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Whitepapers
Jumping into the PaaS Pool: Why Platform as a Service is the Next Hot Cloud Service
Jan 2013
Plaform as a Service (PaaS) is the hottest topic in cloud computing. This IBM-sponsored, Frost & Sullivan IBM white paper examines definitions of PaaS, discusses how it fits into the SaaS...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Securing virtualization in real-world environments
Feb 2013
Through its ability to consolidate workloads and reduce the amount of time and energy IT spends installing and maintaining servers, virtualization allows you to satisfy your goals of fewer...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
VMware vCloud Director 5.1 Networking Concepts
Feb 2013
VMware vCloud Director engineers the provisioning of the software-defined datacenter layer to allow for a complete virtual datacenter delivery within a short period of time. This software-defined...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
A New Transformative Approach for Minimizing the Risk of IT Changes
Apr 2012
Current methods of IT change management ranging from CMDBs to service desks do not give administrators what they need to understand the risks or potential impacts of proposed changes. A new,...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
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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
IT Process and Problem/Incident Management
Oct 2005
How does your organization improve incident and problem management for business-critical applications while improving service levels, reducing support costs and lowering incident resolution times?...
Provided by iConclude
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White Papers
Enterprise Applications: Best-of-Breed versus Best-of-Suite
Oct 2006
What factors should you consider when making a decision between best-of-breed and best-of-suite applications? This white paper explores that question, comparing the ROI advantages of best-of-suite...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Understanding and Managing the Risk of Change
May 2011
Every organization faces change. These changes include everything from regular, almost mundane modification to large-scale deployments of new IT services. Regardless of the scale of the change,...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Webcasts
Managing Service Quality Objectives in a Virtualized Environment
Jun 2007
IT organizations seek to improve operational efficiencies and at the same time be more service oriented. IT needs to know whether systems & applications are performing and delivering service in a...
Provided by BMC Software
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Whitepapers
Business Advantage Delivered: The Cisco Unified Computing System
Nov 2012
Today more than ever, business organisations recognise that their competitive advantage depends on the ability to be more flexible, agile and more cost effective than other competitors. Read this...
Provided by Cisco
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Whitepapers
Building the Case for Google Apps - 10 questions every IT manager should ask
Nov 2012
As an IT manager, you need to measure new projects not just on their own merits, but also against all the other business initiatives that compete for the same time and money. With that in mind,...
Provided by Google
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Whitepapers
Assessing the True Cost of Strong Authentication - TCO Whitepaper
Dec 2012
Authentication Can Be Complex We know how important the right authentication solution is to help secure your cloud environment. Traditional authentication solutions, however, can be costly to...
Provided by SafeNet
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Whitepapers
Target the disconnects between development and operations
Jan 2013
In most IT organizations, the development and operations teams are separate entities, and the recent trend toward closer collaboration between them, commonly referred to as DevOps, indicates a...
Provided by HP
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Whitepapers
IDC analyst paper: Eliminate shortcomings in your cloud architecture with Smarter Storage
Jan 2013
As a result of business pressures and economic realities facing IT organizations today, technology executives need to continuously implement more efficient ways to run IT services for their...
Provided by IBM Australia
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Whitepapers
Practical Options for Deploying IT Equipment in Small Server Rooms and Branch Offices
Mar 2013
This paper discusses making realistic improvements to power, cooling racks, physical security monitoring and lighting. Download this paper now to understand what’s relevant, what solutions are...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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Case Studies
Increased Forecast Accuracy Using SAP APO Demand Planning for Leading FMCG Giant
Jan 2008
The client, India's leading manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of packaged Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), lacked an efficient forecasting system. Existing systems provided a conflicting...
Provided by MindTree Consulting
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White Papers
Optimize Team Performance to Speed Business Agility
Oct 2011
With the nature of work changing so rapidly, organizations are rethinking their teamwork strategy. The challenges of managing a distributed supply chain, improving the employee talent base,...
Provided by Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Whitepapers
Inside Intel IT on Cloud Computing and Security
Jan 2012
Certainly no one expects that a company like Intel doesn't have issues when it comes to computing in the cloud, they do by the way. The real question is, how do they handle them, what are Intel...
