| Recent Vendor Reports on IT Managers |
IT Systems Management: Exploiting the Infrastructure for Business Value
| sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER:
Managing in a virtualised environment has a number of specific and unique challenges, and these are as much about having a tool as they are about having well-defined IT processes and procedures.
Posted: 08 Jan 2009 | Published: 08 Jan 2008
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IT Briefing: What the &*!@ Is up with the Network?!: Challenges and Solutions for Today's Network Engineers
| sponsored by PacketTrap Networks
IT BRIEFING:
This document surveys the challenges that network engineers face today, including traffic, virtualization, VoIP, and the PacketTrap integrated solution that allows network engineers to operate efficiently under today's circumstances.
Posted: 07 Jan 2009 | Published: 06 Jan 2009
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End-To-End Web Security: Protecting Users and Servers against the Latest Web Threats
| sponsored by IronPort Systems
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Effective Web application firewalls deliver scalability and maximum throughput, while securing Web-facing HTML and XML applications delivered to client browsers or the Internet via HTTP or HTTPS.
Posted: 06 Jan 2009 | Published: 06 Jan 2009
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QUOCIRCA BRIEFING - Remote IT Management
| sponsored by NTR Global
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IT managers and managed service providers, to which the task is often outsourced, must have flexible access to powerful tools and an ability to share the data those tools rely on.
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 | Published: 31 Dec 2008
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eGuide - An IT Manager's Guide
| sponsored by Google
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE:
This eGuide discusses criteria for evaluating email archiving products and explores reasons a comprehensive email archiving strategy is essential for any business. Read on to gain insight into two basic approaches for storing and managing archived email.
Posted: 02 Jan 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2009
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eGuide: Making IT Automation a Reality
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This expert E-Guide offers beginner tips and real-life examples for automation planning and deployment, you'll also learn proven techniques to avoid or resolve common pitfalls, so you can reap all of the perks of IT automation.
Posted: 31 Dec 2008 | Published: 23 Dec 2008
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Akamai's Application Acceleration Services: Transform the Internet into a Business-Ready Application Delivery Platform
| sponsored by Akamai Technologies
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The Akamai EdgePlatform addresses the root-causes of Internet performance and scale bottlenecks by intelligently placing itself between the end-user and origin data-center as an overlay network to the Internet.
Posted: 30 Dec 2008 | Published: 30 Dec 2008
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HP Customer Perspective: How IT Quality Managers Respond to SOA Change
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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This paper describes the challenges that IT quality managers face when applying traditional test tools and processes to SOA and shows how HP has adapted HP Quality Center and HP Performance Center software to help IT meet the new needs of SOA.
Posted: 29 Dec 2008 | Published: 23 Dec 2008
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Comprehensive LAN Security: A Business Requirement
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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The ProCurve ProActive Defense strategy delivers a cohesive network security approach, backed by products and services designed to give businesses the best possible chance to keep their networks up and running.
Posted: 23 Dec 2008 | Published: 23 Dec 2008
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The Eight Pillars of an Enterprise Application Architecture
| sponsored by LANSA
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This paper focuses on the benefits of adopting a sound enterprise application architecture as a means to guide and aid application development and modernization.
Posted: 20 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008
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Total Cost Comparison: Storage Solutions in Enterprise VMware Environments
| sponsored by NetApp
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This study explains the impact of power, cooling, space considerations on VMware storage deployments and the estimates for cost of downtime in order to ensure validity for all types of environments.
Posted: 19 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008
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eGuide: Meshing Virtual Machine and Physical Systems Management
| sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
EGUIDE:
This paper explains, how to provide adequate network redundancy and isolation, adaptive automation practices for high availability and the best tools to eliminate separate virtual and physical management structures.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2008
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Signs (and solutions) that you're in need of Product Portfolio Management
| sponsored by CA
PODCAST:
In this webcast from Steve Rollins, learn about managing product portfolio management and about the symptoms of how you know you need a PPM solution. Listen to how to propose a PPM solution to upper management and how to manage more with less money.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 15 Dec 2008
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Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Cloning
| sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
SOFTWARE DEMO:
In this video, learn how to close a Microsoft Hyper-V VM with Systems Center virtual machine manager.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 12 Dec 2008
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Get the Facts: Real-Time, On-Demand Information for Business Intelligence and Data Integration
| sponsored by Vision Solutions
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper shows how a software-based data replication solution can drive value by providing simplified, on-demand enterprise-wide data sharing and right-time data integration for any business.
Posted: 12 Dec 2008 | Published: 12 Dec 2008
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Infrastructure: CIOs Take IT to the Next Level
| sponsored by CA
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An optimized IT infrastructure can create a strong competitive advantage, CIOs can respond to changes quickly, in turn, quickening the organization's time to market for both products and services.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 24 Nov 2008
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Going Green. A Strategic Guide to Green IT Management.
| sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER:
Learn how employing enterprise IT management software solutions as part of your green IT strategy advances your overall sustainability goals.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 13 Oct 2008
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Better Manage Your Operations to Reduce Costs and Support Environmental Sustainability
| sponsored by CA
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With cost improvements, businesses can stay more competitive and profitable, especially in intensive energy-use industries such as IT and retail.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 14 Oct 2008
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The New Microsoft IT Pro Certifications and Exams
| sponsored by Global Knowledge
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The MCITP assures that anyone possessing Microsoft certification has a breadth of knowledge on various products and is concerned with the network architecture and design.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008
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Virtualization Overview
| sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER:
This paper explains an approach to virtualization software that relies on the host operating system to provide the service to talk directly to the underlying hardware.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Oct 2008
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Agentless Application Virtualization: Enabling the Evolution of the Desktop
| sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
In this study, IDC analyst Michael Rose discusses how VMware ThinApp, an agentless virtualization solution, addresses the challenges of desktop computing. Read this paper to learn about the pros and cons of virtualized client computing.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Dec 2008
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Oracle Advanced Compression
| sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
Oracle Database 11g introduces the Advanced Compression Option to help customers cope with data growth and storage, regulatory compliance, and application scalability and performance challenges.
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 | Published: 09 Dec 2008
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Best Practices for Measuring Data Center Energy Efficiency
| sponsored by IBM
VIDEO:
In this videocast, power and cooling expert Ken Brill explains how to define and measure data center energy efficiency.
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 08 Dec 2008
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Sun Storage 7000 Series Family: Radical Simplicity Combined with Breakthrough Price/Performance
| sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DATA SHEET:
The Sun Storage 7000 Series family helps simplify storage deployment and management with its unprecedented easy-to-use management interface, DTrace Analytics software, and self-healing capabilities.
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 | Published: 04 Dec 2008
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Pulling the Thin Provisioning Lever to Improve Storage Management Efficiency
| sponsored by Symantec Corporation
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This paper discusses thin provisioning and how Symantec is using it in important areas of the storage management market.
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 | Published: 03 Dec 2008
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Ventana Research: Business Intelligence for Operational Performance
| sponsored by Actuate
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Read this leading analyst study to gain insight on business intelligence for operational performance that highlights best practices for IT departments and line-of-business (LOB) managers.
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 | Published: 03 Dec 2008
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