The articles in this guide help you plan for and perform an upgrade from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010. 

In this article we first explore the motivation for protocol security solutions, ones that are capable of protecting data in transit. We describe several solutions, at various layers of the open systems interconnection (OSI) stack, addressing several key network and platform threats. 

Not just for Road Warriors any more, mobility takes hold as a strategic corporate asset across the enterprise. This article summarizes key mobility data from a recent Forrester Research report and Intel IT's experience with a highly mobile workforce Lost Laptops: More Expensive Than You Think 

This article will explains how servers consume power, how to estimate power usage and the mechanics of cooling. It also discusses the major components impacting power consumption and where the inefficiencies lie. 

This article contains a number of technical diagrams describing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 features, upgrade considerations, and benefits. Many of these resources are visual representations of recommended solutions. They include poster-sized documents available in formats including Microsoft Office Visio 2007 files, PDF files, and XPS files. 

Information technology is ubiquitous in organizations, but what distinguishes top-notch IT from merely adequate IT? Read this article written by the Economist, to learn how leading companies enable IT to perform optimally. 

This series of articles and accompanying poster is an end-to-end scenario that outlines how to plan, design, build, and maintain an enterprise's Internet presence Web site based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This scenario focuses on the design, creation, and deployment of an Internet presence site in a large enterprise. 

This article explores ways in which small and mid-sized businesses can improve the performance of their databases — and their businesses — by upgrading to SQL Server 2008. 

Outsourcing an application means your organization relinquishes some control. In this article Heather Clancy will offer seven questions that you should resolve with your provider before investing in SaaS. 

Massachusetts has taken the lead in passing a new regulation - 201 CMR 17:00 -that requires companies to implement a comprehensive data security plan that includes encryption. This article discusses some aspects of this regulation and offers suggestions on how data security best practices can help with compliance. 

Data deduplication is a must-have technology for today's enterprises. However, there are a wide range of choices and issues to be considered. This article covers six steps an organization can take to make sure implementing a deduplication technology is a smooth process. 

This article discusses running Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on servers configured with Sun™ Logical Domains (LDoms). Sun LDoms virtualization technology allows the creation of multiple virtual systems on a single physical system, and enables fine-grained assignment of CPU and memory resources to an Oracle RAC workload.