IT Audits

WHITE PAPER: 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.

Posted: 27 May 2009 | Published: 27 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: Discover how a gap analysis can reveal areas where the reality and long-term vision of your organization are diverging and provide the momentum  needed to start adopting service management best practices. Find out how gap analysis can help your company identify what it does well and how to achieve its goals.

Posted: 13 Apr 2012 | Published: 13 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: IT operations are evolving in a number of ways. Some of the obvious changes include virtualization and the cloud. However, there are 5 less obvious trends that are changing the dynamics of IT operations, each of which is explained in this white paper.

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 | Published: 03 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Security needs are growing fast. Businesses are facing a large-scale and well-resourced criminal network intent on defrauding them and their customers. On top of this there is the growing threat of cyber espionage, and the need to meet ever more stringent compliance benchmarks.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Today’s data centres lack an established system for classifying software management tools, causing many IT pros to struggle with identifying which tools are necessary to ensure secure and efficient data centre operations. This resource divides the realm of data centre management tools into four distinct subsets and provides examples of each.

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 | Published: 07 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: When it comes to IT, Linux is everywhere. From smart phones to powerful computer systems, this flexible operating system addresses a significant number of usage models. Read this white paper to learn more about the universal platform and discover all the computer segments that it plays a role in.

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 | Published: 24 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This valuable resource offers key insight into how you can empower your IT staff to ensure maximum value to your business. Within, four top industry leaders share their thoughts on how empowering your IT team can help you meet business goals.

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 | Published: 20 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) offers data center managers countless benefits as it brings facilities and IT together to achieve increased availability, efficiency, and cost savings. Access this white paper to discover what components make up an enterprise-grade DCIM strategy and what to look for in a DCIM vendor.

Posted: 15 May 2012 | Published: 15 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn how host technology has evolved and how to take advantage of these changes. This essential white paper will help you pick the right products for your organization and understand your users’ needs.

Posted: 15 May 2012 | Published: 15 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn best practices for monitoring virtual environments. Discover how to minimize challenges such as lack of visibility, inefficiency and complexity so you can stay enjoying all the benefits virtualization has to offer.

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 | Published: 05 Apr 2012