Provided by Intel Corporation
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Whitepapers
Securing Virtualized Web Apps
Jan 2012
To realize benefits such as increased agility and efficiency, Intel IT is undertaking a major transition to an enterprise private cloud for our Office and Enterprise applications. To create the...
Provided by Intel Corporation
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Whitepapers
Unlocking the enterprise cloud: How the OpenStack project eliminates cloud lock-in
Jul 2012
Cloud computing stands well-poised to help enterprises significantly improve their IT speed, agility and costs. However, the fear of technology 'lock-in' - difficulty in efficiently switching...
Provided by Rackspace
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White Papers
FREE SOA Adoption for Dummies eBook
Oct 2008
Written for people both new and familiar with SOA, the book tells in 'plain English' what's important in an SOA adoption and how to stay focused on it!
Provided by Software AG
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White Papers
Top Ten Reasons Organizations are Unsuccessful Implementing ITIL
Oct 2005
Learn how to make your ITIL implementation successful with a complimentary white paper from BMC Software. Gain valuable advice about solving common ITIL challenges, learn how to deliver reliable...
Provided by BMC Software
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Whitepapers
Guide to Evaluating Multi-Factor Authentication Solutions
Sep 2012
Passwords are a known weak link and continue to be exploited at alarming rates. From simple phishing schemes to sophisticated, targeted phishing attacks, gaining access to a user's password is an...
Provided by PhoneFactor
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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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White Papers
Centers of Excellence: Optimize Your Business and IT Value
Nov 2006
Download this SAP white paper to read about the many direct benefits you can derive from implementing certified centers of excellence (COEs) in your organization. The paper presents the results of...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Remote Monitoring and Management
The Key to Proactive, Efficient IT Service DeliveryJul 2011
As businesses emerge from the difficult economic recession, they need to continue the low-cost and high productivity practices that allowed them to successfully weather the storm. Specifically for...
Provided by LabTech Software
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Whitepapers
NetApp Unified Scale-Out/Clustered Storage
Sep 2012
Today's data centers are being asked to do more with little additional financial support forthcoming. They are under a constant barrage to do things faster, more inexpensively and with no...
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
Comparing Virtualization Alternatives - What's best for your business ?
Nov 2012
A new study from Solitaire Interglobal entitled, "Comparing Virtualization Alternatives - What's best for your business ?" is now available. The paper is a quantitative comparison and analysis of...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Competitive Management Cost Study: IBM Storwize V7000 vs EMC VNX5500 Storage Systems
Nov 2012
Edison's Competitive Management Cost Study (CMCS) methodology was designed based on Edison's research over several years. It quantifies the complexity of managing a storage array in a way that...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Introducing DPACK
Feb 2013
In an effort to help guide our customers through mission critical IT decisions, Dell’s team of solution experts have developed an innovative new tool - the Dell Performance Analysis Collection Kit...
Provided by Dell
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Whitepapers
Evolution from the Traditional Data Center to Exalogic: An Operational Perspective
Jul 2012
IT organizations are struggling with the need to balance the day-to-day concerns of data center management against the business level requirements to deliver long-term value. This balancing act...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
IBM PureSystems Cut Costs and Increase Agility by Simplifying the IT Life Cycle
Mar 2013
Converged systems, such as IBM PureSystems, offer application development and IT operations teams a new level of pattern-based infrastructure design, middleware engineering, and operations...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Customers Standardize on Oracle Database 11g
Mar 2013
Faced with static or shrinking budgets, IT organizations need to lower costs throughout the data center, including costs of servers, storage, downtime, and human resources. But, their business...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Data Center Physical Infrastructure: Optimising Business Value
Apr 2013
To stay competitive in today’s rapidly changing business world, companies must update the way they view the value of their investment in data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). No longer are...
Provided by Schneider Electric - AU
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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: Lite Touch Installation Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (Level 200)
May 2008
The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit offers guidance for Lite Touch Installation (LTI) deployments. LTI may be used when people do not have Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 or Microsoft System...
