WHITE PAPER - Deduplication storage is quickly becoming the standard for disk-based backup and nearline storage use in enterprise data centers across many industries.
Posted: August 26, 2008 | Published: August 26, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Data Security | Enterprise | Financial Services | ROI | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper discusses Desktop Virtualization and the impact on desktop management.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Desktop Management | Help Desks | Password Management Software | Passwords | Personalization | ROI | Security Software | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains the business value associated with the movement from a nonvirtualized server infrastructure to a server where hypervisor technology is an integral component of the overall system.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Change Management | Data Centers | Data Migration | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Systems | TCO | Testing | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - In this whitepaper learn about the latest notebook and desktop PCs with IntelvPro technology. It builds on proven capabilities to enable even greater proactive security, enhanced maintenance, and improved remote management.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management Services | Hardware | LAN | Remote Network Management | Security | TCO | VPN | Wireless Computing

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Learn how to reduce your desktop and server costs for messaging and collaboration with Lotus Domino 8 and Open Collaboration Client Solution (OCCS) on Red Hat™ Enterprise Linux®.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Collaboration | Enterprise Systems | Linux | Linux Server Hardware | Lotus Notes | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This analysis presented by Symplified, shows the compelling Software as a Service (SaaS) Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) advantages over software, driving identity lifecycle costs down by more than 75% based on real-world data. Read this paper to learn more
Posted: August 19, 2008 | Published: August 19, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Models | Cost Benefit Analysis | Disaster Recovery | IT Infrastructure | Security | Software | Software as a Service | TCO

VIDEOCAST - In this presentation, virtualization expert Barb Goldworm provides an in-depth introduction to virtualization, showing how and where virtual technology can add value to IT infrastructure.
Posted: August 18, 2008 | Premiered: August 18, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | IT Infrastructure | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | TCO | Vendor Selection | Vendors

CASE STUDY - This case study tracks the success of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as they faced enormous growth in production SAP, Microsoft Exchange, and file-sharing environments and details how they handled the resulting problems.
Posted: August 15, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Backups | ERP | File Sharing Protocols | Information Management | Microsoft Exchange | NAS | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product) | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper examines the 10 most important considerations associated with CRM selection and discusses how both on-demand and on-premise deployments impact upon them.
Posted: August 14, 2008 | Published: August 14, 2008


Topics:  CRM | Customer Data Management | Customer Interaction Services | Customer Service | Disaster Recovery | Security | SMBs | TCO | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This IDC white paper presents the results of an IDC study, sponsored by IBM, that quantifies and compares the total cost of ownership (TCO) of in-house portals.
Posted: August 12, 2008 | Published: December 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Development | Application Integration | Business Processes | Networking | TCO | WebSphere

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper discusses how VLA is transforming the test and development lab, and provides best practices for automating the test and dev process to maintain or strengthen your competitive advantage by getting better products to market faster.
Posted: August 11, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | ISVs | Software | TCO | Testing | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This document give decision makers the needed information to evaluate, plan, and perform an upgrade to the SAP ERP 6.0 application. It also introduces the tools and services SAP offers during the transition to this new enterprise software.
Posted: August 6, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Enterprise | Enterprise Applications Software | ERP | TCO

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, learn how to ease the migration to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 by implementing a migration manager to help with consolidation, database migration, downtime and cost.
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Data Integration | Data Management | Database Management | Microsoft Office | ROI | Server Consolidation | Software Configuration Management | Software Migration | Software Upgrades | SQL Server | TCO

PODCAST - In this expert Podcast, Nik Simpson, analyst with The Burton Group, discusses trends in green storage, distinguishing industry hype from what storage managers are actually doing in the real world.
Posted: August 1, 2008 | Premiered: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Storage | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Provisioning | Storage Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - In this whitepaper learn how Desktop 2.0 allows users and IT organizations to decouple the user's work environment. The result is a dramatic improvement in technology ROI, and an enhanced capability to enable new business opportunities.
Posted: July 31, 2008 | Published: July 24, 2008


Topics:  AJAX | Desktop Management | GUI | Hardware | IT Infrastructure | ROI | Server Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper discusses how the virtual data warehouse appliance eliminates the need for proprietary hardware and combines the price/performance of Intel-based processors, open source software and low-cost disk storage in a single unit.
Posted: July 28, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Centers | Data Warehouses | ERP | Licensing | Storage Systems | Supply Chains | TCO | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - Kognitio WX2 offers unparalleled performance delivering business insight and an attractive price/performance ratio. This paper will review the importance of increased analytical performance, data management improvements and reduced cycle times
Posted: July 28, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Processes | Data Management | Enterprise | Manufacturing | Marketing | Sales | TCO | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - The data warehouse appliance concept delivers a number of benefits to the customer that cannot be achieved using conventional warehouse technologies. This paper presents seven myths about data warehouse appliances that you should know before purchasing.
Posted: July 28, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Data Warehouses | Hardware | Investments | IT Managers | ROI | Scalability Testing | TCO | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - ServiceNet network appliance, Sonoa Systems offers a next-generation platform that enables SaaS providers to offer APIs with secure data protection, flexible access control and interoperability.
Posted: July 28, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Access Control Software | Authentication | Compliance Software | Continuous Data Protection | Data Security | Interface Design | IP | Network Security | Software as a Service | TCO | Web Services

BOOK - This paper discusses the benefit of an investment in virtualization technology while limiting the amounts of overhead and costs related to manual administration.
Posted: July 28, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Centers | ROI | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software | Systems Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - High-density rack-mounted servers reduce space, cooling, networking, cabling, and management costs - as well as total power consumption - compared to low-density configurations having far few servers per rack.
Posted: July 24, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Centers | Financial Services | Information Security | Productivity | Server Consolidation | TCO | UPS

WHITE PAPER - TCO represents the cost to the owner to build, as well as the cost over time to operate and maintain the data center, these costs are all brought back to a present value using appropriate engineering economics.
Posted: July 24, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Security | TCO | UPS

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides an in-depth look at the three types of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers: handheld, mobile, and fixed. These readers provide solutions that enable enterprises to truly maximize the value of RFID technology.
Posted: July 22, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Data Center Management | Handheld Devices | Inventory Management | Mobile Device Management | RFID | ROI | RTO | TCO | Warehouse Management

CASE STUDY - This paper describes NEI's holistic approach to integrating hardware, OS, management software and services, which enabled Intellitactics to accelerate the development and launch of their SAFE appliances.
Posted: July 22, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Systems | OEMs | Security Architectures | Security Hardware | Systems Maintenance | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This web utility is designed to show the savings organizations can realize by migrating from Solaris 8 or 9 on SPARC to Linux on x86 hardware.
Posted: July 22, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | Linux | Microprocessors | Open Source Software | TCO | UNIX | UNIX Server Hardware