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White Papers
Bel-Art: A Case Study in IT Efficiency
Nov 2011
Bel-Art Products is a leader in plastics and specialty products for laboratories. But their IT infrastructure was falling behind. Learn how virtualization and other technologies helped them reduce...
Provided by CDW & VMware
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e-Books
eBook: A Guide to Modern IT Disaster Recovery
Aug 2011
This online eBook provides insight and advice on how to build an effective disaster recovery strategy in the evolving world of virtual infrastructures, while mitigating the impact of so-called...
Provided by VMware
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Whitepapers
Ultra High-Speed Wide Area Data Transport
Jan 2013
Achieving maximum throughput over 10Gbps WANs with leading, high-performance storage systems. This paper first explores the various fundamental bottlenecks of TCP that impair conventional...
Provided by Aspera
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White Papers
Moving to Virtualization: A Guide to What's Possible from VMware
Jun 2010
Did you know that over the next year, 50% of small and midsized businesses are moving to virtualization? That's because virtualization allows businesses to run multiple operating systems and...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Understanding the Cloud Computing Stack: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
Aug 2011
Cloud Computing is a broad term that describes a broad range of services. As with other significant developments in technology, many vendors have seized the term "Cloud" and are using it for...
Provided by Rackspace Hosting
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White Papers
5 Hidden Costs of Using "Free" and Legacy Tools for Support
Nov 2011
Traditional remote access and meeting tools were not designed as remote support tools for helpdesks and IT professionals. Do you know what hidden costs their lack of helpdesk-specific management...
Provided by LogMeIn
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Whitepapers
BYOD is here to stay.
Aug 2012
The BYOD phenomenon is hitting the mainstream--and drawing the watchful eyes of IT managers everywhere. As the trend matures, it turns out that workers are using their devices to integrate their...
Provided by LifeSize Communications, Inc.
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White Papers
Cloudonomics: The Economics of Cloud Computing
Aug 2011
There are many reasons for organizations to move from traditional IT infrastructure to Cloud Computing. One of the most cited benefits is the economics of the Cloud. Yet while many people point...
Provided by Rackspace Hosting
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Whitepapers
When Infrastructure Really Matters, A Focus on High-End Storage
Nov 2012
This Clipper Group paper provides a pragmatic analysis about the undeniable importance of mission critical infrastructure. The DS8870, the newest member of the DS8000 enterprise storage family,...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
ZDNet Asia IT Priorities 2013 Report
Mar 2013
For this annual research study by ZDNet, Asian IT decision makers participated in an online survey to outline their key investments and priorities for the year, highlighting plans to optimize...
Provided by ZDNet
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Whitepapers
eBook: Five Things You Need to Know Today about Disaster Recovery Planning
Sep 2012
When was the last time you looked at your disaster recovery plan? What do you expect would happen if the ceiling collapsed in your data center? This free eBook outlines five important topics that...
Provided by Attachmate
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Downloads
Web Help Desk
Dec 2012
Satisfying customers isn't as simple as keeping phone lines open 24/7. Customer support is an intricate process that needs to be fully backed by intelligent IT solutions and strategy. By...
Provided by SolarWinds
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Whitepapers
Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure for Dummies
Jan 2012
Cloud computing, and specifically Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), offers many benefits to an enterprise. Cloud computing has matured into a production grade model for the enterprise. When...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
The Value of ITIL® Certification
Jan 2013
The professional certification industry has grown significantly in conjunction with increased growth of various aspects of the information technology field. The Information Technology...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
The Future of Cloud Computing Planning Guide
Sep 2011
If the question hasn't come up yet in your organization, it probably will. How do you build a private cloud for your organization? Cloud computing is one of the top three priorities this year for...
Provided by Intel Corporation
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Whitepapers
IDC Analyst Whitepaper: Embracing Consumerisation with Confidence
Dec 2011
In this white paper, analyst IDC explores the key converging market dynamics driving the consumerisation of IT. We then examine some of the significant opportunities and challenges that this...
