Dell claims that its management solutions, based on Altiris, do more than HP's to simplify management. Are these claims valid? Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC (PNA) explored the logic behind these claims. Read this paper to see what the research reveals. 

The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls 

This SearchStorage.com E-Guide outlines how vendors are implementing this technology, and in particular what automated tiered storage approach they’re taking for solid-state drive. 

In the summer of 2011, HP revealed its Converged Storage strategy - rivaling their 2010 acquisition of 3PAR in significance. HP Converged Storage encompasses several product portfolio and market direction statements that establish HP’s unique approach to storage. This comprehensive white paper gives the details. 

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) terminology is a complex subject, often made more confusing by the competing marketing claims of various manufacturers. This paper explains this terminology and discusses the capabilities and limitations of the various classifications. 

Many tools claim to give you a true end-to-end picture of network application performance, but most miss one or both ends of user-driven application usage. This expert e-guide takes a close at the overlapping tools that are key to a complete solution. In addition, uncover top network management challenges and best practices to prepare for them. 

In this white paper, learn how the right financial consolidation solution can help you replace silos of inconsistent data with the information and analytic capabilities you need for actionable insight. 

The challenge for Chief Compliance Officers is to understand the risks associated with each of these three drivers of compliance and how they can be mitigated. Read this paper to find out more. 

Somewhere between our in-depth consultants’ guides and our short AnalystNotes that discuss specific aspects of IT careers, there is a need for an up-to-dateoverview of IT career structures. This is it. 

Companies that use IBM Cognos software are able to improve productivity, reduce or avoid headcount, reduce financing costs, and increase profitability.  These benefits are achieved because when employees can rapidly access and analyze data in consistent ways, they are better able to make business changes that both lower costs and increase revenues. 

Massachusetts businesses facing down MA 201 CMR 17.00 can meet the challenge with preparation and execution. Read this e-book to learn more about important topics such as identity theft, data breach prevention, mandatory encryption, and getting ahead of the game where Massachusetts data protection law is concerned. 

In this e-guide, you will find out why the experts think data modeling is an important part of enterprise data management and why business users often need to be convinced that data modeling is something they should care about.