business practices

Whitepapers

The Keys to the Kingdom: Limiting Active Directory Administrators

May 9, 2013 12:00am PDT

Allowing data center server operators to be Active Directory domain administrators is a common practice—and a potentially damaging security risk. The challenge is balancing directory security with...

Provided by: Quest Software, now a part of Dell

Whitepapers

Defender - The Right Way to Prove Identity and Establish Trust

May 9, 2013 12:00am PDT

Proving the identity of the other party in an e-transaction or exchange of information is a critical security challenge. So what are today’s best identity solutions? And can they be seamlessly...

Provided by: Quest Software, now a part of Dell

EBooks

Big Data Analytics eBook

May 8, 2013 12:00am PDT

This book brings a practitioner’s view to Big Data Analytics. Download this ebook to read a practical viewpoint into leveraging analytics for Big Data. This book also draws material from a large...

Provided by: IBM

Whitepapers - Video

Application Virtualization: Powerful Delivery or Problematic Distraction?

May 8, 2013 12:00am PDT

Virtualizing applications is on track to become the standard for automating desktop management. With virtualized apps, new software requests can become self-service installations, and uninstalling...

Provided by: Quest Software, Inc., now a part of Dell

Whitepapers

Practical Enterprise Mobility

May 2, 2013 12:00am PDT

In the traditional IT model of a few years ago, when the employees of a company needed to access an enterprise application or business related data, the employee was almost always located in a...

Provided by: Mobile Helix

Whitepapers

Best Practices for an Active Directory Migration

May 2, 2013 12:00am PDT

An Active Directory migration can be complex. You must first understand your source environment at the domain and the object level to make good decisions and minimize the data you need to move....

Provided by: Quest Software

Whitepapers

Mastering AD Migrations

May 2, 2013 12:00am PDT

Get your Active Directory migration right the first time Your IT infrastructure depends on Active Directory. But each new release of Windows Server means you either update the network operating...

Provided by: Quest Software

Blog Post

Learn BYOD policy best practices from templates

May 1, 2013 6:03am PDT

No two BYOD policies are or should be alike. Here are four BYOD policy templates that might help you seed your BYOD policy discussion and development process.

Whitepapers

An Explication of Secret Sharing Schemes With General Access Structure

May 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

The basic idea in secret sharing is to divide the secret key into pieces, also called as 'Shares' and distribute the pieces to different persons so that certain subsets of the persons can get...

Provided by: International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology (IJAET)

Whitepapers

Cloud Computing: A Revolution in Communication

May 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Now-a-days cloud computing is an emerging area and it replace grid computing. Cloud computing elaborate that how to utilize computer resources on network. In fact it is the market model that...

Provided by: Creative Commons

Whitepapers

PAPR Reduction Technique Using Advanced Peak Windowing Method of OFDM System

May 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

PAPR reduction techniques, peak windowing found its way into practical implementation without side information while maintaining a good spectral characteristic compared with the clipping method....

Provided by: International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering (IJSCE)

Whitepapers

QoS and Cost Aware Service Brokering Using Pattern Based Service Selection in Cloud Computing

May 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

In this paper an effective services selection mechanism has been introduced for creating a practically useful Service Broker. Selection of Services is based on characteristics such as performance,...

Provided by: International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering (IJSCE)

Whitepapers

Planning for and Managing the Future of Your Network

May 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

When it comes to planning your network, you need to take into account the network design, security and best practices for network management. In this white paper, you’ll learn the ins and outs of...

Provided by: Quest Software, now a part of Dell

Whitepapers

Mobile application monitoring breeds business possibilities

April 30, 2013 12:00am PDT

Mobile applications are radically altering the way businesses operate and how they interact with their employees and customers. The way applications are managed is going to have to change as well....

Provided by: Hewlett-Packard (HP)

Whitepapers

Ensuring High Availability of Your Active Directory Forest

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

The failure of even a portion of your Active Directory forest has serious consequences across a wide swath of your organization’s capabilities, such as sales tools, email and more. Do you know...

Provided by: Quest Software, now a part of Dell

Whitepapers

Monitoring Physical Threats in the Data Center

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Traditional methodologies for monitoring the data center environment are no longer sufficient. With technologies such as blade servers driving up cooling demands and regulations such as...

Provided by: APC by Schneider Electric

Whitepapers

Impact of Hot and Cold Aisle Containment on Data Center Temperature and Efficiency

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Both hot-air and cold-air containment can improve the predictability and efficiency of traditional data center cooling systems. While both approaches minimize the mixing of hot and cold air, there...

Provided by: APC by Schneider Electric

Whitepapers

Cooling Entire Data Centers Using Only Row Cooling

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Row cooling is emerging as a practical total cooling solution for new data centers due to its inherent high efficiency and predictable performance. Yet some IT equipment in data centers appears...

Provided by: APC by Schneider Electric

Whitepapers

Data Center Temperature Rise During a Cooling System Outage

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

The data center architecture and its IT load significantly affect the amount of time available for continued IT operation following a loss of cooling. Some data center trends such as increasing...

Provided by: APC by Schneider Electric

Whitepapers

Practical Options for Deploying IT Equipment in Small Server Rooms & Branch Offices

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Small server rooms and branch offices are typically unorganized, unsecure, hot, unmonitored, and space constrained. These conditions can lead to system downtime or, at the very least, lead to...

Provided by: APC by Schneider Electric