CA Storage Management Solutions for z/OS Mainframes Contain Costs, Optimize Resources  by CA

February 11, 2010 - Read this paper for a discussion of how CA Storage Management Solutions for z/OS Mainframes manage data, information and its supporting infrastructure simply and efficiently, enabling companies to align information to ever-changing business needs.

CalTech Relies on Nexsan Reliability and Power Efficiency to Store Two Petabytes of Critical NASA Data  by Nexsan Technologies

February 25, 2010 - With exploding amounts of data, CalTech needed to store critical digital information for NASA on a storage system that could deliver enterprise class reliability with power efficient technology to drive down cost. With over 2 petabytes of data on Nexsan Storage, CalTech has experienced 99.9% hardware reliability over the last 7 years.

Capacity Liposuction for Your Storage Infrastructure  by 3PAR

January 20, 2010 - Simply purchase any 3PAR InServ® Storage Server with Thin Built In™ and use 3PAR Thin Conversion to non-disruptively liposuction the fat from fully allocated volumes on your traditional storage arrays, transforming them into new “thin” volumes on the 3PAR InServ. We guarantee that you’ll reduce your traditional capacity requirements by 50% or more!

CareerBuilder - SQL Customer Case study  by Dell Inc., Microsoft and AMD

March 01, 2008 - In this case study learn how Dell and Microsoft partnered to provide a new business intelligence solution based on Microsoft® SQL Server®, Microsoft business intelligence software, Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers, and a Dell/EMC storage system.

CARFAX Drives IT Success  by Tripwire, Inc.

December 29, 2009 - CARFAX receives vehicle data from thousands of public and private sources. As a result, the CARFAX database contains more than four billion records of automobiles with their histories. Read this case study to find out how CARFAX achieved an enormous reduction in annual down time, optimized workflow, and an enhanced security and compliance posture.

Case Study: Manchester College Replaces a Failing Voicemail and Phone System  by CDW Corporation

September 01, 2009 - Manchester College had phone and voicemail systems that had outlived their life expectancy. CDW implemented an advanced unified communications system that brought their phone and voicemail into the 21st century.

Case Study: Accounting Service Accelerates Business with Virtualisation  by Dell, Inc.

February 08, 2010 - Accountancy service provider Freelance World worked with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Indigo Technologies to replace its custom-built IT systems. Read on for the details.

Case Study: Blue Hill Data Services Increases Data Capacity on Tapes Using BrightStor® CA-Vtape™ Virtual Tape System  by CA

February 11, 2010 - Blue Hill Data Services faced an enviable challenge: constant growth and expansion. Chief among the company's many growth issues was finding more cost-effective and efficient ways of accommodating and managing the 100,000 data tapes it handled. Read this brief paper to learn how CA solutions provided the answer.

Case Study: Cutting Backup Times from Eight Hours to Twenty Minutes at U.S. Army Command  by Quantum Corporation

January 30, 2009 - The DXi7500 was recommended more highly than competitive offerings, and it contained everything desired in a backup solution.

Case Study: Learning from GlaxoSmithKline's Cloud-Based Email Decision Process  by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd

June 19, 2009 - GlaxoSmithKline is moving approximately 90,000 email users to Microsoft's Exchange Online, a cloud delivered service. The result is that GSK is able to optimize its messaging and collaboration platform to meet the full range of its end users' requirements - while saving on its ongoing costs.

Case Study: Quantum Data Deduplication Solution Provides IFB with Complete Return on Investment in Only Four Weeks  by Quantum Corporation

June 09, 2009 - How does a dynamic U.K. business get its large customers to entrust it with their data? The answer is to deploy a Quantum data deduplication solution. By implementing a comprehensive disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup and restore infrastructure based on the Quantum DXi-Series..

Case Study: Tomax leverages open source Business Intelligence to bring critical information access to retail operators  by Jaspersoft

March 09, 2010 - In the retail world, success depends on continuous, rapid-fire decision-making based on accurate information. Enterprise retail management solutions must include a robust reporting framework and analytics capabilities. Read this paper to learn how Jaspersoft technologies enabled Tomax to achieve complete, cost-effective information delivery.

