This webcast addresses the challenges of server sprawl and introduces a new tool to help overcome them. Discover how this technology enables simplified management of your Linux environment and reduces administrative costs. 

This paper outlines the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPI metrics) together with associated Key Performance Drivers (KPD metrics) within the context of value stream management to support continuous operational performance improvement. 

Data--Protect critical information anywhere it goes. Implementing data protection products and processes can be daunting. Make the right decisions by exploring what is available and what makes sense for your organization. Use this simple guide to evaluate different vendor offerings. 

This white paper discusses the nature of the retail marketplace moving forward and identifies the drivers behind retailers’ interest in data, network, and transaction security. Learn who the key decision makers in retail really are and find out how they play different roles depending on their size. 

Read this whitepaper to learn how truly future-proofing your environment involves a comprehensive approach and engagement with newer technologies and methods, aligning them with overall best practices —and strengthening your ability to innovate. 

This case study looks at the typical experience of a Fortune 1000 company. A company turns to server and desktop virtualization in an effort to reduce the cost of distributed centralized operations centers. 

The digital infrastructure used by businesses and governments is more sophisticated, more complex and more vital than ever. Read this paper to learn about Security Intelligence and Event Data Warehouse solutions that are purpose-built to address the decision support requirements of security, risk, and compliance operations. 

Secure in 15 -- Security practices you can use each day. Start with this "15 Minutes Month-at-a-Glance" calendar today. Each month, we'll send you additional tools and tricks to stay protected around the clock. 

Unified communications (UC), offers the promise of converging voice, data, and video communication and of eliminating many roadblocks in communication. In conducting these in-depth interviews with Microsoft UC products customers, Forrester found that organizations can achieve significant productivity improvements and cost savings. 

This paper discusses how and why to design SQL that will reduce the number of times calls are made to DB2. We'll look at how to write SMART applications rather than writing applications that act like generic I/O modules to DB2, properly tune SMART SQL, and how to exploit SQL and application features in DB2 on z/OS version 8 and 9. 

This IT Briefing describes XenDesktop and XenApp, and how they work together. You'll also learn why storage matters in a virtual desktop environment and how HP LeftHand P4000 SAN solutions complement Citrix desktop virtualization solutions. Finally you'll learn how Intel vPro technologies enhance client virtualization. 

In this webcast, discover how application and desktop virtualization together with blade servers and SAN technology provide the most cost-effective virtual desktop tools for everyone in your organization. Gain insight into how to leverage this approach to simplify your IT systems while improving the productivity of your users.