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. 

This handbook will cover best practices for moving to Microsoft Windows 7, including assessing Windows 7 to determine if it’s a good move for your organization, which applications in your organization should move over, what help is out there for your migration project and licensing. 

Active Administrator™ is a comprehensive and proactive Active Directory management solution. Active Administrator provides four powerful integrated AD management features within one console, including centralized event auditing and reporting, back-up and recovery, Group Policy offline editing and rollback, and simplified delegation of AD rights. 

IT asset management and discovery tools - the user's view. 

Achieve lower capital expenses and lower operating expenses with the right enterprise Wireless LAN solution. 

This research from Freeform Dynamics, based on a survey of end users,  identifies the challenges faced by IT departments and suppliers on software licensing, and offers advice to organisations on dealing with software licensing. 

Read this article to discover the procurement software licensing and deployment options available and learn what business factors will help you determine the best approach for your company. 

This expert tip takes a closer look at vSphere5 and analyzes the impact it will have on various businesses. Discover the prices for each edition and find out whether your peers are expected to eventually embrace this technology. 

In this e-guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com, gain expert insight on how to approach a virtualization project to ensure maximum success. Understand what challenges you can anticipate and pitfalls to avoid. Plus, find out how to evaluate costs associated with virtualization and which areas can deliver the best advantages. 

Applied Oracle Security (Oracle Press, 2010) is the definitive guide to safeguarding Oracle Database 11g written by the security experts in Oracle’s National Security Group. This complementary chapter on auditing covers how to audit database activity efficiently, improve security, address regulatory requirements, and automate compliance reporting. 

In this transcript, senior enterprise IT architect Nelson Ruest breaks down some of these scenarios, with details on how Hyper-V can provide benefits in test and development situations and business continuity. 

As concerns of database security escalate, regulatory pressures increase and vendor capabilities expand, database activity monitoring is evolving beyond its original concept to a more advanced class of technologies Gartner identifies as database audit and protection (DAP) tools. View this resource to explore DAP technologies.