Educational Applications

CASE STUDY: New software is allowing one company in the gaming industry the opprtunity to improve compliance readiness and upgrade security while facilitating failover in the event of an unplanned outage.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Recent news from the Bank of England now places a swift economic recovery in real doubt. The UK economy actually slipped into negative growth in the final quarter of 2010, and even the most optimistic forecasts predict economic recovery over the coming years to be sluggish at best.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Against a backdrop of increased use of software that is generally more sophisticated, flexible, scalable and easy to use than it was 5 years ago, this research set out to explore the impact of having to maintain a plethora of different software solutions in today’s cash-strapped corporate environment.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

ANALYST BRIEF: This research from Freeform Dynamics, based on a survey of end users,  identifies the challenges faced by IT departments and suppliers on software licensing, and offers advice to organisations on dealing with software licensing.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

ANALYST REPORT: There are multiple ways to leverage cloud-based infrastructure for software applications. In this analyst report, Gartner provides a decision framework, including research and recommendations, to help you examine the alternatives.

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 | Published: 03 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Exalogic is at the forefront of the industry-wide shift away from costly and inferior one-off platforms toward private clouds and Engineered Systems. For enterprises that want to get more for their IT investment than merely keeping the lights on, Exalogic is the only choice.

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011

WEBCAST: Upgrading from VMware ESX and/or ESXi 3.x to vSphere 4 successfully involves careful planning. There are hardware, software and database requirements, as well as third-party software compatibility considerations. This webcast provides guidelines for planning a successful upgrade, and walks you through a proposed upgrade path step-by-step.

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 | Premiered: 18 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Typical IT departments feature islands of isolated infrastructure, leading to inefficient use of servers. The "application grid" concept allows data centres to run more efficiently, using less hardware and less software. This paper explains.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: With the announcement of Android 2.2, code named "Froyo," Google targets the enterprisemarket for the first time. This release has features to enable devices that can be grantedsupport under the "appliance level" of the Gartner Managed Diversity Framework.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, gain a better understanding of how branching and merging patterns work and how applying them to your projects can have a profound effect on how your development team handles change management and delivers software.

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012