About UPTIME @ CRUNCH TIME™

A BPM Forum Authority Leadership Campaign in Partnership with BlueArc Corporation

Organizations at the forefront of the IT crunch are charting new territory in building ultra-high-performance systems that address the strategic concerns of data performance, scalability, and resilience. Data intensive industries have felt the strain most profoundly—entertainment, oil & gas exploration, pharmaceuticals, electronic discovery, and Internet services—and the time has come for unprecedented levels of availability, efficiency and performance in these industries.

Your Compass in a Fast-Evolving Landscape

To provide decision-makers and IT professionals with a rich source of reliable knowledge and intellectual capital, as well as a forum for disseminating key information, BlueArc Corporation, a leading provider of high performance unified network storage enabling companies to expand the ways they explore, discover, research, create, process and innovate in data-intensive environments, has teamed with the Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum to undertake a landmark thought leadership initiative.

Uptime @ Crunch Time is a central repository for acquiring and maintaining the deep knowledge and intellectual capital available to help guide executive decision-making. Look here to evaluate solutions and find the optimal approach for handling and protecting business critical data, as well as for information on maintaining uninterrupted, high-speed access to critical data during high-demand business events, operational disruption, or dislocation.

The Wisdom of Experience—Sharing Success, Avoiding Pitfalls

Uptime @ Crunch Time will identify and showcase issues, imperatives, challenges, and successes in maintaining continuous data uptime in critical business scenarios. You'll find:

• Priorities and perspectives on best practices
• Whitepaper material on issues and solutions
• Crunch time success stories
• Qualitative executive interviews and advisory board input
• Industry survey findings from front-line practitioners and executives
• The latest reports and related resources
• Program news and updates
• Media coverage of the topics

Uptime @ Crunch Time will offer the most relevant case studies, results of ongoing surveys of IT professionals and business line executives, as well as deep analysis and commentary on the findings. Our reports, whitepaper materials, Advisory Board of industry analysts and experts will offer valuable perspectives and useful information in helping the enterprise maintain Uptime @ Crunch Time.