Bitpipe: Data Migration Research

Symantec’s 7 Steps to Windows 7: Planning and Assessment

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 24:00:00 EST

With the release of Windows 7, many organizations are considering migrating to this new platform. This webcast explores best practices to aid IT pros in this transition. Discover a wide range of hardware and software technology that will help you prepare for this switch. Published by: Symantec Corporation

Optimizing Your SAP

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 24:00:00 EST

Read this paper and learn how Atos Origin, the number one SAP upgrade partner and has over 20 years experience of upgrading SAP systems we have upgraded every R/3 release from 2.0 upwards, can help you bring your SAP system to where it needs to be. Published by: Atos Origin

Data Migration for Project Leaders

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 24:00:00 EST

This guidebook provides the answers with a series of detailed sections including essential activities such as planning, forecasting, risk management, team selection, communication and collaboration. Published by: DataFlux Corporation

Are You Ready for Economic Bounce Back?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This paper examines the concept that preparing for economic recovery is not something that can wait; it is something that businesses should plan for now. It will introduce enterprise application migration strategies that can be considered within any organization and also emphasize the importance of forward thinking and planning in down economy. Published by: Micro Focus UK

Tesco Migrates Crucial Mainframe Applications to Create a Common Operating Model that can be Quickly Deployed Anywhere in the World

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 24:00:00 EDT

The retail giant Tesco has aggressive plans for global growth and has expanded its international presence significantly, including penetration of the huge US market. A key element in its expansion plan is its common operating model, which called for crucial mainframe applications to be modernized to run on standardized platforms worldwide. Published by: Micro Focus UK

Scandinavian Airlines Modernize Business Intelligence Capabilities While Lowering Costs by Re-using Existing Applications

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is the largest airline in Scandinavia. SAS need to provide better business intelligence reporting and improved adhoc analysis capabilities by providing real time data access while reducing costs. Published by: Micro Focus UK

Marin County Upgrades Tax System While Reducing the Costs of the Mainframe

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 24:00:00 EDT

The property tax system for Marin County, California, was increasingly expensive to maintain; furthermore, it was not possible to integrate it with newer modern technologies. Read this case study to learn how they updated and modernized this critical application without losing valuable IT assets embedded in the current system. Published by: Micro Focus UK

HCL Insurance BPO Services Transforms Its Mainframe Environment to Reduce Costs by 75% and Improve Service Performance

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Following a Business Process Outsourcing agreement for the administration of Life and Pension products, HCL Insurance BPO Services, undertook a full analysis of the inherited infrastructure. A risk was identified with the third party mainframe used to host its CAPSIL insurance application. Published by: Micro Focus UK

Using Microsoft Windows 7, Dell reduces support costs by 25 percent and time to complete imaging work by 50 percent

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Dell is planning to upgrade its 100,000 desktop and portable computers to the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system to help reduce desktop management costs and enhance data security. Read this case study to learn how upgrading to Microsoft Windows 7 helps Dell reduce desktop management costs and enhance data security. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Dell Client Migration Solution

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 24:00:00 EST

Dell Client Migration and Deployment Services are designed to save cost and deployment time, mitigate risk, and reduce network traffic to ensure a successful migration. Published by: Dell, Inc. and Intel

Virtual Desktops vs. Virtual Applications

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This webcast talks about Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) vs Terminal Services (TS) - determining what is the best solution to use based on a set of fixed criteria. Published by: Citrix

XenDesktop - Design Handbook

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 24:00:00 EDT

The XenDesktop Design Handbook contains a collection of the best practices for designing a XenDesktop solution. The handbook is meant to be used by consultants and architects in the designing of an appropriate XenDesktop solution. Published by: Citrix

Migrating Users from Physical Workstations to XenDesktop

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This document provides recommendations and best practices for moving a user’s data from their physical corporate workstations into the virtual Citrix XenDesktop environment. Published by: Citrix

