Thin provisioning is not new, but there is still confusion about how it works and how to best use it in the data center. In this presentation transcript, Jeff Byrne, Senior Analyst and Consultant, Taneja Group and Christine Taylor, Analyst, Tenaja Group, outline the various approaches and technologies behind thin provisioning. 

In this presentation transcript, Marc Staimer, Founder and CDS, Dragon Slayer Consulting, will explain the practical benefits of storage virtualization, including how to assess your environment to determine the cost-effectiveness of virtualization. 

This paper discusses how implementing a DQ SLA via formalized processes can transform data quality management from a constant "fire-fighting" mode to a more consistent, proactive approach. 

In this three-minute video, two Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online customers discuss how this new software service is not only helping them be more effective in their sales and marketing groups, but is also being adapted and customized to offer solutions well beyond what CRM is typically used for. 

Hear from Forrester Research experts to learn about 5 key business and technology trends that are enabling companies to reduce costs AND ensure web application performance. 

A disciplined IT performance measurement program is critical not only for business growth but also for economic viability. This paper provides a framework for a Return on IT (ROIT™) methodology and discusses how to deploy it within a company's business processes. 

Many organizations lack visibility into the physical and virtual infrastructure in their data center, preventing them from achieving effective infrastructure management. This webcast explores how dependency mapping addresses this issue by enabling you to track and control configurations, model and test proposed changes and execute failure analysis. 

Register today for a Data Center of the Future live virtual event on December 15 and 16, 2009. Throughout this two-day live event, you'll be able to learn how Cisco – together with world class eco-system partners – is helping IT deliver more value to business by taking a fresh approach to the way data center infrastructure is designed and deployed. 

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. 

To gain greater business insight and transparency, organizations urgently require a new generation of business intelligence tools and applications that allows cross-enterprise, interenterprise and external data to be integrated and analyzed. 

This white paper will share the findings of a global, multi-industry study (sponsored by Google) of 1,125 IT decision makers to track perceptions about cloud computing and the key business drivers behind the growth in cloud-based solutions. 

This paper illustrates that solutions exist today with a proven track record of success in helping companies make the transition to 100% electronic AR invoicing while satisfying their customers' needs.