IT Service Management White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how a process-based approach to managing application demand can finally help IT service organizations give their user base what they want—more revenue, more market share, and more customers.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Discover the obstacles associated with supporting advanced technology in complex IT environments. Review what you should look for when considering support features and deliverables, and learn how specific support tools can enable improved problem resolution and minimize downtime.

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 | Published: 01 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This decision guide demonstrates how migrating to Serena Service Manager will help transform your IT organization into an agile, responsive, and business-focused service provider.

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 | Published: 04 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Cloud services are increasing the pressure put on today’s data centres, pushing IT professionals to virtualise their data centre infrastructures as quickly as possible. This white paper discusses an advanced platform you can leverage to provide your data centre with the capabilities it needs to effectively support cloud computing.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the significant advantages of private cloud computing and find strategies for overcoming the challenges and risks of an implementation.

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

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: Read this white paper to learn about the significant advantages of private cloud computing and find strategies for overcoming the challenges and risks of an implementation.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: In a recent survey conducted on 2000 IT professionals, 91% of those that responded expect that the cloud will replace traditional on-premise computing within the next five years.This essential resource introduces a comprehensive portfolio of products and services for building and managing your cloud solutions.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 | Published: 13 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insights into getting your organisation positioned for innovation, mobility, integration, and agility. Learn why you need to include applications in your strategy to meet these objectives—and why doing so can help you realise better outcomes.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In a world of mobility, virtualization, and cloud computing, IT services are constantly changing. To serve the business more effectively, IT needs a new approach to managing operations. This white paper introduces a new methodology called business service management (BSM). Discover how this management approach improves your overall service quality.

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 | Published: 22 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of how IT organizations can optimize across the entire life cycle of their datacenters and build a strong foundation for future IT operations. Opportunities for optimization remain strong, including increasing efficiency.

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 | Published: 04 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many IT departments have chosen to throw hardware at performance and capacity problems. In the past, that approach has worked, however times and management challenges have changed; demanding a different approach – capacity management. This guide is designed to help those IT leaders who are now looking to assemble a capacity management approach.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Different managers have different philosophies for project planning and scheduling, especially when it comes to meeting deadlines. But what if there was a way to improve risk management in relation to corporate projects? Learn how capacity planning provides the foresight necessary to complete projects on time and boost customer satisfaction.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: To minimize downtime caused by technical failures and end-user problems, organizations can implement rapid resolution processes. Access this white paper to learn how you can leverage live chat to significantly improve customer support efficiency.

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization offers a more flexible solution where resources can be redistributed in accordance with shifting demands. However, virtualization resources add a new abstraction layer to the infrastructure stack, which can complicate IT service optimization. Read on to learn best practices for optimizing IT services in complex virtual environments.

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: To optimize business services and application performance, IT organizations need a complete picture of all IT assets and services that contribute to customer and user experience.

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Integrated Service Management offerings from IBM are designed to help managed service providers (MSPs) accelerate growth by supporting cost reduction programs, service delivery excellence, and the enablement of new and innovative business models such as cloud-based services.

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 | Published: 03 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights the areas where companies can see improvement after implementing cloud computing and offers detailed guidance to help IT prepare for this new IT model.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the role of a command center in helping companies monitor and manage individual technologies and explains why a service-oriented approach is essential.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: As companies strive to improve performance, they typically encounter several challenges along the way. This white paper describes a few of these obstacles and explains why a service-oriented, lifecycle-based approach to management is essential.

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 | Published: 19 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper gives an overview of the IT service management (ITSM) market and provides criteria for for successful vendor assessment and product implementation.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 31 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive white paper to gain a new perspective on managing data center infrastructures that recognizes; the importance of real-time data to understand the true capacity of available infrastructure, interdependencies between logical and physical layers, the need for more powerful management tools that can guide design, and much more.

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 | Published: 08 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: VMware offers a unique, evolutionary path to cloud computing that reduces IT complexity, significantly lowers costs and enables more flexible, agile service delivery. Access this paper for a detailed look at the VMware approach to the cloud.

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 | Published: 19 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Managing the IT infrastructure for small and mid-sizedcompanies is a thankless job. People just don’tunderstand the expertise, time and patience required.Kaseya presents the top ten IT management pain pointsand our solution for making your life easier.

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Published: 12 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Applying the ideas and principles of cloud computing to IT operations can offer organizations agility and cost savings. For workloads which need to be highly elastic, like those of software developers, using an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) approach is often the best choice.

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 | Published: 11 Apr 2011