Provided by Trend Micro Australia
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White Papers
Architectural Strategies for Cloud Computing
Aug 2009
Opportunities for improving IT efficiency and performance through centralization of resources have increased dramatically in the last few years with the maturation of technologies such as SOA,...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Why ITIL® Is Important
Mar 2012
This paper discuss several concepts and techniques that ITIL promotes, including ensuring accountability, defining and enforcing boundaries, and conducting consistent and predictable activities in...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
Simplifying Server Virtualization
Nov 2011
In today's uncertain business world, companies are asking IT to do more with less. Technology needs to be more efficient than ever. This white paper shows how server virtualization can help. It...
Provided by CDW & VMware
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Whitepapers
802.1X Explained
Oct 2012
BYOD (Bring your own Device) is the term we have tried to put in the furthest, darkest place in our mind. Why do we react this way? The answer is that change scares us. Today, we are going to...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Making Choices with DNS-Based Traffic Management
Nov 2012
Uptime is the bottom line and Dyn.com Chief Scientist Tom Daly explains how to use managed DNS to accelerate, deliver and protect your website's content and traffic. Learn benefits and concepts of...
Provided by Dyn
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Whitepapers
Building a Successful Roadmap to the Cloud
Jan 2013
Developing a roadmap for your cloud strategy doesn't have to be daunting. It just takes a little planning, homework and collaboration. Read this IBM-sponsored white paper from Frost & Sullivan to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Cloud enabled business model innovation
May 2013
Companies worldwide are beginning to recognize cloud’s capabilities to generate new business models and promote sustainable competitive advantage. To manage and respond to these market pressures,...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Top 5 Reasons to Replace your Remote Support Tool
Nov 2011
Even if you have a remote support tool, the changing demands of business may necessitate a change. Now may be the time to reevaluate your remote support to add new capabilities, increase...
Provided by LogMeIn
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Whitepapers
Virtualization 101
Jan 2012
This white paper defines virtualization and focuses on how certain trends, such as server virtualization, are changing the datacenter. We'll look at what makes virtualization so compelling to...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Case Studies
Bharti Airtel Case Study
Mar 2008
IBM worked with Bharti Airtel, India's leading telecom, to create an innovative model for IT delivery. For CIO Jai Menon, it means he can now focus more on launching and creating new revenue...
Provided by IBM
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Research
Amazon Web Services: A guide to Amazon's cloud
Jun 2012
Amazon launched its cloud in 2006 and since then it has come to dominate the industry. Amazon's APIs are a de facto standard, as almost any popular start-up you care to name has used its services....
Provided by ZDNet
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White Papers
Managed Services Demystified - An Overview for Telecom Service Providers
Aug 2006
Facing increasing competition and commoditization from traditional telecom products, service providers are either in the process of or planning for the move to next generation, converged, network...
Provided by Alcatel-Lucent
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Whitepapers
Building A Successful Roadmap to the Cloud
Mar 2012
Whether your organisation is just getting started in the cloud or is looking to expand the usage beyond one or two workloads, it pays to have a solid roadmap in place. The roadmap will ensure to...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Magic Quadrant Paper
Aug 2012
Application performance monitoring (APM) has become a central focus for IT operations. This report from analyst firm Gartner, Inc. outlines key players in the APM space, and assesses vendors on...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Free Virtualization without a Server Operating System
Feb 2011
Virtualization is a hot topic, with a number of techniques, tools, and technologies available. Some of the benefits of virtualization include hardware cost savings, role separation, configuration...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
10 Essential Security Policies
May 2011
Every organization needs a corporate security policy to firmly establish guidelines that will keep the company's resources and knowledge safe. This white paper discusses ten such guidelines that...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
In the Trenches: Eight Tips-n-Tricks For Microsoft
Sep 2012
Have you ever scratched your head and wondered why that group policy setting hasn't taken? Learn the best ways to deploy and troubleshoot Group Policies in your environment. Through eight...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Downloads
FREE TOOL - SharePoint performance monitor alerts
Aug 2012
Know at a glance if you're running on low disk space with this free and easy-to-use SharePoint performance monitoring tool! You can watch your performance in real-time from an easy to read...
