In this exclusive resource, read common questions on private, public, and "hybrid" cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems posed by Sage Software customers to IDC's research director Scott Guinn. 

Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often reach the point where their executives are considering, or should make, a significant change and/or investment in business management IT. What used to be ruled out as an option for these types of organizations, but now needs to be strongly considered, is ERP. Read this research report to learn more. 

Dell is moving well beyond industry expectations to unlock data center efficiency and help organizations work toward the goal of returning as much as 50 percent of their IT budgets. Read this white paper to learn about the Dell Efficient Data Center model and how it can help lower costs and increae IT efficiency. 

The efficiency benefits introduced with deduplication technology are driving mid-market organizations to modernize their backup infrastructures. With the introduction of its DXi6500 family of secondary storage systems with deduplication, Quantum has a competitive offering for mid-market companies—in features and price. 

IT managers typically spend a substantial part of their budget on storage, usually more than they'd like to. Therefore, rethinking the approach to storage is one of the areas where there are huge savings and efficiencies to be had — particularly in data protection and disaster recovery. Read this analyst report to learn more. 

This report provides mid-market organizations a framework for evaluating the total cost of ownership (TCO) of business intelligence (BI) solutions. 

Take the "Servers for SMB Survey" and share your input on server selection, application upgrades, and processor selection & preferred vendors. 

This expert E-Guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com discusses some of the obstacles facing administrators managing virtual environments. Explore the "side effects" virtualization can bring to the data center and learn how implementing a few new tools can help alleviate some of these pain points. 

In 2010, what are your plans for server virtualization? What key feature is most important to you when evaluating virtualization technologies for your organization? Take this survey to contribute your thoughts on server virtualization for SMBs! 

All data is not created equal. This IDC buyer's guide, sponsored by Dell Compellent, explains how enterprises can benefit from automated tiered storage. Fill out the included checklist to organize priorities when evaluating solutions. 

This IDC whitepaper begins with the history of virtualization. It explains the long-term viability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Red Hat's role in the acquisition and development of enterprise virtualization technology, new features in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0, and the next wave in enterprise virtualization—the cloud. 

There is growing evidence of the competitive value of BI and analytics solutions. An IDC study of North American and European organizations found that the median ROI of BI and analytics projects was 112%.