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ALSO CALLED: Portable Document Format, Adobe Portable Document Format
DEFINITION: PDF is also an abbreviation for the Netware Printer Definition File.PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format that has captured all the elements of a printed document as an electronic image that you can view, navigate, print, or forward to someone else. PDF files are created using Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat Capture, or similar products. To view and use the files, you need the free Acrobat Reader,  … 
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Premier Issue of the CIO Decisions Midmarket Ezine - "The Green Monster"
sponsored by CIO Decisions
EZINE: This document highlights what you need to know about power consumption, server virtualization and outfitting data centers to make the most of the new technologies.
Posted: 24 Sep 2009 | Published: 24 Sep 2009


IDC Paper – Services for Virtualization
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: IDC's white paper reviews finds that virtualization can have significant benefits to an organization, like increased utilization, simplified management and reduced energy costs, but it can be a complex undertaking and if not planned correctly, it can hurt instead of help.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009


Desktop Virtualization: Overcoming Five Real-World Challenges
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the most significant hurdles any desktop virtualization program needs to overcome. Staying focused on the ultimate goal--delivering core applications effectively to users--helps clarify the issues involved in desktop virtualization deployment.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 11 Sep 2009


The Value Of A Comprehensive Integration Solution
sponsored by Sterling Commerce
WHITE PAPER: In November 2008, Sterling Commerce commissioned Forrester Consulting to investigate the value of a comprehensive integration solution (CIS) that encompasses the bulk of the enterprise’s integration needs. Forrester also conducted an online survey of key IT roles in selected geographical locations. This paper discusses the results of these studies.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 11 Sep 2009


Cost Savings with Centralized Virtual Desktops
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a close examination of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and how it may dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Read this paper to learn about the current cost of PC management and how virtual desktops can be deployed using existing budgets.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 11 Sep 2009


Virtualization and Your Storage Infrastructure
sponsored by Forsythe
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: Storage virtualization can bring many benefits to an organization including reduced costs, higher capacity, and greater data protection. This SearchStorage E-Guide was developed to give storage managers practical guidelines and best practices to consider when evaluating how to best leverage virtualization in their storage infrastructure.
Posted: 21 Aug 2009 | Published: 21 Aug 2009


Road Map for Delivering BI Publisher Documents from Oracle EBS: A Guide to the Automated Delivery of Oracle E-Business Suite Documents via Email and Fax
sponsored by STR Software
WHITE PAPER: This document is designed to be a guide to the Oracle E-Business Suite. It is intended to educate users, developers, managers, and executives of companies using Oracle E-Business Suite to automate and maintain the distribution of business documents
Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 10 Sep 2008


The Customer-Driven Innovation Series: The Predictive Enterprise
sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters
WHITE PAPER: Customer data mining and predictive analytics helps achieve customer innovation, strengthen brand and lift sales. Gain further customer insight with four attributes of a predictive enterprise so you can start putting customer innovation to work.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 05 May 2009


Enhancing Virtualization Performance with VMware VStorage
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: VMware® vSphere™ is the industry's first private cloud operating system that provides a comprehensive framework from which Dell can help deliver enhanced virtualization capabilities to clients.
Posted: 24 Jun 2009 | Published: 24 Jun 2009


IDC Technology Spotlight: Everyone's a Genius: SaaS-Delivered Business Intelligence Tools Put Decision Making in the Hands of Decision Makers
sponsored by SAP BusinessObjects
WHITE PAPER: Inexpensive, easy-to-deploy SaaS BI can help companies put easy-to-use data mining and reporting tools for smart decision making into the hands of more employees and uncover the real “geniuses” of decision making hidden in every department.
Posted: 10 May 2009 | Published: 10 May 2009


Cloud Computing - What is its Potential Value for Your Company?
sponsored by Google Apps
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines whether cloud computing makes good business sense for your company. Ultimately, you may find that moving your data to the cloud actually improves security, scalability, access, and disaster recovery.
Posted: 12 Jun 2009 | Published: 12 Jun 2009


Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future?
sponsored by Google Apps
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides a snapshot of what is happening in the arena of cloud computing. What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What does it mean to a business owner or executive? How does it affect the workplace? What are the payoffs and the pitfalls? Is it really ready for "prime time"?
Posted: 11 Jun 2009 | Published: 11 Jun 2009


Should Your Email Live In The Cloud? A Comparative Cost Analysis
sponsored by Google Apps
ANALYST REPORT: This report presents a spreadsheet cost model to help you calculate your fully loaded on-premise email costs and compare it against cloud-based alternatives. Bottom line: Cloud-based email makes sense for companies or divisions as large as 15,000 users.
Posted: 11 Jun 2009 | Published: 11 Jun 2009


