May 13, 2009 - Read this solution brief to learn how the Dell EqualLogic PS Series' bundled Auto-Snapshot Manager and Auto-Replication features are used to effectively integrate with VMware for scalable online data protection of the complete virtual infrastructure. This paper also discusses protection and simplification for the virtual environment.
September 23, 2009 - Auto-Snapshot Manager extends the intelligence of Dell EqualLogic SAN and enables Administrators to create and manage Smart Copy snapshots, clones, or replicas for point-in-time copies of Exchange Storage Groups that can be instantly restored.
October 19, 2009 - The IBM DB2 ROI tool has been designed for developers, database administrators and senior IT management personnel alike, to help them perform a clinical analysis of the cost savings gained from the Storage Optimization feature of DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows.
September 25, 2009 - Learn how service-based solutions can bring flexibility and lower costs to your IT infrastructure. Find out how to maximize your organization's resources and quickly scale your infrastructure to meet the demands of expanding global online audiences.
September 01, 2009 - Many financial organizations are looking to implement proactive security measures to combat identity theft. Strong authentication – a security method which employs the use of more than one factor to identify users accessing private networks and applications – is among today’s leading choices.
October 14, 2008 - As businesses have instituted internal, industry, and government mandated regulatory compliance, the need for audit data to prove conformity has also become a necessity. Read this white paper to learn how configuration audit and control provides a single, independent source for enforcing and reporting on a change policy across an organization.
February 19, 2009 - In this webinar, you will learn about the challenges of implementing configuration management along with suggestions on how to get started, and best practices to ensure success. You will also learn how Numara FootPrints Configuration Management takes the pain and time out of creating and maintaining a functional CMDB.
September 28, 2009 - All organizations are becoming increasingly reliant upon their computer systems. The availability of those systems can be the difference between the organization succeeding and failing. This series will examine how we can configure our Windows Server 2008 environments to provide the level of availability our organizations need.
February 10, 2009 - This document focuses on each level of security, starting at the server level and working our way down to database objects such as Server Security, Database Security, Schema Security and Object Security.
August 14, 2009 - For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), networks can do more than simply connect machines. They also deliver voice (telephone) and video, and connect functions such as sales and bookkeeping to make business more efficient, collaborative, and profitable. Read this paper learn about core network components and benefits.
August 07, 2007 - In the previous two Connecting Through Content studies, B2B marketers and business and technology buyers weighed in on content distribution, lead follow-up and more. This final study in the series examines what happens once that registration has been submitted — the critical point of the program’s success or failure.
May 21, 2007 - Connecting Through Content, Issue Two examines how technology buyers search for content and how marketers deliver content to them. Content distribution channels, user search techniques, content registration behavior and other aspects of content distribution and syndication are evaluated.
March 01, 2007 - This report, Issue One: How Technology Marketers Meet Buyers' Appetite for Content is the first in the Connecting Through Content series, which explores content creation, distribution and lead nurturing through the dual marketers' and technology buyers' perspectives.
July 27, 2009 - This webcast explores a phased approach to consolidating application management solutions, aligning IT infrastructure with business needs and reducing costs.
September 10, 2009 - This Guide is a companion to How to Guide: Consolidating multiple SQL Server systems onto Dell PowerEdge Servers using Microsoft’s Hyper-V. In this Guide, we use the Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 as target servers.
October 29, 2009 - Cobbling together multiple point products to protect against a growing population of sophisticated Web 2.0 threats can result in a fragile "house of cards" network. Leading enterprises are already reaping benefits through consolidation, by centralizing data centers and embracing virtualization initiatives. Read on to learn more.
July 01, 2009 - The goal of this study is to determine if a multi‐node Oracle RAC cluster can be replaced with a cluster consisting of fewer Dell PowerEdge 11G nodes (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series), and still process the OLTP workload faster with less power consumption and lower Oracle RAC licensing fees. Read this white paper to learn more.
September 10, 2009 - This document covers the key overall concepts and procedures you need to setup and configure your Hyper-V platform. It reviews in detail the approach that PT and Dell recommend for a tested and validated installation of Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V.
April 27, 2009 - Read this case study to learn how the Fortinet solution has successfully aided the Laguna Development Corporation in consolidating network security functionalities.
June 01, 2008 - Recognizing the need to grow efficiently while scaling Siebel CRM 8 capabilities, Sun created a proof-of-concept solution that consolidates Web, Gateway, Application, and Database tiers on a single Sun SPARC Enterprise® T5440 server, reducing the number of physical machines needed to effectively deploy applications.
July 22, 2009 - Because of the success of SQL Server in recent years, unintended consequences have developed. These include low levels of utilization, poor availability, and an enormous management burden inflicted on many IT departments. This paper describes a solution: HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server.
