PODCAST - Lost your way with use case bloat? Finding use cases are becoming mis-use cases? Help is here.  Susan Burk shares her experiences on how and why use cases can go off-course and how to get them back on track.
Posted: September 1, 2010 | Premiered: September 1, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Project Management

WEBCAST - Lost your way with use case bloat? Finding use cases are becoming mis-use cases? Help is here. Susan Burk shares her experiences on how and why use cases can go off-course and how to get them back on track.
Posted: September 1, 2010 | Premiered: September 1, 2010


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Performance Testing | Project Management

EZINE - When new platforms or technologies appear, data center managers must consider the impact on applications and drive the software development efforts that will keep their businesses competitive. Find out how a more efficient re-design can vastly improve an application's performance when run within a virtual machine.
Posted: September 1, 2010 | Published: August 31, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Cloud Computing | Co-Location Services | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | High Availability | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Software Development Life-Cycles

WHITE PAPER - Energy and utility companies can work smarter through better collaboration and greater insight, so that their employees can make more informed decisions that reduce costs, minimize waste and improve efficiency while improving customer satisfaction. Read this paper for more information.
Posted: August 31, 2010 | Published: July 12, 2010


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Applications Management | Collaboration | Energy Industries | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Content Management Software | Social Networking | Utilities Industry

WHITE PAPER - In this paper, we’ve reviewed several viable options for mobilizing your Lotus Notes applications, and only you and your team can decide what will work best for your organization. One thing, however, is clear. When you give it some thought, you’ll find that mobilizing carefully selected applications and functions makes good business sense.
Posted: August 31, 2010 | Published: August 31, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Lotus Notes | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Workers | Remote Computing | Smart Phones | Wireless Applications Software | Wireless Computing

EGUIDE - This expert resource examines lean software development and how this agile style of development minimizes the high risk of mistakes and the high cost of change associated with application lifecycles and emphasizes extensive planning and design early in the project.
Posted: August 27, 2010 | Published: August 16, 2010


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Applications Management | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance

WHITE PAPER - The goal of this white paper is to provide information about consolidating applications onto a single server using Oracle Solaris Containers to isolate applications and efficiently manage system resources between them.
Posted: August 26, 2010 | Published: May 1, 2010


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | Operating System Virtualization | Operating Systems | PC Operating Systems | Solaris | TCO

WEBCAST - Join this webcast for an informative session that will address the myriad of considerations associated with designing and implementing a successful Software Asset Management (SAM) program, including recommended approaches to mitigate risks and ensure program success.
Posted: August 24, 2010 | Premieres: September 9, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Asset Management Services | CIOs | IT Asset Management | Software | Software Asset Management | Software Licensing

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - This presentation transcript explains how organizations can reduce service disruptions and improve IT management through application and performance monitoring. Discover tools that can be leveraged to lower infrastructure costs while delivering other business benefits. 
Posted: August 20, 2010 | Published: August 20, 2010


Topics:  Application Monitoring | Application Monitoring Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Systems Management | Systems Management Software

DATA SHEET - Test, assess and report on Windows® 7 operating system compatibility with your application portfolio to help reduce project risk and shorten remediation and packaging timelines. Read this data sheet to learn about Dell Application Compatibility Factory (ACF-POC), which helps determine your organization's application compatibility with Windows 7.
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Published: August 19, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Integration | Applications Management | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Management | IT Services | PC Operating Systems | Windows 7

WHITE PAPER - In this Quest Software white paper by the Enterprise Strategy Group, learn more about the benefits of moving to a virtual desktop environment – and how choosing the right tool for the job makes it easy. Find out about a solution that not only makes implementing virtualization easy, but keeps cost low and uptime and efficiency high while doing so.
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Published: August 19, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Remote Computing | Remote Support Services | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will cover the key components to maximizing software spend and software asset management through license agreements and license types, common product use rights, license reharvesting and recycling, and Example software cost savings scenario. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Published: August 19, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Business Process Automation | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Product Management | Software Asset Management | Software Configuration Management | Software Licensing | Spreadsheets