Provided by Idera
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Whitepapers
12 Steps to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Success
Apr 2012
IT departments have multiple opportunities and challenges as a result of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) invasion. The most common opportunity is to reinforce enterprise network security from...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Understanding Inventory, Configuration and IT Asset Management
Jun 2006
It's common knowledge that enterprise IT organizations face a deluge of efficiency, cost constraint and compliance issues every day. Sometimes it seems like dealing with these issues takes...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Webcasts
Introduction to VMware vSphere 5
Mar 2012
This presentation will be available to audience members until August 16, 2012 at 09:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time. The foundation of the new VMware Cloud infrastructure Suite is VMware vSphere5,...
Provided by VMware
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Whitepapers
Building a Home Lab for VMware vSphere5
May 2012
I often get asked by my students how to setup a home lab for study after class, and the result is this white paper. This paper is broken down into three major sections: the hardware required, the...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
White Paper: Business Transaction Management
Oct 2012
Companies build applications to support their business goals, so it's no wonder that business people expect to know how the applications are performing -- their success depends on it. But business...
Provided by Compuware
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Research
London Games: Planning a business and IT strategy
Jul 2012
As the Games come to London, organisers have also been urging businesses to be ready with contingency plans, from home working to IT infrastructure. This business and IT guide to the London Games...
Provided by ZDNet
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Whitepapers
Taking Advantage of Multicore/Multiprocessor Technologies to Meet Today’s Storage Needs
May 2013
Data growth is not only driving up storage costs, but also transforming performance and efficiency requirements for storage systems. If you're looking for new storage solutions that can address...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Data Center Best Practices: Managing Data with Cloud Computing
May 2013
Data centers are looking at cloud computing as a way to deliver the necessary flexibility, scalability, efficiency and speed. This article looks at Data Center Best Practices and focuses on how...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
The Tactical Realities of Building a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Jan 2013
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has made the transition from global strategy to a practical reality with the development of advanced best practices. These progressive strategies enable IT...
Provided by Insight
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Whitepapers
Optimize your Virtualization Efforts with a Blade Infrastructure
May 2013
The increased adoption of virtualization is placing new demands on IT infrastructure. The interdependencies between server, storage, and network elements must be finely balanced to maximize...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Evaluating Blade Servers for your IT Infrastructure eBook
May 2013
This eBook will cover the following topics: Blade Up: Cost Savings Is Just the Beginning A Closer Look at Using Blade Servers for Virtualization A Closer Look at the HP BladeSystem
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Too Many Racks? Simplify with Bladesystem, HP's Advanced Blade Infrastructure
May 2013
Throughout this guide, we’ll look at the design differences between blade systems and old school racks. Why should you have to lift out an entire engine to simply change a few spark plugs?...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Virtualizing Your Infrastructure with a Path to the Cloud: 5 Reasons Why Your IT Infrastructure Should Run on Blade Servers
May 2013
Blades allow for small hardware footprints, eliminate the cable clutter typically found in data centers, and streamline setup and maintenance over the server’s life cycle. They are designed to...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
The Blade is Mightier than the Rack Server
May 2013
With the typical data center rack, every time you add a new server, you have to add more cables, more interconnects, more switches, more power, and on and on. It's almost impossible to make...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
The Road to SAP HANA - A Choice of Paths to Take
May 2013
The SAP HANA platform is transforming data processing. It achieves this impact through a radically new IT architecture that isolates all active workloads from reading and writing to disk, the most...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
The Economist Report: Scaling SMEs - Building a flexible platform for growth
May 2013
This report by the Economist Intelligence Unit discusses how highgrowth small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are scaling their organisations to provide resources for growth whilst ensuring...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Infographic: Choose Your Path to ERP Success
May 2013
Whether the goal of your small or medium business is to save money, grow your organization, improve operations, make your customers happy - or all of the above - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
EMC Customer Profile - Northern Hospital of Surry County
Nov 2011
Northern Hospital of Surry County - EMC puts community hospital on course to private cloud and virtual machine mobility.