Provided by Microsoft Tips
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Resource Center
Cloud Computing and Security...thoughts from Intel CISO Malcolm Harkins
Mar 2011
With the fast pace of the changing technology landscape and new usage models such as Cloud Computing, IT Consumerization, and social computing security remains one of the highest priorities for...
Provided by Intel Corporation
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Whitepapers
HP Advanced Data Center Network Architecture
Dec 2011
This white paper reviews data center trends and describes HP solutions for building cost-effective, advanced data center networks that meet the evolving performance, reliability and agility...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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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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Webcasts
TechNet Webcast: A Crash Course in WSUS Architecture and Implementation (Level 200)
Feb 2006
Patches and updates can be a real headache to manage. Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is here to make life easier. In this webcast, noted Group Policy and WSUS expert shows several...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Migrating Your Applications to the Cloud: How to Overcome the Challenges and Reduce the Costs
Jul 2012
This paper highlights many of the key challenges in moving to the cloud. Organizations should expect to adopt a hybrid migration model, with several virtual and hosting solutions and some...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Podcasts
Payroll Product Preview
Nov 2012
At Workday, we are focused on building solutions ready for the global enterprise. Workday Payroll is no exception--it provides a flexible, configurable single system-of-record for employees,...
Provided by Workday
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Whitepapers
Enterprise Backup in the Age of IT Consumerization
Mar 2013
While consumerization offers many benefits for both end users and the enterprise in terms of convenience, efficiency and productivity, it presents important challenges for IT departments,...
Provided by Code 42 Software
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Whitepapers
How to provide secure single sign-on and identity based access control for cloud applications
Mar 2013
This Symantec paper describes how single sign-on (SSO) provides a convenient and simple user interface to all cloud services and Web applications used by an enterprise. It explains how a well...
Provided by Symantec
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Whitepapers
SOA Assessment Tool
Mar 2013
Discover if your company is lagging or leading in terms of Service Oriented Structure readiness. Learn about your ratings and how you compare to others in SOA. Then, customize a strategy based on...
Provided by Oracle
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eBooks
eGuide: A prescription for IT efficiency
Mar 2013
Security is more important in the healthcare setting than many other industries. Breaches of patient data can result in HIPAA violations and government investigations. Breaches of system security...
Provided by Dell & Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Best of 2012 Top Dell Software Virtualisation Management Articles
Mar 2013
Welcome to our Best of 2012 eBook. We selected the documents for inclusion based on continued interested from the virtualization community. Performance oriented topics continued to dominate the...
Provided by Quest Software, Inc., now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
Best of 2012 Top Dell Software Virtualisation Management Articles
Jan 2013
Welcome to our Best of 2012 eBook. We selected the documents for inclusion based on continued interested from the virtualisation community. Performance oriented topics continued to dominate the...
Provided by Quest Software, Inc., now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
CIO's View of Application Performance Management
Dec 2012
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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Case Studies
Flextronics Case Study
Mar 2013
"Simplicity drives execution." According to Mike McNamara, CEO of one of the world’s largest contract manufacturers, this sums up the reason Flextronics chose Workday.
Provided by Workday
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Whitepapers
Trip Advisor Case Study
Mar 2013
A genuine game-changer in the world of travel planning, TripAdvisor believes in moving fast. "We're really interested in delivering the best we can for our visitors to the web site, as quickly as...
Provided by Workday
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Podcasts
Time Tracking Product Preview
Mar 2013
With Workday Time Tracking, organizations can reduce labor costs, minimize compliance risks, and increase worker productivity.
Provided by Workday
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Podcasts
Project & Work Management Product Preview
Mar 2013
Looking for a new way to track people, work, and results—all in one system? It’s easy with Workday Project and Work Management. By leveraging Workday’s unified suite of applications, your...
Provided by Workday
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Podcasts
Expenses Product Preview
Mar 2013
When it's simple for workers to enter their expenses, the results are impressive—lower costs, more accurate accounting, and more timely reimbursements. And with Workday Expenses, you can even...
