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. 

In Joe Shonk's many virtual desktop and application journeys over the last few years, a reoccurring theme has continued to persist: storage. 

In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and BMC, you will discover best practices for comprehensive and cost-effective mainframe management, maintenance and upgrading. Explore cost-effective mainframe upgrades and gain insight into approaches essential for adding flexibility to today's mainframe applications. 

This white paper introduces you to the different models within the 5500-series family of Cisco ASAs and gives you an idea of how each would best be used. This guide will also give a brief overview of the licensing considerations for each of the models discussed. 

Philip Dawson, Gartner VP offers best practice advice for organisations looking to virtualise their IT infrastructure. 

End-user computing is changing dramatically. New challenges in productivity, security and licensing are happening simultaneously. Access this white paper to learn why a centralized, end-user computing model is the most effective way for handling this growing set of changes. 

This second part of a three-part course series discusses best practices for installing, configuring and managing VMware vSphere 5 environments. Learn key tips on how to get the most from this advanced technology. 

This chapter download, from the guide Mastering Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, co-written by Mark Minasi, provides an introduction to Hyper-V, highlighting information essential for building your own small environment using only native Windows software. 

In this ERP Selection Checklist, provided to you through our ERP Decision Center, two experts with broad experience in ERP implementations give their advice on matching business requirements with product features in five key categories: functional fit, integration, business intelligence and reporting formats, deployment model and customizability. 

Gain an introduction to the Juno operating system, the core of Juniper devices. Discover how you can easily configure Juniper devices for your networks. Learn how you can monitor, maintain and troubleshoot Junos along with helpful commands. 

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 expert e-zine to discover three ways to cut business applications costs. Inside, learn how to: identify unnecessary licenses;move applications to the cloud- and get the most from cloud provider service agreements; and select the right size integrator for your company.