| Recent Vendor Reports on Business Development |
The Multi-tiered Hybrid Data Center: An innovative design model for cost reduction and facilities optimization
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
Today's businesses need to work within a tight budget while accommodating their continuing need to house higher- and lower-tiered technology systems and applications within the same facility. Read this white paper to learn how the HP multi-tiered hybrid design can help you build the data center of the future.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009
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IT@Intel: Using TCO to Determine PC Upgrade Cycles
| sponsored by Intel Corporation
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At Intel, we've developed a comprehensive methodology, based on total cost of ownership (TCO), that lets us calculate the real cost of operating more than 90,000 PCs. Using it, we can understand the real cost of deploying and maintaining our PCs across varying time horizons.
Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009
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The Problem of Power Consumption in Servers
| sponsored by Intel Corporation
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This article will explains how servers consume power, how to estimate power usage and the mechanics of cooling. It also discusses the major components impacting power consumption and where the inefficiencies lie.
Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 30 Jun 2009
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Enterprise Vault: Real World ROI
| sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WEBCAST:
Join this webcast to learn about actual scenarios to help drive real, tangible returns from archiving and electronic discovery.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Customer case studies using HP Business Availability Center
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
Read this paper to see how HP's Business Availability Center software can help you monitor customer experience and proactively identify issues before they become problems.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009
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Automating Virtualization Management: Critical Management Practices for the Next Generation Data Center
| sponsored by CA
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This analyst report will take a look at how x86 virtualization has evolved and become available to a much wider audience and how it can enhance enterprise operations.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009
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IDC White Paper: Making the Business Case for IT Consolidation
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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IDC believes that IT organizations are constantly being asked to do more with less. This analyst report will look at some of the key triggers CIOs look for when deciding to consolidate as well as getting started with consolidation and its impact on the business.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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5 Key Virtualization Management Challenges - and How to Overcome Them
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
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Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, and adds significant management challenges. Read this informative white paper written by Enterprise Management Associates to learn what these challenges are as well as some of the solutions and strategies used to deal with them.
Posted: 26 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009
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SIP Trunking Is Key to Accelerating Unified Communications Deployments
| sponsored by Sprint
ANALYST REPORT:
This report introduces the reader to Unified Communications and to SIP trunking and how it can play a key role in accelerating the deployment of UC. It also provides recommendations on how to evaluate SIP trunking providers and some thoughts for initial deployment.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Feb 2009
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Seamless Communications: Simplicity, Efficiency, and Transparency Achieved Through Integrated Wireline and Wireless Services
| sponsored by Sprint
WHITE PAPER:
This IDC White Paper provides analysis of the convergence between wireline and wireless technologies and the opportunities this evolution offers to enterprises looking to reduce costs, minimize complexity, and improve worker productivity.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009
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An IT Focus on Processes
| sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
Operational Excellence? Not good enough. Read this exclusive survey of CIOs and CFOs from IDG Research Services to learn why both camps say Management Excellence - enabled by Enterprise Performance Management - is the key to competitive advantage.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2009
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Connecting the Dots
| sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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This white paper demonstrates how an enterprise performance management (EPM) system connects people and processes, metrics, businesses, and systems. It introduces important criteria for successful design and implementation while also exploring the far-reaching benefits of EPM: improved decision-making and greater competitive advantage.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 11 Oct 2007
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One: Oracle News for Midsized Organizations Issue 2
| sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
This issue of ONE takes a look at regulatory compliance - a topic that every manager should consider. It is important to look at compliance as a way to drive your business, create efficiency and keep your competitive edge sharp.
Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 07 Jul 2008
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Oracle Business Brief: Keeping hold of your customers, especially in tough economic conditions
| sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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Midsized companies often feel challenged by their deep pocketed competitors. However, being a midsized business actually makes you more agile in the market. However, this agility is dependent on your ability to manage data, information, and develop processes. This paper will outline how Oracle can help assist your data management solutions.
Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jan 2009
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HP Technology Services - Unified Communications Survey
| sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
ASSESSMENT TOOL:
Take this online survey to find out the most appropriate solution to help you start your journey and streamline your communications and collaboration challenges.
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 | Published: 03 Jun 2009
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Business Benefits of Deploying Next-Generation IT in the Midmarket Part Four: How Sun-AMD Server Systems Address IT and Business Requirements of SMBs
| sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Microsoft
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This is the fourth paper in a four-part series of sponsored white papers from IDC that examines the business benefits that midsize firms can achieve by deploying next-generation IT solutions. The series, sponsored by Sun Microsystems and AMD, describes server solutions from Sun that are based on the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor.
Posted: 02 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009
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Business Benefits of Deploying Next-Generation IT in the Midmarket Part One: Business and Technical Challenges Facing SMBs
| sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER:
This is the first paper in a four-part series of sponsored white papers from IDC that examines the business benefits that midsize firms can achieve by deploying next-generation IT solutions. The series, sponsored by Sun Microsystems and AMD, describes server solutions from Sun that are based on the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor.
Posted: 02 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009
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Enterprise Testimonials: Reduce Power Consumption with Intel vPro Technology
| sponsored by Intel Corporation
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Watch this video and hear IT professionals from the Symantec ManageFusion 2009 conference discuss the impact of Intel vPro technology on power consumption reduction and energy cost reduction.
Posted: 28 May 2009 | Premiered: 10 Apr 2009
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IT and Analyst Testimonials: TCO Considerations for PC Refresh and Intel vPro Technology
| sponsored by Intel Corporation
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In this video IT professionals from the Symantec ManageFusion Conference discuss how PC refresh and Intel vPro technology helps minimize total cost of ownership.
Posted: 27 May 2009 | Premiered: 27 May 2009
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Better together rich client PCs and cloud Computing
| sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
Read this IT beief to learn how Intel IT has found that whether services are kept in-house or outsourced to the cloud, the ability to perform local computing on the client offers the best user experience and the flexibility to run different types of applications.
Posted: 27 May 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009
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Business-Ready Configurations for Deploying and Using VMware Virtualization on Dell Blades and in iSCSI Storage Environments
| sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
In this technical article you will learn how the Business-Ready Configurations for Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware Infrastructure™ provides a detailed reference architecture for deploying and using VMware virtualization on Dell blades and iSCSI storage environments.
Posted: 20 May 2009 | Published: 20 May 2009
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Implementing Best Practices: The Dell Management Console and ITIL
| sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
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This white paper discusses how reduced budgets and growing demands on IT departments have forced organizations to find ways to cut costs, increase IT resource productivity, and optimize existing investments. Find out more about on this topic and how the new Dell Management Console can assist you.
Posted: 19 May 2009 | Published: 01 Mar 2009
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On Demand Webcast: Cost Efficient - High Impact Business Solutions with Dell and VMware vSphere
| sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WEBCAST:
Watch this webcast to learn how Dell and VMware are delivering integrated enterprise solutions to help reduce the cost of IT, as well as some best practices and planning considerations for cost efficiently deploying a virtual data center.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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CA Compliance Manager for z/OS
| sponsored by CA
WEBCAST:
Register today to see a flash demonstration of CA Compliance Manager for z/OS and find out for yourself how you can take the cost out of compliance, streamline processes, increase efficiencies and reduce business risk.
Posted: 12 May 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Reducing Storage Complexity with Sun Unified Storage
| sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:
IT organizations of all sizes are struggling to deal with the tremendous growth in data and the complexity of managing it all. The march of digital applications and the data they create continues at a rapid pace, even in today's difficult economic times. IDC forecasts that external disk storage capacity will grow 50% through 2010.</p>
Posted: 12 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009
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Project Management Office Best Practices
| sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
The best-performing project management offices reduce business risk, optimize resources and contribute to business growth through a portfolio management office, according to Gartner. Read this paper and take your first step to establishing a PMO or maturing your already established PMO.
Posted: 05 May 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009
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