Provided by Workday
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Podcasts
Product Preview: Human Capital Management
Mar 2013
Workday Human Capital Management is the only application that unifies HR and Talent Management into a single system-of-record. Workday is redefining what it means to manage a global, mobile, and...
Provided by Workday
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Whitepapers
Simplifying VMware vCloud
Feb 2013
This white paper has three main goals. The first is to generate a better understanding of the cloud in both the business and IT communities. The second is to describe the major components of...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
VMware vCloud Director 5.1 Networking Concepts
Feb 2013
VMware vCloud Director engineers the provisioning of the software-defined datacenter layer to allow for a complete virtual datacenter delivery within a short period of time. This software-defined...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Intelligent role management for improved security and compliance
Feb 2013
In complex organizations with sprawling role structures, managing user access and entitlements can be overwhelming. As part of an effective strategy for identity and access management governance,...
Provided by IBM
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Presentations
IBM Identity and Access Management
Feb 2013
This illustrated demo shows how IBM offers a smarter, business-driven approach to Identity and Access Management. IBM’s extensive integration capabilities can secure access to all your business...
Provided by IBM
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Podcasts
IBM Security Priviledged Identity Management
Feb 2013
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager provides enhanced security across various IT environments by centralizing and controlling the use of privileged identities. This Flash Demo shows how IBM...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Avoiding insider threats to enterprise security
Feb 2013
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager helps organizations to securely manage and track the activities of privileged users, thereby reducing the risk of breaches, improving compliance and...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
EXA Corporation creates a secure and resilient private cloud
Feb 2013
One of the primary reasons for slow adoption of cloud is the perceived challenge around security. For EXA Corporation, an integrated set of IBM cloud solutions for automation, security and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Blade Server Strategies: Optimizing the Data Center
Feb 2013
With HP BladeSystem solutions and related technologies, IT departments can be sure they’re getting the most out of their server blade investments while building an agile, flexible data center....
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Building a Business Case for HP Blades Servers
Feb 2013
If your organization is deploying a new server farm or cluster for any reason - a newly virtualized application or a growing business initiative, perhaps - this is the time to consider blade...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Top 10 Reasons to Move to HP Blade Servers
Feb 2013
Enterprise and midsize businesses are increasingly turning to blade servers as the platform of choice to deliver the next generation of virtualized applications. Blade servers can yield...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
How web application vulnerability assessment tools can improve enterprise security
Feb 2013
This IDC Technology Spotlight examines trends in enterprise security and the role that the IBM Security AppScan portfolio plays in this strategic market.
Provided by IBM
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Podcasts
The College Board: creating security and cost savings early in the development cycle
Feb 2013
Sean Poris, College Board's Senior Director of Software Security discusses crucial security touchpoints in the software development lifecycle that are helping to lower risk and raise the security...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Tolly Test Report: IBM Security Network IPS GX7800 Comparative Efficacy and Performance Evaluation
Feb 2013
IBM commissioned Tolly to evaluate their protocol-based IBM Security Network Intrusion Prevention System GX7800 and compare its efficacy to that of a Snort-based device, a signature-based platform.
Provided by IBM
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Podcasts
IBM's Approach to Advanced Persistent Threats
Feb 2013
In this video Brendan Hannigan, GM IBM Security Systems, talks about how the threat landscape is intensifying and what IBM is doing to address this challenge.
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Community health center outpaces competition with HP Converged Infrastructure
Feb 2013
Learn how Jupiter Medical Center deployed HP Converged Infrastructure so it can deploy new applications faster to remain competitive with larger health care organizations in the area. Sponsored...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Converged Medical Infrastructure and the Business Value for Healthcare Organizations
Feb 2013
As the use of electronic medical records continues to grow, healthcare organizations must address the explosion of data and ensure that information is secure and that regulatory requirements for...
Provided by HP and Intel®
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Whitepapers
Ensuring IT Reliability and Efficiency to Maintain Business Continuity
Feb 2013
Now that IT services have evolved to the point that they are considered as indispensable to their organizations as the physical plant, users now expect them to be available on a 24x7 basis. When...
