Over the course of 2010 and 2011, Forrester Research spoke to hundreds of customers about their enterprise service bus (ESB) activities, and conducted briefings and demonstration reviews as well as over twenty customer interviews to evaluate five commercial and four open source ESB product vendors. Access this paper to examine Forrester's findings. 

Access this webcast to learn more about monitoring virtual environments and why an end-to-end visibility solution is imperative to managing your network and virtual environments. 

Watch this webcast to learn key tips on installing, configuring and managing VMware vSphere 5 environments. Review product demonstrations that offer step by step instructions for successfully implementing this technology. 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security. 

Tablets have received a lot of hype, and many companies are unsure whether the productivity benefits justify their investment in this technology. This video describes an application one organization implemented on their tablets and reveals the feedback they received from employees. 

Just what do you expect Microsoft has delivered with the latest release of Windows Server - Windows Server 2008 R2 (release 2)? Let's take a look at how different and how similar Windows Server 2008 R2 could be for you. 

This brief and succinct white paper separates the technology and business potential from the marketing fluff – find out where the cloud can actually drive efficiencies in your organization, and where it isn’t needed. Get answers to your most pressing cloud questions and  discover what considerations you should keep in mind. 

Read this white paper to explore what works in the cloud and what doesn't and review key considerations to keep in mind during implementation. Also, learn about a cloud workshop that can provide you with a deeper understanding of this advanced environment. 

See the integrated reporting, analysis and planning capabilities that can help your midsize business to drive greater efficiencies, manage costs and identify growth opportunities. 

IT is challenged to meet rising business expectations while managing increasing infrastructure complexity at the lowest cost possible, and generic IT processes are no longer effective. 

Many people are confused by Cisco’s NAT/PAT naming conventions, such as “inside local”, etc. so I have put together a few diagrams that might help. 

The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for  CIOs, the IT function and the business. 

This expert e-guide outlines the evolution of application lifecycle management (ALM) and explains the limitless possibilities of this growing process. Read this now and discover advice for successful ALM implementations, including what it can and can't do for your business, as well as common pitfalls to avoid and how to overcome them.