This resource explains how you can lower costs and improve flexibility by migrating your mainframe to open system servers. Discover the three major factors driving organizations to consider migrating application workloads off mainframe environments to open systems solutions. 

This case study explains how one retail giant improved business support services by rehosting its mainframe applications to HP integrity servers. Learn how they were able to overcome the integration difficulties connected to mainframe-based management, maximize use of open technologies, and much more. 

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. 

Deploying open source projects safely and successfully in an enterprise environment requires thorough understanding and careful evaluation of each project. Read this paper to learn about the benefits, defining characteristics, and requirements for enterprise use of open source software technology. 

<p>Read this white paper for an overview of JBoss Enterprise BRMS – an open source system that automates decisions by using simple rules development, access, and change management. Learn about the features and benefits of this system, as well as why BRMSs are important for the success of your business.</p> 

This paper shows the industry-wide acceptance of SIP and the recent advances of the open source software projects related to Voice over IP (VoIP). Read why the author firmly believes that the VoIP open source is still in its infancy, but its acceptance and product maturity will grow rapidly over the next few years. 

In the Fall 2011 issue of IT in Europe, Manek Dubash explores how open-source storage could be the key to breaking the chains of vendor lock-in. 

<p>Read this white paper to uncover exactly what sets Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform apart from other vendors. Gain an in-depth overview of the product and how it has evolved to become a marketplace leader.  Weigh the pros and cons of a Red Hat investment and decide if it's the right move for you.</p> 

This webinar will share with you how to free yourselves from vendor lock-in by expensive proprietary storage hardware companies and how you can take advantage of the new wave of storage buying.  You now have an alternative choice through the use of open source software and commodity hardware. 

Read this expert e-guide to explore collaborative practices that agile teams are using to minimize requirements churn and become familiar with some of the commercial and open source requirements management tools available today. 

An open source virtualization platform can help you obtain the performance, scalability, security and agility you need to stay competitive in an increasingly fast-paced world. Discover the key advantages of open source software over proprietary vendor solutions in this essential resource. 

The globalization of all industries, the need to decrease application lifecycles and the adoption of agile tools and methods are building momentum and taking on a life of their own. Enterprises of all kinds are realizing that their traditional software development tools and approaches can no longer deliver end-to-end ALM for business agility. 

This issue of the high performance computing (HPC) e-zine takes a closer look at the latest advances in file systems and the impact they are having on the HPC community. Find out how HPC architectures have evolved over time and obtain best practices for properly implementing Multi Path File Systems (MPFS).