Research teams using next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies face the daunting challenge of supporting compute-intensive analysis methods against petabytes of data while simultaneously keeping pace with rapidly evolving algorithmic best practices. NGS users can now solve these challenges by deploying the Accelrys Enterprise Platform (AEP) and the NGS Collection on optimized systems from IBM. Learn how you can benefit from the turnkey IBM Application Ready Solution for Accelrys with supporting benchmark data.

With tougher regulations and continuing market volatility, financial firms are moving to active risk management with a focus on counterparty risk. Firms are revamping their risk and trading practices from top to bottom. They are adopting new risk models and frameworks that support a holistic view of risk. Banks recognize that technology is critical for this transformation, and are adding state-of-the-art enterprise risk management solutions, high performance data and grid management software, and fast hardware. Join IBM Algorithmics and IBM Platform Computing to gain insights on this trend and on technologies for enabling active "real-time" risk management.

Every day, the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data and businesses are realizing tangible results from investments in big data analytics. IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) offers an enterprise class alternative to Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) for building big data platforms and provides a range of enterprise-class data management features. Spectrum Scale can be deployed independently or with IBM’s big data platform, consisting of IBM InfoSphere® BigInsights™ and IBM Platform™ Symphony. This document describes best practices for deploying Spectrum Scale in such environments to help ensure optimal performance and reliability.

Building applications for handling big data requires laser-like focus on solutions that allow you to deliver scalable, reliable and flexible infrastructure for fast-growing analytics environments. This paper provides 6 best practices for selecting the “right” infrastructure—one that is optimized for performance, flexibility and long-term value.

Every day, the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data and businesses are realizing tangible results from investments in big data analytics. IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) offers an enterprise class alternative to Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) for building big data platforms and provides a range of enterprise-class data management features. Spectrum Scale can be deployed independently or with IBM’s big data platform, consisting of IBM InfoSphere® BigInsights™ and IBM Platform™ Symphony. This document describes best practices for deploying Spectrum Scale in such environments to help ensure optimal performance and reliability.

By leveraging the power of AI, companies gain the ability to consolidate and refine answers to questions in one central repository.

Organisations moving to AWS seek improved performance, increased innovation, and a faster time to market—but the road to cloud maturity, and ultimately cloud success, proves both challenging and expensive. Learn to accelerate your AWS cloud journey with: A checklist for determining if you have clear visibility into your AWS environment Expert tips for developing proper cloud security best practices Real examples of financial, performance, and security management policies for automating your cloud ecosystem Looking to optimise your AWS cloud infrastructure? Use this eBook to regain control over your visibility and cost management, security and compliance, and governance and automation.

While cost is often cited as the reason why people move to the cloud, it's not always that simple. Many organisations have noticed cloud bills 2-3x higher than expectations, when not managed properly. Have you achieved the savings you expected? Learn 10 ways you can reduce your spend in AWS, including: Terminate Zombie Assets Rightsize EC2 Instances & EBS Volumes Upgrade instances to the latest generation Delete Disassociated Elastic IP Addresses Check out this eBook to find out how you can better manage your costs through pro-tips from cloud experts.

Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances can appear complicated, but finding a solution that best suits your company doesn't mean becoming an expert yourself; you just need to know how to approach Reserved Instances and where they can make the biggest impact. This free guide delivers a collection of proven best practices to help you successfully manage Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances. The benefits include: A breakdown of reservation types and offerings, including Convertible Reserved Instances How to calculate the payback period How to modify and exchange existing reservations to match cloud usage over time How to maximise savings with automated RI management and optimisation

Govern Your AWS Environment with Automated Policies If you manage a dynamic cloud environment, you already know that managing your assets and dealing with continuous changes is time consuming. Read this eBook to learn the best practices for policies that you must put in place to reduce the time it takes to optimize and manage your infrastructure.

Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software.

Let’s just say it — inefficient restaurant employee scheduling practices can be Hell for managers. Trying to manage schedules with spreadsheets, sticky notes, missed phone calls and text messages isn’t just source of pain for your employees — it can also do more damage to your business than you might expect, including unnecessary labor spend, increased employee turnover and decreased customer satisfaction. In this eBook, we’re going to take a journey through the 9 Circles of Restaurant Employee Scheduling Hell and outline tangible paths to scheduling and labor management salvation.