The Importance of an Information Strategy, A White Paper by Bloor Research

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

In this paper we will discuss what an Information Strategy is, why it is important, and what it takes to build one. We will also consider IBM's Information Agenda, that company's approach to assisting in the development of an Information Strategy. Published by: IBM

Migrating Large Enterprise (LE) Applications from UNIX to Linux with Minimal Downtime

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 24:00:00 EDT

The knowledge gained from this paper will assist in formulating strategies and methodologies to achieve near-zero downtime dynamic database migrations to Oracle10g or Oracle11g. Read this white paper to learn more. Published by: Dell, Inc. and Intel

IP Address Management Freeware from Infoblox

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This IP address management freeware is a complete solution with the complete feature set of the Infoblox IP address manager, including Smart Folders, Network Map (with subnet management) and leading IPv6 capabilities. Published by: Infoblox

Master Guide – Migrating SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 24:00:00 EDT

This Deployment Guide reviews the approach that Principled Technologies and Dell recommend for migrating databases from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Real Estate Firm Adopts Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online to Drive Up-Sell Opportunities

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online delivered the reliable solution Norris needed to safeguard, analyze, and share customer data with employees. His team can now use that data to much more effectively sell and up-sell his firm's products and services. Published by: Microsoft

Intel Virtualization Technology for Servers – A Closer Look Inside

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) provides comprehensive hardware assists that boost virtualization software performance, improve application response times and provide greater reliability, security and flexibility. Read on to learn more. Published by: Intel Corporation

Postgres Plus® Advanced Server

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Read this paper to learn all the benefits switching to Postgres Plus Advanced Server can offer to you and your organization, including compatibility, scalability, usability, the ability to reduce TCO and much more! Published by: EnterpriseDB Corporation

Migration Assessment for Oracle

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 24:00:00 EDT

In this paper you will learn how EnterpriseDB can offer a Migration assessment that will give you a clear picture of the effort and cost savings involved in moving your oracle based data and application to a Postgres Plus Advanced Server platform. Published by: EnterpriseDB Corporation

Inside the Dell Equallogic™ PS Series iSCSI Storage Arrays

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Built on patented peer storage architecture, the Dell EqualLogic PS Series of Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage arrays offer high performance, reliability, intelligent automation, and seamless virtualization of storage to enable simplified enterprise storage deployment and management, and comprehensive data protection. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Data Conversion in a System Migration: Best Practices for Compliance and Continuity

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 24:00:00 EST

This document is designed to help firms understand their data conversion options. It outlines what data is critical and must be converted for compliance purposes and business continuity, what data is not critical, the relationship between data conversion and reporting, and what to look for in a new technology provider relative to data conversion. Published by: Advent Software, Inc

Dell NX4: Advanced File Sharing and Management

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

Dell NX4 offers a variety of advanced features that can help organizations achieve storage efficiency and lower TCO, including data deduplication that can reduce required storage capacity and an open API that works with third-party policy engines to enable tiered storage access. Published by: Dell, Inc.

The Dell/EMC CX4, Dell™ AX4-5, and Dell NX4 Storage Family - Enterprise Storage - Designed for Today's Needs and Tomorrow's Growth

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Fourth generation Dell/EMC CX4 arrays deliver new levels of performance, flexibility, ease-of-use, data management, and resource utilization. The Dell/EMC CX4 family forms the core of a scalable enterprise infrastructure that is easy to deploy, manage, and upgrade. Read this brochure to learn more. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Spec Sheet: Dell NX4 Enterprise-Class Network Attached Storage

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 24:00:00 EDT

The Dell NX4 enterprise-class Network Attached Storage offers an advanced file system for Windows^® and Linux^®/UNIX™ environments and the flexibility to support stranded application servers via iSCSI or Fibre Channel. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Data Center Migrations and Consolidations: Pitfalls and Payoffs

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This Videocast provides best practices for planning and implementing data center projects, as well as how to prepare for the costs and staffing requirements associated with such projects. Published by: BlueArc Corp.

