May 01, 2009 - (Free Research) As IT commoditization continues to increase audit and control activities, IT gets better at identifying and documenting the causes of significant outages. In an increasing number of cases, these ITIL efforts show the source of the outage to be action from the security department, and the BSM processes show the impact to be devastating.
October 18, 2010 - (Free Research) IT managers everywhere feel overwhelmed with the rising tide of security threats they have to deal with in the face of an increasing regulatory burden. It is not surprising then that they tend to overlook one particular area of IT security, which is the privileged access that they grant themselves and/or their colleagues in order to do their jobs.
January 10, 2011 - (Free Research) When organizations adopt Alfabet’s planningIT, decision makers have more knowledge about their operating environments and use this information to leverage existing assets and avoid unnecessary investments in software or development.
May 25, 2010 - (Free Research) Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio.
May 09, 2011 - (Free Research) This paper explores Sybase IQ as the smart approach for businesses who need to analyze, compete and deliver. Analytics workbenches make development, testing, implementation and management of analytics environments faster and simpler than ever before.
September 01, 2011 - (Free Research) <p>This case study points out the challenges of operating a heterogeneous infrastructure and describes the virtualization and refresh strategy one organization deployed to address them.</p>
February 03, 2011 - (Free Research) SOA governance is the framework that enables, measures, defines and enforces the rules for communication, collaboration and control across the enterprise and among IT and business decision-makers. This paper provides seven key steps to get you started on the path towards successful SOA governance.
February 17, 2011 - (Free Research) To help IT decision makers evaluate their options for addressing datacenter complexity - Dell posed the following questions to Mary Johnston Turner, research director for IDC's System Management Software service. Learn answers to today's most pressing datacenter questions regarding cloud computing, virtualization, provisioning and more.
December 01, 2011 - (Free Research) Because perceptions of converged infrastructure (CI) often vary in the IT industry, HP and Intel contracted Forrester Consulting to survey IT decision-makers internationally on benefits and barriers to implementation of CI. Learn the results of that survey in this white paper.
July 22, 2011 - (Free Research) This strategy guide will help IT decision-makers understand how converged infrastructure will facilitate such essential tasks as network support, stretching data storage resources, automating operations and streamlining systems management.
October 21, 2011 - (Free Research) By taking the lead through a business risk mitigation strategy, IT decision-makers can safeguard their organizations against the cost, time and resource implications of restoring access to critical data and resources, while reducing the potential economic impact of unplanned outages.
May 03, 2012 - (Free Research) This research brief examines the outlook for cloud adoption in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) based on market research conducted among IT decision-makers.
April 27, 2012 - (Free Research) Do you know how to execute? You'd better hope so. Execution separates the winners from the losers. Read this resource, taken from the upcoming book, 'Return on Execution,' and learn why a return on execution is the ultimate business difference-maker. Discover a method for measuring your return on execution and learn why business alignment is key.
January 15, 2010 - (Free Research) IBM conducted a survey in June and July of 2009 of 1,090 IT and line-of-business decision makers around the world. This white paper shares the survey findings, and provides the IBM point of view.
August 10, 2010 - (Free Research) This whitepaper, aimed strategic decision makers, will discuss how you can reduce telephony costs, maximize your ROI and improve your business collaboration and communication activities.
June 07, 2011 - (Free Research) In Technology Business Research’s 3Q10 x86-based Server Customer Satisfaction Study, based on the views of 481 IT decision-makers in North America, IBM earned its fifth straight No. 1 ranking and its fourth consecutive singular (unshared) top ranking. Read this retrospective analysis to learn more.
July 01, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper is intended to inform senior decision makers about the business benefits associated with virtualizing IT infrastructure using breakthrough CMT technology from Sun.
November 15, 2010 - (Free Research) These six videos discuss how today’s information management tools can provide organizations with situational awareness and predictive abilities. Combining human cognition with computational power, these tools can predict accurately and respond quickly to help key decision-makers. Watch these videos and learn how.
September 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper helps in better understanding all the different cost factors and includes a simplified calculator that will help influencers and decision makers to better estimate the true TCO of a SaaS versus a traditional software deployment.
May 2011 - (Free Research) Where is the cloud taking us? Identify and learn from IT decision makers who are well on their way down the road to the cloud. This presentation transcript reveals the 5 best practices to innovate and minimize the risks as you introduce cloud technology.
January 2011 - (Free Research) This research brief is based on a recent Tech Target survey with more than 200 storage administrators and IT professionals in mid-sized and enterprise-class companies, and focuses on how these decision-makers view the storage-related challenges that result from server virtualization.
November 2011 - (Free Research) Storage demands are accelerating by leaps and bounds. But with IT budgets tightening, decision-makers need to stretch the bounds of innovation to deal with both the cost and complexity of storage. This comprehensive white paper explores the 6 top ways to reduce storage costs and complexity.
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