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
EMC Customer Profile - University of Denver
Feb 2013
University of Denver - Private university transforms high availability in cloud with EMC VPLEX Metro.
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
EMC Customer Profile - First National Technology Solutions
Oct 2012
First National Technology Solutions - Service provider expands target market with enhanced cloud infrastructure.
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Backup and Recovery Changes Drive IT Infrastructure and Business Transformation
Aug 2012
This IDC Whitepaper provides an over view of the forces driving change within today's IT organizations and data centers and discusses how backup and recovery can enable or hinder broader IT...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
EMC Customer Profile - Bennet Jones LLP
Oct 2012
Bennet Jones LLP - Active-active high performance environment minimized downtime and improves DR confidence.
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers - Video
Application Virtualization: Powerful Delivery or Problematic Distraction?
May 2013
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
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Whitepapers
Migrating Your Applications to the Cloud: How to Overcome the Challenges and Reduce the Costs
May 2013
Migration to a new platform used to be a comparatively straightforward process. Today, however, many organizations want to realize the benefits of using their applications in the cloud, and...
Provided by Quest Software, Inc., now a part of Dell
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Downloads
It's time for multi-platform Enterprise Mobility Management
May 2013
Smartphones and tablets are proliferating in the workplace, with corporate and personal-owned devices often used side-by-side, driven by user demand and business strategy. Support of BYOD,...
Provided by Blackberry Enterprise Service
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Whitepapers
Backup Game Day eBook
Dec 2012
Organizations that transform backup environments report significant business benefits. In fact, they directly link backup transformation to faster product development cycles, accelerated global...
Provided by EMC
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Whitepapers
Exploring the frontiers of cloud computing: Insights from Platform-as-a-Service pioneers
May 2013
See more value through the cloud One of the least understood forms of cloud computing, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), is garnering some well-deserved attention. Although it’s a new approach, early...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Forrester TAP: Blades paper
May 2013
How Blade Centers Impact Data Center Management and Agility This paper examines enterprise adoption of blade servers in the US, UK and China; the benefits of blade server use; and the connection...
Provided by HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors
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Whitepapers
What is the real value of managing the performance of your business critical applications?
Feb 2013
Establishing the root cause of business-critical application disruption and slowdown often requires the manual correlation of data from multiple sources. This is complex, time-consuming, and...
Provided by Fluke Networks
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Whitepapers - Video
HP Project Odyssey: Add new muscle to mission-critical
May 2013
See how HP Project Odyssey features a development roadmap unifying UNIX and x86 server architectures to bring industry-leading availability, increased performance and uncompromising client choice...
Provided by HP and Intel® Itanium® Processors
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Whitepapers
Mastering Mergers and Acquisitions
May 2013
Deliver a solid restructuring project during a merger or acquisition You’ve acquired a company – or your company is merging with another. Your challenge? To seamlessly restructure important...
Provided by Quest Software
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Whitepapers
Mastering Exchange Migrations
May 2013
Ensure a safe, secure and affordable migration to Exchange 2013 Are you ready to make the move to Exchange 2013 and enjoy its new, powerful features? In this new white paper, see if your company...
Provided by Quest Software
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Whitepapers
11 Ways to Migrate Lotus Notes Applications to SharePoint and Office 365
May 2013
Correct content migration is often considered the most business-critical aspect of the migration process. A lot can go wrong, and you don’t want the result to be unhappy end users or business...
