IT Spending

IT BRIEFING: The costs for power, cooling, server management and administration are now consuming more of IT budgets than even the cost for new hardware. In this IT Briefing, you'll learn about Citrix Essentials, Intel Xeon 5500, and HP ProLiant G6 for XenServer.

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 | Published: 27 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: CIOs are focused on raising the ROI of IT, expanding business impact, and making innovations real. This whitepaper focuses on two high return options–license cost optimization and migration to a lower total cost infrastructure to deliver the same or better business value.

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite, illustrates its relevance to small and midsized business customers, and provides the resources to help you evaluate how your business might benefit from the service.

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure.

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009

CASE STUDY: Blackboard needs a highly available, very scalable platform for its mission-critical learning management system offered through managed hosting from six global data centers. Ease of set-up and monitoring are of paramount importance. Read this case study to learn how Dell servers and Intel processors make it happen.

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009

CASE STUDY: When a major acquisition made Layered Tech a larger company with new goals and an opportunity to expand its customer base, the IT team had to revamp its infrastructure to match. Read this case study to learn about the solutions they use to provide the technology and infrastructure that best meets the needs of their customers.

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: To help control costs, improve business agility, and remain secure and in compliance, many IT organizations are taking steps to transition to a truly dynamic infrastructure. Microsoft® System Center is a family of leading IT management solutions that helps IT departments proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize an IT environment.

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 | Published: 23 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how innovative management solutions from CA add comprehensive support for Amazon EC2 with real-time automation, application performance, service, and database management.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009

VIDEOCAST: Effective management is critical to addressing IT challenges. In this program, leading experts David Williams of Gartner and Roger Pills of CA break down IT's three key challenges to managing IT complexity: aligning IT to the business, managing costs, and IT maturity.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 20 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: To help you make an informed decision when considering various storage solutions, the Storage Value Index takes into account not only purchase price, but capacity, efficiency, and operating expenses as well. This paper explains how the Storage Value Index was designed and offers suggestions for finding the best storage value for your needs.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: When determining a potential storage system's TCO, you must include both capital and operating expenditures, some of which are easy to calculate and others are less obvious. Read this whitepaper to identify target areas for cost savings in your new storage system.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Microsoft® Online Services provide businesses with subscription-based Microsoft-hosted online services that offer access to rich communication, collaboration, and productivity applications from anywhere. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

CASE STUDY: James C. Nolan Law Office wanted to reduce monthly server maintenance fees, eliminate concerns about server reliability, and simplify the process of connecting seasonal workers to company systems. The firm got rid of its servers and subscribed to the Microsoft® Business Productivity Online Standard Suite.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

CASE STUDY: Ingersoll Rand is a global diversified industrial firm. Ingersoll Rand contracted with Microsoft to standardize desktops, improve infrastructure, and optimize the IT platform resulting in lower IT costs, better agility and increased service levels.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

CASE STUDY: annatommie, an orthopedic diagnosis and treatment and rehabilitation center in the Netherlands, was growing rapidly and wanted to take advantage of electronic, automated efficiencies to save money and improve productivity, while minimizing IT costs. Read this case study to learn how Microsoft® Online Services helped them reach their goals.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: With all these great products available at such incredible rates, it's easy to see why Low Rate Financing is the best way to get the IT solutions your organization needs. Read this brief paper to learn more.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: This independent study by the International Technology group found IBM PowerVM more cost-competitive over time, compared to VMware, in terms of IT costs and the costs of downtime.

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009

ANALYST REPORT: Infosys' Enterprise Architecture (EA) Survey 2008-09 reveals that EA enables business transformation, its practices continue to mature, and increased outsourcing of EA functions is a strong future possibility.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Try IBM® Rational® System Architect® V11.3, which enables business managers and IT professionals to plan, model, and execute changes to improve their business strategy and process as well as the IT systems and infrastructure that support them, enabling successful enterprise planning and transformation.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

CASE STUDY: Atos Origin provides end-to-end SAP solutions for mid-to large-size organizations around the world - from core SAP implementations to supply chain management to upgrades and custom development. With a wealth of experience across all industries, we are among the world's most successful SAP specialists.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

ANALYST REPORT: Infrastructure and operations (I&O) comprise 60% or more of total IT spending worldwide. I&O leaders are under intensifying pressure to reduce costs. This Gartner research note outlines the key actions that should be taken to change the I&O cost structure in the short term (through 2010) and in the longer term (during the next three years).

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

ANALYST BRIEF: It is often said that desperate times call for desperate measures. In recent months, this is certainly the case for some ERP vendors. The good news, however, is that there are ways to manage ERP software vendors to ensure a fair, consistent, and unbiased selection process for your organization. Read on to learn what they are.

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | Published: 03 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: User demand for infrastructure and services has increased at a much greater rate over the past few decades than IT resources available, thus causing an IT service delivery gap. Learn how Surgient's self-service platform can bridge that gap.

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 28 Oct 2009

EBOOK: Many IT professionals are looking to IT Service Management (ITSM) to deliver quality IT services that meet the needs of the business under these tough conditions. Regardless of the size of your business, you can deliver superior service quality to your business with the HP approach to ITSM and the HP software and services that support it.

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009

CASE STUDY: 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.

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Oct 2009