Avoiding unscheduled downtime and equipment failure while trying to maintain quality standards is paramount. Producing high-quality goods and optimizing resources is the ultimate goal of any manufacturing organization. Predictive maintenance, fueled by predictive analytics, helps minimize downtime and saves money. Read this paper to learn more. 

What is server virtualization? If you're just getting started virtualizing your data center or looking for a refresher on server virtualization basics, this expert e-guide is just the resource you need. This handy and concise guide covers the essentials of what virtualization is and how you can put the building blocks in place. 

With the amount of data center consolidation occurring today, moving to server virtualization has happened very quickly. This whitepaper discuss SPB and TRILL, two emerging technologies that wish to virtualize networks without adding complexity. 

This handbook will cover best practices for moving to Microsoft Windows 7, including assessing Windows 7 to determine if it’s a good move for your organization, which applications in your organization should move over, what help is out there for your migration project and licensing. 

Economies of scale, flexibility and costreduction – cloud advocates have made sure that we are familiar with these potential benefits, even if we have yet to agree on an exact definition of cloud computing. But doubters argue that none of these benefits will actually be available unless some fundamental security issues can be overcome. 

This report from the Corporate Executive Board, based on extensive research with Chief Information Security Officers, identifies the top 10 security imperatives for 2012. 

In March 2010, Microsoft commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact that enterprises may realize by upgrading from Microsoft Office 2007 to Microsoft Office 2010. 

Business comes in all shapes and sizes. So do servers. Access this video to learn how Dell makes it easy to find the perfect Tower, Rack or Blade Server for your business. 

In today's dynamic IT environments containing innumerable applications, CIOs are constantly searching for better ways to anticipate problems and take care of them before they negatively impact the business. Learn 5 key features and benefits of predictive analytics that can help. 

Read this expert e-book by BI visionary Wayne Eckerson and gain insight into the growing adoption rates of big data technology and learn why companies are finally recognizing its many benefits. Eckerson offers a comparison of open-source options and analytical platforms, and also dives into an analysis on the varying types of processing systems. 

It is important for the IT Manager to know the basics of formalized project management. Why? Because every organization needs to be able to implement change and almost all important changes are defined or implemented through project teams. 

This paper examines the impact of de-duplication in a disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup and recovery environment.