• Increase ROI from information expenditures
• Improve and accelerate knowledge sharing
• Improve decision making
• Increase efficiency
• Reduce information risk

On-Demand Process Improvement: From Market Hype to Economic Necessity
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009
Time: 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET
Duration: One Hour

Organizations that adapt to become more agile, transparent, and well-informed are the ones that will survive the economic turbulence. The need to be more efficient with fewer resources has many organizations turning to Business Process Management (BPM) solutions to help them optimize systems and processes in key areas such as financial performance, IT governance and productivity. On-demand delivery of BPM via Software as a Service (SaaS) presents an extraordinary opportunity to reduce technology costs and meet business objectives quickly.

Tune into this webinar to hear John Cowles of Clayton Holdings present a case study on financial risk management through SaaS BPM. Michael Biddick, of InformationWeek, will discuss the economic imperatives for process improvement, and Malcolm Ross, of Appian, will overview the Appian Anywhere SaaS BPM suite.

You Want Effective & Efficient Underwriting? Start with a Flexible Architecture
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET
Duration: One Hour

When it comes to policy underwriting, the phrase, "Time is money" is not a cliché -- it's reality that many insurance companies know only too well. Not only are carriers' underwriting cycles much too long, they also continue to be hobbled by multiple steps and information hand-offs that limit visibility into the status of policy applications and prevent real-time responses to customers and producers' inquiries. These problems are due to channel proliferation, complicated by a lack of transparency, consistency, and integration and standardization of the information carriers need in order to underwrite.

But these challenges also point to some tremendous opportunities to improve the underwriting process based on a more flexible, adaptable and standardized architecture. In the current business environment where insurance has become commoditized and investment returns have become less reliable, carriers' ability to more accurately analyze and underwrite risks can be a key source of competitive differentiation. Furthermore, today's market conditions make it more important than ever for insurers to be able to extend the value and capability of their legacy mainframe applications and other IT investments to achieve new and improved results, faster.

Managing Distributed Assets for a Mobile Workforce
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET
Duration: One Hour

Faced with ever-tightening budgets and increasingly distributed environments, IT departments are looking for increased visibility into the distribution of assets. However, providing 24/7 access to facilitate a mobile workforce can leave companies vulnerable to information theft, virus attacks and at risk of compliance infractions.

To overcome these challenges, many companies are adopting an asset management strategy that securely manages assets regardless of where employees work - in the office or from remote locations.

In this webcast, learn how Dell's SaaS-enabled services can help increase visibility and reduce the risk of managing dispersed assets. These solutions require virtually no up-front investment, are scalable, and can be rapidly deployed to meet your specific need and budget.

How do you know if your Test Automation ROI is Good Enough?
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET
Duration: One Hour

Test automation is both exciting and frustrating: exciting because it promises multiple returns from a single unit of effort, and frustrating because without proper planning it becomes a black hole of expenditure from which no benefit ever returns. In IT environments, it is a hard sell because savings cannot be posted within one quarter. In product development the benefits of automated regression tests appear to be offset by the cost of maintenance.

So how do you come out as a winner? This webinar will answer several key questions:

• How can I plan software development to maximize return on test automation?
• What are the most effective ways to measure test automation ROI?
• How can I show a continuous ROI on my test automation investments?
• How can I justify up-front expense to management in IT? In product development?