September 24, 2008 - GFT focuses on providing their customers an exceptional experience with a best-in-class online interface. GFT needs to stay more accessible, more reliable, and more secure than their competitors. To optimize their IT environment, GFT engaged CDW for consulting, design, and implementation of multiple IT solutions. Read on to learn more.
August 06, 2009 - Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) is the disciplined planning needed to prepare for a natural or man-made emergency that affects service availability. This data sheet presents an effective solution for COOP from HP.
September 08, 2009 - When you resume business after a disruption, you want to pick up where you left off. That means minutes, or even seconds, before the lights went out or the computer virus struck. If your business is aiming for zero data loss and zero downtime, there's only one choice - continuous data protection (CDP).
August 17, 2009 - McAfee PCI Pro provides a comprehensive file integrity monitoring (FIM), audit trail and network configuration audit solution designed to help merchants and service providers quickly, easily and cost-effectively meet the following requirements of v 1.2 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
October 21, 2009 - The need to keep product and service offerings fresh is not a new concept in business today, but the new approach is involving a network of business partners and even customers in their quest to innovate. This process is called "continuous product and service innovation."
September 25, 2009 - The handling of email has become a critical business, IT and regulatory issue, driving a need for email archiving solutions in many organizations. This whitepaper will cover archiving and email management, eDiscovery and knowledge management.
November 01, 2007 - To help control costs, improve business agility, and remain secure and in compliance, many IT organizations are taking steps to transition to a truly dynamic infrastructure. Microsoft® System Center is a family of leading IT management solutions that helps IT departments proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize an IT environment.
August 25, 2009 - Many companies use electronic documents to conduct business, but there is only so much storage to hold all of this data. This expert webcast discusses how to archive messages without having to manually delete items on a monthly basis. Get practical archiving strategies to control your electronic information and meet compliance regulations.
August 01, 2006 - Enterprises can take control of the burgeoning number of unsanctioned spreadsheets by adopting a policy of centralized master spreadsheet generation. Learn how WebFOCUS creates fully summarized, organized, and styled Excel spreadsheets with complex formulas already in place, lowering the potential for keystroke and logic error.
September 10, 2009 - This Wainhouse Research application brief explores the costs of audio conferencing – specifically whether organizations consider cost to be a problem and what they're doing to control it.
February 16, 2009 - This document discusses the use of PowerBroker software to address some of the security and audit problems inherent in native UNIX and Linux operating systems. The purpose of the document is to demonstrate the value of PowerBroker as a tool for reducing risk in environments where information security and risk avoidance are considered important.
September 01, 2009 - This Trend Advisory guide features a series of articles on Unified Communications. Each piece covers a different aspect of the subject. Learn how convergence communications is changing everything in the business world as more and more companies are taking voice and video to the data network.
September 01, 2009 - Converged voice and data networks are becoming a major part of every IT strategy. There are significant advantages in bringing together voice, video, e-mail, instant messaging, business data, and office applications in a single, integrated network. Convergence is not just about cost savings anymore.
September 01, 2009 - Because employees on the move require consistent access to people and data, enterprises have invested heavily in communications. HP and Ericsson have combined their strengths to provide an innovative, standards-based framework to unify and consolidate all the elements of an enterprise communications infrastructure.
September 01, 2009 - This paper gives tips on how CIOs and LOB executives can close the gap between them when it comes to an organization’s ability to most strategically utilize technology to optimally leverage the value and power of information for the success of the organization.
October 08, 2009 - The company’s previous tape system wasn’t meeting Cornerstone’s needs, particularly with 50 percent annual data growth. Cornerstone selected the Quantum Scalar i500 intelligent tape library platform due to its modularity, speed and the ability to move to LTO-4 tapes.
July 24, 2009 - The performance and security needs of corporate networks have evolved greatly in the last five years. This brochure provides a management overview of what's changed and why. But more importantly, it shows why flexibility, visibility, agility and affordability are now the key factors in network decision-making. Read on to learn more.
November 25, 2009 - This podcast discusses how virtualization has gone beyond data center consolidation to become a key strategic driver for maximizing IT cost savings while enabling organizations to deliver solutions to customers in a timely manner and within SLA requirements.
November 06, 2007 - Given the ever-increasing growth of litigation, investigations and regulatory actions coupled with the explosive growth of electronic records, automation of an organization’s records management policies, processes and business practices is no longer an option; it is now a necessity.
September 28, 2009 - With Oracle Database 11g powerful privileged user and multi-factor access control, data classification, and data masking, organizations can deploy reliable data security solutions that do not require any changes to existing applications, minimizing the costs associated with regulatory compliance and the deployment of strong internal controls.
June 16, 2009 - Implementing the newest blade servers will enable you to decrease power consumption and optimize performance in your virtualized data center. Listen to this expert podcast to learn more about how you can consume less power and cut cooling costs.
