WHITE PAPER - Global Knowledge and Red Hat have assembled 10 Tips and Tricks from Red Hat Certified Engineers® (RHCEs) to give you a quick reference guide to help you navigate Red Hat® Linux™ systems.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Enterprise | Linux | Memory | Productivity | RAID | USB

WHITE PAPER - The reason for the rise of 10GbE iSCSI is simple ‐ it offers the lowest cost of ownership and the highest performance among all SAN fabric alternatives. Read this white paper to learn more about these exciting developments.
Posted: August 31, 2010 | Published: August 31, 2010


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Enterprise | Ethernet Networks | Ethernet Protocols | Fibre Channel SAN | iSCSI SAN | NAS | Network Convergence | ROI | SAN

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, and adds significant management challenges. Read this informative white paper written by Enterprise Management Associates to learn what these challenges are as well as some of the solutions and strategies used to deal with them.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Platform as a service | Server Virtualization | Systems Operations

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses important questions for IT managers to ask as they consider deploying deduplication in a midrange data center.
Posted: July 23, 2010 | Published: July 23, 2010


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Deduplication | Data Management | Data Recovery | SMBs | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper will focus on the OpenSSH implementation, which was initially developed as part of the OpenBSD project and is installed by default on most modern BSD and Linux-based operating systems, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Authentication | Enterprise | FTP | Linux | SSH | Windows

ANALYST REPORT - One big area organizations often find easy ways to improve is in its facilities/real estate management. Cutting consumption translates into cost savings and helps the environment. Reducing your overall square footage reduces your electrical consumption and your carbon emissions. Read this analyst insight to learn how to get started.
Posted: January 29, 2010 | Published: November 1, 2009


Topics:  Buildings and Facilities | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Enterprise | Environmental Standards | ERP | Green Data Center | LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) | Power Consumption Monitoring

WHITE PAPER - This paper outlines the benefits and challenges of collaboration. It offers a guide to implementing an integrated collaboration environment based on Microsoft SharePoint and Dell servers with Intel processors that is designed for performance, availability, and the changing requirements of an SMB poised for growth.
Posted: March 31, 2010 | Published: March 31, 2010


Topics:  Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | Content Management Software | Data Management | Enterprise Computing | Multi-core Processors | Server Hardware | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - The need for customer insight and responsiveness to that insight is the foundation and driving rationale for the emerging CRM concept of continuous customer dialogue through multi-channel touchpoints.
Posted: December 5, 2008 | Published: December 5, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Call Centers | Customer Service | Enterprise | Marketing | Sales

WEBCAST - There is little doubt that Apple's iPad and iPhone will become valuable enterprise productivity tools. Watch this Sybase webcast and learn why IT departments should consider iPad and iPhone when planning new enterprise mobility strategies.
Posted: July 26, 2010 | Premiered: July 26, 2010


Topics:  Device Control Software | Enterprise | IT Departments | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Device Management Software | Mobile Workers | Productivity

WHITE PAPER - This paper outlines the critical requirements - reliability and availability, scalability, security, and performance - of an SMB messaging environment and describes and end-to-end messaging solution that meets those requirements.
Posted: May 1, 2010 | Published: April 29, 2010


Topics:  Email Server Software | Fax Software | Instant Messaging | Messaging Middleware | Messaging Software | Microsoft Exchange | Productivity | Server Hardware | Small Businesses | SMBs | Storage Hardware

WHITE PAPER - Laptops and other portable devices enable employees to connect to corporate assets anytime from anywhere, but they can also create a “mobile blind spot” in security. See how you can reap the benefits of mobility while protecting your corporate data.
Posted: August 26, 2010 | Published: August 25, 2010


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Endpoint Security | Enterprise | Laptop Computers | Managed Security Services | Security | Security Systems

WHITE PAPER - This technology brief investigates the processes and tools that are needed to provide complete enterprise visibility and WAN acceleration for high-priority traffic.
Posted: August 4, 2010 | Published: August 4, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Enterprise | IT Infrastructure | Productivity | Server Virtualization | WAN

TRIAL SOFTWARE - Data storage that is simple to setup, use and manage, easily expandable, and cost-effective vs traditional alternatives only available in enterprise storage.
Posted: August 23, 2010 | Published: August 23, 2010


