The accelerated pace of doing business in today's world puts organizations under tremendous pressure. They need to be fleet and flexible, able to rapidly respond to opportunities, make decisions, and deploy resources. Critical to this is the way information is managed and stored. 

The chapters in this Techfocus eBook will discuss the importance of site selection and planning, data center conceptualization and cost analysis, and negotiating with contractors. 

Fixing software security vulnerabilities during development is expensive, difficult and time-consuming. But fixing them after deployment is far more expensive and counterproductive. In this video featuring security expert Diana Kelley, learn state-of-the-art techniques for building a secure software development process. 

With all of the uncertainty surrounding electronic health records, one thing is for sure: You’ll be storing more data, with more protection and for longer times. Read this eBook to learn how to accomplish that without breaking the bank. 

To help you make an informed decision when considering various storage solutions, the Storage Value Index takes into account not only purchase price, but capacity, efficiency, and operating expenses as well. This paper explains how the Storage Value Index was designed and offers suggestions for finding the best storage value for your needs. 

This document provides valuable insight on determining the number and size of datastores, planning the storage environment, and tuning performance of the Emprise 7000 system. 

In this podcast, learn how two leading data modeling tools compare and how utilizing advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing. 

The ever present demand to maximise the value delivered by business-critical applications requires that we optimise the use of all the resources that execute and manage them. BMC Software is one of the major vendors offering such support and has a highly regarded set of solutions collectively called BMC SQL Performance for DB2. 

Software installation failures frustrate customers and increase a software company's support costs. But the more complex your application's installation requirements, the more difficult it is to build a reliable, professional installer. 

Disk-based backup systems fundamentally change the way we do backup and recovery. But the key is to treat disk as disk and not as tape. Solutions need to recognize the intelligent features of disk and take advantage of those features. This podcast explores how to leverage the advantages of disk for best possible backup performance and maximum ROI. 

Check out this paper to learn about McAfee Change Control, an operational-friendly, low-touch and low overhead software that can be deployed on a wide range of hardware platforms. McAfee Change Control provides change control on servers, network devices (including switches, routers and firewalls), and databases. 

Virtualization is among the technologies that have become increasingly attractive in the current economic climate, with good reason. Organizations are implementing virtualization solutions to obtain several functional benefits. But achieving these can be challenging.