Cloud computing is one of the hottest topics in IT today, but many IT professionals are struggling to determine how best to achieve cloud's promises of agile deployment and elastic capacity without losing control over data, security, and quality of service. 

Learn about the technical components of Oracle WebLogic Suite to create an infrastructure layer that pools and dynamically provisions the resources on which business applications and SOA run.  Download this free, compelling white paper now.   

This free white paper demonstrates how Java can be successfully deployed for real-time applications that were previously off-limits. 

This paper discusses how Java EE 5 dramatically speeds the development of SOA applications and how enterprise developers can leverage its power by using Oracle WebLogic Server. Download this free white paper today. 

This white paper demonstrates that a data grid infrastructure, built with clustered caching, can help you avoid "weak link" vulnerabilities that can sabotage SOA strategies. Discover why the data grid offers improved data access that can create a competitive edge, improve financial performance, and sustain customer loyalty. 

Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g is a significant new release of the core application grid infrastructure foundation underpinning Oracle Fusion Middleware. It has been designed to provide a standards-based, mission-critical platform for organizations that deploy application grid and service-oriented architectures. Read this paper to learn more. 

Application grid brings the same type of efficiency, scalability, and quality of service to the application layer that database clusters brings to the database layer. With an application grid you get greater efficiency, exceptional agility, and superior quality of service. Download this free white paper now. 

This white paper examines key trends that have contributed to the virtual era and explains how companies can address the challenges that come with it by leveraging unified communications, lifecycle management, and security and data loss prevention technology. 

Microsoft provides freely available and quite powerful tools that can help you image and deploy Windows 7. This white paper explores those components and their processes used during these deployments. 

To provide a risk-free environment for application and OS testing, Dell Compellent utilizes the same Instant Replay  architecture that drives its continuous data protection software. The technology can be used to create exact clone copies of existing production VMs, complete with all installed applications. Read this white paper to learn more. 

This white paper explores why so-called "free" patch management solutions could really end up costing your organization more in the long run. 

This white paper explores the advantages of backing up to the cloud, and provides ten reasons why cloud backup is a strong solution to today's data protection challenges. Read on to learn more. 

Passwords are an essential security technique. This white paper reviews best practices to password management and provides contrast methods of dealing with Enterprise Single Sign-On (ESSO) and describes an alternative approach to ESSO.