Topics include network security, measuring user experience in the cloud, performance management and business intelligence
BOULDER, Colo., May 3, 2011 – Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), a leading IT and data management research and consulting firm, today announced it will host a number of free Webinars focused on IT management during the month of May 2011.
The EMA™ Webinars set for May are:
Tuesday, May 3 at 2:00 p.m. EDT
Performance or Security? Why Not Both? Resolving the Network Security Balancing Act:
http://www.www.enterprisemanagement.com/ibmnetworksecuritypr
During this one-hour Webinar, EMA Research Director Scott Crawford and IBM Director of Product Management for Security, Risk and Compliance Joe Anthony will:
-Identify network security challenges
-Explore how IBM technologies help solve these challenges
-Highlight how performance-enabled security convergence defines the next generation of network security
-Teach organizations how they can achieve both security and performance across a wide range of demands
Thursday, May 12 at 2:00 p.m. EDT
Measuring User Experience in the Cloud: Which Tactics are Worth the Time?
http://www.www.enterprisemanagement.com/correlsensepr
EMA Research Director Julie Craig and Correlsense CEO Oren Elias will highlight ways to measure how end users experience your business applications, as well as identify which approaches are likely candidates for a long-term strategy.
Webinar attendees will learn:
-How end user response times are impacted by components and new changes that are introduced in the IT environment
-The 3 tips for managing cloud-based applications
-The “secret sauce” for reliable end user monitoring, based on customer case studies that will be presented
Wednesday, May 18 at 1:00 p.m. EDT
APM, NPM, and ANPM, Oh My! Navigating the Maze of Performance Management Options
http://www.www.enterprisemanagement.com/ehpress
During this one-hour Webinar, EMA Managing Research Director Jim Frey and ExtraHop CEO and co-founder Jesse Rothstein will discuss:
-Essential elements for closing the gap between application and transaction performance and infrastructure delivery performance
-Primary options for performance management, including why not all approaches are created equal
-Best practices for successful deployment of application-centric performance management
-Case examples where new approaches, such as network-based application performance management (NAPM), are making a difference
Tuesday, May 24 at 2:00 p.m. EDT
Meeting the New Demands of Enterprise Analytics with Business Intelligence
http://research.www.enterprisemanagement.com/ema-sand-business-intelligence-press.html
Getting more from your analytic environment is critical to successfully enabling enterprise wide business intelligence (BI). As BI adoption grows within your company, your systems will be challenged by exploding data volumes, greater demands for high-speed analytics and pressure from a growing and pervasive community of users.
During this one-hour Webinar, EMA VP of Research Shawn Rogers and SAND Technology COO Mike Pilcher will discuss:
-Why scaling to meet the needs of greater user concurrency are critical to BI innovation
-How to save time and money when deploying analytic solutions
-How mixed workload demands will tax your systems and empower your users.
-How managing data at a granular level can create flexibility and speed
About EMA
Founded in 1996, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) is a leading industry analyst firm that provides deep insight across the full spectrum of IT and data management technologies. EMA analysts leverage a unique combination of practical experience, insight into industry best practices, and in-depth knowledge of current and planned vendor solutions to help its clients achieve their goals. Learn more about EMA research, analysis, and consulting services for enterprise line of business users, IT professionals and IT vendors at www.www.enterprisemanagement.com or blogs.www.enterprisemanagement.com. You can also follow EMA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ema_research.