Topics:  Data Security | Data Storage | Enterprise | iSCSI SAN | IT Departments | IT Management | RAID | Server Management | SMBs | VMware

VIDEO - Watch this video and learn how three small businesses experienced implementing their First Server. Learn how server-based networks helped these small businesses keep customer information protected, share communications, as well as re-alter their company website.
Posted: December 16, 2009 | Premiered: December 16, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | Collaboration | Information Security | IT Management | IT Spending | Networking | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management | Small Businesses

ANALYST REPORT - New research from TDWI ranks the strategies and tactics that BI and data warehousing teams have used to stretch their budgets in a down economy and charts the adoption rate of new technologies among small, midsize, and large companies. It also shows which types of incumbent BI/DW tools companies are most likely to replace in the next three years.
Posted: August 2, 2010 | Published: July 30, 2010


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | Databases | Economic Environment | ETL (Software) | ROI | SMBs | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Are you up to date on Government policies, regulations and agencies? You need to be informed about government-related subject areas, including National, State and Local Governments and Government Agencies, Government Information Security, and Compliance.
Posted: February 13, 2006 | Published: February 13, 2006


Topics:  eGovernment | Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 | Government Agencies (U.S.) | Government Information Security | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | HIPAA | Homeland Security | Public Administration | Public Sector | Regulations | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

WHITE PAPER - The evolution of consumer marketing causes everyone to think in new ways. Instead of reaching consumers through traditional media, Internet, product placement and word of mouth are good alternatives. Check out this paper for more information about integrated brand management.
Posted: February 1, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Advertising | Brand Loyalty | Business Intelligence | Consumer Market | Internet | Market Research | Marketing Information Systems | Sales and Marketing Software

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how a Dell First Server with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 supplies the basis of a secure, accessible, and collaborative organization.
Posted: April 22, 2010 | Published: April 22, 2010


Topics:  Collaboration | Collaborative Applications Software | Document Management | Remote Access Software | Remote Computing | Server Hardware | Server Management | Small Businesses | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - Reliability and availability, data protection, performance, and scalability are all essential characteristics of a database management system. This paper looks at each one of those characteristics in detail and offers an implementation guide for SMBs that require a highly reliable database environment.
Posted: May 1, 2010 | Published: April 29, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Data Management | Data Storage | Database Management | Database Management Software | Database Managers | Databases | Productivity | SMBs | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performace through the deployment of BI.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Customer Service | Financial Systems | Query Tools | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Process Management | Business Systems | Customer Satisfaction | Dashboards | Data Management | Decision Support Databases | OLAP | Reporting Software | SMBs | Spreadsheets

WHITE PAPER - The purpose of this business training white paper is to explain what BSM is and what it isn't and it will also describe BSM benefits.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 10, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Business Service Management | Databases | Enterprise | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | Training | Training and Educational Services | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - Enterprises have struggled with workload automation (WLA) implementation because of its complexities, dependencies, and costs. These obstacles existed primarily because WLA was simply not a mature technology. However, today WLA solutions are widely accessible and achievable. Read this paper to learn about the latest innovations.
Posted: February 8, 2010 | Published: February 8, 2010


Topics:  Auditing (Finance) | Enterprise | IT Service Centers | IT Service Management | Management Change | Platform as a service | Process Control Software

CASE STUDY - For this credit union, innovation and collaboration are key operating tenets and the teams really demonstrated that philosophy when it came to adopting virtualization. They knew there were cost benefits to virtualizing, but understood the risks of deploying without a well-laid plan for security. Read on to learn more.
Posted: August 6, 2010 | Published: August 6, 2010


Topics:  Application Security | Collaboration | Enterprise | Financial Services Industry | Firewall Management | Networking | Security Infrastructure | Security Management | Server Virtualization

CASE STUDY - Like many organizations in these times, IMC was looking to streamline operational costs by virtualizing its datacenter and DMZ. The challenge was to do so without disrupting critical ongoing communications and maintaining its multi-layered security approach for data protection and PCI compliance.
Posted: August 6, 2010 | Published: August 6, 2010


Topics:  Access Control | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Enterprise | Health Care Industry | Network Monitoring | Security | Security Policies | Server Virtualization | VMware