IT Asset Management

WHITE PAPER: SAS and IDG set out to discover how businesses should make the best use of their data and IT's role in this process by questioning IT management on their use of analytics and their involvement in it. This paper illustrates the major gap that exists between data-driven companies that embrace analytics and those that do not.

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 | Published: 06 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: Today’s enterprises should have a performance system—a means to transparently measure and manage progress against business goals. This white paper documents the requirements of an effective IT performance system and introduces a set of KPIs and best practices that leaders within different IT domains can use to improve performance.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This resource presents many of the challenges and opportunities organizations face when setting up a job scheduling or workload automation process to manage their IT operations.

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 06 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll find tips and strategies for maintaining an open and flexible IT system that will increase the efficiency of your enterprise. Learn how leveraging design, operate, maintain (DOM) can facilitate an easy transition to an open IT system.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Enterprise resource leader, SAP founded in 1972, is facing the slow death of traditional on-premise ERP. Customers with shrinking IT budgets are opting to outsource more of their core business systems.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 15 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: IT asset management and discovery tools - the user's view.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Today’s economic climate means IT departments are under pressure to deliver both never-fail applications and service levels that meet business needs, while also reducing costs.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Computing infrastructure today is highly versatile and this has many benefits for businesses. Unfortunately, it also has downsides; use that infrastructure unintelligently and costs can get out of control.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 05 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Data will be at the heart of decision-making as companies return to growth and the public sector looks for greater efficiency.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 05 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Download this paper by Riverbed and discover a clear 5-step approach to making sure every consolidation project is successful.

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn about a service management solution that's optimized for IBM's System z, but compatible with other distributed systems, that provides the end-to-end visibility, control and automation for optimum business service delivery and IT infrastructure management.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper you will learn five reasons why your Oracle licensing requirements may evolve, the five best practices for Oracle license management and more.

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 | Published: 09 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the key strategic issues and best practices involved in transforming your business to enable growth. Discover the steps you must take to innovate, translate business strategy into IT strategy, develop a roadmap for strategic business transformation, and obtain maximum benefit from your SAP investment.

Posted: 20 Sep 2010 | Published: 20 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides analysis and advice on how Dell Virtual Remote Desktop (VRD), a server-hosted desktop virtualization, can deliver substantial benefits, simplifying lifecycle management, and driving ongoing cost and productivity benefits.

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: While PC prices continue to fall, the total cost of using PCs remains high, when the cost of the deployment activities themselves is considered. To help companies optimize their PC deployment process, Dell has developed a series of offerings that can be used to simplify the deployment process and reduce the time needed to deploy PCs.

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and provides an overview of the problems and issues associated with "greening" today's data centers.

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: The tools for assessing enterprise-level green practices have evolved from do-it yourself Excel spreadsheets to elaborate carbon accounting software suites available on a subscription basis. By first determining a baseline, organizations can set clear goals for adopting greener IT practices.

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: The Dell™ Management Console Powered by Altiris™ from Symantec™ provides a comprehensive management platform based on standardized IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes—facilitating the adoption of industry best practices and helping streamline and simplify IT management in enterprise data centers.

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: With more and more sensitive data moving from file servers to SharePoint sites, it's important to keep a close eye on what users can access documents, what users have permissions to change the SharePoint sites, and what documents are getting modified.

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: Check out this solution brief to discover how VMware equips SMBs with technology solutions that allow them to cost effectively optimize the use of their existing IT assets and resources as well as protect the systems, data, and applications that run the business, ensuring Always On IT.

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization provides powerful, tangible ways to streamline many traditionally time-consuming processes and minimize the resources needed to deploy and manage IT resources. This white paper examines how Microsoft® customers are using virtualization technology to simplify their IT infrastructure, IT processes, and save money.

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 | Published: 03 Nov 2008

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn what total automation can do for an industrial/manufacturing enterprise, how it can dramatically improve operations by providing real-time data to all the interdependent parts of the supply chain.

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 | Published: 04 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the growing alignment between the financial and technical disciplines. It examines the results of the Global CFO Study 2008 in the context of IT, identifying the critical implications for CIOs, and the need for a strategic partnership with CFOs and more ongoing collaboration between Finance and IT.

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: Harvey Koeppel, executive director of the Center for CIO Leadership, talks about the challenges facing CIOs today and the emerging role of the CIO as a business leader helping to drive change and innovation.

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: Investing in the right IT platform and end-to-end business processes enables companies to simplify the IT landscape and reduce total it cost.

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009