Case Study: VCPI Takes Network Security to the Next Level  by CDW Corporation

September 29, 2008 - Read this case study to learn how the leading technology total solutions provider for the long-term care industry, VCPI, selected and implemented CDW solutions, resulting in increased speed and effectiveness of network defenses as well as improved incident response time.

CDW Virtualization Overview  by CDW Corporation

February 09, 2010 - Virtualization is more than just a buzzword. On the server side, companies are in full-fledged execution mode, and on the client side, things are starting to heat up, too. Come join us in CDW's downtown Chicago offices for a chat with Nathan Coutinho, solutions manager for CDW, to learn more about this exciting topic.

Challenges and Opportunities of the Payment Card Industry: A White Paper by the IT Compliance Institute  by Tripwire, Inc.

January 01, 2007 - Enterprise businesses require the control framework involved in the PCI DSS to help improve internal operational, security and audit performance. This white paper details how alignment of business and PCI goals is important to ensure continuity and meet all internal security standards.

ChangeAuditor for Active Directory - Free Trial!  by ScriptLogic Corporation

Choosing an Enterprise-Class Wireless Operating System: A Comparison of Blackberry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile  by BlackBerry

June 18, 2009 - Security considerations remain the single biggest limitation to more aggressive expansion of wireless device usage in many enterprises. This paper will explore some of the key criteria necessary in a mobile OS so that enterprise use of the device will not compromise the integrity of the company's security.

Choosing Your Virtualization Hardware Vendor: Seven Keys to Ensuring Success with Your Customers  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

November 16, 2009 - This paper examines seven key questions you should ask yourself when choosing the prime hardware vendor for your virtualization solutions.

CIO Decisions Ezine Vol. 2  by CIO Decisions

September 01, 2008 - Outsourcing is the quest to offload either commodity or very specialized activities, so that staff can focus on work that truly adds value to the business.

CIO Decisions Ezine Volume 4: Disaster Recovery and Unified Communications  by CIO Decisions

December 05, 2008 - This eguide explains how Midmarket companies are embracing server virtualization and updating their disaster recovery strategies to ensure they minimize risk-affordably.

CIO Decisions Ezine: Vol. 8 - The Portfolio Approach  by CIO Decisions

September 29, 2009 - Is your present mix of short and long-term projects putting you on a path to success? Read CIO Decisions Ezine on The Portfolio Approach and gain insight into successful PPM and IT project governance strategies. Access this CIO Decisions Ezine and subscribe instantly.

Cisco Delivers Enterprise-Class Next-Generation Acceleration Solution for Disaster Recovery and SAN Extension  by Cisco Systems, Inc.

December 29, 2009 - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) emerges as one of the critical areas of focus as these data centers virtualize, unify, centralize, and scale out their storage resources. This document discusses some of the critical challenges related to the BC/DR solutions and how the Cisco MDS 9000 I/O Accelerator (IOA) addresses each of them.

Cisco Unified Communications: Unifying Communications Infrastructure  by Global Knowledge

December 10, 2008 - Cisco's unified communications vision combines individual systems with different communications capabilities into a cohesive, powerful communications ecosystem that allows a business to revolutionize itself overnight.

Citizant Enhances IT Flexibility and Scalability by Creating a Virtualized Dell Infrastructure  by Dell and VMware

March 02, 2009 - Read this case study to learn how the Citizant IT group worked with Dell to design a virtualized IT infrastructure that includes VMware virtualization software to accommodate business growth, enhance IT flexibility, and improve worker productivity by creating a virtualized infrastructure in-house.

Citrix XenDesktop: The Best Desktop Delivery System For Today’s Demanding Business Needs  by Citrix

May 11, 2009 - Whether you're considering your first virtual desktop solution or trying to salvage an existing implementation, Citrix XenDesktop™ is the clear choice on the market that offers the performance, scalability and manageability required to meet your business needs.

City Where Fantasy Thrives Solves Reality of Backup Challenges with Quantum DXi7500 Express  by Quantum Corporation

July 01, 2009 - When a full backup of the city's 125-plus servers became impossible overnight on a legacy tape system, Burbank went looking for a better answer. The city chose Quantum's DXi7500 Express disk-based backup solution with deduplication technology.