ESG White Paper: Intelligent Tiered Storage: BlueArc's Implementation

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 24:00:00 EDT

This ESG White Paper discusses the importance of tiered storage, examines BlueArc's approach to intelligent tiering, and shows how it creates operational value for users' data storage infrastructures. Published by: BlueArc Corp.

SiliconFS™: The BlueArc® Filesystem

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 24:00:00 EDT

The BlueArc Filesystem, SiliconFS, is the engine which drives the entire architectural platform forward. The filesystem is the foundation which enables greater performance and scalability for the entire platform. This document describes to the latest version of SiliconFS. Published by: BlueArc Corp.

Automate Virtualization in Your Data Center

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST

This Enterprise Management Associates® (EMA™) white paper highlights a number of specific examples of how virtualization provides measurable ROI and other benefits, looks at the challenges for data center management that virtualization introduces, and explains why most current approaches to virtual system management fall short. Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company

Overall Approach To Data Quality ROI

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Data quality is an elusive subject that can defy measurement and yet be critical enough to derail any single IT project, strategic initiative, or even a company as a whole. This paper from Business Objects examines an overall approach to data quality ROI including 6 key steps to help you realize tangible ROI on your data quality initiative. Published by: SAP America Inc

SAP Data Migration Using Business Objects Information Management Software

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This paper is about using information management software from Business Objects, an SAP company, for SAP data migration projects, either for upgrades from one version of SAP to a newer one, or from other environments to SAP. Published by: SAP America Inc

A Smart Path to Virtualization

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 24:00:00 EDT

Read this white paper to learn about how Dell is providing answers to key virtualization questions for the enterprise. Topics include; how to migrate to a fully virtualized environment as well as how the IT infrastructure should be configured for maximum benefit. Published by: Dell, Inc.

Secure and Cost-Effective Data Transport- Presentation slides

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Do you know what data transport technology options are available in today's market? This paper will help you assess economic, operational, and security factors involved in selecting data transport technology and present Ethernet carrier services as an attractive data transport option. Published by: Thales

Secure and Cost-Effective Data Transport - Encryption Over Layer 2 Ethernet for Safe and Affordable End-to-End Connectivity

Fri, 01 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

This white paper addresses the concerns of chief information officers and network architects worried about how to best utilize new data transport infrastructures from an economic, operational, and security perspective. The purpose of this paper is to assist decision makers selecting new data transport methods and infrastructures. Published by: Thales

THINKStrategies - On-Demand Business Intelligence Solutions: A New Way to Achieve Your Corporate Objectives in Today's Challenging Economy

Thu, 07 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT

The macro-market trends of Globalization and eCommerce are making it more important than ever for corporate executives and end users to access critical information to make effective business decisions. This paper will examine how a new generation of SaaS-based BI solutions is responding to the escalating challenges facing companies of all sizes. Published by: SAP BusinessObjects

Secure Copy Version 5.0.2 - Data Migration solution

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT

Getting data moved over to a new server is more than merely copying the most recent files and folders to that machine. File security, permissions, shared folders and local groups facilitating access need to be maintained. Published by: ScriptLogic Corporation

How it is Used: Enterprise Open Source Data Integration

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

The results of the survey clearly show that open source data integration solutions are mature enough for mission-critical enterprise use in every arena. Published by: Talend

Bloor Research - Data Integration Platforms Market Update

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

Talend is an open source provider of data integration products, it has a business model and organisation that more closely resembles that of a conventional software vendor, while still leveraging the open source model. Published by: Talend

Practical Recommendations for Data Migration - A White Paper by Bloor Research

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

Data migration can be defined as transferring of data between storage types, formats or computer systems, it is required when organizations or individuals change computer systems or upgrade to new systems. Published by: Talend

Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 is designed to provide continuous data protection for Windows-based servers, with additional features for business-specific Microsoft workloads such as SQL Server and SharePoint. Published by: FalconStor Software