This IDC Analyst Connection takes a closer look at the key parameters in establishing the appropriate financial objectives in an organization's decision-making framework. 

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices. 

This paper describes a comprehensive set of best practices that allow mid-market enterprise SAP customers to appropriately configure and use HP management software to monitor, manage, and operate an SAP® environment. 

The goal of this paper is to paint the EIM landscape, noting its components but focusing on the importance of an overarching EIM strategy that focuses on corporate objectives while at the same time offering cross-functional support. 

This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed. 

With the release of Windows 7, many organizations are considering migrating to this new platform. This webcast explores best practices to aid IT pros in this transition. Discover a wide range of hardware and software technology that will help you prepare for this switch. 

This whitepaper will examine the trends and challenges associated with web-based services and MSPs, and will identify the best way to optimize network and application performance and security. We will look at today's best practices and examine how Blue Coat Systems is addressing requirements with an integrated solution. 

In this presentation transcript, learn about a unified approach to IT management. Discover how to decrease complexity introduced by virtualization and cloud computing to ensure optimal performance of your virtual and physical environments. 

EIM is the effort and practice of reaching across all data and application silos embedded in the organization's operating infrastructure; then binding those repositories together into one effective information management environment. This white paper will discuss metadata management, master data management, data quality, and data migration... 

In this podcast, listen to expert Scott Sawyer explain how Dell Services can help you plan for modernization of your legacy Unix infrastructure. 

This video discusses how virtualization has gone beyond data center consolidation to become a key strategic driver for maximizing IT cost savings while enabling organizations to deliver solutions to customers in a timely manner and within SLA requirements. 

VMware vSphere is the next evolutionary step in IT computing. vSphere dramatically reduces capital and operating costs, and increases control over IT infrastructures while preserving the flexibility to choose any OS, application and hardware. Learn how to take advantage of this new technology with VMware training from Global Knowledge. 

This whitepaper takes a look at the importance of corporate governance in today's context, some best practices that companies can adopt in this area for effective corporate governance and, more specifically, lays out 5 important steps to effective corporate governance.