WEBCAST - Watch SolarWinds Head Geek, Josh Stephens, as he discuss best practices for combining fault, performance, and configuration management into a single, unified approach for improving the overall health and efficiency of your network.
Posted: September 5, 2008 | Premiered: September 4, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Configuration Management | Fault Management | Network Performance

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Poor change control can send your organization's security tumbling. Follow these 5 steps for a strong change management program.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management

WEBCAST - Join Steve Brasen and Lubos Parobek for an informative webinar to explore techniques and best practices for addressing and resolving the challenges that accompany systems deployment and configuration management.
Posted: September 3, 2008 | Premiered: September 3, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Configuration Management

TRIAL SOFTWARE - SolarWinds free TFTP Server is a multi-threaded TFTP server commonly used to upload and download executable images and configurations to routers and switches. Download your free trial today.
Posted: August 18, 2008 | Published: August 18, 2008


Topics:  Configuration Management | IP Addresses | Routers | Server Management | Switches | TFTP | Windows 2000 | Windows Vista | Windows XP

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains how the differences between different FDCC automation tools affect security and IT costs. It also includes a description of Lumension Security's Vulnerability Management Solution, which has received (SCAP) validation.
Posted: August 15, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Configuration Management | Database Management | Desktop Management | Endpoint Security | Enterprise Content Management | Network Performance | Operational Support Systems | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - Medium enterprises continue to struggle in their efforts to find and deploy an effective systems management solution scaled to their needs. KACE has developed this guide to help articulate that buyer's criteria.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Configuration Management | Enterprise | Inventory Management | Security | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - How an IT department addresses infrastructure changes has a direct impact on the value it brings to the business. In this white paper, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) examines how organizations can develop effective deployment strategies.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Configuration Management | Enterprise | Inventory Management | IT Managers | Patch Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper shows how NETCONF and YANG can be employed to make next-generation configuration management systems considerably simpler, more understandable, and more robust than current systems.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  Configuration Management | Network Management | Network Management Software | Systems Integration | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management | Systems Management Software | Vendors | XML

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the major categories of security requirements and compliance under MiFID and how they relate to Tripwire.
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Published: August 13, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | Information Security | Patch Management | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Tripwire combines configuration assessment with change auditing to achieve and a known and trusted state, this ensures the integrity of your IT configurations by comparing them against internal policies, compliance standards and security best practices.
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Published: August 13, 2008


Topics:  Configuration Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Financial Services Industry | IT Spending | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Security

PODCAST - This podcast will explore some of the key issues in managing changes across 5 system SAP landscapes, discuss current manual methods of managing these changes, and look at the value of change control technology in these situations.
Posted: August 11, 2008 | Premiered: August 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Configuration Management | ERP | SAP (Product) | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores some of the considerations and pitfalls for purchasing a CMDB tool before taking the final leap and provides a common sense approach to evaluating the direction in which your company is heading.
Posted: August 11, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | CMDB | Configuration Management | ITIL | Mainframe Operating Systems | Purchasing | ROI

WHITE PAPER - While firms have used different business strategies to insulate themselves from the effect of change, CEOs are beginning to recognize the need for their firms to become more agile in detecting and making the changes to strategy, operations, and products.
Posted: August 6, 2008 | Published: November 12, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Change Management | Configuration Management | Enterprise | Manufacturing Industry | PLM | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains how Software Reuse and its underlying fundamentals have evolved dramatically. It also discusses the benefits of constructing critical enterprise software applications through reusable parts.
Posted: July 30, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Change Management | Collaboration | Configuration Management | SOA | Software | Software Configuration Management | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides a high-level overview of a range of change control challenges specific to 5 system landscapes and offers a safe and flexible approach to managing change using Rev-Trac change control technology.
Posted: July 29, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Change Management | Collaboration | Configuration Management | SAP (Product) | Testing

WHITE PAPER - View this white paper and learn how Network Change and Configuration Management is helping to reshape infrastructure management toward a more strategic, process-aligned discipline with a range of benefits.
Posted: July 29, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Infrastructure Management | Network Configuration Management Software | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - Learn how Symantec Network Access Control can provide the secret to NAC success by offering a practical, phased implementation approach and by aligning NAC with business requirements.</
Posted: July 29, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Access Control Software | Authentication | Configuration Management | IEEE | LAN | Network Management | VPN | WLAN Access Points

WHITE PAPER - At Lumension Security are experts are in tune with the latest security problems posed by virtualization. In a new and largely untested IT world it is necessary to apply security at every stage of the process, keeping it safe from hackers and data breaches
Posted: July 25, 2008 | Published: July 7, 2008


Topics:  Configuration Management | Disaster Recovery | Firewall Management | Integration Server Software | Security Software | Server Virtualization | VMware | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - LogRhythm has extensive experience in helping organizations improve their overall security and compliance posture while reducing costs, it automatically performs the first level of log analysis and also ensures you to meet your reporting requirements.
Posted: July 25, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Compliance Audits | Configuration Management | IT Infrastructure | Logic Analyzers | Security

BOOK - Mobile Device Management ForDummies is your guide to the management and security of mobile computing equipment such as laptops and handheld devices. You get the lowdown on enterprise mobile device management and how Sybase Afaria can help you.
Posted: July 17, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Configuration Management | Inventory Management | Laptop Computers | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Device Management Software | Mobile Workers | Security | Security Best Practices | Security Software

WEBCAST - Our featured speaker, Chris Martersteck, of PSMJ Resources Inc. will take you through the main components of project success to achieve both client satisfaction and increased profitability.
Posted: July 16, 2008 | Premiered: April 29, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Change Management | Collaboration | Configuration Management | Distribution Centers | ERP | ERP Software | Manufacturing Software | Project Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management | Supply Chains | Warehouse Management

SOFTWARE LISTING - Telelogic Tau® is a Model Driven Development™ environment for systems and applications analysis, design, development, and testing using industry standards including Unified Modeling Language™.
Posted: July 11, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Configuration Management | Regulatory Compliance | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper will explore the role of advanced configuration and change management solutions in supporting agile software development. It will also discuss how helping the IT department will help organizations to reach their full potential.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2007


Topics:  Best Practices | Change Management | Communicator (Software) | Compliance Software | Configuration Management | Customer Satisfaction | Dashboards | Enterprise | Regulations | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - Roundtrip Traceability enhances quality in the software development lifecycle (SDL). This provides stakeholders and their customers with the ability to assess the impact of a change and report and monitor development to ensure continuous improvement.
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: July 10, 2008


Topics:  Auditing (Finance) | CobiT | Configuration Management | Customer Satisfaction | Dashboards | ITIL | SOA | Software Development Tools | Testing

WHITE PAPER - EMA has culled through 1000+ pieces of advice to identify 10 best practices to help you succeed with your CMDB project. This paper details these tips, highlights key findings from EMA research, and shares practical advice directly from your peers.
Posted: July 8, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | CMDB | Configuration Management | IT Management | IT Service Management | ITIL