While data warehouses are important for many types of analytical systems, they aren’t always necessary. Building a data warehouse can dramatically increase the cost of a BI project. This paper describes data warehouses, along with many other options for placing relevant, timely information in the hands of business users. 

Riverbed Cascade is a new type of tool that incorporates traffic monitoring, packet capture and protocol analysis to provide an application-aware view of the network. Download this white paper from NetMedia to learn how Riverbed Cascade can help to solve your IT performance challenges. 

This material examines how your company can get better, faster access to information and improve business decision-making and transactions with data virtualization. 

In the September 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Eric Siebert clears up some of the confusion as he looks at the characteristics of Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS and reviews the pros and cons of each for virtual environments. 

IT administrators estimate that close to half of all corporate data is held on employee laptops. However, data on laptops are normally the least protected corporate asset. To solve this, PeerSync provides centralized IT control for laptop backup. Download this trial software to experience this data solution. 

Storing files centrally at HQ causes slow file access performance for branch office users. Synchronized (mirrored) file servers with version conflict control is an ideal solution to enable fast LAN speed file access for all employees. Try out this free trial software to learn more about your data solutions. 

Vyatta provides softwarebased networking and security software that uniquely satisfies emerging IT architectures that are leveraging virtualization, multi-core server platforms and cloud computing models. The Vyatta Network OS includes:Dynamic Routing (BGP, OSPF, RIP) Stateful Firewall IPSec VPN Intrusion Prevention SSL OpenVPN Secure Web Filtering 

Enjoy Fast, Effective, and Easy to use Internet Security. Receive a FREE Trial of a fully integrated security solution which includes Antivirus and Antispyware all managed through Remote Administrator. Click "View Now" to request a complimentary ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition. 

Storage is the backbone of the modern business, yet most organizations lack control over this critical resource. This book quantifies the costs of managing storage and examines new tools and techniques for lowering ongoing expense in this area. 

Access this white paper to learn how you can monitor and manage public cloud investments including Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS), and Software as a service (SaaS), to validate and optimize service quality. 

As companies become more dependent on Web-based services, more and more of them are considering adding failover capabilities to their Windows Server 2008 R2 servers. This expert podcast explores key factors you will need to consider as you prepare to deploy Windows Server 2008 R2, including software add-ons, performance requirements, and more. 

This expert tip explores several different aspects of application performance and distinguishes between tools that monitor and capture each transaction, provide component-level application diagnostics, and more. Learn about specific technologies available and how to leverage them to address bottlenecks and resolve performance issues.