June 16, 2009 - Learn how data center virtualization enables your company to implement cost-effective disaster recovery (DR) solutions and reduce DR testing and maintenance costs.
June 16, 2009 - In this expert podcast, learn how new capacity planning and performance management tools utilize automation and an intuitive interface to increase resource utilization and reduce capital expenditures for your virtualized data center.
August 01, 2009 - This IDC white paper presents the benefits to enterprises adopting a preemptive approach to IPC, the internal threats to business information, the impact of government regulations on the protection of data, and highlights how Oracle provides database security products that enterprises can leverage to protect themselves from costly data breaches.
October 23, 2009 - This white paper will discuss the forces behind the rise of flexible, cloud-like data center architectures; describe the hardware needs created by those new architectures; and show why custom servers from ZT Systems powered by AMD Opteron™ processors are an exceptional fit for these demanding new data center environments.
July 21, 2009 - Government, business and the battle against climate change is an EIU report that investigates the current regulatory outlook within key regions of the world.
September 18, 2009 - In this podcast, Adrian Lane will offer a countdown of the top five tips for ensuring a successful enterprise encryption implementation that thwarts attackers.
November 19, 2009 - Building security into the software development lifecycle takes more than just a plan. You need the support of both the development and security/audit organizations to make it work. This podcast, featuring Diana Kelley, presents a plan for selling the value of security to all of the constituencies who matter in your organization.
November 20, 2009 - When an organization commits to implementing the technologies and tools to support role and entitlement management, it faces a number of sizable challenges. In this podcast, expert Richard Mackey counts down these organizational, process, and technical challenges that block the successful deployment of role and entitlement management technology.
September 10, 2009 - Through the complete creation of a BIRT report including creating a BIRT report project, connecting to data, adding a chart, formatting the report and adding drill to details capability.
September 10, 2009 - This whitepaper explains how building a smarter storage infrastructure based on the business value of data can enable you to address your data storage requirements efficiently and at the lowest cost.
September 01, 2008 - The support team for Microsoft SQL Server has published guidelines for virtualizing this database engine. Read this paper to learn how to move forward with the process and create supported SQL Server virtual machines (VMs) that can be hosted on Dell PowerEdge servers.
August 05, 2009 - HP and VMware help you change the economics of IT by creating a business-ready infrastructure based on three pillars: standardize, optimize, and automate.
October 19, 2009 - This whitepaper discusses best practices options and a solid approach to implementing solutions for automating and optimizing Accounts Payable in the SAP
environment.
October 20, 2009 - You know you have to protect your sensitive data, but in order to do that, you have to find it. Data classification consists of identifying what information is confidential, then deciding how to store and secure that information. In this video, Adrian Lane of Securosis gives insight into the data classification process.
June 16, 2009 - Read this paper to learn how Freudenberg IT (FIT) provides everything you need for a complete integrated e-business solution. FIT provides the applications infrastructure and technical day-to-day applications support; the required care to better ensure that your SAP environment is always there and is always performing optimally.
June 23, 2009 - The product portfolio decisions you make today will determine whether your company is relevant tomorrow. To increase the chances of marketing a successful product, organizations must deliver products and services to the consumers they value the most, and they must provide those deliverables when their consumers want them. Read on to learn more.
April 01, 2009 - The best products to offer are those that provide a high level of value for both you and your customer. Companies with successful product portfolios often utilize a systematic process to effectively guide which projects are selected. This whitepaper explains how you can take advantage of a value-driven approach to product portfolio management.
December 01, 2005 - Microsoft collaboration technologies can help companies provide workers with integrated communications, collaborative workspaces, access to information and people, and people-driven processes. Read this paper to learn more!
June 10, 2009 - Read this white paper to learn how investing in a new loyalty solution or improving your existing one will enable you to truly differentiate your business around the customer experience and drive lasting relationships.
March 01, 2008 - This paper makes that case that, just like email and telephony, web
conferencing should be deployed as part of a regular enterprise-wide toolset.
May 04, 2009 - A successful credit card company must be able to accurately assess its credit risk at any given time. Having an up-to-date picture of which clients may default on payments is critical to this process, not only amongst new applicants, but existing customers too.
June 09, 2009 - Read this white paper to learn about new and innovative techniques and solutions can be used to combat fraud, and how you can realize a true return on investment by reducing losses from fraud exposure and increasing operational efficiency within your fraud prevention process.
November 01, 2006 - Join moderator Gary Beach, publisher of CIO Magazine, and Michael Corcoran, Information Builders CCO, for an informative panel discussion on operational business intelligence (BI) and the keys to a successful deployment. They'll speak with technology experts from Pershing LLC and Holland America Lines about their BI projects.
September 16, 2009 - Smart decision-makers are seeking technology investments -- such as Master Data Management -- to help establish good governance models that will help with regulatory compliance and lower their operational risk.
