Most organizations with application performance issues haven't developed the process and organization to take advantage of application delivery technologies many already own. Gartner outlines three phases to help IT organizations deliver better application performance. 

Monitoring, measuring and reporting on the financial health of an organisation is a basic need that requires effective tools and processes to optimise the end result. 

As organizations explore projects for Amazon cloud, they may find the constraints of Amazon’s basic network offering do not align with their network topology requirements. Discover how to overcome these limitations with Vyatta Network OS that delivers advanced network security and connectivity functionality. 

This paper focuses on the smartphone and why it has become the mobile user's preference for accessing mobile networks and the benefits that can be achieved by using them. 

This week’s Computer Weekly, we talk exclusively to Tesco CIO Mike McNamara about why the UK's biggest retailer is spending £150m on its online business. And, with the London 2012 Olympics only weeks away; we look at how IT testing is progressing. 

In this article, Kaplan, of Harvard Business School, and Norton, founder and director of the Palladium Group, explain how to effectively manage both strategy and operations by linking them tightly in a closed-loop management system, which comprises five stages. 

This expert white paper, written by storage guru Greg Shulz, is designed to give IT pros a better overall understanding of the strategic differences between short- and long-term data retention plans, what specific factors to consider when creating your backup plan, and the roles that disk and tape should play. Access this paper now to learn more. 

<p>Read this white paper to find an integrated approach to software change and configuration management. Learn how to effectively balance the need for change v. availability of resources and make rational business decisions without disrupting your audit trail.</p> 

EqualLogic firmware version 5.1 enables Dell EqualLogic PS iSCSI SAN arrays to leverage automated performance load balancing. This feature finds the most efficient location for data at the sub-volume level, enabling a more granular level of data management than traditional tiering approaches provide. Read this white paper to learn more. 

This exclusive ESG report explores how businesses can move beyond basic virtualization to the advanced stages of implementing a virtual data center. Uncover what your peers are up to and find out how you can take the next step in this resource. 

VMware vSphere enables IT management to support their virtualization and cloud computing initiatives with automated, intelligent processes such as automatic load balancing, auto deploy and more. Discover how vSphere can provide unprecedented scalability and uptime for mission-critical applications, along with comprehensive security. 

In this podcast, industry experts discuss how investment in three critical areas - the applications themselves, tools and technologies to deliver the integration, and pre-built integration accelerators - is integral when tackling the most complex of application integration challenges. 

Tthis paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for BI. It also provides guidance on how to avoid and/or overcome worst practices in order to tap into the true power of BI. By reading this paper, you will have a solid understanding of how to avoid BI failure and achieve success with your BI initiatives.