WHITE PAPER - Aberdeen Group's Configuration Management Report identifies the approaches that leading companies take to manage their bills of material (BOMs) and product configurations.
Posted: February 7, 2008 | Published: March 30, 2007


Topics:  CAD/CAM Industry | Configuration Management | Manufacturing Execution Systems | Manufacturing Software | PLM Software | Product Development

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 provides some information on how Dorado Software can help organizations to more efficiently and cost effectively manage the various components of their IT infrastructure.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Configuration Management | Data Centers | Database Management | Infrastructure Management | Patch Management | Regulatory Compliance | Remote Access Security | SLA | Troubleshooting | Vendors

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 - Learn about a real-life example of how an automation architecture design that consolidates redundant, underperforming assets enabled one organization to meet the demands of an aggressive growth strategy while delivering high levels of service quality.
Posted: October 29, 2008 | Published: October 29, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Automation Software | Configuration Management | Customer Satisfaction | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Asset Management | ITIL | QOS

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 - Discover the capabilities your file integrity monitoring solution should have to effectively secure and control your virtual and physical IT infrastructures.
Posted: October 10, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Configuration Management | Data Quality | Data Security | File Management Programs | IT Infrastructure | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide covers best practices for managing security for virtualization, how the virtualization evolution may bring even greater security benefits down the road, and the growing trend of security configuration management.
Posted: October 10, 2008 | Published: April 22, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Configuration Management | Disaster Recovery | Risk Management | Security Management | Server Virtualization | Vendors | Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - One of the biggest challenges today for infrastructure administrators is how to provide a secure environment. This white paper provides administrators with the starting place for designing security into the App-V infrastructure.
Posted: October 1, 2008 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Configuration Management | IT Infrastructure | Networking | SAN | Security | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper provides administrators with the steps necessary to deploy configuration for the App-V client with Group Policies.
Posted: October 1, 2008 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Active Directory | Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Application Security | Applications Management Services | Configuration Management | Endpoint Security | Group Policy

WHITE PAPER - Enterprise Content Management (ECM) should be applied across the enterprise as a whole. This paper offers a disciplined, pragmatic approach to predicting and managing change across an enterprise, while delivering proven cost benefits and efficiency.
Posted: September 18, 2008 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Best Practices | Change Management | Configuration Management | Mergers and Acquisitions | Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides a thorough and detailed examination of a comprehensive requirements management solution. It summarizes the high level benefits of an effective requirements management approach and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
Posted: August 29, 2008 | Published: August 28, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Best Practices | Change Management | Collaboration | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | Productivity | Software Development Life-Cycles | Testing

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 - 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 being used in the Telecommunications industry.
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 | Telecommunications Carrier Systems | Telecommunications Hardware | Telecommunications Industry | Telecommunications Industry Organizations | Telecommunications Industry Standards Organizations | Telecommunications Infrastructure | Telecommunications Management Software | Telecommunications Networks | Telecommunications Regulations | Telecommunications Service Providers | Telecommunications Services | Telecommunications Software | Telecommunications Standards | Telecommunications Systems | Vendors | XML

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 - 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 - 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

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 - This whitepaper addresses the most common myths perceived about vulnerability management. Understanding the nature of vulnerability management allows organizations to better mitigate risk and strengthen the synergy between IT security and operations.
Posted: June 10, 2008 | Published: March 26, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | Endpoint Security | Enterprise | Network Security | Patch Management | Security Threats | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - Explore the benefits of ITIL and IT service management (ITSM) and how ITSM will give IT administrators the tools they need to get a handle on the costs, the value and increase the efficiencies of their operations.
Posted: June 4, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Change Management | Configuration Management | Inventory Management | IT Service Management | ITIL | Security Management

WHITE PAPER - To meet the increasing pressures of high availability and performance requirements, many IT groups are adopting IT Service Management ITSM, and change and configuration management CCM strategies. This paper lays out successful approaches.
Posted: February 27, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | CMDB | Configuration Management | Disaster Recovery | ESB | IT Service Management | ITIL | Network Management | Software Maintenance