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Paragon’s PPR – The Most Advanced, Centrally Managed Backup Solution for Physical and Virtual Environments

Paragon Protect & Restore (PPR) is an all-in-one, centrally managed, software solution for backing up virtual and physical IT infrastructures. No matter whether your environment is based on VMware, vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, physical servers or a combination thereof, PPR offers quick and flexible restoration functions, easy replication of virtual machines and efficient archiving thereby eliminating many of the challenges now engulfing IT operations. Additionally, Paragon's solutions offer:

Single, highly scalable, centrally managed solution for all your Physical & Virtual servers, workstations and hosts
Reliable and fast restores, even to completely different hardware
Remote Set-and-forget operation of backups and restores
US based engineers taking support calls
Cut storage requirements by up to 80% via the latest duplication engine
Faster Restores and Lower total cost of ownership (TCO) when compared to Veeam, BackupExec, Acronis and many others

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Keep IT Costs Low and Performance High with Mobile Barcode Scanning

A new generation of barcode scanning is upon us. The best replacement for dedicated scanning devices is often a traditional smartphone. Discover how smartphone-based barcode scanning offers a significantly lower TCO than legacy and mobile barcode scanning hardware. Learn how mobile barcode scanning easily and cost-effectively integrates into any workflow, app, back-end or store system.

Mobile barcode scanning is the next generation of barcode scanning
Smartphones with mobile scanning software are an effective replacement for dedicated devices
Mobile barcode scanning has much lower TCO than dedicated scanning devices
Mobile barcode scanning integrates easily into existing workflows, apps and systems
Mobile back-end cloud services provide in-depth analytics and extend software lifecycles

Scanning Your Way to Increased Revenue

Retail has entered the seamless era. Retailers who want to survive need to future-proof their enterprise by utilizing the latest mobile solutions to improve store operations and reinvent consumer engagement. Discover how retailers can integrate mobile barcode scanning into existing workflows to maximize sales and loyalty across all channels. From increased supply chain visibility to streamlined in-store fulfillment and increased consumer loyalty, mobile data capture helps boost revenue and lower operating costs.

Constantly connected consumers are disrupting retail operations
Real-time supply chain visibility lets workers quickly find, pick, and ship desired goods for customers
Fulfill digital purchases in stores, increasing brick-and-mortar revenue
Integrate mobile barcode scanning into existing workflows
Maximize sales and loyalty across channels

Breach Predictions eBook

Based on analysis of 2014-2016 breach data from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (privacyrights.org), RSA took a look at past breach data to determine if history could help us anticipate the future. The Breach Predictions eBook provides insights from that analysis as well as recommendations to protect your business and personal data.

10 Ways to Use Artificial Intelligence for Simpler, Smarter IT

Whether called AI, machine learning or predictive analytics, new intelligent systems are making our lives simpler and more productive. AI advancements are already being integrated in solutions responsible for backup and data protection. Learn 10 ways you can use AI to your advantage when it comes to backup and recovery.

3 Secrets To Successful Resource Management

Poor Resource Management is at the root of some of the most pressing problems that PMOs, IT groups, service delivery organizations and others face.

The path to achieving improved RM in your PMO begins with three key areas of focus: Attracting Talent; Just-in-Time Resourcing; and Building Effective Processes.

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Navigating the Journey to IT Transformation

Digital Transformation is the reinvention of business activities, processes, competencies, and models that fully leverage current and future digital technologies. In today's dynamic business environment, organizations across the board are tasking IT to accelerate efforts to deliver a unique and compelling customer experience. At the same time, IT organizations are adopting new approaches in order to better serve organizational goals. Organizations are adopting cloud technology to drive agility, efficiency, and effectiveness to become more productive today, and to help ensure that can easily meet future objectives.

Download this white paper from Dell EMC and Intel® to learn more.

