ANALYST BRIEF - CA cloud solutions accelerate your path to agility, efficiency, and control by helping you assemble, deliver, secure, assure, and support services across public and private cloud environments, spanning your diverse virtual and physical platforms. Continue reading to learn more.
Posted: July 28, 2010 | Published: July 28, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Cloud Computing | Platform as a service | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Server Virtualization

EGUIDE - Cloud computing alters enterprise risk. Here's what you need to know in order to safely navigate the cloud.
Posted: July 14, 2010 | Published: July 14, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Endpoint Security | IT Governance | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Risk Management | Security | Security Management | Security Threats | Software Selection

WEBCAST - Organizations need to be able to quickly recover failed servers and their data in the event of an outage.  Deploying a server recovery solution can save a company tens of thousands of dollars in lost productivity and lost business.
Posted: June 30, 2010 | Premiered: June 30, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Recovery | Data Security | Hybrid clouds | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing

WEBCAST - Being able to quickly recover failed servers and their data is important to any organization who intends to stay in business.
Posted: June 29, 2010 | Premiered: June 29, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Hybrid clouds | Online Backups | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Remote Backups | Storage Industry

WEBCAST - Tenzing's Director of Solutions Engineering, Raj Atwal with Doug Knoll from Learning Objects will address how to accelerate the development and delivery of SaaS applications using an enterprise cloud infrastructure.
Posted: June 29, 2010 | Premiered: June 29, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Hosting Services | Infrastructure Management | Networking | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Self-Service Applications Software | Software as a Service

ANALYST REPORT - VMware is helping make the promise of a self-service datacenter a reality with initiatives around cloud computing. The confusion and debate around "clouds" will linger for the foreseeable future, but VMware, as a leader in the industry, has the ability to provide the building blocks, create standards, and shape the future of cloud computing.
Posted: June 16, 2010 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Operating Systems | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VMware | VMware ESX

WEBCAST - Join WSO2’s award-winning CTO, Paul Fremantle, for this important Webinar. You’ll not only learn how to kick start your private cloud, but you’ll also deepen your understanding about the future of cloud computing across the industry. We look forward to hearing from you - and meeting with you on the Web! 
Posted: June 16, 2010 | Premiered: July 6, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Application Hosting | Cloud Computing | CTOs | Enterprise Applications Software | Platform as a service | Private cloud computing | ROI | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Now is the time to start evaluating your IT infrastructure and the role private or public cloud services might play for your company going forward. This white paper discusses the promise of cloud computing as well as the three types of cloud services and primary deployment models.
Posted: June 15, 2010 | Published: June 15, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Enterprise Computing | Platform as a service | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Software as a Service

EZINE - If there’s an overhyped term today, it is cloud computing. Cautiously optimistic might be one way to describe some of those attitudes presented in this edition of Enterprise CIO Decisions: Many see the benefits, but costs, risk and uncertainty still prevail. At the very least, cloud computing is forcing IT professionals to innovate.
Posted: June 10, 2010 | Published: June 10, 2010


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | CIOs | Cloud Computing | Disaster Recovery | Hybrid clouds | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - In economic times like these, leading companies are looking to cloud-computing applications and IT Help Desk is increasingly in demand. This paper outlines best practices for selecting cloud-computing solutions.
Posted: June 3, 2010 | Published: June 3, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Cloud Computing | Disaster Recovery | Help Desk Software | Help Desks | High Availability | Network Performance | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | SLA

WEBCAST - Attend this live webcast event to uncover the technical processes involved in setting up a hybrid multi-cloud environment including, installation and configuration steps. Gain insight into helpful tips and lessons to simplify building and operating your own cloud infrastructure. Watch this live webcast to get your cloud questions answered now.
Posted: June 1, 2010 | Premiered: June 23, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Hybrid clouds | IT Outsourcing Services | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing

EZINE - With the number of virtual machines increasing in the data center, backing up servers today has become much more than just copying data files. Take a look at how virtualization technologies have changed traditional backup strategies and examine some of the approaches that protect against issues like accidental file loss and server crashes.
Posted: June 1, 2010 | Published: June 1, 2010


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Capacity Planning | Continuous Data Protection | Data Center Management | Data Recovery | High Availability | Private cloud computing | Storage Capacity | Storage Resource Management | Systems Management | Virtual Machine Backups

ANALYST REPORT - Lower disk costs and bandwidth-optimized data transfer are fueling disk-to-cloud (D2C) and disk-to-disk-to-cloud (D2D2C) strategies. Iron Mountain’s LiveVault enables on- and off-premises data protection, providing midmarket and midsize enterprise companies with an alternative to tape-centric backup and recovery.
Posted: June 1, 2010 | Published: May 1, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Disk Backups | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Hybrid clouds | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing

WHITE PAPER - Poor application performance causes companies to lose customers, reduce employee productivity, and reduce bottom line revenue. Read this whitepaper to learn why scalability is the best solution to increasing and maintaining application performance in cloud computing environments.
Posted: May 26, 2010 | Published: May 26, 2010


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Applications Management Services | Caching | Capacity Planning | Cloud Computing | Load Balancing | Private cloud computing | Scalability Testing | Storage Provisioning

EBOOK - Cloud computing comes in different shapes and sizes, and the architecture used will have an impact on the network. Network managers must be involved in on the cloud architecture decision and must understand the impact that private, public, or hybrid clouds will have on the network. Read on to learn more about network planning for cloud computing.
Posted: May 26, 2010 | Published: May 26, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Grid Computing | Hybrid clouds | Network Architectures | Network Management | Network Managers | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Utility Computing

TRIAL SOFTWARE - BalancePoint is the ONLY solution that uses powerful analytics to correlate cross-domain infrastructure performance to solve problems faster. It allows companies to reduce costs and assure service levels as they advance through the stages of virtualization adoption and into private cloud computing.
Posted: May 21, 2010 | Published: May 21, 2010


Topics:  Microsoft Hyper-V | Network Performance | Private cloud computing | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Systems Management | Virtual Appliance | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes how to set up not just a simple private cloud, but a ‘cloud of clouds’ or ‘multi-cloud’, which is a computing environment that itself consists of separate virtual data centers or individual computing clouds (which could be internal or external/public) – all of which need to be managed as part of a larger environment.
Posted: May 19, 2010 | Published: May 18, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Hosting Services | Hybrid clouds | IT Outsourcing Services | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing

WHITE PAPER - This paper presents the building blocks for private cloud, which include virtualization, automation and cloud service management. Read on to learn more about each building block and how they can be used to create a successful private cloud.
Posted: May 3, 2010 | Published: May 3, 2010


Topics:  Autonomic Computing | Cloud Computing | Collaboration | Grid Computing | IT Service Management | Private cloud computing | Self-Service Applications Software | Utility Computing | Virtual Machine

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the requirements and provides guidance on leveraging the resultant capabilities to their full potential. The paper focuses on VMware environments because it represents the majority of virtualization implementations.
Posted: May 3, 2010 | Published: May 3, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Collaboration | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | IT Service Management | Private cloud computing | SLA | Virtual Machine | VM | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Many data centers are using the cloud to host applications and data storage but typically aren’t using the cloud to process effective batch computing workloads. Enterprise workload automation tools can give businesses a chance to take a much greater advantage of cloud computing. Read this whitepaper to learn how.
Posted: April 6, 2010 | Published: April 6, 2010


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation Software | Business Service Management | Cloud Computing | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Centers | Hybrid clouds | IT Outsourcing Services | Job Scheduling Software | Private cloud computing | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - Cloud computing is one of the latest computer and business industry buzz words. This paper will discuss the definition of cloud computing, the public or external cloud, the private or internal cloud, the evolution of cloud computing and more.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: March 17, 2010


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | IT Outsourcing Services | IT Spending | Network Management | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn the many benefits of cloud computing as well as the 10 security concerns that need to be addressed when considering moving critical applications and sensitive data to public and shared cloud environments.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Published: March 17, 2010


Topics:  Access Control | Business Continuity Planning | Cloud Computing | Disaster Recovery | IT Outsourcing Services | IT Services | Platform as a service | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Regulatory Compliance | SLA | Software as a Service

DATA SHEET - Cloud computing represents a tidal shift in the way IT infrastructure operates, enabling greater agility and lower costs for companies of all sizes. Learn how RightScale delivers the power of the cloud, whether you need a fast on-ramp or support for complex deployments across multiple clouds.
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Published: March 10, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Applications Management | Best Practices | Cloud Computing | CMDB | Hosting Services | IT Infrastructure | IT Outsourcing Services | IT Services | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - While some larger organizations continue to manage internal data center, many business managers are able to increase service levels, cover more users, and lower response times by outsourcing their out-dated server farms to third-party data centers and cloud computing providers. This white paper will define data centers and explore cloud networking.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Management | IT Outsourcing Services | IT Spending | Platform as a service | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Software as a Service | Utility Computing

EZINE - One barrier to the mass adoption of desktop virtualization is that users are often reluctant to surrender their highly personalized profiles. This issue of New Enterprise Desktop eZine takes a look at how user virtualization is breaking through this barrier-without taking away users' individuality.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Security | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Virtualization | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | User Needs Assessments | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Windows Server Software