Let Customer Feedback Do the Driving
sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters
WHITE PAPER: As the second installment in The Customer Innovation Series, this paper describes why and how Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) is a critical component in solving the problem of enhancing customer-driven innovation.
Posted: 07 May 2009 | Published: 07 May 2009


SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys™ 3.0 - Specifications
sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters
BROCHURE: Use SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys to categorize text responses whether you conduct surveys to support business, education, or government decisions, or for your academic research. No matter your field, you now have a way to combine your qualitative and quantitative analyses using a single advanced but easy-to-use desktop software program.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 05 May 2009


Strong data security to protect critical assets: A focus on security yields compliance for free
sponsored by Thales
WHITE PAPER: This paper offers thought leadership to help you address challenges surrounding information security and compliance issues. It will also introduce you to the value and importance of a hardware security module as a key part of any successful information security program.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 05 May 2009


Coinstar Selects the Most Profitable Machine Locations
sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters
CASE STUDY: Coinstar, a coin conversion company, needed to identify new and profitable locations for their coin conversion machines. They turned to SPSS Inc.'s data integration and analysis capabilities with various demographic and geography-based variables. Read this case study for more details.
Posted: 04 May 2009 | Published: 04 May 2009


Emperors Palace: South African gaming resort takes the gamble out of marketing campaigns
sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters
CASE STUDY: Gaming is a fast-growing market in South Africa, due to the rapidly emerging middle class. As entertainment spending is increasing, Emperors Palace wanted to enhance the impact of its marketing to make the company more competitive. Read how SPSS helped them achieve this.
Posted: 04 May 2009 | Published: 04 May 2009


Seminar Presentation Download: Deduplication School
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: This presentation from leading industry expert W. Curtis Preston will go in-depth into the technology options available, as he shares his insights on deployments he's managed.
Posted: 20 Jan 2009 | Published: 20 Jan 2009


Hard Hat Area: Myths and Pitfalls of Data Mining
sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters
WHITE PAPER: The intrepid data miner runs many risks, including being buried under mountains of data or disappearing along with the "mysterious disappearing terabyte." Myths and misconceptions create their own risks and need to be debunked. This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths, and provides some protective "hard hats" for data miners.
Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 20 Feb 2009


Cablecom Delivers Unique Customer Experience through Its Innovative Use of Business Analytics
sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters
CASE STUDY: This IDC Buyer Case Study describes the adoption, deployment, and utilization of business analytics software at the cable operator Cablecom.
Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 20 Feb 2009


Software-As-A-Service: An Ideal E-mail Archive Solution for Medium-Size Businesses
sponsored by Google
ANALYST REPORT: Despite the many benefits of using email archiving, many organizations still have not adopted an archiving solution and continue to manage their messaging storage levels with quotas. In this analyst report, we'll discuss why medium sized businesses need email archiving, how to make an informed purchase, and make the case for SaaS based archiving.
Posted: 31 Jul 2009 | Published: 31 Jul 2009


Closing Wireless Loopholes for PCI Compliance and Security
sponsored by AirMagnet, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Merchants who process payment cards need dedicated wireless monitoring systems that offer full traffic analysis and comprehensive security solutions to identify wireless security loopholes, provide solutions, and document compliance for audits. Read this white paper to learn more about ensuring PCI compliance in your wireless network.
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 | Published: 02 Dec 2009


Doing More with Less: Automating IT Services in Your Midsize Business
sponsored by N-able Technologies
WHITE PAPER: Driven by mounting compliance, security, globalization and competition issues, IT Professionals in midsize businesses are under heavy pressure to increase efficiencies and work within tighter budgets. Services automation is a proven way for addressing these challenges.
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 | Published: 02 Dec 2009


Choosing and Consuming Managed Security Services
sponsored by SecureWorks
ANALYST REPORT: Learn the strategies, actions, and capabilities that Best-in-Class organizations employ and technologies they choose to obtain superior performance against various security performance metrics. This report provides guidelines for identifying which security solutions to consume as a MSS and defines best practices for choosing and managing MSSPs.
Posted: 02 Dec 2009 | Published: 02 Dec 2009

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PDF DEFINITION (continued): …  which you can easily download. Once you've downloaded the Reader, it will start automatically whenever you want to look at a PDF file.PDF files are especially useful for documents such as magazine articles, product brochures, or flyers in which you want to preserve the original graphic appearance online. A PDF file contains one or more page images, each of which you can zoom in on or out from. You can page forward and backward. The Acrobat product that lets you create PDF files sells in the $200-300 range. A non-Adobe alternative is a product called Niknak from 5D, a company in the UK. (The … 
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