September 08, 2009 - A business manager identifies an urgent need for a software application and requests a server to run the new application. Then the server provisioning process kicks off. Read this short whitepaper to learn about new techniques and technologies that can enable your business to cut through so much of the red tape involved in adding new applications.
May 01, 2008 - In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.
March 18, 2009 - This guide introduces JasperSoft's application programming interfaces to product and development managers. Learn how JasperSoft's reporting and analytics enhance the quality and value of all applications through seamless integration without the frustration of home-grown and legacy systems that are far too expensive to develop, manage, and maintain.
October 01, 2009 - Dell commissioned Principled Technologies to analyze the features and performance of the Dell Latitude E6400 notebook system running Windows 7. This system and several comparison systems were tested. In this analyst report, you'll learn more about this Dell solution and discover key findings as a result of testing these systems.
May 15, 2009 - After a year of silence surrounding SAP’s newest Enterprise Resource Planning solution, SAP Business ByDesign is back. Read this Aberdeen Group paper for an analyst’s review of the product, including insights on the product’s price, functionality, and versatility.
November 09, 2009 - While there has been much hype around cloud computing, it is critical for executive staff of competitive enterprises to understand and begin planning for internal cloud services. IT executives must own and drive enterprise-wide cloud computing strategies.
November 02, 2009 - Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
November 02, 2009 - This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on manufacturing companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in manufacturing and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
November 02, 2009 - This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. Defining the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in retail banking, it offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data, and shows how you can get started in making trusted data available to improve marketing, customer service, risk management and more.
September 01, 2008 - Windows Server on WAAS is an exciting new offering that directly addresses the vexing challenge of branch IT – finding the right balance between delivering
application performance and availability in the branch, while improving the
cost-effectiveness of IT as a whole. Read this analyst report to learn more.
October 01, 2009 - Dell Inc. commissioned Principled Technologies to run a set of performance tests on a mix of current and previous generation Intel&Reg; processor-based Dell&trade Latitude&trade notebook systems. Read this report to learn about key findings.
October 01, 2009 - Dell Inc. commissioned Principled Technologies to run a set of performance tests on a mix of current and previous generation Intel® processor-based Dell™ OptiPlex™ desktop systems. The following report details performance testing procedures and provides key findings obtained.
March 06, 2009 - From a manufacturing executive's perspective, focusing on an open and flexible Manufacturing Operations Management platform creates a competitive weapon. This research provides a roadmap for creating such a platform in a cost effective way that still delivers benefits, such as higher levels of profitability.
January 16, 2009 - This paper discusses best practices for identifying legacy applications that are of little or no value to an organization and provides details on removing/retiring them while keeping application data accessible for reporting and compliance purposes. The processes contained here are designed to save your company money, time, and resources.
September 30, 2008 - Organizations are facing growing business challenges as a result of intensifying market trends. In response, THINKstrategies is finding a growing number of organizations of all sizes are investigating and adopting on-demand Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) alternatives to traditional, on-premise systems to meet their changing business needs.
January 14, 2008 - The onslaught of Web 2.0 and social networking is essentially unstoppable. This paper will help organizations understand the nature and impact of the Web 2.0 phenomenon. Applicable security challenges will be explored and a concise yet comprehensive strategy will be provided for mitigating them.
February 24, 2010 - This paper discusses how a new generation of platforms in the application stack is designed to both deliver a specific layer of functionality and enable rapid prototyping, allowing development teams to focus their efforts on the value they add and gain time for more innovation.
February 18, 2010 - Business services with virtualized components are more complex to discover, monitor, manage, automate and troubleshoot. This webcast explores a new management technology that can help your organization overcome the monitoring challenges of virtualized business services.
August 27, 2009 - In this white paper, we'll take a look at access control lists, often referred to as access lists or ACLs (sometimes pronounced "ackels").
June 01, 2008 - To maximize profitability, companies must know the true cost of making and delivering their products and services. Traditional cost accounting, devised in a simpler era, does not satisfy that need. This paper examines indirect and overhead costs, which are crucial to managing profitability.
December 19, 2008 - Application grid brings the same type of efficiency, scalability, and quality of service to the application layer. Discover how to get greater efficiency, exceptional agility, and superior quality of service with an application grid.
May 01, 2009 - The aim of the Code of Connection (CoCo) is to develop the trust required both within and between communities, which then allows more effective use of shared systems and services. This paper addresses some of the key challenges of achieving and maintaining compliance with the GSi Code of Connection (CoCo) for the GCSX.
January 23, 2009 - Manufacturers are feeling new pressure on their operations from many directions. Dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, rapid product innovation, lean manufacturing, and the transition to new IT technology all manifest themselves on the plant floor and throughout the enterprise.
February 11, 2010 - This document discusses that dollars and time currently consumed by existing tape libraries can be far better utilized by moving to disk back-up with deduplication.
December 22, 2009 - In this videocast, SearchDataManagement.com sat down with Rick Sherman, an independent consultant with over 20 years of experience in the industry, to find out key trends in business intelligence and data management that are affecting how enterprises can achieve more insight into every aspect of their business.
January 28, 2010 - Read this paper to learn about being connected building planning requires tightly integrated, well-coordinated cross-functional communication and project management across four functional phases: organizational alignment, technology strategies, network design considerations, and financial analysis.
April 03, 2009 - Recently lean manufacturing has gone from an obscure and isolated practice to a mainstream, extensively publicized methodology that is well known throughout the manufacturing and supply chain industry. However, this does not mean it is entirely understood as a business practice, nor does it mean that it has been implemented to any large extent.
February 01, 2009 - Common problems with interdepartmental handling of customer issues include a mismatch of priorities, no shared understanding of customer impact, and overall communication problems between teams. The solution is to create enterprise-wide workflow and visibility..
