This paper sets out the five functional dimensions of application performance monitoring (APM) and assesses the current state of its market. A brief study of participating vendors' APM strengths and weaknesses is included. 

Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. 

In this exclusive Gartner report, compare the top vendors offering public cloud IaaS with a graphical, easy to understand representation of each vendor's standing in terms of ability to execute and completeness of vision. Access the link within for a link to the full report. 

In 2011, Q1 Labs continued its rapid growth and became more visible in competitive evaluations. The QRadar appliances can be deployed as all-in-one solutions for smaller environments, or can be horizontally scaled in larger environments using specialized event collection, processing and console appliances. 

WCM shows the dynamism of a much younger market than its age would suggest. The WCM market continues to grow rapidly, new technologies continue to emerge. Enterprises today expect WCM to do much more than simply manage the content of their websites; they want their websites to optimize interactions with visitors as well. 

The CRM buying process can be reduced to a set of 10 steps that will help you pare down the field of potential solutions to a few vendors who are the best fit. This guide will allow you to move through 10 sets of steps. 

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. 

Companies purchasing an event management tool should have a solid understanding of how it will fit into their overall problem resolution processes. This white paper provides insight into the market for event correlation and analysis technologies and compares the leading offerings across several key categories. 

Check out this white paper for 7 critical questions to ask before buying a VM protection product. Designed to help you through the evaluation process, this paper will help you understand your needs and make it easier to find a product that will fit them most effectively. Read on to learn more. 

Companies face complicated buying decisions whenit comes to buying host-based antimalware, starting with whether to purchase a protection suite, andwhat to include in that all-in-one package. 

Read this white paper to learn why Actuate BIRT outperformed Pentaho and Jaspersoft to secure the leading open source overall ranking and surpassed other open source business intelligence (BI) vendors by a wide margin in this independent market study. 

This chapter discusses the process of evaluating and purchasing backup products. Also discussed are the issues to be aware of during this process, such as recovery deadlines, scalability, security, and more.