Closing critical IT gaps and driving towards converged infrastructure with storage virtualisation  by Hewlett-Packard Company

January 20, 2010 - IT and business managers who are charged with controlling their budgets while closing infrastructure gaps and extending the benefits of IT virtualisation will benefit from this white paper.

Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future?  by Google Apps

February 01, 2009 - This paper provides a snapshot of what is happening in the arena of cloud computing. What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What does it mean to a business owner or executive? How does it affect the workplace? What are the payoffs and the pitfalls? Is it really ready for "prime time"?

Cloud Computing in Perspective  by BMC Software, Inc.

January 26, 2010 - Many CIOs recognize the power of cloud computing and are looking to implement the technology in their own IT realms. But with all the noise in the market about cloud computing, how do you know where to begin? Learn how to better improve service delivery to your business with cloud computing.

Cloud Computing Security: Making Virtual Machines Cloud-Ready  by Trend Micro

August 01, 2009 - This paper covers the variation of cloud computing that is also called utility computing, or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). It looks at the security implications and challenges that IaaS presents and offers best practices to service providers and enterprises hoping to leverage IaaS to improve their bottom line in this severe economic climate.

Cloud computing: Security risks and compliance implications  by IBM

February 05, 2010 - In this video, David Sherry explains the cloud's many uses, its current advantages and disadvantages, and most importantly, the security risks and compliance issues that must be considered with any cloud computing implementation.

Cloud Financials Come of Age  by Intacct Corporation

March 17, 2010 - This paper discusses how cloud financial solutions provides a much needed benefit for small to midsize companies. Continue reading to discover the many benefits cloud financial solutions can have for your company.

Cloud Success in Seven Steps with External Monitoring  by Webmetrics, a Neustar service

February 11, 2010 - The use of cloud computing, both internal and external, will grow considerably in the near future. Because of the increased dependency on external parties, the business and IT complexity associated with these solutions is greater than with previous IT waves. The 7 steps outlined in this paper can help you better manage this increased complexity.

Cloud: Practical Advice for Taking the Next Steps - Americas  by Hewlett-Packard Company

March 04, 2010 - By attending this complimentary, interactive, virtual conference, you will receive the latest independent expert insight and best practices to determine how to properly implement cloud at your organization and achieve all the benefits this technology offers...

Coca-Cola Enterprises Selects Microsoft SharePoint Online to Advance Productivity  by Microsoft

June 01, 2009 - Increasing competition motivated Coca-Cola company executives to launch a new strategic direction, mandating a platform to communicate and engage with all employees. It implemented a Microsoft-based hosted worldwide intranet with messaging and collaboration tools, which are accessible to all employees from any device.

CollabNet TeamForge 5.3  by CollabNet

January 04, 2010 - Distributed software development teams need tools to help them collaborate efficiently using Agile processes, while meeting regulatory requirements and business objectives.

Collaboration Without Compromise  by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd

October 01, 2009 - This paper describes how the 2010, 2007, and 2003 versions of Office work together with the 2010, 2007, and 2003 versions of SharePoint technologies.

Collocation Data Center Tips for SMBs  by i365, A Seagate Company

February 17, 2010 - Almost 50% of SMBs don't have a business continuity or DR plan in place. Download this featured podcast for tips and strategies on how to use the value of collocation to save money and improve continuity.

Combat Data Explosion: Optimize Test & Development  by Informatica

October 28, 2009 - Using full-size copies of the production database for testing and development has an exponential effect on data growth. Managing all these full-size copies quickly becomes unwieldy. This webcast from Informatica will show you how to maintain your data relationships, ensure data security and optimize testing and development environment.

Comparing Email Management Systems  by Sunbelt Software

January 29, 2010 - To understand organizations’ perceptions about various email management systems, Sunbelt Software engaged Osterman Research to survey organizations that are using five different email management systems. This white paper presents the results of those findings.

Comparing the Total Cost of Ownership of Business Intelligence Solutions: How SaaS BI Can Reduce TCO by 70% versus Traditional and Open Source BI  by Birst

March 11, 2010 - BI solutions provide organizations with the insight required to make critical business decisions. This paper outlines how Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) BI outperforms traditional and open source BI solutions by offering greater TCO advantages via automation, easier integration and lower staffing costs thus enabling faster, easier BI deployments.

