WHITE PAPER - The purpose of continuity planning is not to create a paper document, but a recovery capability for the organization.
Posted: November 26, 2008 | Published: November 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Processes | Change Management | Disaster Recovery | Testing

WHITE PAPER - This module provides an overview of the context of contemporary business continuity planning, and will explain the root causes of unplanned interruption events and the role of planners in preventing them or minimizing their business impact.
Posted: November 26, 2008 | Published: November 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Change Management | Data Management | Disaster Recovery | IT Infrastructure | Testing

WHITE PAPER - A tool designed to handle database change management tasks can simplify processes, streamline complex tasks, reduce the chance for errors, and minimize downtime.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Applications Management | Change Management | Database Administrators | Databases | XML

WHITE PAPER - Data center professionals can rid themselves of messy racks, sub-standard under floor air distribution, and cable sprawl with a minimum of heartache and expense. This paper outlines several innovative approaches.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Rack Enclosures | Routing | UPS

WHITE PAPER - This paper gives a brief overview on how a complete network inventory assessment can improve the health & security of network.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management Services | Change Management | Configuration Management | Inventory Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Performance | Regulatory Compliance | Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines the impact large change programs have on working relations with external parties and discusses what strategies telecom companies can employ to avoid the pitfalls associated with transformation and migration.
Posted: November 17, 2008 | Published: November 17, 2008


Topics:  Business Service Management | Change Management | Enterprise | Government Agencies (U.S.) | IP | SLA | Telecommunications Industry | Telecommunications Management Software | Telecommunications Networks

WHITE PAPER - This paper addresses the benefits of working with a managed service provider with the right experience to handle the management and transformation of enterprise voice and data networks and bring powerful strategic advantages to today's businesses.
Posted: November 17, 2008 | Published: November 17, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | CIOs | Communications Systems | Enterprise Architectures | Outsourcing | Telecommunications Service Providers | Unified Messaging | VoIP | WAN | Wireless Networks

WHITE PAPER - This paper summarizes the benefits of using HP software throughout the SAP application lifecycle, while focusing primarily on ensuring a smooth implementation, upgrade and goes live with SAP applications.
Posted: November 7, 2008 | Published: November 7, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Change Management | Databases | IT Infrastructure | Quality Control | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Learn how virtualization and automation in the data center will lead to better customerexperience, reduced environmental impact and increased capacity for future services.
Posted: October 31, 2008 | Published: October 30, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | ITIL | ROI | Security | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Centralized management approach has enabled Leapfrog to standardize its core processes and automate routine tasks to develop a scalable and repeatable model for IT support.
Posted: October 31, 2008 | Published: October 30, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Processes | Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper serves as a guideline for Vista migration projects, highlights the key challenges and cautions and outlines an ideal approach to successfully migrate to Windows Vista.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: July 22, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Change Management | Productivity | Security | Testing | Windows Vista

WHITE PAPER - Database Activity Monitoring is an extremely valuable tool for compliance and security; it is critical to the emerging practice of information-centric security.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 17, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Databases | Network Monitoring | Security | VPN | Vulnerability Assessments

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains ITIL by describing its benefits, where it comes from, why you need to know about it, which types of IT organization can benefit from using it, and how to get started.
Posted: October 14, 2008 | Published: October 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Service Management | ITIL | ROI

WHITE PAPER - Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is about more than just services -- it's about the various artifacts and assets that relate to and affect a service or set of services.
Posted: October 14, 2008 | Published: October 26, 2006


Topics:  Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | Policy Management | SOA | SOA Governance | Testing

WHITE PAPER - Change and Configuration Management (CCM) tools and processes have become rather commonplace in today's business community as an effective way to gain control of dynamic IT environments.
Posted: October 14, 2008 | Published: October 14, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Change Management | CMDB | Configuration Management | Middleware | Security

WHITE PAPER - Read this whitepaper to learn seven practical steps that IT organizations can take to mitigate the unique security challenges of virtualization. While some are directed specifically at virtualized environments, many of these steps are best practices.
Posted: October 10, 2008 | Published: April 1, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Asset Management Services | Change Management | Information Security | Risk Management | Security Threats | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This SearchCIO.com and SearchSecurity.com E-guide offers an explanation of the requirements of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and best practices for ensuring compliance with it.
Posted: October 8, 2008 | Published: October 8, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Credit Cards | Data Security | Identity Theft | Information Security | Network Security | Payment Card Industry | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Risk Assessment

WHITE PAPER - Cross-domain analytics provides huge advantages to IT managers who are fed up with the fact that by fixing one thing they often cause unknown problems with another and cause key processes to fail.
Posted: October 7, 2008 | Published: October 7, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Change Management | Data Center Management | Data Centers | ERP | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses the significant impact of agile development techniques on the business analyst community. Gain insight into the skills required by analysts for effective agile development, as well as the steps for a transition to agile...
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Collaboration | Software Best Practices | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Methodologies | Software Project Management | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide offers advice on the business value, cost and timing and explains how to build a virtual test lab to ensure your Windows shop is adequately prepared for the migration to Windows Server 2008.
Posted: September 29, 2008 | Published: September 27, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Database Management | Database Security | ROI | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SMBs | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses, Business Change Management, Data Change Management, and Cultural Change Management. These are the three main categories of change management that accompany any Master Data Management (MDM) effort.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Change Management | Customer Data Management | Data Integration | Data Quality | Data Warehouses | Knowledge Management | Master Data Management | Policy-Based Network Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains the rationale behind the need to have in place a solid change management program in support of an ERP initiative or other growth and expansion initiative.
Posted: September 22, 2008 | Published: September 22, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Change Management | ERP | Manufacturing | ROI | Training

WHITE PAPER - This white paper introduces the steps that organizations must take to improve their systems and software development processes, by implementing key best practices and uniting development teams with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 19, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Best Practices | Change Management | Collaboration | Enterprise | Financial Services Industry | SOA | Software | Software Configuration Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper details the challenges and solutions available for companies wanting to improve their software development process, reduce costs, improve quality. It also presents examples of companies that have successfully implemented Strategic QA.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 19, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Quality Control | Software Development Life-Cycles | Software Development Tools | Software Quality Assurance | Software Testing

WHITE PAPER - This white paper addresses five of the most important change management challenges that CIOs have to meet and how organizations can turn these challenges into a business advantage.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 19, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Change Management | ITIL | Productivity | Security | Six Sigma | Software Configuration Management | Software Maintenance