INFORMATION CENTER - This webcast series, 30 Minutes to Better Data, Systems and Application Protection, covers topics such as virtualization, data recovery, data management and more.
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Published: August 17, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Backup Server Hardware | Backup Software | Data Recovery | Disaster Recovery | Server Virtualization | SLA | Systems Management

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Join JP Garbani, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research and Alan Bolt, CIO at ASG, for a roundtable discussion of complexity issues facing CIOs today. Find out how they are addressing these growing problems within their own IT organizations.
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Published: August 19, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Business Service Management Software | IT Management | IT Management Services

WEBCAST - Join us for a demonstration of the Tools and ALM Solutions for the IBM I and Power Systems. Learn how these tools apply to your IT environment and how to identify and use the right tools and modernization strategy.
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Premiered: May 13, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Applications Management | Applications Software | System i | Systems Design and Development | Systems Development Life-cycles

TRIAL SOFTWARE - Replay 4 completely eliminates backup windows by taking continuous snapshots of your Windows application servers, with just a 1-2% performance hit.  Recover from any server outage in 15 minutes or less and use 80% less storage space for your backups.
Posted: August 19, 2010 | Published: August 19, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Server Software | Applications Management | Backup Software | Business Continuity Planning | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | High Availability | Power Generation Equipment

DATA SHEET - Read this data sheet to learn about Dell's application migration services that include application compatibility assessment, remediation, and expert packaging using Dell's unique, global, scalable, and cost-effective factory approach.
Posted: August 18, 2010 | Published: August 18, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Desktop Virtualization | IT Services | Operating Systems | PC Operating Systems | Software Migration

WEBCAST - Forrester's Brad Day, V.P., Principal Analyst, and IBM's Charles Chu, Director Enterprise Modernization and Compilers, will define what's required in the next generation of "application fit-for-purpose" computing environments, and how IBM's Rational Tools work with power systems. View this webcast now.
Posted: August 18, 2010 | Premiered: August 18, 2010


Topics:  Application Integration | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Power Quality Test Equipment

WHITE PAPER - In this paper, we'll discuss the different software compatibility options available to companies that are working on a Windows 7 migration, and show how Dell can help IT organizations throughout the process.
Posted: August 17, 2010 | Published: August 17, 2010


Topics:  Application Integration | Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | IT Services | PC Operating Systems | Software Migration | Windows 7

WHITE PAPER - Access this ESG white paper for a look at the challenges and risks of virtualizing the data center, and learn about a solution that will provide the requisite end-to-end visibility and contextual management to help reduce risk, improve service levels, and drive higher levels of efficiency.
Posted: August 17, 2010 | Published: August 17, 2010


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Virtual Machine Monitor

WHITE PAPER - Alloy software by IBM and SAP is a solution that presents information and data from SAP applications in the context of what millions of business users are familiar with–the IBM Lotus Notes collaboration software user interface. Access this white paper to learn about how it works, deployment options, customization options and much more.
Posted: August 17, 2010 | Published: August 13, 2010


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Applications Management | Collaboration | Email Management | Lotus Notes | SAP (Product)

EBOOK - If you're still scratching your head wondering what desktop virtualization, thin-client computing and hypervisors are all about, this handbook has the answers.
Posted: August 12, 2010 | Published: August 12, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Microsoft Hyper-V | Terminal Server Software | Thin Client Hardware | Thin Client Software | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This paper addresses potential business concerns and prevalent misperceptions of cloud computing and offers interested businesses concrete advice for making informed decisions.
Posted: August 12, 2010 | Published: August 12, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Security | Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Data Centers | Energy Efficiency | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Server Virtualization

RESOURCE CENTER - New! The IBM® agility@scale™ e-Kit contains white papers, case studies and videos that show how the IBM Rational group's technology, practices and expertise can assist your efforts to adopt and tailor your agile practices. 
Posted: August 12, 2010 | Published: August 12, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Applications Management | Software | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance

WEBCAST - This webcast explains how companies are committing critical workloads to their virtual infrastructures.
Posted: August 10, 2010 | Premiered: August 18, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Microprocessors | Server Hardware | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Software Virtualization | VMware