Gartner Network Design Best Practices for Office 365

Many organizations transitioning from on-premises Microsoft applications to Office 365 will experience performance problems due to geographic factors and use of the Internet for connectivity. IT can minimize performance issues and deliver an acceptable experience to end users by paying careful attention to network design. Read this research note to learn:

  • How the Office 365 Region you choose can affect performance
  • What tools are available to model and monitor performance
  • What options you have for network connectivity and how they compare
  • How WAN optimization can be used to improve application performance.
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15 Keys for Ensuring a Successful Windows 10 Migration

Whenever you are planning to migrate to Windows 10, there are unique opportunities to optimize IT service support during your migration. This guide shows how to use SteelCentral Aternity End User Experience Monitoring in a best practice continuous improvement process to ensure success. In it, you’ll learn how to:

  • Discover every local, cloud, or mobile app actually in use in your enterprise, to fight “Shadow IT” and migrate only the apps that matter
  • Ensure end user experience on Windows 10 devices is as good or better as that on earlier OS versions, so you can migrate with confidence
  • Proactively monitor applications as they render on the screens of any physical, virtual, or mobile device used in your enterprise, to assure the seamless user experience promised by Windows 10
  • Cost justify your Windows 10 upgrade by analyzing the impact of slow application performance in terms of lost productivity 
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Connectivity Benchmark Report 2017

Nearly all IT decision makers are executing on digital transformation, but they are facing challenges and obstacles along the way. MuleSoft surveyed 951 IT decision makers across the globe to discover how they are executing on digital transformation initiatives, what their IT challenges are, and the role of an API strategy to meet their business goals.

Download the 2017 Connectivity Benchmark Report to find out:

  • The one strategy IT decision makers say help them deliver projects faster
  • The top 11 technologies ITDMs think will increase the pace of digital transformation
  • The two obstacles holding ITDMs back from achieving their digital transformation goals

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Gartner iPaaS Magic Quadrant 2017

MuleSoft Positioned as a Leader 4 Years in a Row

Read this complimentary copy of the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS, and find out why MuleSoft was named a Leader based on completeness of vision and the ability to execute

  • Expert perspectives on the iPaaS vendor landscape
  • Critical analysis of key differentiators
  • Latest developments in integration technology
  • Industry benchmarks and trends
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Business Process Management (BPM)

Using an API strategy as a foundation for BPM

Business Process Management is an important part of continuous improvement and business transformation, but many organizations struggle with implementing it effectively. Learn how a holistic API strategy, API-led connectivity, can help your organization implement BPM with ease.

This whitepaper will cover:

  • An overview of Business Process Management
  • A new way of thinking about implementing BPM with APIs
  • A walkthrough of a use case on how an organization uses API-led connectivity to successfully implement BPM
  • Best practices to adopt BPM with Anypoint Platform

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Secrets of a Great API

Not all APIs are created equal

A great API encourages developers to use it and share it with others, creating a virtuous cycle where each additional successful implementation leads to greater engagement and more contributions from developers who add value to your service.

Unfortunately, too many API providers build their APIs before thinking through the critical success factors, resulting in APIs that fail to meet business objectives. Delivering a great API isn’t hard if you follow a few proven principles.

In this paper you’ll learn:

  • What developers really want from your API
  • How to make your API stand out from the crowd
  • Strategies for driving broad developer adoption
  • A fool-proof way to design for great user experience

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Practical Tips to Find and Fix Common App Performance Problems

Performance issues today are compounded by increasingly complex infrastructures that IT teams must contend with when delivering applications. As a result detecting and fixing performance problems is hard. Sluggish end-user transactions may present themselves as being slow due to the code. However, that slowness is often not the root cause, but rather a symptom of an underlying infrastructural issue hidden from view.

Examine common, yet elusive application performance problems that reveal themselves only when you look at them from the right vantage point.

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Simplifying Remote and Branch Office (ROBO) IT with Nutanix Part 1: The Art of Freeing up Time

Managing remote and branch office IT can be a challenge for organizations of any size. Now, thanks to turnkey infrastructure from Nutanix, businesses can consolidate ROBO servers and storage onto a single Enterprise Cloud platform that can be deployed in just 30 to 60 minutes.

Attend this TechBytes series sponsored by Nutanix to hear hyperconverged and Enterprise Cloud experts discuss how to eliminate the complexity of managing multiple remote sites with point products, while lowering overall IT costs. View this 3-part web series to learn how investing in the right ROBO solution can simplify IT with central management & control while maintaining optimal application experience and availability for branch office users.

Viewers will learn about:

  • Building lean, low-cost hyperconverged ROBO sites
  • Managing multiple ROBO sites centrally and with a single management interface
  • Seeing a live demonstration of how remote sites are managed with Nutanix Prism
  • Solving disaster recovery challenges cost effectively with localized backup, to the datacenter, or cloud
  • A real-world customer perspective on experiences with Nutanix ROBO solutions

Don’t wait – register now to view this TechBytes series and start on your path to ROBO IT simplification.

About the presenter

Dwayne Lessner is a technical marketing engineer on the product marketing team at Nutanix, Inc. In this role, Dwayne helps design, test, and build solutions on top of the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform. Dwayne has worked in healthcare and oil and gas for over ten years in various roles. A strong background in server and desktop virtualization has given Dwayne the opportunity to work with many different applications frameworks and architecture. Dwayne has been a speaker at BriForum and various VMUG events and conferences and Co-Author of “Desktops as a Service: Building the Model”.

