5 things CEOs fear: The enterprise of the future

5 Things CEOs Fear: The Enterprise of the Future Midmarket CEOs foresee significant change ahead, but they're not confident about their ability to manage it. The gap between those who think that their companies will need to make substantial changes over the next three years and those who say that they have previously succeeded in managing change is even bigger in midsize organizations than it is in either smaller or larger organizations. They feel that consumers are now dictating the pace of change, whereas formerly they were the ones in control. So how will they fare in an increasingly turbulent environment?   How to Reduce Business Event Complexity Today Most applications depend on users to ask an application to perform a task. With the widespread collapse of our economy, it is clear that this approach is no longer valid for many types of mission-critical applications that involve managing risk and for important areas of customer service. The new paradigm requires an event-driven approach that tells users when they need to take action. Complex event processing (CEP) software will take on the application server role for these new event-driven systems.   It's Time to Boost Your WLAN: The Dawn of 802.11n Today's enterprises deploy wireless LANs (WLANs) as a standard business tool to drive productivity and enhance collaboration. Enter the state-of-the-art WLAN -- 802.11n. Organizations can expand their wireless capabilities with this expanding technology to dramatically boost network capacity and speed -- up to 600Mbps . This extra capacity and speed will allow organizations upgrading to 802.11n to expand the range of applications mobilized over wireless networks, including both existing and ground-breaking high-bandwidth applications, which may help to streamline business processes and foster corporate competitive advantage.   How to Solve the Top 10 Network Issues Today Networks in today's enterprises are much more than just a connection to a storage pool, Internet, or e-mail system. With the large numbers of business critical applications speeding across network cables, the pressure is on network techs to find and troubleshoot problems with connectivity, bandwidth, wireless connectivity and remote access. With the tremendous amount of complexity inherent in today's network systems, it's little wonder that there are so many problems. By knowing the ten most common issues and how to quickly solve them, network techs can give their users exactly what they are craving: availability, reliability, and performance.   Best Practice Guide for Distributed Workers Telecommuting was all the rage a few decades ago. The idea of working from a remote location allowed companies to hire the very best people for the job, and allowed workers to have flexible schedules around work and family. And then, it was gone. Now, with the advent of Web 2.0 technologies such as webcasting, screen sharing and the large number of collaboration tools available, Web working -- or Web commuting -- is making remote work new again. But is it really that simple? The short answer is, "No." This guide will offer best practices for making distributed workers work within your organization.   3 Ways to Add Agility to the Enterprise There is no doubt that the amount of unstructured information relevant to businesses continues to explode. Analyst and research firms estimate the amount of digital content in circulation will grow ten-fold by 2011. All of this unstructured data takes away from businesses' ability to act on the information at hand. Whether the need is to speed time-to-market, restructure the supply chain, or mitigate the threat of a new competitor, businesses understand that time is money and agility is gold. The question then becomes, "Why is there an imperative need to be agile today?" eNewsletter Information: You are receiving this e-mail because you are a loyal subscriber to the Web Buyer's Guide Member Update with the e-mail address ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. If you no longer wish to receive Web Buyer's Guide Member Update, unsubscribe here. Copyright © 2009 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy