Read this resource and discover how demanding IT challenges can be solved with a converged infrastructure solution which manages all server, storage and network systems as unified IT assets. The business value of a converged infrastructure in the data center is also explored. 

Bonus payments have long been a feature of the reward package for most IT professionals, but when the UKeconomy went into freefall during late 2008, many employers either reduced such payments or did away withthem altogether. 

Many organisations implement “learning engagements,” or training programmes, to increase employee satisfaction, realise better team performance, and improve communication. 

Each year, organizations across the globe face astronomical project failure rates, often wasting millions of dollars per failed project. This paper examines the roots of project failure and centers in on the elusive, often undefined role of the business analyst. 

This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement. 

This Technical Standard provides a taxonomy describing the factors that drive risk – their definitions and relationships. This Technical Standard is not a reference or tutorial on how to assess or analyze risk, as there are many such references already available. 

To properly protect the information at the database layer there are a number of comprehensive measures that need to be taken. With this paper Tanya Baccum, SANS Institute analyst, examines these measures for holistically protecting Oracle database from inside out. 

This tutorial presents a framework and financial methodology for deciding whether an enterprise should replace its current "status quo" tape storage solution with a new "proposed" solution, and the economics related to that decision. 

Learn how you can empower your employees to make the most of big data and data analytics in this executive guide from the Corporate Executive Board. 

Business continuity and disaster recovery can mean a rapid return to operations or financial downfall. This IDC white paper highlights the challenges and best practices for implementing continuity and recovery solutions, and details how Riverbed WAN optimization solutions enable firms to meet their recovery requirements. 

This data sheet details how Oracle Scorecard and Strategy Management extends the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition with capabilities that enable strategic goals to be communicated across the organization and monitoring progress over time. 

Monitoring, measuring and reporting on the financial health of an organisation is a basic need that requires effective tools and processes to optimise the end result. 

In this e-zine, compare the trade-offs of private and public cloud computing. Find out how you can measure, monitor and optimize the performance of applications in the cloud. Plus, learn how you can develop a solid plan for virtualizing your applications.