View this brief video to learn how original equipment manufacturer (OEM) supplier Ralco Industries was able to reduce on-hand inventory by 15% and freight costs by over 20%, improve product quality and customer service, and create process consistency with an implementation of easy-to-use, online enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. 

Advances in server technology promise tantalizing benefits, such as higher consolidation ratios and reduced costs. Read this special report to discover the new capabilities updated software provides. You'll also learn the advantages of modern hardware and garner best practices on upgrading to newer software and hardware. 

<p>As technology evolves, so too must your IT strategies. SAP users are finding that upgrades, migrations, and re-platforming efforts are playing a key role in reducing their costs. Read this exclusive paper to learn how you can ensure that your IT managers remain flexible and prepared to make changes to SAP software at the drop of a hat.</p> 

Read this brief paper and learn how IBM Cognos can lead finance teams into the next generation by offering driver-based budgeting with vastly shorter planning cycles, flexible rolling forecasts, faster and more reliable financial close and consolidation, tighter control over operational performance, swifter reporting capabilities and so much more. 

<p>This white paper quantifies the benefits of leveraging virtualization to consolidate your database servers. Discover savings you can expect in hardware, maintenance, power, and cooling costs with this recommended architecture.</p> 

This guide reviews the recommended approach for planning and implementing the migration of applications on an IBM Power system running AIX to Oracle’s Sun Fire X4800 Server with the Intel Xeon Processor 7560 running Oracle Linux 5.5 Operating System. 

In this paper, various configurations of Exchange Server 2007 are tested in physical and virtual environments to evaluate the performance scalability and to understand the sizing requirements for Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized environment. 

<p>This test report evaluates two leading servers and their ability to support increasing communications requirements. Find out how each of these platforms performed under a variety of conditions and explore the advantages of consolidation.</p> 

Check out this webcast from IBM as it discusses the advantages of implementing a holistic approach to data risk management, and provides both the “why” and “how” to begin putting a holistic data risk management program to work in businesses of all sizes. 

In order to get funding for a significant server consolidation effort, IT professionals will have the greatest chance of success by building an ROI blueprint, delineating the costs, benefits and savings involved in the project. This white paper will discuss key considerations in assessing the ROI of server consolidation. 

Consolidating databases onto a private cloud is a new model for the delivery of database services. Private clouds consolidate servers, storage, operating systems, databases, and mixed workloads onto a shared hardware and software infrastructure. 

Server consolidation can be a complex undertaking for IT pros. This expert e-guide is designed to help companies successfully navigate the virtualization process and achieve the highest consolidation ratios possible.