Mobile, social and cloud application complexities are requiring organizations to modernize their application platforms. This IDC paper presents the structural changes and functionality––including lightweight frameworks, in-memory data management, application management, and more––required in order to evolve to a cloud-ready application platform. 

This paper from the Open Group reveals how banks can benefit from combining complementary industry frameworks on enterprise architecture. 

ITIL is becoming the next big thing in Information Technology. This paper outlines the origin of ITIL, who controls its contents, who are the biggest users, and why you should care. 

This resource provides insight into the virtual era and its essential elements. Learn how improving IT efficiency can help you address your top resource constraints without consuming your limited budget. 

The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions. 

This paper discusses Microstrategy's cloud BI offering and best practices for ensuring security in the cloud. 

This paper examines how SharePoint 2010 is a sophisticated enterprise-level collaboration platform. Whether it’s creating wikis and micro-blogging, or document sharing and project management, SharePoint 2010 allows organizations to take collaboration to an entirely new level. 

This white paper reviews the top drivers behind IaaS adoption and discusses best practices for assessing and preparing the enterprise to transition to an IaaS framework. 

How can a converged infrastructure simplify even the most complex IT environment and benefit your data center? Access this expert e-guide to discover how converged infrastructures can increase IT flexibility and meet your organization’s needs. 

Many companies struggle to find a server that can maximize uptime, support complex workloads, and minimize power costs. This video examines a recommended server architecture that meets these and other data center needs while increasing the efficiency of your virtual environment. 

The Simple Network Management Protocol can help you get a clear view into your network. Network visibility is one of the most important ways you can quickly find and eliminate issues and ensure that your network is doing everything it’s supposed to. 

In this video, Joel Bomgar, Founder and CEO of Bomgar Corporation, explains how Bomgar fits into the ITIL framework, accelerating your ITIL initiatives through more efficient and effective Incident Management and Problem Management.