It is important for the IT Manager to know the basics of formalized project management. Why? Because every organization needs to be able to implement change and almost all important changes are defined or implemented through project teams. 

This white paper will answer the question of whether or not these standards are necessary in project management by exploring what can happen in the absence of these regulations. 

ITIL is becoming the next big thing in Information Technology. This paper outlines the origin of ITIL, who controls its contents, who are the biggest users, and why you should care. 

This paper takes a more extensive look at the question ‘when, and how, should a project manager address risk?' and provides multiple answers. 

Planning and managing storage capacity in a VDI poses unique challenges. Check out this e-book to learn VDI best practices and hear VDI success stories before getting started on your project. 

Organizations are often turning to Master Data Management as a key enabler in improving the timeliness, quality and reliability of BI with the ultimate goal of improving business performance. This survey report presents recommendations on the "do and don't" of MDM as well as some findings on the use of open source and manual coding in MDM projects. 

This white paper examines key trends that have contributed to the virtual era and explains how companies can address the challenges that come with it by leveraging unified communications, lifecycle management, and security and data loss prevention technology. 

Learn about the top reasons companies should consider upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 as well as hardware solutions available that work in conjunction with SharePoint and SQL Server. 

Desktop virtualization is becoming more of a hot topic as it allows organizations to control costs and use limited resources to manage their desktop infrastructures. This white paper highlights an architectural design for a 50,000-seat VMware View architecture created by NetApp, Vmware, Cisco, Fujitsu, and Wyse. Learn more here. 

In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes. 

This report from Deloitte argues businesses are again investing in IT to provide the differentiation and innovation critical from their competitors despite the downturn. 

Huge business benefits that can be achieved by consolidating and virtualizing environments with Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers. The document describes some of the challenges organizations are facing and conveys how Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers can help organizations bring day-to-day operations and costs under control.