Relying on tape backup for branch-office data protection is costly and risky. This white paper examines some of the strategies and technologies available for backing up remote or branch offices. 

Following a Business Process Outsourcing agreement for the administration of Life and Pension products, HCL Insurance BPO Services, undertook a full analysis of the inherited infrastructure. A risk was identified with the third party mainframe used to host its CAPSIL insurance application. 

This paper explores the problems IT operations can encounter in coordinating multiple application and infrastructure specialist teams. It also proposes consolidating operations to get incidents to the right person with the right information fast so problems can be resolved quickly and smoothly. 

Read this whitepaper to learn about a software solution that brings together all the capabilities you need to respond effectively to these challenges by providing end-to-end event, performance and availability management so that, at all times, IT staff is able to understand any IT event in terms of its impact on the business. 

"Company ABC" is a successful enterprise with an annual storage growth rate of 70%, and a series of data management challenges. Check out this report to see what they uncovered by conducting a file system inventory -- and how they used that information to reduce costs and improve data management. 

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. 

MP Studio provides powerful Management Pack authoring, testing, tuning, version control, auditing and documentation. Key features like bulk override management and MP impact analysis speed System Center Operations Manager implementation and upgrade. 

This Case Study examines how Culver Franchising Systems turned to the RedPrairie-Microsoft Business Intelligence solution to make better decisions and improve store operations, while vastly reducing reporting time. With the RedPrairie-Microsoft solution in place, Culver now gets early warning of underperforming stores. 

Adrian Mitu, of IBM, discusses the importance of service availability and performance. Companies need to be more effective at solving service problems-- by minimizing service downtime and reducing the number of incidents. 

This case study looks at the typical experience of a Fortune 1000 company. A company turns to server and desktop virtualization in an effort to reduce the cost of distributed centralized operations centers. 

The Websense Security Labs Threatscape delivers information about breaking security research topics and today's advanced Internet threats. This Month's 'In the Threatscape' is a review of October's Web threat activity. Watch the video to learn more. 

Review common frustrations that organisations experience when implementing and managing encryption technology. Nigel Stanley of Bloor Research reveals top tips for avoiding encryption chaos and references recent headlines to emphasize the need for encrypted data.