Comparison of Crystal Reports Software Features by Version  by SAP AG

February 24, 2010 - Crystal Reports 2008 software enables your end users to consume reports that include stunning visualizations while they conduct on-report business modeling and execute decisions instantly from the report itself – reducing dependency on IT and developers. This latest version delivers actionable data for your organization.

Compliance: The Five Red Flags - How Technology Can Mitigate Compliance Risks Across Your Workflow  by Advent Software, Inc

March 08, 2010 - The challenge for Chief Compliance Officers is to understand the risks associated with each of these three drivers of compliance and how they can be mitigated. Read this paper to find out more.

Composite Application Management: Bridging the IT Visibility Gap in Complex Composite Applications  by Oracle Corporation

November 19, 2008 - As more and more IT shops deploy multitier middleware platforms and frameworks for the delivery of business-critical application services, they are expecting to garner the benefits of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) or composite application development approach: agility, flexibility, productivity, and extensibility.

Compuware, Gomez and the New Application Dynamic: Managing Application Performance in the Internet Era  by Compuware Corporation

February 19, 2010 - This paper looks at environmental requirements and the matching design requirements for capturing real-world application performance interdependencies. It then assesses Compuware’s unified approach to combine enterprise and Internet application performance monitoring for more advanced service management and diagnostics across all sectors of APM.

Configuring High Availability for Windows Server 2008 Environments  by Marathon Technologies

September 28, 2009 - All organizations are becoming increasingly reliant upon their computer systems. The availability of those systems can be the difference between the organization succeeding and failing. This series will examine how we can configure our Windows Server 2008 environments to provide the level of availability our organizations need.

Connecting Virtual Desktop and Disaster Recovery  by Forsythe

November 20, 2009 - Connecting virtual desktop technology with the disaster recovery process has probably not been a major focus for organizations; however, integrating a disaster recovery plan for the virtual desktop is moving up organizational priority lists for a multitude of reasons.

Considerations for Deploying Mobile Devices on Lotus Notes Domino  by BlackBerry

June 25, 2008 - Discover things you should consider when deploying mobile devices in your Lotus Notes Domino environment.

Consolidate SQL Server 2008 on Dell 4 Socket - Multi-Core Servers - Using Hyper-V  by Dell Inc., Microsoft and AMD

September 10, 2009 - This Guide is a companion to How to Guide: Consolidating multiple SQL Server systems onto Dell PowerEdge Servers using Microsoft’s Hyper-V. In this Guide, we use the Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 as target servers.

Consolidating Oracle Databases with Sun 7000 Storage Systems  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

December 08, 2009 - This webcast discusses the business of database consolidation and how the technology in the Sun storage 7000 helps reduce the cost and minimize the risk of running your business.

Consolidating SQL Server 2000 Databases from Dell PowerEdge 2650 Servers to a Dell PowerEdge R805 Server  by Dell Inc., Microsoft and AMD

December 28, 2009 - Principled Technologies sought out to see how many Dell PowerEdge 2650s can be consolidated onto a single PowerEdge R805 with a Dell PowerVault MD1000 attached? We defined a consolidation methodology, which we detail later in this report; conducted multiple rounds of testing; and analyzed the results.

Constructing a Successful Security-Enabled Mobile Deployment  by BlackBerry

May 01, 2009 - Now that mobility has become an integral part of an enterprise's infrastructure, IT must now support and secure these mobile devices. Read this whitepaper to find out the unique security requirements that these mobile devices create and the three components of mobile security protection.

Content Aware SIEM Defined  by NitroSecurity

January 04, 2010 - Read this paper to learn how NitroSecurity's NitroView Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) is designed to handle massive volumes of diverse data, logs and content and is the first commercially available Content Aware SIEM.

Continuous Data Protection - Your Safety Net in a Disaster  by CDW Corporation

September 08, 2009 - When you resume business after a disruption, you want to pick up where you left off. That means minutes, or even seconds, before the lights went out or the computer virus struck. If your business is aiming for zero data loss and zero downtime, there's only one choice - continuous data protection (CDP).

Controlling the Cost of Audio Conferencing  by Citrix Online

September 10, 2009 - This Wainhouse Research application brief explores the costs of audio conferencing – specifically whether organizations consider cost to be a problem and what they're doing to control it.

