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Tangible Return on Investment From Virtual Infrastructure

March 15, 2013 12:00am PDT

Loughborough University is the premier U.K. institution for sport, and home to more than 40 research bodies and centers. Their challenges were confirm IT project benefits with detailed total cost...

Provided by: Microsoft

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Trust Management Model For Cloud Computing Environment

March 15, 2013 12:00am PDT

Software as a Service or (SaaS) is a new software development and deployment paradigm over the cloud and offers Information Technology services dynamically as "On-demand" basis over the internet....

Provided by: Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center

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Is configuration management your IT project's missing link?

March 14, 2013 9:01am PDT

Eddie R. Williams lists 10 steps for establishing the configuration management your IT project needs.

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IDC Analyst Paper - Expert Integrated Systems: A Next Generation Computing Platform

March 13, 2013 12:00am PDT

Expert integrated systems: A next-generation computing platform From standalone systems to virtualization, computing has come a long way. Now, with advances in converged systems and integrated...

Provided by: IBM

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IBM PureApplication System Data Sheet

March 13, 2013 12:00am PDT

IBM PureApplication System arrives ready to go with expert integration. Resilient, secure, scalable infrastructure Single point of management Integrated monitoring and maintenance...

Provided by: IBM

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vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS): What It Is and Why You Should Use It

March 13, 2013 12:00am PDT

For years, vSphere has had alarms to let you know when things are above or below thresholds you specify. The problem is that these thresholds are static; you set a value and are notified if it is...

Provided by: Global Knowledge

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The Bloor Group white paper : Smart Storage in the Age of the Cloud

March 11, 2013 12:00am PDT

In the Bloor Group’s annual review of the IT industry, it has been identified three major IT trends. None of them could have caused much of a surprise. They were: The growth of cloud computing...

Provided by: IBM Australia

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Clipper Group Whitepaper : Storage Efficiency - Achieve up to 40% reduction in cost per TB

March 10, 2013 12:00am PST

When you go into the supermarket do you ever wonder how many different products are on the shelves? Do you wonder how they determine what goes on each shelf? All of the shelves are shared among...

Provided by: IBM Australia

Blog Post

Samsung gets serious about data security with KNOX

March 8, 2013 8:01am PST

Jack Wallen takes a look at Samsung KNOX, a comprehensive and secure mobile solution for the enterprise.

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Quantifying the benefits of HP Server Automation

March 8, 2013 12:00am PST

With an increasing need to improve IT efficiency and reduce costs, IT professionals are turning to server automation in order to meet business demands. But how much automation is appropriate, and...

Provided by: Hewlett-Packard (HP)

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Enlightened data center automation in the cloud age

March 8, 2013 12:00am PST

A data center automation strategy should be priority number one before making any move to the cloud. Automation is required for taking advantage of the cloud model, and the key to achieving the...

Provided by: Hewlett-Packard (HP)

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How to automate hybrid delivery in three steps

March 8, 2013 12:00am PST

Having your head in the clouds isn't necessarily a bad thing these days. Organizations of all sizes and industries are finding that cloud computing technologies and services help them meet today's...

Provided by: Hewlett-Packard (HP)

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Data center automation: a natural evolution

March 8, 2013 12:00am PST

A data center automation strategy should be priority number one before making any move to the cloud. Automation is required for taking advantage of the cloud model, and the key to achieving the...

Provided by: Hewlett-Packard (HP)

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Getting Started With Localization: Launching Your Software Into a Global Marketplace

March 7, 2013 12:00am PST

Creativity has a tendency to cluster. It's no secret that urban centers play home to a majority of startup companies and product launches. Silicon Valley and New York are the classic examples of...

Provided by: Transifex

Discussion Threads

Six tips for negotiating contracts with SaaS vendors

March 6, 2013 8:37am PST

Six tips for negotiating contracts with SaaS vendors article root SAS70 is out of date The reference to having the SaaS provider have a SAS70 needs to be updated. 1st A SAS70 type II, is someone...

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The Top Five Epic Fails of Endpoint Backup

March 6, 2013 12:00am PST

Traditional backup protected information stored on servers in data centers, and it was very manageable. But with mobile workers, BYOD and IT consumerization, backup now is an unpredictable,...

Provided by: Code 42 Software

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The Top 5 Epic Fails of Endpoint Backup

March 6, 2013 12:00am PST

Traditional backup protected information stored on servers in data centers, and it was very manageable. But with mobile workers, BYOD and IT consumerization, backup now is an unpredictable,...

Provided by: Code 42 Software

Case Studies

Smooth Migration for Belgian ICT Shared Service Organization

March 6, 2013 12:00am PST

Smals is a Belgian ICT shared service organization specializing in infrastructure and applications for public institutions in social security and healthcare. Their challenges were to reduce costs...

Provided by: Cisco

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DHR-CCN, Distributed Hierarchical Routing for Content Centric Network

March 6, 2013 12:00am PST

The goal of Content Centric Network (CCN) is to provide high-efficient mechanism to store the content which is widely stored at the network center and edge. Content name, rather than IP, is used...

Provided by: Beijing Jiaotong University