This paper evaluates application performance monitoring (APM) vendors in each of five categories of functionality: end-user experience monitoring; application runtime architecture discovery, modeling and displays; user-defined transaction profiling; component deep-dive monitoring in application context; and application performance analytics. 

The cost and time associated with managing desktops is rising at a time when budgets are being tightened and IT staffing is strained. This is driving interest in the use of desktop virtualization, where virtual desktop machines run on servers within the data center. Access this white paper to learn more about the benefits of desktop virtualization. 

The Project Management Institute (PMI) prides itself as the largest project management organization in the world and for the comprehensive, standards-based Project Management Professional (PMP) certification it offers to project managers. Check out this white paper to learn more. 

Many companies have turned to virtualization technologies for their servers and in their data centers to simplify administration and to reduce management chores and operating costs while maintaining reliability and safeguarding against disasters. Companies are now looking to apply the same technology to their desktop computers. 

This small business report looks at the degree to which small businesses are sharing data, the ways in which they are doing so and the real and perceived risks. It shows how these risks can be mitigated. 

This IDC white paper considers the concept of desktop virtualization, specifically as made available by VMware’s VDI and ACE. The document also considers the benefits and limitations of these technologies as well as the best use cases for each, exemplified through user case studies. 

This paper explains that while traditional storage management solutions lag behind the requirements being placed on the storage environment, IBM Tivoli® storage management solutions have evolved to meet these needs. Read on to learn how IBM solutions help organizations manage the influx of data, while optimizing performance and reduce expenditures. 

This white paper explores one of the pressing issues for storage administrators today: managing and securing a growing tidal wave of data. It discusses specific problems and describes IBM Tivoli, IBM System Storage, and IBM ProtecTIER solutions that can help address them. 

New research from the International Technology Group demonstrates that the three-year operating and capital expenses for deployment and use of IBM XIV storage systems average 69 percent less than for EMC VMAX equivalents. 

Are your storage requirements growing too fast? IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller can help solve these problems and get you on the road towards a more flexible, responsive, and efficient storage environment. Read on for more information about IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller. 

Companies are successfully leveraging IBM's Smart SOA™ Approach based on IBM's experience of working with more than 6550 customers worldwide. 

IBM Cognos software helps K-12 organizations increase visibility and improve decision making, driving improved student performance, lowered cost of interventions, greater productivity, and lower operating costs.