The need for strategic information by department and executive managers is driving the transformation of tactical departmental systems into enterprise solutions, regardless of the size of the company employing the solutions. 

Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio. 

The majority of user authentication schemes today still use userid and password. The burden to users of managing large numbers of userids and passwords has led to proposals for Federated Identity systems, where a single set of credentials can be used to authenticate with several organisations, which have agreed to work together as a federation. 

Although it has been proven that creating a proactive data management strategy improves the effectiveness and value of almost any data intensive project, convincing those in charge can be a challenge. This white paper discusses the benefits of data governance as well as providing objection-busting strategies useful to any data champion. 

After carefully weighing competing options, Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility chose Quantum's DXi-Series solution with deduplication technology for its data protection system upgrade. This case study explains why they made that choice. 

This analysis report highlights the benefits of deploying NetApp storage alongside desktop virtualization software. Explore best practices from organizations that have already implemented NetApp storage in conjunction with their desktop virtualization initiatives and gain insight on the cost savings they experienced. Learn more here. 

Midmarket organizations considering physical server upgrades must evaluate their environments, sift through offerings and integrate the servers with existing tools. This e-book will guide you through these complex efforts by covering three components: determining needs and requirements, understanding your options, and putting it all together. 

This paper compares two SMB networking strategies: peer-to-peer and server-based. While peer-to-peer networks are simple, they are out-performed by server-based networks that optimize performance and availability. 

Products like QuorumLabs onQ Site Recovery Appliance allow the small to mid-sized company to bring an application back online in a matter of minutes by leveraging on-site appliances and virtualization. Read this brief white paper to learn more. 

Sizing servers for your virtualization initiative is critical. Not every workload requires the same amount of power. Smart virtualization admins will right-size their hardware to meet the need of their virtual workloads. Discover how to do so in this podcast. 

What brand of servers do you currently have in place? What kind of virtualization software do you currently have installed in production? Take the "Server Virtualization for Small to Mid-sized Business Survey" to provide your input on virtualization for SMBs and learn about virtualization solutions from Dell and VMware. 

This white paper examines security technology and how it protects businesses of different sizes. It will look at why it’s important to size security carefully, whether for a 50-, 100- or 250-person organization, and look at how Dell and Intel security products can fit those needs. 

Reliability and availability, data protection, performance, and scalability are all essential characteristics of a database management system. This paper looks at each one of those characteristics in detail and offers an implementation guide for SMBs that require a highly reliable database environment.