June 09, 2009 - As social networking sites explode in popularity, the hype and interest continue to build. But sorting the fact from the hype can be a challenge. This paper discusses tangible ways that organizations can extract measurable business value from social networking by leveraging it in conjunction with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions.
November 11, 2009 - This white paper provides everything the CIO and IT team must know to evaluate a CRM system based on the critical business and technical issues that matter to IT directors and chief information and technology officers.
July 23, 2009 - How can a company ensure that their marketing department's needs are represented when choosing an enterprise-level CRM system? This white paper provides core principles companies can use to help them select a CRM system that each marketing team member feels was built just for them.
February 20, 2009 - This white paper provides core principles companies can use to help them select a CRM system that each sales user feels was built just for them.
April 21, 2008 - Using the multi-tenancy features of the solution, The Linc Group can tailor the CRM experience for each of its offices and franchisees around the world. The true value of Microsoft [Dynamics] CRM [4.0] is about how successful the tool can make employees in their jobs . . .
April 01, 2007 - This white paper describes the concept of “CRM without compromise,” elucidating how organizations can maximize their results by taking a more structured, holistic approach to CRM across the enterprise to gain a competitive advantage and profitable growth.
September 01, 2007 - Customer Relationship Management (CRM) can bring enormous benefits to companies, but only if users adopt it. Explore user adoption problems and an overview of the newest CRM features designed to drive ease of use and high rates of user adoption.
February 20, 2009 - This paper explains how, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is first and foremost a strategy. This guide provides insight to help you take a more customer-centric view of your business.
March 02, 2009 - This report identified how top performing organizations leverage and execute multichannel marketing campaigns. The findings demonstrate how Best-in-Class organizations are leveraging a collaborative cross-channel approach to extract maximum value and marketing efforts.
June 15, 2009 - IT organizations can significantly improve efficiency and reduce operational costs by creating environments with shared access to common data to support Operations and the Service Desk, and evolving and automating key processes between the two groups.
August 24, 2009 - With Crystal Reports - solve report design and information sharing issues through: powerful report and dashboard mashups, secure report sharing, management, scheduling and publishing - an affordable, cross-platform solution, that just works.
November 25, 2009 - Delivering information to 1000's of end users that is useful, timely and accurate for critical decision making, ensuring easy access to this information over the web, securely, and the need to save time on the management of reports
December 05, 2008 - This IDC Insight provides an overview of the culture change considerations that end users should consider before adapting a UC solution.
September 01, 2009 - This Case Study examines how Culver Franchising Systems turned to the RedPrairie-Microsoft Business Intelligence solution to make better decisions and improve store operations, while vastly reducing reporting time. With the RedPrairie-Microsoft solution in place, Culver now gets early warning of underperforming stores.
June 01, 2009 - Read this paper to see how HP's Business Availability Center software can help you monitor customer experience and proactively identify issues before they become problems.
October 20, 2009 - The Customer Experience IQ (CEIQ) report identifies the six secrets of highly effective customer experience programs that every company can use to create true customer loyalty. Read this paper to learn which customer experience programs that organizations have implemented are most effective at driving customer loyalty.
September 11, 2009 - This Hurwitz and Associates whitepaper shares the successes, challenges and future plans of three companies - Sogeti Group, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and Scotiabank.
April 08, 2009 - In a growth economy, businesses typically spend aggressively to stoke the growth engine. When money is tight, however, organizations seek more cost-effective ways to nurture their business expansion. This paper explains how organizations can save money over tough times and find themselves better positioned to take the lead when times improve.
July 09, 2009 - Watch this webcast to learn about the challenges and successes of Chris Bress, Director of Learning Through Technology for a public school system in Florida, which serves 17,000 students.
October 12, 2009 - Join BMC's John McKinney with featured speaker Milind Govekar, Gartner analyst, for an informative webcast reinforcing the cost-cutting benefits of workload automation.
October 01, 2009 - The tools for assessing enterprise-level green practices have evolved from do-it yourself Excel spreadsheets to elaborate carbon accounting software suites available on a subscription basis. By first determining a baseline, organizations can set clear goals for adopting greener IT practices.
October 01, 2009 - Did you know it’s possible to cut IT costs without impacting day-to-day IT operations? In fact, when you download this whitepaper from Riverbed on cost-savings through WAN optimization, you’ll discover how businesses of all different sizes have realized a return on investment in just a few months.
January 28, 2009 - Lumension Security's CEO & Chairman Pat Clawson discuss the biggest compliance challenges and how organizations can effectively address compliance.
November 09, 2009 - Is cyberwarfare really something enterprise information security professionals should be concerned about? Cyberwarfare is just a small component of a much bigger problem: the need to design a stable, global IT infrastructure. Read this eguide for expert advice on How to defend against cyberattacks and cyberaccidents.
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