Many IT professionals believe that self-signed SSL certificates can help lower security costs. Unfortunately, aside from the certificate itself, there are a number of other costs. This paper uncovers the true total cost of ownership for self-signed SSL certificates and why they are costlier and riskier than working with a trusted security vendor. 

<p>When choosing a desktop virtualization platform to manage your desktop infrastructure, your architecture and capabilities may be limited by the features offered by each product. This document details the features and benefits of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops 3.0 in comparison with current market competitors.</p> 

<p>Over the last several decades, database management systems have become an integral part of every corporate IT landscape. This database manageability and productivity cost comparison study provides IT decision makers with factual information to address these challenges.</p> 

. Read this research report to discover the results of comparison testing between two database management systems - Oracle Database Appliance and Microsoft SQL Server - in terms of the productivity and cost-efficiency differences. 

Exadata is Oracle’s fastest growing new product. Much of the growth of Exadata has come at the expense of specialized data warehouse appliance vendors. These vendors have published competitive comparisons to Exadata. Continue reading the learn more. 

Read this research report to discover the results of comparison testing between two database management systems - Oracle Database Appliance and Microsoft SQL Server - in terms of the productivity and cost-efficiency differences. 

This paper outlines the common CCNA-level commands that you should be familiar with when troubleshooting. 

<p>This document compares the pricing of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) with the pricing of VMware vSphere 5 for server virtualization. Inside, find detailed pricing comparisons for the use cases of 100 and 250 virtual servers.</p> 

Data abstraction overcomes data structure incompatibility by transforming data from its native structure and syntax into reusable views and data services. But some data abstraction approaches work better than others. Composite data virtualization is an optimal way to implement an abstraction layer at enterprise scale. 

Enterprises are often unsure of the correct security needed for their network. This white paper discusses Layer 2 and Layer 3 security threats, and a solution to help your enterprise maintain security. 

Conducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC. 

A new approach to Business Process Management (BPM) is the use of BPM and SOA together in a layering strategy. This white paper explores the BPM layered concept and offers a case study of how ABN AMRO, one of the world's largest financial institutions, has benefited from its deployment.