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WHITE PAPER: While the consensus around the benefits of ITIL is virtually universal, ITIL initiatives run the gamut – both in terms of costs and benefits. Learn how your service management platform can play a huge role in the degree to which you realize the potential benefits of ITIL in your organization.

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: At the beginning of each year, we survey Morrison & Foerster’s Global Sourcing Group lawyers in Asia, Europe, and the United States regarding the current state of the world’s outsourcing market and emerging trends likely to shape that market over the next twelve months.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of 2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by software houses and consultancies is up by 8.1%. The growth in demand for IT staff in this sector shows 27.3% more vacancies being advertised than a year ago.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: It is necessary to Integrate IT silos for a holistic approach to service operations management. Read this paper to learn how fostering predictive and proactive business service analytics can transform IT culture can assure business service quality and improve IT operational efficiency.

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 09 Jun 2011

ANALYST BRIEF: This report from Gartner describes six distinctly different styles of "money-making CIO" that are likely to evolve between 2011 and 2020.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

PRODUCT LITERATURE: Supporting an increasingly distributed workforce can be a huge drain on IT resources. By enabling a customized end-user experience with server-based control of data, settings, and applications, the Dell™ Flexible Computing Solutions suite of products and services is designed to simplify management, enhance security, and lower TCO.

Posted: 13 Sep 2010 | Published: 13 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Whether it is an inappropriate ‘tweet’, an internetsecurity scandal or a story of the fastest growingcompany in the world, technology, be it for theright or wrong reasons, has become regular frontpagenews.This survey aims to give a snapshot of thetechnology industry from the inside.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource for insights to help ease the transformation from service desk to service management, including the 4 requirements for an effective IT Service Management (ITSM) platform, how to develop a holistic governance framework to minimize compliance costs, and the underlying principles of the newest version of ITIL (ITIL V3).

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 | Published: 21 Dec 2011

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from Visa Europe CIO Steve Chambers on the technology behind the credit card transactions that retailers rely on. We examine the challenges facing the government's G-Cloud project; and we ask how Microsoft will cope when customers no longer want to purchase software licences. Download the new issue now.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this brief white paper to learn about the benefits your peers are enjoying by expanding their cloud integration, such as faster application provisioning, higher service levels, improved business relationships, and more.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Published: 25 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Preparing a cloud-ready network is a challenge for IT pros. Access this network manager checklist to explore the top 5 hot spots for admins.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this guide, IDC Research Vice President Mary Johnston Turner looks to the past in identifying five steps for successful integrated cloud management. Based on the experiences of early cloud adopters, you'll discover how these strategies help IT organizations dramatically improve the time and costs of application provisioning.

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Looking to implement a hybrid management strategy for your cloud, virtualized and physical business services? This white paper discusses the five key capabilities that IT professionals must have in order to effectively operate and manage hybrid environments. In addition, learn about common fatal mistakes and how to avoid making them.

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | Published: 23 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This exclusive resource provides management strategies and common pitfalls to avoid when approaching the cloud, and addresses five key capabilities including the ability to govern, deliver, automate, assure and secure hybrid services. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Simpana 9 provides its customers with greater flexibility by allowing them to extend their data protection tools beyond their physical environments, safeguarding virtual servers and clients as well. Also, Simpana 9 provides its customers source-side data deduplication that will significantly improve and boost storage asset utilization.

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 | Published: 12 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes some of the enhanced capabilities of today’s server technology and discusses the three most common approaches to server refresh projects – replacement, upgrade, and outsourcing – along with the business benefits of each.

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 | Published: 13 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Scale-out storage is quickly becoming the modern architecture of choice, meeting the needs of today’s storage systems with greater ease, efficiency, and flexibility than traditional “scale-up” architectures – and at lower costs. Discover how the right underlying infrastructure can yield even more total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements.

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | Published: 23 Jan 2012