Provided by SkillSoft
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Case Studies
Building a Community Cloud for Employees and Businesses
Feb 2013
Salford City Council is one of 10 metropolitan district councils within Greater Manchester in the northwest of England. Their challenges are to support growth of small and medium-sized businesses,...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
Automotive Group Reduces Servers and Boosts Performance
Dec 2012
In today's market for new and used cars, customers are often in the driver's seat, actively communicating with dealers about what they need at all hours. Their challenges are to Provide always-on...
Provided by Cisco
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Case Studies
DynTek Inc.: IT Firm Delivers Private Cloud With VDI and Helps Customers Reduce Costs Several Ways
Aug 2011
DynTek is an IT consulting and services firm that specializes in delivering the right technology solutions to meet customer needs - regardless of the technology vendor. In recent years, the...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Dot Net Solutions: Software Development House Focuses on Cloud Solutions, Increases Revenues
Sep 2011
Dot Net Solutions is a software development house that engineers solutions using Microsoft technologies. In 2009, the company began cultivating business opportunities using the Windows Azure...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Red Badger: Creative Software Consultancy Uses Cloud Operating System for Twitter Push Alerts
Oct 2011
Founded in 2010 and based in London, Red Badger is a creative software consultancy that specializes in customized software projects, developer tools, and platforms on Microsoft technologies....
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
TGE Gas Engineering GmbH: Gas Engineering Saves 16,000 Annually With Cloud-Based Solution
Oct 2011
German-based contractor TGE Gas Engineering provides design and planning services for natural and petrochemical gas handling and processing plants in seven countries. TGE had an intranet system in...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Optimal Migration Contracts in Virtual Networks: Pay-as-You-Come Vs Pay-as-You-Go Pricing
Oct 2012
Network virtualization realizes the vision of an Internet where resources offered by different stakeholders are used and shared by multiple coexisting virtual networks. The abstraction introduced...
Provided by Springer Healthcare
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Whitepapers
Incorporating Trust in Network Virtualization
Sep 2010
In this paper, the authors propose a trust management framework for network virtualization environments. The proposed framework helps distinguish among the infrastructure providers based on their...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Evolution from the Traditional Data Center to Exalogic: An Operational Perspective
Jul 2012
IT organizations are struggling with the need to balance the day-to-day concerns of data center management against the business level requirements to deliver long-term value. This balancing act...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Paving the Way for a Dynamic and Mature ICT Infrastructure in Education: A Case for Schools in Emerging Markets
Oct 2007
According to the Gartner Group, more than 70% of the Information Technology budget in today's enterprises is destined to maintenance. The IT (Information Technology) infrastructure in schools is...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Server Infrastructure Optimization: Best Practices to Reduce IT Operational Costs
Jan 2009
This paper shows technical decision makers and IT managers how organizations can reduce costs and improve their IT efficiency by optimizing their core infrastructure and adopting server-related...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
The Value of a Utility GIS
Mar 2008
Utilities are striving to decrease their operating costs to increase their revenues, while improving customer service at the same time. However, market pressures such as safety, reliability,...
Provided by Intergraph
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White Papers
Integrated Infrastructure and Performance Management for Virtualized Environments
Apr 2009
In addition to its commitment to supporting multiplatform, multivendor, multiprotocol infrastructures, CA has implemented a long-term strategic focus on virtualization. This corporate priority has...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
Adding Value Through Automation: The Evolution of Remote Infrastructure Management
Feb 2009
Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) is not a new concept, but it's one that is transforming from basic labor arbitrage into something far more significant for business. Initially, this type of...
