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Top five VDI-related help desk questions

VDI has many benefits, but it will also open the flood gates for help desk questions from users: Why can't I login? Where am I printing? IT better have the answers.

By Eddie Lockhart • July 8, 2015

Improving customer engagement strategies with CRM tools

There are several different types of CRM tools that can be used to improve your customer engagement strategies.

By Brent Leary • July 7, 2015

How can distribution requirements planning help inventory management?

An expert explains how distribution requirements planning can help companies gain better control over their inventory and prevent shortages.

By Dave Turbide • June 29, 2015

How can SAP Missing Parts improve the production planning process?

The SAP Missing Parts Information System can help prevent production or maintenance disruptions by alerting planners to impending material or component shortages.

By Jawad Akhtar • June 29, 2015

What are the benefits of using SAP capacity requirements planning?

An expert explains how companies can integrate SAP's capacity requirements planning functionality to optimize production when demand for products exceeds supply.

By Jawad Akhtar • June 29, 2015

What are the best ways to use tablets for business?

As more enterprises begin to support tablets, many users find that the screen size and portability provides the right balance for common work-related tasks such as note taking.

By Matt Schulz • June 24, 2015

Salesforce releases Wave Analytics Apps and Sales Wave Analytics

Wave Analytics Apps, the latest offering from Salesforce, makes crunching the numbers easier through tighter integration with Salesforce 1.

By Lauren Horwitz • June 18, 2015

Ten most useful Windows Sysinternals utilities

Sysinternals utilities such as Autoruns and TCPView can target specific problem areas in a Microsoft Windows environment, including performance issues.

By Brien Posey • June 16, 2015

Enterprise video metrics a must to measure success

Increasingly, companies have turned to video for customer service, product demos and branding. But they need to measure success with enterprise video metrics.

By Matt James • June 11, 2015

How to virtualize apps with VMware ThinApp, step by step

It's fairly easy to virtualize apps with VMware ThinApp, you just need to know a few basic steps, including setting up a VM, taking snapshots and using the Setup Capture utility to run scans.

By Brien Posey • June 11, 2015

What to expect from Macs in the enterprise

For enterprise IT, Apple's Mac OS can pose a few problems, including compatibility, applications, support, networking and other issues. But if you know what could be coming your way, you can get the training and tools to manage Macs.

By Robert Sheldon • June 11, 2015

CRM documentation paves way to successful release management

As companies use a CRM system in the wild, they need to be able to make tweaks, and those changes need to be well-documented.

By Geneva Stephens • June 10, 2015

Sales management software helps teams get a jump on leads

As customers become more knowledgeable about products, sales reps can't just rely on the gift of gab. Today they need sales management software that help target people who are ready to bite.

By Tim Ehrens • June 9, 2015

Let their powers combine: Use Intune, RemoteApp combo for virtual app delivery

Microsoft Intune, App-V and RemoteApp all let you deliver apps to mobile devices, but no one approach is perfect. A combination of Intune and RemoteApp for virtual app delivery can work well.

By Brien Posey • June 8, 2015

The good, bad and ugly of Outlook apps for iOS and Android

Outlook mobile applications for iOS and Android are here, but is that a good thing? Take a look at why users will love them and why IT might hesitate to endorse them.

By Eddie Lockhart • June 4, 2015

Workday HCM | HR tools product overview

Workday HCM has a wide breadth of functions aimed at unifying human resource capabilities into a single, easy-to-use system.

By Mary Shacklett • June 1, 2015

HR tools overview: IBM Kenexa Talent Acquisition Suite

IBM Kenexa Talent Acquisition Suite focuses on the talent management needs of an organization.

By Mary Shacklett • May 28, 2015

Salesforce ties Wave analytics tool to big data platforms

Salesforce is getting more involved in big data analytics, with new partnerships that open up its cloud-based Wave analytics technology to Hadoop and other big data systems.

By Ed Burns • May 28, 2015

Weighing pros and cons of mobile application management

Rather than focusing on gaining access to users' devices, MAM puts the power squarely in IT's hands to protect mobile applications on any device.

By Marty Resnick • May 22, 2015

How do I build Apportals in Windows 8.1?

Windows Apportals let you put the applications certain user groups need right in front of them, but you need some development knowledge and a Windows Developer License if you want to build them yourself.

By Robert Sheldon • May 20, 2015

Enhancing customer engagement strategy through a mobile experience

Consumers use mobile devices constantly. Marketers can capitalize on this by developing a rich, engaging mobile experience to drive sales.

By Ernan Roman • May 20, 2015

How much memory do my Windows 8 desktops really need?

It can be tough to know how much memory Windows 8 and 8.1 desktops need before they're actually in use, but the Windows Task Manager can help you see memory usage.

By Brien Posey • May 20, 2015

How challenging is implementing BYOD in a UC environment?

What are some challenges of implementing BYOD in a UC environment? UC expert Jon Arnold explains the three high-level challenges organizations face with BYOD.

By Jon Arnold • May 14, 2015

ShareFile steps up security with third-party DLP integration

Citrix ShareFile will allow for third-party DLP integration within its data zones, as IT shops look for a balance between ease of use and security.

By Alyssa Provazza • May 14, 2015

Why you need mobile infrastructure

IT shops need to invest in modern mobile infrastructure to meet the growing demands of mobility in the enterprise.

By Eric Klein • May 8, 2015