This document presents a reference architecture and additional controls needed to address the three cloud challenges to achieve PCI compliance. 

Deploying a private cloud requires careful planning. Discover the primary drivers for this new IT model as well as key questions to ask to help you get started with your initiative. 

Decision-making is buoyed by strong business intelligence (BI). For small to midsize businesses (SMBs), formulating an approach to BI can be a challenge. Incremental steps are pivotal for SMBs, according to this paper featuring insight from Gartner. Read this and learn why starting with the basic before evolving deeper is the proven path. 

Numerous architecture framework standards have been developed and matured over the past decade and the focus of these frameworks is diverse. Many engineers believe there is an ―either or‖ decision to be made regarding these frameworks; however, this is not always the case. 

The more you know about built-in functionality in the .NET framework and ASP.NET, the less code you have to write, which ultimately makes your applications more maintainable. This white paper outlines several different tips to enhance developer productivity and reduce the amount of code that needs to be written in many cases. 

Download the Service-Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure (SOCCI) Framework from the Open Group. 

This paper examines how SharePoint 2010 is a sophisticated enterprise-level collaboration platform. Whether it’s creating wikis and micro-blogging, or document sharing and project management, SharePoint 2010 allows organizations to take collaboration to an entirely new level. 

This white paper provides an overview of specific information required for administrating storage on Linux servers connected to the Dell Compellent Storage Center. The information is intended for administrators with at minimum a basic understanding of Linux systems, specifically general tasks around managing disk partitions and file systems. 

The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions. 

This paper discusses Microstrategy's cloud BI offering and best practices for ensuring security in the cloud. 

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. 

See how a dashboard framework with pre-built content can streamline development and deployment of performance dashboards. 

Although pay levels are unlikely ever again torise as fast as they did at the end of the 1990s when fears about the “millennium bug” stoked thefires of an already over-heated job market – or to fall as fast as they did when the bug failed to bite– employers are acutely aware of the need to keep a close eye on short- and long-term pay trends.