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WEBCASTS


Future-Proof Identity & Acess Management — A Look At Past, Present, Future

We’ve seen elements of IAM evolve rapidly, such as role management, while others have advanced more cautiously, such as Federation. Other new issues affect IAM, such as Identity 2.0. In this discussion of IAM past, present & future, you will hear about ways to future-proof your IAM initiatives.

Integrated Identity Compliance: Enabling Cost-Effective Role-Based Compliance

This session focuses on the intersection of role management and identity compliance, and addresses the importance of identity compliance in enterprise governance and the challenges that organizations may face in achieving it.

Leveraging Service Management Tools to Automate the Delivery of IAM Services

If you organization is grappling with the problem of integrating a siloed IAM system into your overall service management strategy, then view this webcast to see how you can automate and streamline identity-related processes using service management tools.





PODCASTS


Managing IT in the Clouds

In this eWEEK podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, CA's vice president of strategy for infrastructure management and data center automation, Stephen Elliot, talks about how the rise of virtualization and cloud computing will change the way IT organizations approach systems and applications management.

Economy Makes Automation a Must-Have Tech for 2009

Stephen Elliot, vice president of strategy for CA's Infrastructure Management and Data Center Automation business unit, explains why difficult economic times drive the need for simplified management capabilities and advanced automation tools

Raymond James Enhances Service Levels

Automated and integrated IT processes enable Raymond James to improve operational efficiency and simplify compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.





WHITE PAPERS


Lean IT in Financial Services – IDC Whitepaper Sponsored by CA, Inc

Now is the time for financial services IT executives to seize the moment and transform to Lean IT Read this informative paper and learn more on how your organization can become empowered by implementing Lean IT strategies.

Creating a Flexible, Integrated Platform to Compete in the IT Services Market

"Global IT infrastructure provider underpins its customer offerings with CA solutions, which enable faster problem resolution and improved systems availability. Using an integrated IT management solution allows Paraphora to customize services and deliver superior value to its clients."

Minimizing the Risks and Maximizing the Rewards of Business Transformation

US Airways delivers on its merger promises with simplified and scalable IT. By adopting an integrated approach to Enterprise IT Management, US Airways has been able to improve productivity, cost control and time to market, which will all aid the airline’s growth and ongoing transformation.

Going Green: A Strategic Guide to Green IT Management Oct 2008 EMA

Green IT solutions have established themselves as important deployments for increasing energy efficiencies in order to reduce operational costs, achieve power utilization objectives and ensure sustainable value in IT investments. Read this white paper on maximizing value with Green IT Solutions.

Lean IT overview presentation

How Lean IT Can Maximize Value and Minimize Cost

Today, IT budgets are being cut as the impact of the global economic recession becomes local. Yet the demands on IT are no less than they were before. Customer service cannot be compromised, compliance mandates continue to proliferate and IT complexity is ever-increasing. With even tighter spending, a new approach is required to address these challenges. Some leading-edge IT organizations have realized great results by applying Lean thinking to IT.

Lean IT – Waste not, Want not

With the recent economic meltdown, the focus of IT management will invariably shift more towards cost cutting and improving the bottom line. The challenge for IT is not simply to cut costs, but rather to gain visibility into which cost cutting strategies would most effectively increase value without negatively impacting the business.

The Case for Lean IT

Lean has been successfully applied to domains beyond manufacturing, including to enterprise IT. The beauty of Lean is its pragmatism. It rewards and even encourages incremental wins, doesn’t require a grand overhaul of systems, and isn’t obscure in its methodology, terminology or theory. CIOs should focus on optimizing the IT operations and processes supporting their most business-critical applications and services.

The Masters of Lean IT

Senior executives from TransUnion, Tesco and Fujitsu Services discuss their experiences and strategies for maximizing value and minimizing waste.



 




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