Converged Communications: The Time Is Now  by CDW Corporation

September 01, 2009 - This Trend Advisory guide features a series of articles on Unified Communications. Each piece covers a different aspect of the subject. Learn how convergence communications is changing everything in the business world as more and more companies are taking voice and video to the data network.

CORE IMPACT Pro V10  by Core Security Technologies

December 30, 2009 - Please join Core Security for a live demonstration of CORE IMPACT Pro, the most comprehensive product for performing security assurance testing on an organization’s network systems, endpoint systems, end users and web applications.

Cost Control: The ROI of Outsourcing EDI and B2B Integration  by Crossgate

February 23, 2010 - Organizational agility helps improve business insight and collaboration, bridges strategy and execution, and optimizes business networks. These business networks allow organizations to more readily meet the demands of changing market trends. Listen to this webinar to learn about controlling costs by outsourcing EDI and B2B integration.

Cost Effective Security and Compliance with Oracle Database 11g Release 2  by Oracle Corporation

September 28, 2009 - With Oracle Database 11g powerful privileged user and multi-factor access control, data classification, and data masking, organizations can deploy reliable data security solutions that do not require any changes to existing applications, minimizing the costs associated with regulatory compliance and the deployment of strong internal controls.

Cost-cutting strategies for a virtualized data center: Disaster recovery and readiness  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

June 16, 2009 - Learn how data center virtualization enables your company to implement cost-effective disaster recovery (DR) solutions and reduce DR testing and maintenance costs.

Cost-Effective Data Leak Prevention Starts at the Source  by Oracle Corporation

August 01, 2009 - This IDC white paper presents the benefits to enterprises adopting a preemptive approach to IPC, the internal threats to business information, the impact of government regulations on the protection of data, and highlights how Oracle provides database security products that enterprises can leverage to protect themselves from costly data breaches.

Courier Company Uses Blackberry Solution to Help Reduce Operational Costs and Improve Customer Service  by BlackBerry

February 26, 2009 - In order to monitor and manage a workforce of independent drivers, the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution was matched with Air-Trak, a solution that allows companies to track deliveries and receive almost instant updates on driver locations. Read on to discover how this improved operations for a mid-size courier company.

Creating and Managing Wireless Security Policy  by BlackBerry

July 31, 2008 - Policy for policy, the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution offers the most comprehensive set of wireless security tools of any wireless solution today.

Creating Exponential Value Through Intelligent, Enterprise-Wide Web Conferencing Deployments  by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd

March 01, 2008 - This paper makes that case that, just like email and telephony, web conferencing should be deployed as part of a regular enterprise-wide toolset.

CRM Built for IT: The Executive Guide to Selecting CRM that Meets IT Needs  by Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution

November 11, 2009 - This white paper provides everything the CIO and IT team must know to evaluate a CRM system based on the critical business and technical issues that matter to IT directors and chief information and technology officers.

CRM Built for Sales: The Executive Guide to Selecting CRM That Meets Sales Needs  by Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution

February 20, 2009 - This white paper provides core principles companies can use to help them select a CRM system that each sales user feels was built just for them.

CRM: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE - Five Principles for CRM Success  by Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution

February 20, 2009 - This paper explains how, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is first and foremost a strategy. This guide provides insight to help you take a more customer-centric view of your business.

Crossing the Chasm Between the Service Desk and Operations  by BMC Software, Inc.

June 15, 2009 - IT organizations can significantly improve efficiency and reduce operational costs by creating environments with shared access to common data to support Operations and the Service Desk, and evolving and automating key processes between the two groups.

Crystal Reports 2008 - Download a FREE 30 Day Trial  by SAP BusinessObjects

April 30, 2009 - With Crystal Reports, you can: Empower end users to explore reports with on-report sorting and parameters, Minimize IT and developer effort with interactive reports.

Crystal Reports Server: A Functional Overview  by SAP AG

February 24, 2010 - Crystal Reports Server software offers small businesses and mid size companies a proven reporting and dashboard solution on a single server. It addresses the complete reporting process – from data access and report and dashboard design to report management and delivery, including content integration with portals and enterprise applications.