<p>Uncover the transformations that the data center network has gone through in recent years and how it has impacted end-users and the network. Then, learn about the next major transition and how you can prepare your computing architecture for what’s to come. </p> 

Collaboration Oriented Architectures (COA) describes information architectures that comply with the COA framework, which in turn is described in the associated COA Framework paper1. 

Information Technology as a "service" has benefited from early adopters who've deployed some major solutions. "Converged Infrastructure" is how HP describes the products and processes that use this approach and this reference guide give a business and technical perspective of it. 

This expert e-guide will help you formulate an application performance management strategy. Read this now and learn about certain techniques that can help your agile development team prevent potential problems before deploying apps. Discover why communication is an essential component to preventing problems, as well as three testing models. 

Read this white paper and trace the steps to a successful converged network infrastructure. By identifying today's most important IT trend - virtualization - you'll be on your way to implementing HP supported technologies to enhance your virtualized computer networks. 

This configuration guide walks you through the critical activities that take place during virtualization deployment and describes a recommended reference architecture that can help you achieve your desired results. Learn more about the key features of this technology and how to properly enable them here. 

This is the third piece in SearchUnifiedCommunications.com's three-part guide on collaboration products. This expert asset takes a deep dive into the requirements that should seal the deal in terms of final considerations when purchasing a collaboration solution. 

This paper from the Open Group, documents an approach to enhance the TOGAF enterprise architecture methodology with the SABSA security architecture approach to create one holistic architecture methodology. 

SearchNetworking.com’s E-Guide on the new era of network management explores the challenges involved with cloud computing and virtualization and how to prevent and control VM sprawl. 

Business-Ready Configurations for Virtualization are a reference architecture family of products designed to aid in the ordering, deployment, and maintenance of a virtualization infrastructure. These architectures are designed to meet specific customer needs. Read on to learn more. 

This paper will examine the basic premises underlying a Service Oriented Architecture ( SOA ) and describe how universal technology and service adapters, such as those from iWay Software, can help organizations realize the benefits of SOAs. 

<p>Organizations must ensure that their individual hardware and software components not only work properly on their own but can also integrate well with each other. This configuration guide takes the guesswork out of choosing data center infrastructure so that you can maintain high levels of availability in your virtual environment.</p> 

New application technologies, such as composite application architectures, cloud computing, and mobile platforms, and new software development methodologies, such as agile, make functional testing more challenging for the quality assurance (QA) organization. Read this paper to learn how to address the challenges of these new IT initiatives.