This tutorial presents a framework and financial methodology for deciding whether an enterprise should replace its current "status quo" tape storage solution with a new "proposed" solution, and the economics related to that decision. 

Learn how to get the visibility you need to achieve your IT objectives as this white paper lays out the business case for proactively managing network and application performance. 

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) has become a staple security measure for almost every enterprise. But many traditional DLP products cannot address today’s dynamic data security requirements. View this paper to explore why traditional solutions are no longer enough and the key requirements for effective DLP. 

Principled Technologies recently tested 2 object-based storage solutions, the Dell DX Object Storage Platform and a leading object storage platform. Check out this case study to see the full results, including 112.6% faster email archiving. 

Typically, the IT operations team's main focus is on maximizing availability and performance of servers. And many times they ignore the need for security, assuming that added security software will affect performance, leaving servers completely vulnerable. This brief explores the need for IT operations teams to address security and risk management. 

Application performance monitoring (APM) is gaining traction in today's constantly changing and complex application environment. This paper outlines the increasing need for such a solution, offering insight into the five dimensions of modern APM, how to ensure a positive end-user experience, how to measure APM and so much more. 

Database security is the last line of defense, so it deserves greater focus on the protection of private data from both internal and external attacks than IT pros have traditionally given it. Read this paper to learn what steps you can take to improve database security in your organization. 

This report from analyst, Freeform Dynamics, offers 7 key enablers of effective IT disaster recovery for IT department's in small and medium companies. 

Watch this final part of a four-part series on approaches to hybrid clouds to learn about maintaining quality from leading companies that rapidly incorporating private and public cloud applications into their legacy application portfolios. 

This expert e-guide features insight from quality assurance expert Lisa Crispin on the risks and benefits of outsourcing performance testing. Crispin also offers tips on different performance testing measures and discusses performance testing specialists within agile software development. 

While immediate value is achievable through improved data quality and standardization, without well-defined goals for measured improvements to visible business processes the technical morass threatens project success. In this paper, we review some barriers to success of Master Data Management (MDM) programs. 

In this podcast, Ray Wang, Vice President at Forrester Research, offers insight on how to build a business case for enterprise resource planning (ERP) during the economic downturn - and save money in the process. 

In recent years C-level executives in many of the world's largest and most successful organizations have been forced to introduce a wide range of cost-cutting measures as macroeconomic forces continue to create a challenging and uncertain trading environment.