January 12, 2010 - AdminStudio® allows IT to quickly prepare reliable virtual and MSI packages for error-free rollout with leading software deployment solutions. A complete application readiness toolset, AdminStudio also provides automated tools to help ensure application portfolios migrate smoothly to Windows 7. Download this free 21 day trial now!
November 19, 2009 - A solid disaster recovery plan can overcome bandwidth and latency issues without any data loss. Techniques to restore data and prevent loss vary in the virtual data center. In Chapter 1 of this eBook, you'll learn about disaster recovery strategies for the virtual data center.
March 05, 2010 - Design, management and testing can make or break high availability in your virtual environment. Chapter 3 of this Advanced Virtualization E-Book discusses the essentials of high availability planning.
January 23, 2009 - The range and complexity of government information technology (IT) investments makes assessing their returns a daunting prospect. This white paper presents a public ROI assessment framework that addresses the shortcomings in the available methods and models for assessing public returns.
December 01, 2006 - Different virtualization infrastructures can offer a variety of advantages and disadvantages for data center managers. This white paper provides a head to head comparison of the 2 socket PowerEdge 2950 vs. the 4 socket HP DL585 server.
September 26, 2008 - This white paper presents the key characteristics of successful agile managers as they introduce and scale agile methods. Learn what agile managers can do to help their teams and organizations adopt agile development practices to deliver real...
February 25, 2009 - When Sun Country Airlines needed a solution to give employees data about flights and information to improve customer service and operations management, they turned to Blackberry. The Solution? Six highly useful applications were created for 50 BlackBerry smartphones to help airline employees check everything from delayed flights to lost baggage.
February 25, 2010 - AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer is the industry "de-facto" tool for mobile auditing and troubleshooting enterprise 802.11a/b/g/n networks. AirMagnet WiFi Analyzer solves end user WLAN issues while automatically detecting security threats and other wireless network vulnerabilities.
February 23, 2010 - Akorri is clearly a company on the upswing, with impressive growth, an extending reach and new, experienced executives who know the virtualization space. In a hotly competitive space, it seems to have a plan and a technology message that's resonating.
January 22, 2009 - The potential benefits of reducing labor and increasing sales from deploying an item-level RFID operation are clear. Read about current capabilities of RFID, including accuracy, performance and adaptability.
August 28, 2009 - The information presented in this white paper discusses various approaches to cryptography and key management, and can be used as a starting point for developing an effective policy-based key management solution. Taking a proactive approach to data protection results in a smoother implementation and a positive return on investment.
January 01, 2007 - This white paper provides an introduction to System i high availability for companies that want to understand this technology and evaluates whether such a solution can become a cost-justifiable component of their backup and recovery strategy.
January 14, 2010 - Keeping your IT infrastructure up and running is always challenging, but is particularly tricky for remote locations where you likely have little or no IT staff. In this webinar, learn more about supporting critical applications at remote or branch locations and learn the top 5 best practices for optimizing availability at remote locations.
April 01, 2009 - Application grid brings the same type of efficiency, scalability, and quality of service to the application layer that database clusters brings to the database layer. With an application grid you get greater efficiency, exceptional agility, and superior quality of service. Download this free white paper now.
April 20, 2009 - Check out this data sheet for a categorized listing of 600 common applications for which Blue Coat PacketShaper delivers an accurate picture of network traffic.
January 01, 2007 - This white paper explores how to optimize application availability and reliability through an always on approach to application monitoring that combines reactive and proactive techniques.
January 01, 2007 - Oracle Applications are a collection of enterprise business applications, including ERP, SCM, and CRM applications, all utilizing Oracle's core relational database management system technologies.
February 24, 2010 - This free, one-day virtual seminar focuses on application performance across the lifecycle – from designing the architecture, to the build, to testing, monitoring, maintenance and management. Experts build a foundation for high performance, covering requirements and build stages, as well as testing and monitoring performance across the lifecycle.
April 25, 2008 - Application development professionals have better platform options to choose from than they might think. In this Forrester Research report, you'll learn about factors you should consider as application platforms evolve, four criteria that application development professionals should examine when selecting application server products, and more...
June 01, 2009 - There is a growing, interdisciplinary field known as knowledge management that is dedicated to how we acquire, organize, manage, share, and utilize knowledge and information. This white paper will discuss what knowledge management is, why it is important, and how you can apply knowledge management to project management.
February 08, 2010 - Read this paper to learn how ASG’s BSP Virtualization Management allows you to continually optimize and monitor the performance health of your entire physical and virtual environment, in addition to discovering application dependencies and reducing VM sprawl.
February 24, 2010 - There has been great interest in the subject of Windows 7 in recent months, perhaps most strongly from organizations that passed over Windows Vista and are looking at a migration from Windows XP.
September 10, 2008 - This paper reviews multiple compelling issues of establishing and maintaining connectivity to manufacturing operations to achieve the Perfect Plant through an existing ERP system.
March 02, 2009 - Check out this white paper for a discussion on network changes; IP address management; Core Network Services solutions; and the benefits of integrated, automated IP.
January 06, 2010 - Most projects involve data integration these days due to multiple applications and databases usage. It is necessary to plan and design the data integration parts of your projects to avoid a data integration tar pit. Read this paper to learn how Agile integration can help IT projects avoid this tangled mess of point-to point integrations.
February 01, 2010 - The SANS/CWE list of the Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors is already becoming the "standard" for developing secure applications in many large enterprises. In this webcast, review the prevalence of attacks that use vulnerabilities listed in the Top 25 and learn how to safeguard your code to avoid the most dangerous programming errors.
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