Over time, the information security/risk management profession has developed a variety of methods for assessing risk within an organization. 

USA Technologies sought a solution that offered better QA and testing to meet the expanding demand of transactions at its 48,000 point-of-sale, cashless micro-transaction machines. This paper outlines the solution it chose and how it offers an automated software load and elevated performance testing. Read this to learn more about its benefits. 

This tutorial presents a framework and financial methodology for deciding whether an enterprise should replace its current "status quo" tape storage solution with a new "proposed" solution, and the economics related to that decision. 

This white paper explains the differences between the de-duplication approaches, discusses the strengths and limitations of each, shows how different backup tasks are likely to benefit from them, and talks about the business benefits. 

The efficiency ratings of a data centre can vary substantially depending on what methodologies are used. This paper  discusses the importance of measuring data centre efficiency and explores the issues companies face when establishing the PUE of an infrastructure. 

In this webcast, IT consultant Andrew Kutz traces the role of backup in virtual environments, starting with the early adopters and moving to today's top backup methodologies. 

This document provides a high-level description of how to implement an RMAN backup and recover methodology using Sun® storage arrays as the storage medium. For more information about Oracle best practices, refer to Best Practices for Running Oracle RAC Database with ASM on a Sun Storage 6540, 6580, or 6780 Storage Array. 

Discover how a gap analysis can reveal areas where the reality and long-term vision of your organization are diverging and provide the momentum  needed to start adopting service management best practices. Find out how gap analysis can help your company identify what it does well and how to achieve its goals. 

This resource examines hot-air and cold-air containment methodologies and highlights the reasons why hot-aisle containment is the preferred best practice for new data centres. 

One of the biggest dangers in establishing best practices for your contact center is to do so in isolation from your self-service stakeholders. Instead, all customer "touch-points" must be viewed as part of a continuum. Customer touch points include Web Self-Service, Interactive Voice Response, Contact Center Agents, and Face-to-Face transactions. 

<p>Find out more about value management and building value realization practices into every IT project. Discover how using value realization best practices during the lifecycle of your implementation can help you achieve greater value from your IT investments. Learn about the value of ASAP methodology and SAP offerings.</p> 

Access this exclusive resource to discover the efficiency benefits of containment and learn about the differences between hot-air and cold-air strategies. 

<p>Enabling Strategic Information Management (SIM) during a new implementation of the SAP ERP application requires an effective data migration strategy and methodology to provide a stable foundation for your business processes, reports, and analytics.</p>