IT Systems

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

PRODUCT LITERATURE: CA Virtualization Management solutions provide integrated end-to-end management, business-driven automation and security. As such, CA facilitates virtualization's promise of cost reduction and efficiency gains through consolidation, standardization and lower energy consumption, which drive better business outcomes.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009

WEBCAST: Many companies face IT challenges related to visualization, integration, discovery and mapping, prioritization, predictive strategies, and reporting accuracy. This webcast addresses these challenges and explains how CA's approach to service quality is both effective and cost-conscious in lean times.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 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

ANALYST REPORT: With all protocols and storage features included in the cost of the system, Sun claims its new unified platform delivers significant performance gains and cost benefits versus proprietary unified storage solutions.

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: So you’re an XP shop and your organization skipped Vista, but is considering taking the plunge to the latest revision of the Longhorn platform: Windows 7. Here are ten things that you should probably know as you get familiar with this new Windows client.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Our experience suggests that Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance determines the impact of the architecture team to a great degree. We describe and manage EA governance along six dimensions.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

PRODUCT DEMO: First responders to network emergencies rely on the EtherScope Series II Network Assistant when it's time for action -- a handheld network analyzer combining essential tools that help network professionals quickly solve the wide range of problems they encounter. Take advantage of our free 5-day trial. Click “View Now” to request your free trial.

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

WEBCAST: High-performing organizations take a more practice-based and practical, approach to measuring, managing and enhancing IT performance. Adopt new, flexible solutions to support the way that your organization uses IT to drive operational excellence.

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 03 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: IT management in small and medium companies can and must understand the information needs and language of their business colleagues within the organization. IT managers must show business managers how IT can enable them to meet and exceed their departmental goals.

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2009

PODCAST: Tune into this podcast for expert insight into the impact of cloud computing on your IT infrastructure. Hear from cloud computing expert, Jeff Kaplan, as he explains the basic pressures driving cloud computing. Learn about Amazon's influence on the cloud market and discover the 3 elements that attract enterprises to the cloud.

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 29 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how you can gain reliable, accessible information from efficient, integrated IT systems – and use that information to make faster, smarter decisions. In turn, the right decisions will lead to better operations and a stronger competitive position.

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 | Published: 26 Oct 2009

CASE STUDY: Matrix Group, a privately owned financial services business, was looking to implement a full disaster recovery and continuity strategy. Read this case study to learn how Matrix Group worked with Double-Take Software to create a highly resilient, reliable and predictable IT system.

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: The Dell™ Management Console Powered by Altiris™ from Symantec™ provides a comprehensive management platform based on standardized IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes—facilitating the adoption of industry best practices and helping streamline and simplify IT management in enterprise data centers.

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Published: 15 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper dispels some myths about BI in smaller companies and outlines the main options at your disposal.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Microsoft Windows Server® and SQL Server® 2008, together with intelligent server platforms based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series, deliver breakthrough performance and scalability within the same energy and space footprint as prior-generation processors.

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 06 Oct 2009

VIDEO: Rational Talks to You - Scott Hebner sits down with Redmonk Analyst Michael Cote to discuss latest announcements around the IBM Rational Jazz platform.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 05 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Virtualization allows you to dynamically allocate and manage resources in a utility-like way. It helps you break down the rigid IT structures that inhibit business agility. Virtualization also helps you increase utilization of valuable computing resources.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Enterprises that rely on enterprise resource planning and business intelligence applications have a solution that can manage exploding volumes of data while lowering cost and simplifying operations. HP Integrity server blades are designed to be always available, always scalable, and always virtualized to support applications such as SAP.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Register Now to take advantage of this complimentary collection of resources to discover how IBM Rational Software may cut your maintenance cost and give you the flexibility to transform your business with assets you already have without spending a fortune.

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Executives at small and midsize companies are making critical business decisions every day based on the information available to them. This information can come from a variety of sources: opinions from peers and colleagues; a personal sense of intuition or business judgment; or data derived internally or externally to the organization.

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 | Published: 28 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Oracle WebLogic Suite, a foundational element of Oracle Fusion Middleware, offers the ideal mix of performance, scalability, and operational efficiency to support modern IT requirements driven by ever-changing business needs.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: As companies face increasing pressure to deliver more business value from their IT spending and free up funding for new business initiatives, reducing mainframe costs and modernizing legacy applications have become top-of-mind.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009

EGUIDE: In this series, Craig Mathias explores the various ways mobility solutions can be used successfully and cost-effectively in your enterprise.

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Published: 02 Sep 2009