This E-guide addresses configuration and change management in a partially virtual environment. Topics include: reporting on and managing virtual servers, the effects of physical changes on servers, how to extend change management processes like ITIL to cover the SAN, and handling human problems between the networking, datacenter, and storage teams. 

This paper shows how next-generation Sun servers, based on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, allow IT organizations to meet these challenges by delivering game-changing performance and virtualization improvements that help enable companies to leverage best practices for IT management, application deployment, work processes, and cost control. 

In order to better understand the opportunities, challenges, risks and rewards companies have seen from these types of agreements, the Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey in March 2008, sponsored by SAP, which asked 516 senior executives how their business relationships are evolving. 

the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices. 

Dell has teamed-up with Intel and Red Hat and developed a migration strategy to simplify the consolidation of the enterprise data center from an outdated, proprietary architecture to an easily managed open systems platforms. To learn about how easy it is to migrate from UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Dell PowerEdge servers, please read on. 

Dorado Software recently introduced Redcell OpsCenter 6.1 platform and Redcell Advanced Monitors to help you visualize, clarify and monitor IT resources and the network fabrics that bind them. This paper explores these new capabilities and how they uniquely position Dorado Software customers for the benefits of an SLA‐oriented management approach. 

Discover the Six Laws of Persuasion and learn how to use them to conduct more effective negotiations. 

Employing the UltraSPARC® T2 and UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors - the industry's first massively threaded Systems on a Chip (SoC) - Sun SPARC® Enterprise T5120/T5220 and T5140/T5240 servers offer breakthrough performance and energy efficiency to drive Web 2.0 infrastructure and address other demanding datacenter challenges. 

In this case study NIBCO, INC. implemented an SAP solution for comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM). Read this case study to learn how NIBCO, INC chose and implemented Esker DeliveryWare as their SAP Solution and the benefits they reaped from Esker DeliveryWare. 

The SAP® Business All-in-One fast-start program enables you to configure a solution online, obtain an estimate of costs, and implement the solution quickly and cost-effectively. It delivers rapid time to value and lets you tailor the solution to meet your changing needs, protecting your long-term investment. 

Read this whitepaper to learn seven practical steps that IT organizations can take to mitigate the unique security challenges of virtualization. While some are directed specifically at virtualized environments, many of these steps are best practices. 

This paper evaluates the impact of changing market landscape on enterprise application service offerings, and evaluates traditional service models in today's context and attempts to evangelize an innovative service model which meets the need of the hour-- faster ROI at lower TCO.