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Cloud Computing: Resiliency is the Key to Success
sponsored by SunGard Availability Services
WHITE PAPER: Access this paper to learn about the key advantages cloud can offer, the many types of cloud deployment options and the main challenges organizations face when implementing cloud today. In addition, get recommendations for moving forward with your cloud strategy, including how to choose a trustworthy provider.
Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

SunGard Availability Services

Laying the Groundwork for Public and Private Clouds
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: As cloud computing continues to gain ground in the enterprise, businesses must decide how to handle this IT revolution: To take the plunge now or wait and risk falling behind. Access this white paper to review the various types of cloud computing deployment models and services.
Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Enhanced Cloud Security with HyTrust and VMware
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: Many organizations today are eager to adopt cloud computing, yet recent cloud surveys cite that security, control, and IT compliance are primary issues that are slowing down the adoption of cloud computing. This resource is tailored to assist security administrators with design, validation and utilization of cloud implementations.
Posted: 04 Oct 2011 | Published: 04 Oct 2011

Intel

Intel IT: Implementing and Expanding a Virtualized Environment
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: While businesses strive to find ways to deliver the most efficient cloud deployment possible in their enterprise, the security issues involved can make it difficult. Access this exclusive resource to discover how to effectively balance cloud security and network performance.
Posted: 03 Oct 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

Intel

HP Cloud Service Automation
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper learn why HP Cloud Service Automation is uniquely positioned to help your company get ahead in a business landscape increasingly dominated by cloud computing.
Posted: 08 Sep 2011 | Published: 08 Sep 2011

HP & Intel®

PowerEdge C6105
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and AMD
WHITE PAPER: This resource takes a closer look at a hyperscale-inspired server that is based on one of the world’s lowest power per core processors, enabling you to worry less about your budget and more about growing your business.
Posted: 23 Aug 2011 | Published: 23 Aug 2011

Dell, Inc. and AMD

IBM POV: Security & Cloud Computing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: You may be turning to cloud computing solutions to provide flexible, cost-effective and proven delivery of IT services. This white paper shows how cloud resources can be rapidly deployed and easily scaled and processes, applications and services can be provisioned “on demand,” regardless of user location or device.
Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

IBM

Security and High Availability in Cloud Computing Environments
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing has become an increasingly popular means of delivering valuable, IT-enabled business services. Take a look at this exclusive resource to learn how adopting cloud technology can be an affordable way to get access to a dynamically scalable, virtualized computing environment.
Posted: 28 Jul 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011

IBM

Convert IBM Cloud image parameters into Java using JAXB: JAXB and Plain Old Java Objects morph XML cloud image parameters in usable Java code
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Get under the hood:  This technical note describes how to transform XML response into a Java™-usable response by creating Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) and calling JAXB's unmarshal method. Simplify how to send requests to create new instances based on images that request parameters from Java classes.
Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | Published: 14 Jul 2011

IBM

The Eight Truths of Social Learning. Now.
sponsored by SkillSoft Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper seeks to uncover the fundamental requirements for a successful social learning program. Based on early experience with our own social learning tool, this list of eight “truths” has been compiled to provide a foundation for learning professionals who are launching social learning in their organizations.
Posted: 30 Jun 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

SkillSoft Corporation

The Mandate for Converged Infrastructure Management
sponsored by EMC
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses how effective management of the Vblock Infrastructure Platform using EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager can provide greater value in the form of faster and more efficient infrastructure service delivery and more robust infrastructure operational management for the purpose of meeting or exceeding service levels.
Posted: 16 Jun 2011 | Published: 16 Jun 2011

EMC

IBM System x and BladeCenter Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux
sponsored by Red Hat & IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes how running Red Hat Enterprise Linux and IBM System x together can dramatically transform your organization into a faster and more resilient enterprise. Learn how this platform will evolve your IT strategy and minimize your total cost of ownership (TCO).
Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 09 Jun 2011

Red Hat & IBM

VMware vCloud Director: Build Secure Private Clouds to Deliver Infrastructure as a Service
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: By now, many organizations have taken advantage of the benefits cloud computing can provide. So how can you gain even more benefits from your cloud without sacrificing security or control? Learn about a private cloud platform that allows IT organizations to become cloud service providers for the business.
Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

VMware, Inc.