Provided by Quest Software
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Whitepapers
Best Practices for an Active Directory Migration
May 2013
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
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Whitepapers
Ensuring a Successful Migration, Consolidation or Restructuring with Dell
May 2013
Organizations are increasingly facing IT infrastructure consolidations, restructuring, and migrations due to acquisitions, mergers or to achieve specific business goals. Transitioning or...
Provided by Quest Software
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Whitepapers
CIO's View of Application Performance Management
May 2013
Get a CIO’s View of Application Performance Monitoring Time – and resources – are limited for your IT department. With less manpower, smaller budgets and higher expectations, forward thinking has...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
User Experience Mgmt. & Business Impact – An IT Transformation Cornerstone
May 2013
This paper details the business impact, customer experience and user experience responses in a User Experience Management (UEM) survey conducted by ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES®. Discover why...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
The State of the Healthcare Data
May 2013
Learn more about the online survey that UBM Tech conducted on behalf of HP exploring "The State of Healthcare Data". The exclusive reserach survey reveals the impact of consolidation and...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Downloads
IT Training Policy
May 2013
This IT Training Policy helps companies create a formal policy to assist with employee training. Training is vital to the success of any IT department to help staff keep up with new technologies.
Provided by TechRepublic Pro
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Whitepapers
What the cloud means for storage growth (and cost)
Apr 2013
This white paper is directed at IT managers and storage administrators who are looking to better understand the implications of the cloud on storage growth and management. It outlines a better...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Better IT decisions
Apr 2013
Using Big Data to improve business results can also apply to IT Operations. And there's no shortage of data to analyze IT operations. This whitepaper will help you understand what data is most...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
EMA Radar™ for Advanced Performance Analytics (APA) Use Cases: Q4 2012
Apr 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is unique in this EMA Radar in its ability to combine two threads – a single analytic overlay as embodied in its Service Health Analyzer (SHA) product, and a broader suite...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Dimensional Research: Customers Share Real-World Benefits from HP Business Service Management Solutions
Apr 2013
This overview of HP System Management, formerly Operations Center, details a solution that consolidates and correlates fault and performance events across your entire physical and virtual IT...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Mobile application monitoring breeds business possibilities
Apr 2013
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)
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Whitepapers
Building Large-Scale eCommerce Platforms With Oracle
Apr 2013
Building the platform underlying the largest eCommerce Web sites in the world requires special up-front design and robust, scalable technology. Large-scale sites today require hundreds or even...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Data Center Temperature Rise During a Cooling System Outage
Apr 2013
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
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Whitepapers
Energy Efficient Cooling for Data Centers: A Close-Coupled Row Solution
Jan 2013
The trend of increasing heat densities in data centers has held consistent with advances in computing technology for many years. As power density increased, it became evident that the degree of...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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White Papers
10 Ways to Increase Power System Availability in Data Centers
Sep 2009
This paper explains how organizations can significantly mitigate their exposure to power-related down-time by adopting proven changes to their business processes and electrical power system...
Provided by Eaton
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Whitepapers
Building A Successful Roadmap to the Cloud
Mar 2012
Whether your organisation is just getting started in the cloud or is looking to expand the usage beyond one or two workloads, it pays to have a solid roadmap in place. The roadmap will ensure to...
Provided by IBM
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Research
IT Governance Framework
Mar 2005
With IT at the core of most 21st century businesses, and with today's focus on compliance and risk management as a result of legislation like Sarbanes-Oxley, organizations can no longer afford to...
Provided by Forrester Research
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White Papers
NComputing L-Series LAN Deployment: Best Practices for Local Area Network Infrastructure
Feb 2008
NComputing's L-Series terminals connect to a host computer through an Ethernet interface and IP protocol. The L-Series terminal relies on a robust network infrastructure, with minimal latencies...
Provided by NComputing
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Whitepapers
Delivering IT to the virtual workforce
Sep 2012
Workshifting works for workers. It enables them more freedom than a 9 - 5 office routine. Workshifting also works for employers. They can readily shift workers -- virtually or physically -- from...
