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Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance provides superior unified storage platform
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: Looking for a storage platform that stands out amongst the most competitive approaches? Take a look at this short analyst report to learn about Oracle's ZFS unified storage platform. Check it out now to view the specs and key advantages.
Posted: 22 Aug 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

Is Your Platform Secure? Really?
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This resource analyzes three of today's top platforms, IBM Power, x86, and UNIX, revealing how their built-in security components fared based upon both business and technical perspectives.
Posted: 17 Jul 2013 | Published: 17 Jul 2013

IBM

Delivering Storage Quality of Service with Oracle Pillar Axiom 600
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will discover an Oracle storage technology designed from the ground up to deliver business-critical, guaranteed quality of service consistent with the business value of the application and its data.
Posted: 16 Jul 2013 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

End-to-End Choices in Tiered Storage Solutions
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: This white paper analyzes an innovative tiered storage technology that provides end-to-end choices while allowing you to manage and store data across multiple types of storage media while reducing your total cost of ownership.
Posted: 16 Jul 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

The Financial Benefit of Cisco’s Elastic Core
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Explore how three Cisco software-based initiatives for the core network can help you address the challenges facing core networks today – including the increasing volumes of traffic, diversity of services, and adoption of cloud services.
Posted: 28 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Solitarie Interglobal: Tracked, Hacked and Attacked
sponsored by IBM.
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource for a deep dive analysis of the business differentiators among x86, UNIX, and System z virtualization technologies to help you determine the right path for your data center.
Posted: 21 May 2013 | Published: 22 May 2012

IBM.

Open Fabric Edge - The Best Attributes of the Data Center, Now Delivered to the Edge
sponsored by Extreme Networks
WHITE PAPER: Can your network accommodate the new requirements demanded on it? Explore how Ethernet switching can provide the flexibility, scalability, and resiliency you need to embrace the trends and technologies that will give your business a competitive advantage.
Posted: 17 May 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

Extreme Networks

IT Checklist: 5 tips to achieve cloud, virtualization nirvana
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This e-book presents 5 essential tech tips for IT leaders preparing to take their first step toward a virtualized infrastructure.
Posted: 19 Apr 2013 | Published: 19 Apr 2013

VMware, Inc.

Top 10 Reasons Why Customers Deploy Virtualized Microsoft Applications on EMC VNX
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This guide provides an overview of the specific reasons customers choose to deploy Microsoft applications with VMware vSphere Essentials on EMC's VNXe storage solution.
Posted: 11 Mar 2013 | Published: 23 Jun 2011

EMC Corporation

Unified Data Center Fabric: Reduce Costs and Improve Flexibility
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Discover how implementing a Unified Fabric can reduce costs and improve the alignment of data center assets to better fulfill business requirements.
Posted: 18 Oct 2012 | Published: 18 Oct 2012

Cisco Systems, Inc.

5 Key Steps for Moving Away From Tape Backup
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Access this 5-step guide to making the transition from tape to disk with dedupe backups. Read on to explore the drawbacks of tape backup and to learn the key functional requirements of a disk backup system with deduplication.
Posted: 13 Aug 2012 | Published: 13 Aug 2012

ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

Top Strategies for Lowering Desktop TCO
sponsored by VMware
WHITE PAPER: This Gartner report illustrates how to decrease the hardware and support costs of desktop management.
Posted: 25 Jun 2012 | Published: 03 Feb 2011

VMware

Analyst Whitepaper: Bloor Research: Sybase ASE Total Cost of Ownership - A Comparison to Oracle
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Given that Sybase ASE can now be deployed as the foundation for SAP Business Suite and BW implementations (in addition to Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2), the information is relevant to SAP customers installing a new instance of SAP or looking to migrate their existing SAP installation to a different database.
Posted: 22 Apr 2012 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

SAP America, Inc.

Cost/Benefit Case for IBM: Comparing Costs and Capabilities with Oracle Database 11g
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This report compares the costs and compression, automation, workload management, and optimization capabilities of DB2 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition (AESE) versus Oracle Database 11g. It also emphasizes the importance of performance management tooling as a means of lowering total cost of ownership (TCO).
Posted: 21 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

IBM

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 on IBM System X – a Smarter Choice
sponsored by Red Hat & IBM
WHITE PAPER: Organizations stand to gain cost-savings of 40-75% from server consolidation and reduced data center space and power needs. Discover how a Red Hat and IBM partnership can help deliver enterprise-ready virtualization solutions that offer increased performance, scalability, security and manageability.
Posted: 17 Feb 2012 | Published: 17 Feb 2012

Red Hat & IBM

ePlus Enterprise Cloud - Your On-Ramp to Cloud Computing
sponsored by ePlus Technology
WHITE PAPER: With private cloud, businesses are able to offer scalable, on-demand self-service while reducing operational complexity and total cost of ownership. Discover how businesses can take advantage of seasoned cloud providers accelerate and tailor their cloud deployment to their specific needs.
Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

ePlus Technology

Protecting Corporate Data in the "BYOD" Environment
sponsored by Apperian, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: While BYOD offers many benefits to your business, it is imperative that you insure the integrity of your corporate assets.
Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

Apperian, Inc.

Transforming Applications for the Secure, Context-Aware, Instant-On Connected World
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Uncover how Instant-On Enterprises are transforming applications for a secure, context aware, connected environment at work, home, play or on the road.
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Dynamic Changes in Healthcare Create Challenges in Hospital Campus Networks
sponsored by Brocade
WHITE PAPER: The next-generation of campus networks is here – and they require increased reliability, performance, and security … plus controlled costs.  
Posted: 12 Dec 2011 | Published: 12 Dec 2011

Brocade

ECI Apollo: Defining the Next Generation of Optimized Multi-Layer Transport
sponsored by ECI Telecom
WHITE PAPER: Discover the challenges of achieving the new scalability, performance, manageability, and revenue objectives and what you need to meet and overcome them.
Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

ECI Telecom

EX Series Ethernet Switches
sponsored by Juniper Networks, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: High-performance businesses demand a high-performance network infrastructure that provides fast, secure and reliable delivery of the applications that drive the business. Switches deployed in regional offices, campuses and data centers enable these business processes by connecting users.
Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

Juniper Networks, Inc.

Cabling Lifecycles and Total Cost of Ownership
sponsored by Siemon Company
WHITE PAPER: There are several factors that must be taken into account when determining the category or class of cabling that will be used in a network infrastructure. Access this paper to learn more about cabling lifecycles and how to calculate their total cost of ownership.
Posted: 14 Oct 2011 | Published: 13 Oct 2011

Siemon Company

Datacenter Transformation: New Directions for IT from IDC
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: To meet dynamic business services needs, IT must change the model of its datacenters by incorporating flexible and agile infrastructure and processes that support the cost effective and timely delivery of services. Read this expert Q & A to learn more.
Posted: 30 Sep 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

Hitachi Vantara

Top 10 reasons why HP software customers are moving to IBM
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Take a moment to see how many of these top 10 benefits you’re realizing with your HP Software solutions. And then remember: With IBM, you can achieve them all.
Posted: 02 Sep 2011 | Published: 02 Sep 2011

IBM

WebSphere Application Server v7 vs. Oracle WebLogic 11g
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This document briefly covers key differences between IBM® WebSphere® Application Server and Oracle WebLogic Server. While both products are of high quality and will perform well even in demanding mission-critical environments, there are still some differences in their efficiency and resulting total cost of ownership.
Posted: 02 Sep 2011 | Published: 02 Sep 2011

IBM