Provided by Affiliated Computer Services
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Whitepapers
Do More for Less: Build a Cost-Effective, Optimized IT Infrastructure
Jul 2009
With pressures mounting both to keep IT infrastructures running optimally and to reduce costs, IT optimization promises to relieve companies struggling to meet both goals. This white paper...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Virtualize with the new VMware vSphere on IBM Intel processors and take advantage of special financing
Jul 2009
VMware vSphere is designed to simplify, consolidate and realize new flexibility and performance with servers, storage, and networks. Come listen to industry experts from Intel, IBM and VMware talk...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Microsoft Uses Virtualization in Branches to Achieve Agility, Improved Service Levels
Jun 2009
Microsoft has more than 400 sales and development branch offices around the world, and the Microsoft Field IT organization is responsible for providing IT services to employees working in those...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Healthcare Organization Simplifies Application Access With Virtualization Solution
Apr 2009
Vancouver Coastal Health provides a full range of healthcare services, including hospital treatment and home healthcare, to residents in Vancouver and Richmond, Canada. Vancouver Coastal Health...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Pfizer Australia - CRM Package Boosts Tendering Capabilities for Pharmaceuticals Distributor
Jun 2009
Pfizer Australia is a major supplier of medicines and medical products to Australia's hospitals and healthcare groups. When the company's biggest customers put major contracts up to tender,...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Licensing Model Saves Council 25 Per Cent on Infrastructure Deployment and Monitoring
Jun 2009
Wakefield Council delivers public services to 318,000 people who live in a mixture of rural and urban areas in West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Wakefield Council needed a cost-effective...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Architecting the Virtual Application Infrastructure at Microsoft
Jun 2009
To increase efficiency and lower costs associated with the application management life cycle, Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) uses Microsoft Application Virtualization version 4.5...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Homebuilder Improves Business Performance With Application Designed for Windows Mobile
Apr 2009
Founded in 2002, PDAge is the leading provider of mobile inspection, compliance, and scheduling software in any industry. To deliver each of its high-quality homes, the nearly 350 K. Hovnanian...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Turkish Bank Processes Annual Transactions in Just Eight Hours Due to New Infrastructure
Feb 2009
Turkey-based DenizBank realised the evolution of Web technologies presented both challenges and opportunities. The key challenge was to develop a robust infrastructure that could support all...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Major Online Lender Uses Infrastructure Optimization to Help Manage Growth, Profits
Jun 2009
Quicken Loans, the top online mortgage lender, needed to know if its core technology infrastructure was optimized to support its business and its rapid growth. To do so, it turned to BT, a...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
University Creates Core Infrastructure Plan to Enhance Productivity and Collaboration
Jun 2009
Tilburg University serves 12,000 students in the southern part of the Netherlands, with programs in the social sciences and humanities. Though its Novell file, print, mail, and directory...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
ISV Simplifies Software Management, Saves 40 Percent, With Volume Licensing Agreement
Jun 2009
Ranked among the 2009 Global Services 100 "Top 10 Best Performers," EPAM Systems provides IT and software development services based on Microsoft technologies to customers around the world. To...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Government IT Uses System Rationalization Plan to Identify Cost Savings for Schools
Jun 2009
C2k is a government agency that provides central IT services to approximately 1,200 schools throughout Northern Ireland. C2k's suppliers include HP for Wide-Area Network (WAN) services and...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Global Firm Reduces Hardware and IT Costs With Desktop Virtualization
May 2009
TUV NORD is one of the world's leading technical service providers, renowned for its testing and certification expertise. The company needed a cost-efficient way to run older applications on new...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Tarjeta Nevada Accelerates Credit Card Authorization Response by 50%
May 2009
Tarjeta Nevada wanted to provide a flexible, up-to-date, high-availability IT infrastructure to guarantee secure information access and transfer, as well as operational continuity and accelerate...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Agrofruta Ltda. Consolidates Production System Information and Extends Visibility of Reliable Data
Jun 2009
Agrofruta Ltda. is a Chilean fruit producer with extensive field holdings, and two processing plants. Agrofruta Ltda. consolidated and ensures the consistency and reliability of information on...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Growing Campus Communication
May 2009
Georgian College is one of Canada's fastest-growing community colleges, and supporting that growth keeps the college's IT team busy. Communications services weren't keeping up with the growth of...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Mercadolibre, Inc. Increases User Base by More Than Three Million With a Scalable IT Infrastructure
Jun 2009
