This paper examines the concept that preparing for economic recovery is not something that can wait; it is something that businesses should plan for now. It will introduce enterprise application migration strategies that can be considered within any organization and also emphasize the importance of forward thinking and planning in down economy. 

The July/August issue of CIO Decisions Ezine focuses on disaster recovery in remote and branch offices, especially in midmarket organizations. Read this issue to learn some great tips and techniques for increasing your remote workers' ability to bounce back after an unfortunate event. 

Enterprises, government agencies and service providers are increasingly employing virtualized environments to decrease costs, consolidate data center space and reduce environmental impacts. This paper describes a comprehensive set of CA tools for managing virtual environments. 

The handling of email has become a critical business, IT and regulatory issue, driving a need for email archiving solutions in many organizations. This whitepaper will cover archiving and email management, eDiscovery and knowledge management. 

Read this brief case study to learn how 1-800-FLOWERS.COM faced the challenge to implement the next stage of a strategy for faxed order communications to accommodate key seasonal spikes in demand while avoiding unnecessary capacity expenditures. 

Read this e-book, which is specifically written to address the unique challenges of IT and BI professionals in ERP-centric environments. This set of articles offers best practices and strategic advice for organizations seeking to optimize business intelligence programs. 

This paper explores the reasons why data volumes are increasing and where bottlenecks most frequently occur. It then explains why adding more hardware isn’t a solution to these performance problems and delves into the various methods that can be used to break through the bottlenecks to speed applications. 

According to industry analysts, email volume in organizations is growing by more than 30% annually, and the average user receives 7MB of data per day via email. In this whitepaper, we'll discuss four reasons that drive organizations to seek an archiving solution and 11 considerations for controlling your email environment. 

In this webcast, learn more about the buzz surrounding Exchange 2010's archiving and retention capabilities. Discover how the features of this technology can improve message management and ensure compliance requirements are met. Get a handle on expanding email volume with Exchange 2010 archiving functionalities. 

An effective change management process can help you better identify how alterations will affect cost and schedule so you can keep them in control. This paper will explore change management approaches and how you can use IBM Rational® solutions to manage changes to development, system and IT artifacts. 

Protecting data that is not in the primary datacenter amplifies all the traditional challenges of backup - either there is not enough bandwidth to accomplish a remote backup in the window available, or the process of handling and shipping tapes is in the hands of non-IT employees. 

Encumbered by paper-based work orders and instructions relayed verbally, Cable TV company Videotron needed a solution that helped manage service requests in a way that cut costs and service call mistakes. They chose a wireless solution from Blackberry that automates all administrative steps involved in handling a service call. 

To gain full value of virtualization, you need servers that are built to handle the heavy and ever-changing demands of a virtualized and consolidated computing environment. To help you get maximum benefits from virtualization, Intel has built a better physical server platform with unique hardware-assist features to enhance the virtual data center.