Ovum analyses data growth, big data, disk shortages, public cloud storage, flash memory, and other storage trends. 

Take a close look at the factors that drive total cost of ownership (TCO) for business intelligence. Learn how your organization can position itself to deliver a cost-effective business intelligence solution that meets your user community’s thirst for information, addresses new data sources, and offers the lowest TCO. 

There are many factors to consider when calculating the real cost of ownership of server technology, from performance and scalability to areas such as energy efficiency and physical space requirements – and that’s before you even look at the purchase price. 

The following analysis provides a comparative price analysis of four leading CRM solutions for midmarketorganizations. Forrester Research defines midmarket organizations as any organization with revenues of lessthan $1 billion and/or fewer than 1,000 employees. 

This white paper describes an improved method for measuring TCO for data center and network room physical infrastructure, and provides examples on how to relate these costs to the overall IT infrastructure and evaluate cost control strategies. 

Cloud computing offers massive scalability -  in virtual computing power, storage, and applications resources - all at almost immediate availability and low cost, and business managers are demanding their IT operations assess the benefits this new computing model can represent. 

Many IT professionals believe that self-signed SSL certificates can help lower security costs. Unfortunately, aside from the certificate itself, there are a number of other costs. This paper uncovers the true total cost of ownership for self-signed SSL certificates and why they are costlier and riskier than working with a trusted security vendor. 

Given that Sybase ASE can now be deployed as the foundation for SAP Business Suite and BW implementations (in addition to Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2), the information is relevant to SAP customers installing a new instance of SAP or looking to migrate their existing SAP installation to a different database. 

This resource demonstrates how a buy-and-hold strategy can add data center costs that many of today’s enterprises simply can’t afford. Read on to learn more about server replacement cycles and the ongoing operational costs of holding on to legacy hardware platforms long past their recommended life-cycle. 

This white paper helps in better understanding all the different cost factors and includes a simplified calculator that will help influencers and decision makers to better estimate the true TCO of a SaaS versus a traditional software deployment. 

While plenty of file storage and sharing methods abound, what looks like a good deal on the surface can end up costing plenty in the end. Read this white paper to discover more about the true cost of “free” file sharing systems and file sharing best practices. 

This white paper takes a look at some Windows 7 technologies that you may be able to put to use in order to make the transition from XP (or perhaps from Vista) more successful. 

Legacy enterprise content management (ECM) systems are no longer functionally viable, meaning it's time to adopt a new solution. Read this paper and learn about a modern, innovative ECM solution that seamlessly integrates advanced case management and compliance capabilities to address today's business, reduce risk and costs and increase revenue.