Application Infrastructure White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a system, designed to revolutionize data center consolidation, enabling enterprises to bring together disparate, mission-critical workloads with maximum reliability and security. Learn how this system, consisting of software, firmware and hardware, can reduce application implementation costs and more.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a system that can be seamlessly integrated into your data center network infrastructure to provide a flexible, secure, high-performance solution for all application I/O. Discover how your organization can enjoy a rich network environment for all of your business-critical applications.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines various high availability scenarios for running SAP on SUSE Linux. Determine which one is right for your enterprise and obtain detailed advice for properly enabling it.

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover an effective way to transition to the cloud with the use of custom-configured applications. Read on now to discover the ultra-flexible form factor of these applications can help provide benefits like cost containment, simple deployment, better security and more.

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This brief resource provides 10 reasons why customers use EMC unified storage for deploying virtualized Oracle Environments.

Posted: 11 May 2012 | Published: 11 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this IDC report to learn the five key steps that forward-thinking organizations have taken to successfully leverage the cloud for application development, infrastructure operations, and day-to-day management processes.

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 | Published: 31 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This resource examines a new way of enabling the agility an organization needs through an enterprise application marketplace that minimizes administrative effort. Users get a consumer-like, self-service experience where they can find software via built in search tools, then run it with one click.

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 | Published: 13 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insights on 17 key topics to consider when moving applications to the cloud. Also, learn how to tackle the three essential steps of app migration including, determing which existing or new processes, services and data are candidates, managing risks for candidates, and metering.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 06 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This resource provides answers to your top Windows 7 migration questions and more. Learn how to successfully prepare for Windows 7 by determining what applications are being used before the application compatibility process even starts.

Posted: 05 Mar 2012 | Published: 22 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: An IT modernization project will be unique to your business, and to successfully manage it you'll need the appropriate tools, resources, and best practices throughout the process. Read this paper to get a framework for initiating your modernization efforts.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Concerns about migration downtime, security, and application service level maintenance have kept many organizations from virtualizing their infrastructure. Read this paper to discover how a converged infrastructure platform can bring you all the benefits of virtualization without the risks typically associated with an implementation.

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 | Published: 15 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Concerns about migration downtime, security, and application service level maintenance have kept many organizations from virtualizing their infrastructure. Read this paper to discover how a converged infrastructure platform can bring you all the benefits of virtualization without the risks typically associated with an implementation.

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 | Published: 15 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: An enterprise service bus (ESB) increases the flexibility provided by a service oriented architecture (SOA) by decoupling a service requester from a service provider. Read this white paper to learn how these capabilities can be used by banks to simplify integration of banking services, lower costs and speed up time to market.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the importance of connectivity— enabled by an enterprise service bus (ESB)— in an effective service oriented architecture (SOA) implementation, and makes a case for System z as an optimal platform for ESB reliability and performance.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Mobile, social and cloud application complexities are requiring organizations to modernize their application platforms. This IDC paper presents the structural changes and functionality––including lightweight frameworks, in-memory data management, application management, and more––required in order to evolve to a cloud-ready application platform.

Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to view key findings about converged application appliances.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: The Applications Suitability Mapping for Cloud service is a consultative service, directed at evaluating an application's fit to a cloud environment. Read this white paper to learn more about how this solution can provide assessment of your applications and discover the many benefits you can enjoy.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Uncover how Instant-On Enterprises are transforming applications for a secure, context aware, connected environment at work, home, play or on the road.

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: An IT modernization project will be unique to your business, and to successfully manage it you'll need the appropriate tools, resources, and best practices throughout the process. Read this paper to get a framework for initiating your modernization efforts.

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to discover how you can improve your current business intelligence (BI) system through an innovative partnership and drive new revenue to allow your organization the ability to expand your service offerings.

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how an enterprise service bus (ESB) enables interoperability at "the seven key points of mediation," which is necessary to achieve the goals of service oriented architecture (SOA): reuse and agility. It spotlights the first three points of mediation: transport, location, and semantics.

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Given all the things to consider when leveraging a cloud model, implementing one may seem daunting—but it doesn’t have to be. IBM Rational® solutions can help.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper presents a new, broad and all-encompassing multiplatform view of modernization in the context of applications, people and teams that will help you see where to begin, and where a comprehensive strategy might lead.

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 | Published: 10 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about a new single integrated solution that can support all desktop and application virtualization architectures in your enterprise.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: A steady pattern of innovation, expansion, and acquisition can quickly result in a sprawling infrastructure that is difficult to manage. This white paper explores tools and practices that have emerged to address this issue and recommends actions you can take to lay the foundation for the cloud.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 01 Mar 2011