Cloud computing for the enterprise: Part 1: Capturing the cloud
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This article discusses cloud computing in general, then dissects the layers of the cloud, presents the different cloud types, along with their benefits and drawbacks, and explains why this movement is important for enterprise developers.
Posted: 18 May 2011 | Published: 18 May 2011

IBM

IBM Cloud Services: Balancing compute options: How IBM Smart Business Cloud can be a catalyst for IT transformation
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This IBM and TBR white paper examines the specific criteria CIOs and IT managers should be looking for from your cloud computing vendors, providing both quantitative and qualitative insights.
Posted: 04 May 2011 | Published: 04 May 2011

IBM

An Enterprise Private Cloud Architecture and Implementation Roadmap
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: The private cloud is a shared multi-tenant environment built on a highly efficient, automated, and virtualized infrastructure. This paper takes a look at an architecture and implementation roadmap for a private enterprise cloud - designed by Intel - to increase agility and IT efficiency.
Posted: 17 Mar 2011 | Published: 17 Mar 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Red Hat Cloud Foundations: Cloud 101
sponsored by Red Hat and JBoss
WHITE PAPER: This paper lays out the characteristics of a cloud computing infrastructure. It describes the forms that cloud computing can take and how different types of technology providers and consumers of technology relate to each other.
Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

Red Hat and JBoss

GIS in the Cloud - The Esri Example
sponsored by Esri
WHITE PAPER: As the use of cloud computing continues to grow, nearly every organization is developing ways to use this new technology. This white paper discusses and provide examples on how users of geographic information system (GIS) technology could and should benefit from cloud computing. Read more to find out how.
Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

Esri

Hosted, Outsourced, and Cloud Data Centers - Considerations for Overall SLA's for Facility Owners and Hosting Providers - Owner's Version
sponsored by Siemon Company
WHITE PAPER: Hosted data centers, both outsourced/managed and collocation varieties, provide a unique benefit for some customers through capital savings, employee savings and in some cases an extension of in-house expertise. Traditionally, these facilities were thought of as more SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) customers.
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

Siemon Company

Cloud rEvolution: A Workbook for Cloud Computing in the Enterprise
sponsored by CSC
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will get you up to speed on all aspects of cloud computing. It will help you examine cloud opportunities, review potential issues, and consider where and how specific information should be processed in your organization. Check out this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2011

CSC

Platform-as-a-Service Private Cloud with Oracle Fusion Middleware (Spanish version)
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Download this free white paper to learn how platform-as-a-service private cloud offers enterprises one of the best ways to take advantage of cloud computing.
Posted: 26 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

Oracle Corporation

Dissecting the XWM Trojan Kit: A Peek at China's Growing Underground Online Gaming Economy
sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This research paper introduces a popular online gaming Trojan kit known as the "Xiang Wei Ma (XWM) Kit," which roughly translates to "Rattle Trojan," that targets popular online games in China.
Posted: 26 Oct 2010 | Published: 26 Oct 2010

Trend Micro, Inc.

Cloud Computing: Save Time, Money, and Resources with a Private Test Cloud
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing can help you organize and streamline your test environment. The business model of cloud computing facilitates better use of existing resources, allowing you to do more with fewer resources. As a result, you can achieve a highly simplified and so much more.
Posted: 20 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

IBM

Solutions Brief: Oracle Solutions for Governance, Risk and Compliance
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about Oracle’s comprehensive GRC platform and how leading enterprises are turning to Oracle’s new platform to meet the demands of increasingly challenging regulatory mandates while continuing to innovate and grow their business.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

Oracle Corporation

DNSSEC - Secure DNS For Government
sponsored by BlueCat
WHITE PAPER: This document examines the standards and guidelines as outlined by NIST, and demonstrates the ways in which BlueCat Network’s DNS solution address these guidelines.
Posted: 01 Sep 2010 | Published: 31 Aug 2010

BlueCat