This white paper explores today's top security concerns in cloud environments, and aims to dispel the common (and growing) myth that a cloud-based infrastructure introduces new risks that cannot be quantified nor controlled. In this paper, you'll learn how a holistic approach to information security can help your company successfully combat risks. 

This paper provides best practice guidelines for deploying SAP software solutions on VMware Infrastructure 3. 

Access this case study to read about how an insurance company leveraged an automated conversion strategy to upload applications almost instantly to their management system. Discover how you can implement a similar system to facilitate the automation of submitting application forms. 

With the August 2011 PCI Standards Council update, internal tokenization has gained momentum as the lowest impact solution that large merchants can implement to achieve PCI compliance for stored cardholder data. In this session, independent expert Walter Conway discusses best practices for solution selection and implementation. 

Since the creation of the Agile Manifesto, many development teams have embraced the guidelines of agile. However, it’s likely that other internal development teams or partners that you work with haven’t completely left behind “old school” methods. Learn how to stay in control and keep development efficient even when everyone isn’t completely agile. 

This white paper provides guidelines for the use of EMC Data Domain deduplication for Oracle Recovery Manager backup over a Network File System mount. 

SQL Server database administrators (DBAs) are often asked to fix performance problems without being given  sufficient training, time or budget. Read this paper to discover three straightforward workaround strategies to use as well as guidelines for fine-tuning your application efficiency that will improve your SQL Server performance. 

Listed in this whitepaper are 77 Windows 7 features that're in the form of quick tips, tricks and some in the form of detailed explanations. You'll be able to use this paper as a reference to the enormous enhancements built into Windows 7. 

This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blueprint or a starting configuration, for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a virtualized server environment and provides guidelines for designing and sizing the storage for the same using Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage systems. 

Read this expert e-brief and learn how to best manage your data governance program. Discover who should be involved in the process and why, best practices for managing a strong program, common mistakes that can trip up organizations and so much more. 

In the October 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Phil Goodwin provides a status update on solid-state storage technology. Learn about the various use cases for solid-state storage and find out the different forms of solid-state technology on the market today.