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The aim of this document is to assist organizations protecting their assets – tangible and intangible – through a Security Management Program. This program provides a holistic, hands-on, and consistent approach for securing the organization against serious security breaches, such as data leakage, while providing the organization with the required flexibility to adapt itself to the business needs and to remain competitive in the market.

Marketing is a dynamic and fluid business that must anticipate and quickly react to changes in the market. The marketer today must manage increased competitive pressure along with economic fluctuations, industry trends and changes in customer behavior. The combination of rapid changes in the market place with increased competition necessitates a more agile marketer that reacts quickly to changes and can execute programs in less time than their competitors.

In this white paper, learn why the marketer's primary mission is to clarify that differentiation and how to find successful marketing tools and techniques to do just that.

Download our 2014 Digital Trends report, created in partnership with eConsultancy, to discover the trends that are driving exceptional customer experiences — and the tools you need to gain a competitive edge. Based on a global survey of more than 2,500 marketers, our report found that customer experience, mobile marketing, and content marketing are major business imperatives for 2014. However, only 23% of marketers believe they have the tools they need to maximize their impact in these areas. Get the report now to uncover more insights for the coming year, including: - B2C brands will focus on targeting and personalization - Two-thirds of respondents will experiment with new media - Brands will zero in on mobile customer behavior

In a competitive landscape that favors the fastest and the smartest, financial services firms that invest in building sophisticated insight and predictive analytics will be better positioned to emerge as market leaders.

How customer-centric transformation can lead to deeper relationships, increased revenue and streamlined operations. Though the global economy is still sluggishly shaking off the effects of the near meltdown in 2008 and the ongoing sovereign debt crisis, banks in both the emerging and developed economies have as opportunity to manage enormous capital growth and wealth creation. But to regain customer confidence and earn their slice of the increasingly competitive market, banks must transform themselves. They must jettison decades-old, product-oriented operating models and become fully client-centric.

Though the global economy is still shaking off the effects of the past and current financial crises, banks in both the emerging and developed economies have an opportunity to manage enormous capital growth and wealth creation. To regain customer confidence and earn their slice of the increasingly competitive market, banks must transform themselves by jettisoning old, product oriented operating models to become a client centric operation. Read this insightful paper from IBM Global Business Services to understand how banks can effectively use the information they have and become truly customer centric by re-organizing their operations around customer differentiation, pricing, product bundling, channel consistency and customer engagement.

Staffing companies play a critical role in recruiting and onboarding talent to ensure that operations don’t skip a beat. In today’s competitive recruiting market, staffing companies need to be nimble and efficient. They need to invest in digital tools to hire and onboard the best professionals. Many organizations still use manual or paper-based processes, which are slow, expensive, and error-prone, resulting in inefficient operations and compliance risks. Investing in digital operations reduces search time and costs while delighting candidates and improving security and compliance.

Companies that hope to stay competitive in the marketplace must begin to consider alternatives to x86, or else they will find themselves at a serious infrastructure disadvantage. Performance and flexibility embedded in the architecture can scale in a way that the number of servers can’t, as applications and data grow in depth and complexity.

Does your organization have what it takes to survive and thrive in today's competitive talent economy? Understanding the similarities between how marketers approach customers and how recruiters attract candidates is key to attracting and hiring an engaged workforce. Read more.

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Data is only as good as the insights it produces, the actions it influences, and the results it fosters. That’s the secret recipe for data management. Your business stakeholders depend on data-based insights to drive decisions and priorities throughout the organization. Insights based on sound data practices can give your business a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Is your data management system ready to support your business? Find out using Forrester’s Data Management Infrastructure Self-Assessment Tool. IBM has licensed this tool to help you identify the areas of strength and opportunities for improvement.

Did you know? • 86% of organizations say they have 2 years to make inroads with digital transformation • 55% say they have a year or less, before they begin to suffer financially or from competitive threats • 59% are worried they may be too late To help you evaluate your organizational readiness for digital transformation, we put together a package to help you measure your current capabilities—from a technology and organizational perspective—as well as some information to help you plan ahead. The Digital Transformation Kit contains: • CMS Evaluation Guide: Learn about CMS capabilities that can enhance the customer experience • Digital Marketing Maturity Guide: Rate your usage of digital marketing technology • Data-Driven Marketing e-Book: Learn how to use the power of your data to drive growth

The face of retail – both online and instore – is rapidly evolving. In addition to margin pressures, resource constraints, and competitive challenges retailers face on an ongoing basis, many are struggling to keep up with the evolving demands of vocal consumers. As new channels and buying habits emerge and evolve, many retail marketers have struggled to keep up. Although many have adopted new technologies to address new channels and challenges, the rapid pace of technological change has created new challenges including: Data silos E-mail marketing overload Channel coordination and conflict These challenges, coupled with the rising cost of acquiring and managing customer data, are compounded by increasing scrutiny on marketing budgets and an expectation of being able to prove the value of every campaign in terms of increased revenues.

A fundamental people-process-technology transformation enables businesses to remain competitive in today’s innovation economy. Initiatives such as advanced security, fraud detection services, connected consumer Internet of Things (IoT) devices, augmented or virtual reality experience, machine and deep learning, and cognitively enabled applications drive superior business outcomes such as predictive marketing and maintenance. Superior business outcomes require businesses to consider IT a core competency. For IT, an agile, elastic, and scalable IT infrastructure forms the crucial underpinning for a superior service delivery model. Dell EMC’s Intelligent Automation powered by Intel® Xeon® Platinum processor simplifies the management and maintenance of its PowerEdge server hardware. Designed to drive down the cost and resources associated with server lifecycle management, Intelligent Automation relies on integrated Dell Remote Access Controller(iDRAC) and OpenManage server management soft

Innovative ways to take your business efficiency and collaboration to the next level. Across every industry, C-level executives are focusing on innovation and technology to improve the efficiency and performance of their businesses. Now more than ever they need to develop strategies that make their organizations relevant, memorable and competitive in an era where digital business transformation is not just a goal, it’s a continuous, speeding journey. • Take advantage of new opportunities • React to emerging threats and take advantage of new markets • Cope with disruptive forces

Globalization has presented business leaders with numerous opportunities and challenges to become more competitive and innovative and to drive more value. These opportunities and challenges seem to increase in number and complexity every year whether it is the challenge of scaling limited human and technological resources, sourcing from low-cost countries halfway around the world, or going to market with the latest product innovations.

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