5 best practices for world-class zero-based budgeting A traditional budgeting process based on extrapolating the previous year’s spend fails to provide the detailed insight needed to achieve a material change in the cost base, particularly when line item expenses are already high-aggregated. But zero-based budgeting (ZBB) can—and that’s what’s driving its increasing adoption in these volatile economic times. Download this white paper to discover: • Benefits of implementing a ZBB process at your organization • 5 best-practice approaches to implementing ZBB • Tips for leveraging ZBB in your organization in today’s volatile economy

This paper describes the benefits, features and best practices using a XIV in a SAP environment.

How to drive employee motivation and learning with gamification and feedback Digital engagement provides an exciting new way of breaking away from old paradigms to generate motivation, proficiency and engagement. In this white paper we will: * Provide ways to rethink call center agent motivation by using techniques like feedback, competition, adaptive learning and goals. * Take a look at what digital motivation looks like in the contact center from the point of view of a call center agent and his manager Using gamification can do much more than drive quality and performance. It also provides agents with much needed engagement, transparency, feedback and optimal use of best practices training.

In today’s competitive landscape, businesses need to make decisions quickly in order to respond to rapidly changing customer preferences and nimble competitors; whether it’s a new business strategy, a new business process, or a new market offering, businesses are competing on speed and agility. The overwhelming majority of today’s business and IT leaders understand digital transformation is necessary to maintain leverage amid constantly changing customer preferences. They also have a clear picture of their desired end state—exemplified by leaders like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. However, only a small minority of have a clear understanding of the path they need to lead the market. In this paper you’ll learn: How to build digital transformation into the root of your company with a practical, natural, and tested blueprint. Best practices from over 1,600 enterprises to transform your strategy, organization, and technology from the ground up. Actionable next steps to start your journ

Application downtime impacts everyone. This paper provides best practices for communicating application downtime to end-users in a manner that maintains - or can even improve- your organization's credibility and brand image. Learn what to do and what not to do in this informative white paper.

This year, businesses will increasingly turn to AI to power their business transformation. Machine learning and deep learning workloads are quickly becoming a mission-critical workload in the enterprise data center. As an IT leader, are you ready for the impending wave of AI applications that will demand new approaches to computing, storage and networking? Do you have the right strategy for scaling AI workload in your data center? We’ll introduce you to the IT visionaries who have made it happen. In this webinar we’ll explore how one IT leader accelerated his company’s success with an AI infrastructure strategy, sharing their best practices and insights. By watching this webinar, you'll learn: - Why it’s now critical for enterprise IT to have an AI infrastructure strategy that supports the business - Explore one IT leader’s experience developing and implementing a best-of-breed platform for scaling AI workload in the data center - Gain insights that can drive your AI infrastructur

ITIL provides a framework of customizable best practice initiatives that help organizations consistently deliver high-quality IT services. Effective ITIL implementation adds value to the IT infrastructure and improves business and service delivery.

Targeted at IT executives responsible for both the financial and ultimate project oversight of an enterprise CMDB initiative, this white paper sets expectations for ROI calculations for CMDB initiatives, provides basic ROI best practices, and gives readers sufficient insight to move forward with their CMDB project.

The key benefit of creating a case management methodology is to multiply its effectiveness by replicating it across the organization's patient-facing departments, practices and functions. In this way, your organization can reduce costs, increase quality and streamline its operations.

This report highlights the strategic value of a next generation web content management system integrated with lead scoring, email marketing, customer relationship management, and web analytics. The report links the technology and practices of Best-in-Class organizations to engage customers, provide personalized experiences and manage the lead lifecycle.

With more than 500 million active users, Facebook can be an extremely effective channel for engaging customers around your brand. However, before you rush out to build a fan page, you need to first understand the best way to interact with them based on conversations about your brand that are already happening on the social web.

Email is the primary communication system and file transport mechanism used in organizations of all sizes. Email systems generate enormous amounts of content that must be preserved for a variety of reasons, including: -Compliance with local, state, federal and international statutory requirements - Electronic discovery requirements and best practices - Knowledge management applications - Disaster recovery and business continuity

In our latest Point of View, "The Dirtiest Word In Business," Airfoil has assembled a collective set of best practices to help technology marketers meet the communications challenges of a new digital decade.