SMBs Level the Playing Field with Open Innovation

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Maximizing IT Investments February 27, 2012 Five Ways Small Businesses Can Innovate Like the Big Guys Small and medium enterprises are often constrained by limited resources and struggle to quickly and affordably identify new market opportunities, solve business and technical problems, and access partners and talent. To solve this problem, a growing number of small and medium-sized companies are turning to open innovation and crowdsourcing as a way of leveling the playing field with large, global corporations boasting extensive in-house marketing, R&D and business development departments, without increasing fixed costs. Read more > Deliver Enterprise-wide Business Information Better, for Less Centralize your information delivery approach to more easily meet today's aggressive business demands, drive competitive advantage, and increase performance, all at a lower TCO. Learn more now > Blogs Paul Mah SMB Tech Imation Unveils Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Storage Solution for SMBs Susan Hall Charting Your IT Career Nordstrom Beefing up E-Commerce Staff Arthur Cole Infrastructure Modular Data Centers: Vanguard of the New IT? The New Definition of IT Systems Failure   Learn how your data center physical infrastructure (DCPI) must evolve to support new strategies for survival, recovery, and growth. Download now > For the Desktop, Think Centralization, Not Virtualization By focusing on layered, single-image management, enterprises stand to gain a wide range of benefits on the PC, plus streamline server, storage and networking infrastructure across the board. PowerPoint for Mac 2011: Know Your Way Around 'The Ribbon' Whether you're a PP vet making the move to the latest version or a newcomer, CustomGuide's quick reference to PowerPoint for Mac 2011 gives you all the information you need to get to work. Top 10 Travel Gadgets for 2012 With a dizzying array of gadgets emerging every day, finding the right one for you can often be a difficult prospect — nowhere more so than in the field of travel, where the right gizmo can make or break your trip and transform an otherwise tedious journey. Featured White Papers The Road to Virtualization 3.0: The Cloud/Hardware Mix & ITaaS This white paper reveals how the advanced service-level management, availability, and dynamic scaling features of the private cloud become more desirable as the complexity and criticality of the application increase. •  Build or Buy: Key Decision Criteria for Choosing the Best Billing Solution •  How to Conquer the Cost — and Complexity — of IP Phone Systems •  The Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Invasion "... it seems like Big Data tools are coming out of the woodwork. It's hard to not be suspicious of that, since Hadoop and NoSQL have only recently emerged as viable solutions." Excerpt from Loraine Lawson Integration Latest White Papers Prepare Yourself: How to Overcome Objections to Data Governance What to Look for in eSignature Providers: 8 Key Features Creating Intelligent Service Automation: How Apps Fit In Mitigating the Risk of Business on the Web: Visibility Is the Key This e-mail is sent by: IT Business Edge, property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Copyright © 2012 QuinStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise