Should you buy or build portals? 3 top decision points

Should You Buy or Build Portals? 3 Top Decision Points Once organizations have made the decision to implement a portal, they must evaluate whether to build their own environment or leverage the value of a commercial portal software product. This decision must balance the need of IT to find a solution that fits with the existing application and infrastructure requirements of the organization and the process and usability requirements of the business users. In customer interviews for this research study, IDC found that the decision revolves around three key decision points. Why Choose Higher and Lower-End Disk Devices for Data Management? It's imperative that companies establish a tiered strategy to address the ever-increasing need for data storage. By using higher-end disk devices for the most regularly accessed data and archiving unused data in a lower tier, businesses can reap the benefits of greater efficiency. Knowing that all of your data is not created equal, the first step in implementing a tiered- storage solution is to analyze your data and regulatory requirements to figure out what data needs to be stored and what can be deleted. Of the data that's getting archived, consideration needs to be given to retention rules governed by compliance regulations. 7 Benefits of Computer-Based Audio Conferencing For many years audio conferencing has been the norm for earnings calls, sales calls, company-wide meetings, and team meetings. Yet other than competing on quality, reliability, and price, nothing was particularly unique about the conference calling offerings between service providers -- until now. The advent of Web conferencing as a business tool, which is more effective when offered with integrated audio conferencing -- and the telephony evolution from TDM to IP platforms, which has enabled Voice over IP (VoIP) -- are two factors that have set the stage for computer-to-computer audio calling, as well as computer-based audio conferencing. How to Choose the Right Managed Services Partner When evaluating potential managed services partners, leading manufacturers are looking for a provider that offers a proven combination of people, processes and technology. Specifically, they want a managed services provider with people who have a lengthy track record in handling all types of B2B communications, as well as program management, product support, training and consultation. Network Security Policy Best Practices: What You Need to Know Network security policies should be updated on a regular basis because technology, vulnerabilities and threats are constantly changing. Farpoint Group recommends that organizations conduct reviews of their security policy every six months. They should also conduct a threat analysis -- including analyzing what new vulnerabilities are emerging -- every quarter. For midsize and larger companies the threat analysis should be done every 30 days, and for the largest enterprises it should be performed continually. Migrating to Exchange 2007? How to Prevent Data Loss Companies considering an implementation to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 are aware of the platform's improvements in security, reliability and scalability. Many organizations, however, are put off by the fact that the migration is complex to implement and manage. Many companies making the move to Exchange Server 2007 are concerned about the data loss that occurs when data is continuously replicated during migration. If a primary-node failure occurs, the passive node comes online and queries the hub transport for missing mail. If the entire site fails, all of those e-mail communications are lost. eNewsletter Information: You are receiving this e-mail because you are a loyal subscriber to the Web Buyer's Guide White Paper Spotlight with the e-mail address ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. If you no longer wish to receive Web Buyer's Guide White Paper Spotlight, unsubscribe here. Copyright © 2009 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy