Business intelligence is a hot topic in 2010, especially with the upcoming release of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 R2 being dubbed as the "BI release." In this e-zine, one SQL Server expert breaks down exactly what goes into self-service BI, where it works and where it falls short. 

Everyone is talking about virtualization as a critical component to the success of a data center. What are some of the benefits of virtualization? What are the cost benefits of using Windows Server 2008 R2 for virtualization? Learn more in this presentation transcript. 

In order to get funding for a significant server consolidation effort, IT professionals will have the greatest chance of success by building an ROI blueprint, delineating the costs, benefits and savings involved in the project. This white paper will discuss key considerations in assessing the ROI of server consolidation. 

Managing power consumption in the data center is a huge concern for IT organizations today. In this videocast, learn about the cost benefits of using Windows Server 2008 R2 for power and energy savings in the data center. The speaker will discuss the trends in this area and offer steps to improve power consumption and costs. 

Attend this webinar to learn about Forrester's Total Economic Impact (TEI) framework and how you can use it to identify high-ROI data integration solutions for your own organization. An overview of Forrester’s DMExpress analysis, with financial results and customer interview highlights, will also be presented. 

Aging IT systems, shrinking budgets, and inefficient, paper-based processes are creating an unsustainable and error-prone work environment. This white paper reveals the major obstacles to EHR adoption and explores the cost benefits of virtualization with Hyper-V. 

Virtualization implementations are in full swing and server consolidation has led to a wave of savings associated with reductions in physical space requirements and management overhead. Check out this white paper and explore Dell and VMware solutions that are designed to deliver on the promise of virtualization and cloud computing cost benefits. 

Cloud computing continues to gain momentum as a cost reduction/containment strategy. Learn how to justify your cloud investment and realize the short and long-term financial benefits. 

Content provided by Google. In this Forrester Research report, examine an in-depth cost analysis of your peers’ implementations of Google Apps to determine the total economic impact of adopting cloud collaboration services. Review real-world results and calculations covering the ROI of this move. 

This exclusive resource provides crucial strategies for efficient infrastructure operations with multi-hypervisors. Read on to understand the potential of hypervisors to radically impact the IT industry, learn about the business and IT drivers for multi-hypervisor environments and the challenges associated with these technologies. 

This expert guide explains some of the prominent differences between Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and hosted ERP systems including cost, benefits, and risks of both. 

Access this exclusive resource to discover a software that can help you reduce the time, cost and risk associated with managing your IT operations by automating your IT processes. 

This paper describes how tiered storage, as a storage initiative, has been proven to significantly reduce acquisition and operating costs for medium and large scale storage enterprises. Read this paper to learn more about how tiered storage is taking center stage.