Provided by Citrix Systems
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Whitepapers
Getting started with the cloud: A step-by-step enterprise implementation guide
Sep 2012
More enterprises are moving applications to the cloud every day, seeking faster implementation, more flexibility and lower cost. But not everyone has a master plan; these decisions are sometimes...
Provided by Rackspace
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Whitepapers
Platform-as-a-Service Private Cloud with Oracle Fusion Middleware
Oct 2009
Cloud computing is one of the hottest topics in IT today, but many IT professionals are struggling to determine how best to achieve cloud's promises of agile deployment and elastic capacity...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Monitoring Physical Threats in the Data Center
Jan 2013
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
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Case Studies
Rethinking the Data Center
May 2011
A case study on a Queensborough Community College infrastructure optimization project that resulted in savings of time, money and energy. The strategy included server virtualization and...
Provided by CDW & VMware
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White Papers
Transforming Business Through Collaboration
May 2011
Businesses increasingly see collaboration as a strategic initiative because it allows them to take advantage of new business models and meet customer demands. Collaboration helps organizations...
Provided by Sage Software
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White Papers
7 Steps to Building a Business Case for ERP
May 2011
Businesses are looking to make technology investments to prepare for growth. But with the economic recovery uneven and uncertain, they remain cautious about these investments. One thing is clear:...
Provided by Sage Software
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White Papers
Designing IT Infrastructure to Meet Your Business Goals
Mar 2007
Designing an IT infrastructure plan that meets the current and future business goals is well worth the time and energy required. Mistakes or lost opportunities can be expensive and limit growth in...
Provided by J.P. Schwartz
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White Papers
SOA-Based Integration of the Internet of Things in Enterprise Services
Aug 2009
Advances in the areas of embedded systems, computing, and networking are leading to an infrastructure composed of millions of heterogeneous devices. These devices will not simply convey...
Provided by ETH Zurich
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White Papers
Storage Device Reliability and Endurance
Jul 2011
In this white paper, sponsored by Seagate Technology, IDC discusses storage device reliability and endurance while examining the importance for storage device vendors of defining a common set of...
Provided by Seagate
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White Papers
How Enterprise Architectures Must Adapt to Solid State Storage
Jul 2011
In this white paper, IDC discusses the case for solid state storage in enterprise data storage systems and servers. This white paper explores various aspects associated with integrating solid...
Provided by Seagate
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White Papers
Advanced Business Analytics Enable Better Decisions in Banking
Jul 2011
This white paper considers the use of analytics and business intelligence in the banking industry for improving decision making and the benefits of prebuilt analytic applications for achieving...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Magic Quadrant Paper
Aug 2012
Application performance monitoring (APM) has become a central focus for IT operations. This report from analyst firm Gartner, Inc. outlines key players in the APM space, and assesses vendors on...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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White Papers
IT Essentials for Data Center Trends and Innovations
Aug 2011
Once upon a time, the words "data center" described a pretty common facility, regardless of industry or enterprise. Today, however, the words "data center" can describe an overheated small closet...
Provided by TechRepublic
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Webcasts
When No Press is Good Press - July 2011
Jul 2011
Yesterday's approaches to combating malware are no longer sufficient. Already this year we've seen an extraordinary number of high-profile security breaches. Whether you're a small business or a...
Provided by Symantec
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eBooks
Desktop Modernization eBook
Aug 2011
This eBook looks at the challenges involved in delivering and managing desktops, today and in the future. Its goal is to demonstrate how VMware desktop virtualization can deliver a solution to...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Understanding the Cloud Computing Stack: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
Aug 2011
Cloud Computing is a broad term that describes a broad range of services. As with other significant developments in technology, many vendors have seized the term "Cloud" and are using it for...
