains how proven evidence-oriented best practices can enable organizations to reap the vital benefits of agile development while still maintaining the rigorous standards essential for the successful delivery of safety-critical systems.

To effectively reduce the risks of cyber attacks, comply with continuous monitoring requirements, and provide visibility to executives, organizations need to manage their vulnerabilities and associated risks continuously. This is required in order to match or exceed the daily rate of attacks.

For the last decade, the payments industry has rapidly become one of the most dynamic growth drivers in financial services. Traditional payment methods have evolved, new methods have been introduced and new entrants have emerged. The result is a significant increase in payment transaction volumes amidst a highly competitive and specialized industry.

Join us for this special webcast and discover how online attackers have grown more sophisticated, targeted and dangerous to any organization’s environment and the broad potential impacts they cause, ranging from internal service interruptions to devastating brand image consequences.

Are you looking to dramatically improve efficiency in your hospital? Eliminate the manual processes in your hospital and automate workflows for a better patient experience.

Modern global enterprises can no longer afford any down-time, making business continuity key to most companies. A loss of vital business data can cripple a company or even put it out of business. Software-based data replication is a technology that can be used to send changed data to one or more target systems. It provides continuous data protection and availability of systems during planned and unplanned outages.

There certainly is no shortage of hype when it comes to the term "Big Data" as vendors and enterprises alike highlight the transformative effect of building actionable insight from the deluge of data that is now available to us all. But amongst the hype, practical guidance is often lacking: why is Apache Hadoop most often the technology underpinning "Big Data"? How does it fit into the current landscape of databases and data warehouses that are already in use? And are there typical usage patterns that can be used to distill some of the inherent complexity for us all to speak a common language? And if there are common patterns, what are some ways that I can apply them to my unique situation?

Improving the transparency and efficiency of the trade lifecycle is critical in today’s fast-paced trading environment. OTC derivatives regulatory reform will present significant challenges for all market participants. With ever increasing regulatory requirements, improving the transparency and efficiency of the trade document lifecycle is critical. Those that can fully automate each step of the process to reduce risk and achieve compliance will gain a competitive edge.