This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. 

Why would a person or organization be interested in deploying wireless communication in their home or business? This being said, there are some things to think about before jumping into the wireless world. As is usually the case in the wonderful world of networking, whenever one thing becomes simpler, it almost always complicates something else. 

Industry leaders share their experiences turning IT business service ideas into effective moneymakers that also strengthen customer relationships. 

Hosting Exchange Server off-site may appeal to businesses getting comfortable with the idea of cloud computing and its various advantages, but is it really a good idea? 

Learn about the stages of deploying private clouds and how IBM can help.  As we know, Cloud computing continues to dominate the discourse at every level of the IT industry, and the cloud concept is gaining increased visibility with mainstream business leaders and even consumers. 

Read this paper by Global Knowledge instructor, John Hales, to learn how to build a home lab for VMware vSphere for study. This paper is broken down into three major sections; the first and most detailed is about the hardware required, the second is about the Workstation configuration, and the third is about installing vSphere and Virtual Center. 

In an environment where access to a secure computing device is governed and controlled by inherently secure protocols, the problem still remains of how access to untrusted environments such as the Web is controlled. 

This paper examines the usefulness and goal of summarization. These goals consist of conserving RAM, bandwidth and CPU by hiding information from some of the routers.  

This paper analyzes the teleworker’s primary challenges and offers ideas for overcoming them. 

Putting the customer at the center of your operations is not a new idea, but truly operationalizing this strategy can be challenging. Read this paper to find out how to improve collaboration and visibility for your customers and partners and deliver consistent and predictable outcomes by synchronizing your entire value chain. 

This real-world case study gives true insight into how an insurance industry IT organizations is applying new ideas to reduce the usage of physical space, power and cooling by updating their server infrastructure. 

This paper is designed to review how desktop virtualization can save you money. Some of these points will be more applicable to one situation, company, etc., than another, but the idea is to stimulate and encourage thought about the technology and its use. 

This White Paper aims to provide an understanding of femtocell technology.