Provided by Rackspace Hosting
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White Papers
BotTrack: Tracking Botnets Using NetFlow and PageRank
Aug 2011
With large scale botnets emerging as one of the major current threats, the automatic detection of botnet traffic is of high importance for service providers and large campus network monitoring....
Provided by University of Luxembourg
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White Papers
Reinventing Branch Office Security
Sep 2011
IT security is often focused at the head office, while remote sites and home offices are often neglected, as security devices are expensive and require know-how. Read more about a new approach to...
Provided by Astaro
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White Papers
Transform the data center with IBM servers and Intel Ethernet
Sep 2011
A transformation is taking place in the data center. With more powerful compute resources available, IT managers are using virtualization to consolidate more applications onto fewer physical...
Provided by Intel
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Whitepapers
SPARC Enterprise M3000, M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 Server Architecture: Flexible, Mainframe-Class Compute Power
Dec 2011
Organizations now rely on technology more than ever before. Today, compute systems play a critical role in every function from product design to customer order fulfillment. New computing...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
IT Service Management Metrics That Matter: Four Key Benchmarks for Improving IT Performance
Sep 2008
High performing IT organizations didn't get that way by accident, as revealed in a recent benchmark study by the IT Process Institute (ITPI). They operate on specific controls and measurements...
Provided by Tripwire
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White Papers
Business Intelligence Best Practices: Simplifying the Reporting Landscape
Apr 2008
With all the attention surrounding dashboards & other attractive delivery methods for business intelligence (BI) content, classic report generation & production is often overlooked. However, at...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Building a Home Lab for VMware vSphere5
May 2012
I often get asked by my students how to setup a home lab for study after class, and the result is this white paper. This paper is broken down into three major sections: the hardware required, the...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Seven Tips for Troubleshooting VMware vSphere5
May 2012
Here are seven tips for working with vSphere, including: Logging in via Command Line, dealing with connection problems using ssh to an ESXi host; network performance issues; possible storage...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Free Virtualization without a Server Operating System
Feb 2011
Virtualization is a hot topic, with a number of techniques, tools, and technologies available. Some of the benefits of virtualization include hardware cost savings, role separation, configuration...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
802.1X Explained
Oct 2012
BYOD (Bring your own Device) is the term we have tried to put in the furthest, darkest place in our mind. Why do we react this way? The answer is that change scares us. Today, we are going to...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
In the Trenches: Eight Tips-n-Tricks For Microsoft
Sep 2012
Have you ever scratched your head and wondered why that group policy setting hasn't taken? Learn the best ways to deploy and troubleshoot Group Policies in your environment. Through eight...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Leveraging Microsoft's System Center 2012 Suite in the Private Cloud
Apr 2012
Ultimately, all large organizations will require the added flexibility and efficiency of the cloud. Initially, the private cloud will be the most obvious choice for enterprises that will not or...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
The Value of ITIL® Certification
Jan 2013
The professional certification industry has grown significantly in conjunction with increased growth of various aspects of the information technology field. The Information Technology...
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Virtualization: Myths vs. Facts
Mar 2012
Examine fifteen common myths surrounding virtualization, including many that prevent IT administrators (or their bosses) from getting the maximum value from virtualization. This paper is designed...
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Practical Options for Deploying IT Equipment in Small Server Rooms & Branch Offices
Apr 2013
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...
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Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure for Dummies
Jan 2012
Cloud computing, and specifically Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), offers many benefits to an enterprise. Cloud computing has matured into a production grade model for the enterprise. When...
Provided by Oracle
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ZDNet Asia IT Priorities 2013 Report
Mar 2013
For this annual research study by ZDNet, Asian IT decision makers participated in an online survey to outline their key investments and priorities for the year, highlighting plans to optimize...
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The Top 10 Reasons all IT Professionals Should Learn Project Management
May 2012
Do your IT projects seem to be working out as you had planned? Do you have a plan? Could it be that there might just be a better way? A better approach, a different method, something that's been...
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