Intel Inside®. New Possibilities Outside.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

The World’s Most Advanced Converged Solutions Brochure

In this brochure, discover how you can accelerate your adoption of converged infrastructure (CI) and cloud-based computing models with Dell EMC. CI enables you to reduce IT costs, improve time to market and focus more on business innovation.

Download this brochure from Dell EMC and Intel® to learn more.

Intel Inside®. New Possibilities Outside.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Digital and IT Transformation with Dell EMC Converged Infrastructure Systems and Software

While just about everyone is writing about how IT and the businesses it serves need to be transformed, the actual industry answers to both digital and IT transformation remain unclear at best. Are transformational initiatives all about analytics and big data? Or are they about the move to cloud in all its varieties? Support for mobile? More agile ways of working and developing software? Or are they actually all about crafting teams to promote more proactive dialog between the business and IT?

This report highlights a unique approach to enabling IT to succeed in the digital age—a fully engineered converged infrastructure with richly supported capabilities for management, updates and configuration, security, and overall resilience.

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Intel Inside®. New Possibilities Outside.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Dell EMC XC630 – Greater Database Performance than Alternative Integrated Solution

If your business uses a three-tier architecture with disaggregated servers, storage, and SAN to run applications, you might be considering upgrading to an integrated solution to streamline your business. However, implementing a hyper-converged Dell EMC XC Series cluster powered by Nutanix software is an even more attractive option that can provide 73 percent greater database performance - an advantage that translates to 50 percent greater database performance per dollar than a traditional integrated solution.

In addition to superior performance, the hyper-converged Dell EMC XC solution also offers software-defined tiered storage, high availability, and a redundant network architecture. This makes it an excellent investment for businesses that are ready to take their computing and storage to the next level.

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Intel Inside®. New Possibilities Outside.

Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Why Outsourcing Managed Web Services is Better for Your Business

Digital marketing and web design are increasingly competitive fields. New businesses open their virtual doors each day, amidst ever-increasing demand for sites offering engaging content and positive user experience.

These client demands combined with rapidly evolving technology increase the workload of firms struggling to stay current to ensure the needs and requirements of new and old clients alike can be met.

Download this whitepaper to learn how your business can benefit from outsourcing your managed web services:

7 Drivers of Employee Engagement

Companies with engaged workforces vastly outperform those without, but only 32 percent of US employees are engaged. What prevents us from engaging employees, and are there practical solutions to improve engagement?

13 Ways To Get Reward and Recognition Right

Keeping and engaging your best people is crucial. Learn why reward and recognition helps you do just that, 13 ways to reward and recognize the right way, and how to get your boss onboard.

5 Tips to Improve Your Website and Increase Sales

Retail e-commerce will reach $2.050 trillion this year - up 22.7% from 2015. That double digit growth will continue through 2019, reaching $3.578 trillion. That’s steady growth your business should be capitalizing on — but what if your business’ growth is limited by the performance of your website? Without the proper foundation and monitoring, a website can quickly become the reason consumers are clicking away. To ensure continued growth for your e-commerce business and avoid lost sales, your website needs to be optimized for speed, protected against downtime and traffic surges, and fully secured.

Use the following tips to talk to your IT department about how your website is performing.

20 Point Checklist for Vetting a Managed Hosting Provider

Web and digital agencies are hired for what they do best - building highly responsive, well-thought out, and aesthetically pleasing websites and web applications. They are NOT hired for their server and hosting expertise. For the agency, hosting is simply a means to an end — overshadowed by the immense pressure to, “Go live and get paid!” It’s no wonder then that agencies are often left holding the buck in the frustrating cycle of finger pointing, resulting from slow load times, network downtimes, and security attacks.

The beauty of partnering with a managed hosting provider is that you specifically don’t need to know about your service, how it works, or what parts it is made up of – all those details are taken care of for you. In fact, a really good provider should do their job so well that you don’t even realize everything they’re doing to ensure the healthy upkeep of your site – which is fantastic, until you start to wonder if maybe you could get your service cheaper elsewhere.