When the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) was first introduced in SQL Server 2005, it received mixed reviews. With the launch of SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has succeeded in transforming the SSMS into a much more useful tool set. This whitepaper will list and discuss each of these improvements of SSMS 2008. 

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. 

Use this resource as a guide to to make sure your information is maintaining compliance with regulations and standards. Find five tips to help lower your risk profile and boost your audit readiness. 

VMware vSphere 5.0 delivers enhanced performance and scalability to ensure that even the most resource-intensive applications can run on your cloud. Find out about the newest improvements that contribute to faster HA configuration times and failover rates, lower management operational latencies, and higher management operations throughout. 

When Bunnings, a retailer of home improvement and outdoor living products, needed to find a replacement for older storage systems that supported their vital business applications, they turned to IBM products. To learn how Bunnings benefited from this upgrade, read this case study. 

In this expert webcast, discover best practices for optimizing your virtualized infrastructure and network, and address scenarios such as disaster recovery networking as well as networking for cloud computing. Find out how network performance improvements can alleviate traffic bottlenecks and other performance issues. 

SQL Server 2008 R2 has been labeled a BI release because of its new features for business intelligence. In this interactive classroom, industry expert Don Jones explains the improvements made to existing SQL Server BI features like SSRS. Learn about the benefits of self-service BI and Master Data Services. Then take a quiz to test your knowledge. 

This guide from Sybase is full of examples of mCommerce at work. The benefits range from speeding up economies to life-changing improvements. For merchants, operators and banks, the new channel offers another way to grow business and revenues while meeting the financial needs of customers. 

<p>There is always room for data centre improvement, but determining what steps you need to take to realise tangible business benefits can be a challenging task. This white paper outlines a data centre improvement strategy and reveals key points to keep in mind as you put it into place.</p> 

<p>When 20^th Century Fox needed to find a way to increase its software performance and provide users with faster online transaction processing they turned to performance testing software. Read this brief case study to learn how easy the system was to implement and the benefits that Fox was able to see.</p> 

Find out what 1,900 B2B marketers in software, hardware and technology services industries revealed about what works for lead generation. Invite your entire team to view this free Webcast and learn about business-to-business email and search engine marketing strategies. 

SAP users preparing to invest in functionality such as business intelligence (BI) or performance management (PM) should consider an IBM Cognos application.