Mercadolibre, Inc. wanted to create a scalable, highly available IT infrastructure to sustain the growth of its online marketplace for users and consumers and establish a robust, easy-to-access...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
KNEIP Reduces Total Cost of Ownership by 20% With Virtualization and Consolidated IT Infrastructure
Jul 2009
KNEIP wanted to reduce the cost and complexity of IT maintenance across the company's 50 disparate servers and provide a flexible IT infrastructure that enables a faster time-to-market for new...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
HP Helps Alphawest Enhance the Availability and Performance of Its Clients' IT Infrastructure
Jun 2009
Alphawest is one of Australia's leading national Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Services companies, providing innovative solutions to the government, legal, educational and...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
The Final Judgement - Top Legal Practice Chooses HP ProCurve Networking Again
May 2009
Following substantial expansion, Kennedys wanted to refresh its entire Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Networks (LAN) and introduce wireless technology, security control cameras and...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Big Gains, Small Footprint With HP BladeSystem, Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server
Jun 2009
Newman Martin and Buchan LLP (NMB), insurance and reinsurance brokers based in London, have 150 employees and are no exception. One challenge is that NMB's workforce is highly mobile. Eighty...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
MICROS-Fidelio Doesn't Gamble on Future: Launches First-Class HP and Oracle Platform to Fuel Business Growth
Jun 2009
MICROS-Fidelio wanted to meet the needs of its hospitality customers with easy-to-deploy-and-manage information solutions and serve a growing demand for hosted services. MICROS-Fidelio is...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
"Intelligent Infrastructure" Leverages HP Servers, Virtualization
Jun 2009
Virtualization has become a powerful tool to improve the cost-effectiveness, flexibility and reliability of IT infrastructures. Few organizations appreciate this more than the technology team at...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Dell Makes Application Virtualization Easy and Cost-Effective With Sequencing Service
Jun 2009
Dell, while known for excellent computing hardware, also offers technology services to help companies meet user needs. Dell developed a sequencing service for companies that use Microsoft...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Postal Service Upgrades IT Infrastructure, Enhances Security and Improves Efficiency
Jul 2009
Swiss Post is one of Switzerland's largest public service providers, and it has a complex IT infrastructure with more than 22,000 computers. The computers were running the Windows 2000 operating...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Automotive Service Provider Achieves Maximum Protection of Network
May 2009
Midas experienced a brief disruption via a computer virus that entered their network through a laptop belonging to one of their field staff. Midas needed a solution that allowed them to gain...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Airline Soars With Blades
Jun 2009
PT Garuda Indonesia wanted to boost the efficiency of its business operations by developing its IT infrastructure further and running key front-end applications on high-performance servers. The...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Tublip S.A. Sustains an Active User Market on the Web With a Solid, Scalable IT Infrastructure
Jul 2009
Tublip wanted to implement a solid, flexible, and scalable Web-based platform to promote and sell musical and artistic content online and provide a robust, high-availability database to manage...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Ingersoll Rand Increases Business Agility With Microsoft Online Services
May 2009
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited is a $13 billion global diversified industrial corporation. The company conducts manufacturing and assembly operations in 29 plants in the United States; 31 plants...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Infrastructure Project Provides State-of-the-Art Learning Tools for College Students
May 2009
To continue providing the latest learning tools for its students, Dubai Women's College (DWC) needed to upgrade its IT infrastructure. Technology is an integral part of the college education and...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
SQL Server: A practical guide to Backup, Recovery and Troubleshooting
Dec 2004
This e-book provides working scenarios, policy/procedure and best practice for database backup and recovery. It is for those with a reasonable knowledge of Database Management System (DBMS)...
Provided by Imceda
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White Papers
Network Considerations to Optimize Virtual Desktop Deployment
Apr 2009
Network architecture is evolving in response to a combination of new business requirements, technology changes, and growing end-user expectations. A new trend, virtual desktop infrastructure,...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Future-Proof Networking: Making Decisions That Last
May 2009
The next step to realizing strategic vision and creating a highly productive and efficient IT infrastructure is to collaborate with a network solutions expert that understands long-term business...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
Addressing Single Sign-On Inside,outside, and Between Organizations
Dec 2008
As security threats grow more sophisticated and information security regulations are expanded, organizations are under increasing pressure to control access to sensitive data. The infrastructure...
Provided by IBM