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Protecting Smart Devices and Applications Throughout the IoT Ecosystem

IoT security presents unique challenges to every party involved in the process – from device manufacturers and product development managers to application developers and end users. The top challenges to effective IoT security are directly related to the benefits of the IoT itself: the lack of human intervention needed for thousands of smart, connected devices to operate and the variety of devices that can be connected. This new whitepaper by Rob Black, CISSP, Senior Director of Product Management at PTC, addresses IoT security best practices at the device and application level, such as:

  • Data and network traffic encryption
  • Audit trails
  • Granular permissions and visibility
  • Secure software development life cycle (SDLC)

Download this white paper and learn how an IoT platform can help secure your enterprise today.

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Driving the IoT Journey: 10 Trends to Watch

Many companies are in the early stages of their IoT enablement journey and are searching for the right information to make smart, informed choices. A new whitepaper from ABI Research outlines the top trends to watch in the IoT market over the next year, from technology advancements in connectivity and rapid application enablement to augmented reality, analytics automation, and the rise of IoT marketplaces. Download the whitepaper today to learn:

  • How these technologies and trends will impact the IoT market into 2017
  • Which new opportunities and challenges will shape the future of IoT
  • How enterprises need to engage customers, partners, and IoT suppliers
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Dial Tone Reliability: Optimizing Hybrid Telco Infrastructure through ITSM

Today, consumerization of IT drives user expectations for new apps, richer analytics and support for every device under the sun, IT teams are under increasing pressure to deliver better than “five nines” for virtually every application imaginable, and to do so under a data deluge that shows no signs of abating. And the need is real; The Ponemon Institute estimates the average outage lasts about 90 minutes and costs $450,000!

Attend this TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM to learn how enterprises of all kinds are taking advantage of the latest in middleware tools to increase business agility, accelerate decision-making, and embrace hybrid environments to meet increasing user demand while reducing operating costs overall. Attendees will learn:

  • How to leverage analytics to increase efficiency while improving reliability
  • Benefits of becoming proactive rather than firefighting application performance issues
  • How to apply cognitive predictive analytics to stop costly IT outages before they start.
  • Where to start when beginning to leverage ITSM in your environment
  • Why Telcos and other companies providing “dial-tone” reliability are utilizing advanced analytics tools in their ITSM portfolio to ensure uptime for even the most dynamic network infrastructure

Register now to hear expert speakers discuss how operations insight, analytics, and automation can work together to give your CIO peace of mind and keep your users happy.

About the presenter:

Denis Murphy, is an offering manager for IBM Cloud with responsibility for Telco offerings. Denis’ current focus is on OSS solutions for Cloud based networking including NFV solutions. Prior to this role he was the product manager for network performance management product line, addressing Enterprise & Telco markets.

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Taking the Risk out of IT Operations: Increasing Service Levels AND ROI

Today, consumerization of IT drives user expectations for new apps, richer analytics and support for every device under the sun, IT teams are under increasing pressure to deliver better than “five nines” for virtually every application imaginable, and to do so under a data deluge that shows no signs of abating. And the need is real; The Ponemon Institute estimates the average outage lasts about 90 minutes and costs $450,000!

Attend this TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM to learn how enterprises of all kinds are taking advantage of the latest in middleware tools to increase business agility, accelerate decision-making, and embrace hybrid environments to meet increasing user demand while reducing operating costs overall. Attendees will learn:

  • How to leverage analytics to increase efficiency while improving reliability
  • Benefits of becoming proactive rather than firefighting application performance issues
  • How to apply cognitive predictive analytics to stop costly IT outages before they start.
  • Where to start when beginning to leverage ITSM in your environment
  • Why Telcos and other companies providing “dial-tone” reliability are utilizing advanced analytics tools in their ITSM portfolio to ensure uptime for even the most dynamic network infrastructure

Register now to hear expert speakers discuss how operations insight, analytics, and automation can work together to give your CIO peace of mind and keep your users happy.

About the presenter:

Joakim Tenlen has over 17 years of experience in the Operations Management space. In his current role as an Offering Manager at IBM, Joakim is responsible for Netcool Operations Insight. He formerly was Product Manager for Tivoli’s Service Assurance portfolio, setting overall direction with the Network and Service Assurance team.

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Thriving in a Hybrid IT Environment: Turning Data into Insight into Action

Today, consumerization of IT drives user expectations for new apps, richer analytics and support for every device under the sun, IT teams are under increasing pressure to deliver better than “five nines” for virtually every application imaginable, and to do so under a data deluge that shows no signs of abating. And the need is real; The Ponemon Institute estimates the average outage lasts about 90 minutes and costs $450,000!

Attend this TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM to learn how enterprises of all kinds are taking advantage of the latest in middleware tools to increase business agility, accelerate decision-making, and embrace hybrid environments to meet increasing user demand while reducing operating costs overall. Attendees will learn:

  • How to leverage analytics to increase efficiency while improving reliability
  • Benefits of becoming proactive rather than firefighting application performance issues
  • How to apply cognitive predictive analytics to stop costly IT outages before they start.
  • Where to start when beginning to leverage ITSM in your environment
  • Why Telcos and other companies providing “dial-tone” reliability are utilizing advanced analytics tools in their ITSM portfolio to ensure uptime for even the most dynamic network infrastructure

Register now to hear expert speakers discuss how operations insight, analytics, and automation can work together to give your CIO peace of mind and keep your users happy.

About the presenter:

Denny O’Brien is the Program Director for IBM Operations Analytics offering management, where he leads the end-to-end business for IBM's IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) offerings portfolio. He leads design and delivery of market strategy and business enablement for these critical offerings. Denny joined IBM from Tivoli, where he held a series of strategic development, program management, and marketing roles. Denny received his BA in technical communication from East Carolina University.

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