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DEFINITION: OS/2 is an IBM operating system for the personal computer that, when introduced in 1987, was intended to provide an alternative to Microsoft Windows for both enterprise and personal PC users. The last version of OS/2 Warp, Warp 4, offered a Netscape-based Web browser that exploited OS/2's speech recognition capability. IBM enhanced OS/2 to provide server functions for e-business.While OS/2 is still  … 
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OS/2 Reports
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10 Reasons to Modernize the Desktop: CIO
sponsored by Dell and VMware
WHITE PAPER: IT departments need a solution that meets the evolving needs of both the employees and IT— something not possible with a traditional PC model.  This paper illustrates the benefits of moving beyond the physical PC to a modern desktop that is highly flexible, easy to manage, customizable to suit users’ needs, and ready for new and future technology.
Posted: 24 Aug 2011 | Published: 24 Aug 2011

Dell and VMware

77 Features For Windows 7 That Every IT Professional Should Know About
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Listed in this whitepaper are 77 Windows 7 features that're in the form of quick tips, tricks and some in the form of detailed explanations. You'll be able to use this paper as a reference to the enormous enhancements built into Windows 7.
Posted: 22 Apr 2010 | Published: 22 Apr 2010

Global Knowledge

A Guide to Branching and Merging Patterns
sponsored by AccuRev
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

AccuRev

A simple, cloud-based approach to monitoring Vblock
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
WEBCAST: Monitoring Vblock can be challenging, but you can make it simpler by leveraging new technology that incorporates cloud computing services to plan, build and operate to deliver optimal availability, performance, and user experience. View this webcast to learn more about how this advanced solution can benefit your IT.
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 04 Jan 2012

Nimsoft, Inc.

A Window Into Mobile Device Security
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This resource explores the security challenges of mobile devices and provides a review of the security models of the two most popular mobile platforms in use today – Android and iOS. View now to uncover the impact these devices will have as their adoption continues to grow within enterprises.
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 | Published: 12 Apr 2012

Symantec Corporation

ABBYY CardHolder: Your Electronic Business Card Holder
sponsored by ABBYY
VIDEO: Uncover how an electronic business card holder can help you store and use important data on your smartphone without cluttering your personal address book.
Posted: 16 May 2012 | Premiered: 16 May 2012

ABBYY

ABBYY Mobile OCR Engine 4.0: Multilingual Compact OCR for Mobile Devices
sponsored by ABBYY
BROCHURE: Read this white paper to learn about a mobile software development kit that can help you improve the text recognition and conversion capabilities of your mobile applications.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

ABBYY

Addressing Windows 7 Application Compatibility
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: Download this paper to learn how to prepare for an OS migration, identify potential application compatibility problems, and what software compatibility options are available to you today.
Posted: 17 Aug 2010 | Published: 17 Aug 2010

Dell, Inc. and Microsoft

Analyst's take: Force.com application drives faster development
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: Nucleus analyzed existing Force.com application deployments and found an average of 4.9 times faster development.  End customers, developers, and ISVs experience more rapid time to value, lower cost, and greater ongoing flexibility.
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

Architecting Oracle VM Solution with Sun ZFS Storage Appliances and Sun Servers
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: With virtualization and its ability to install multiple operating systems (OSs) and run them independently on a single server, IT can effectively consolidate hundreds of servers while optimizing resources and simplifying the infrastructure. Read this paper to find out so much more.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

Oracle Corporation

Assessing Your Organization's Readiness for Windows 7
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: There has been great interest in the subject of Windows 7 in recent months, perhaps most strongly from organizations that passed over Windows Vista and are looking at a migration from Windows XP.
Posted: 24 Feb 2010 | Published: 24 Feb 2010

Global Knowledge

Automating Processes to Optimize a Windows 7 Deployment
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: A Windows 7 deployment will likely involve hundreds or thousands of PCs, with some in distributed and remote locations. This introduces several challenges. Read this white paper to learn best practices for reducing the costs associated with a Windows 7 deployment, improving the speed at which a deployment is completed, and reducing risks.
Posted: 17 Aug 2010 | Published: 17 Aug 2010

Dell, Inc. and Microsoft

Avocent Universal Management Gateway - Delivering Confidence through Connection
sponsored by Avocent
WHITE PAPER: You need to maintain control over your data center as it expands, regardless of where it is physically located. This white paper describes a management tool that can assist you in this process by gathering real-time data, enhancing infrastructure efficiency, and more.
Posted: 27 Apr 2012 | Published: 27 Apr 2012

Avocent

Avoiding the 8 Common Mistakes of Windows 7 Migration
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: Download “Avoiding the 8 common mistakes of Windows 7 migration,” an informative white paper that explains how to make the most of a Windows 7 migration and PC refresh to enhance performance, security and manageability.
Posted: 25 Aug 2011 | Published: 25 Aug 2011

Dell, Inc. and Microsoft

Backup Software: Nine Must-Ask Questions
sponsored by Iron Mountain
WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper for 9 key questions to ask when shopping for backup software solutions. Learn how to accurately define your needs and expectations, and know what to look for to determine if a particular solution will meet them or not. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 24 Feb 2012 | Published: 24 Feb 2012

Iron Mountain

Breaking Down the Barriers to VDI
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
ANALYST REPORT: In this report the Taneja Group will first review the current barriers to wider adoption of VDI, and examine how Dell's EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN arrays can help customers with these problems. They will then validate these claims via benchmark performance tests and interviews, and finally test performance claims under additional scenarios.
Posted: 25 Feb 2011 | Published: 25 Feb 2011

Dell, Inc.

Bringing Windows® Server Virtualization to Your Production Environment
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: Virtualization technology is fast becoming the strategy of choice for companies that want to reap the benefits of cost-effective and easy-to-manage server environments. Learn how your company can take advantage of the benefits of server virtualization.
Posted: 01 Oct 2011 | Published: 01 Oct 2011

Dell, Inc. and Microsoft

Can the Modern Enterprise be More Agile? From Agile Development to Business Agility
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited
WEBCAST: Distributed teams, policy requirements and brittle legacy processes all threaten to make Agile a “name-only” initiative in big enterprises. Join this Web Event to understand how HP has helped customers identify and breakdown these challenges, showing that size and speed can coexist.
Posted: 17 May 2012 | Premiered: 17 May 2012

Hewlett-Packard Limited

Cisco IOS Command Shortcuts
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This white paper contains some tips and shortcuts showing you how the addition of parameters to these Cisco IOS commands will make your life easier.
Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

Global Knowledge

Clabby Report: Itanium: Slip/Sliding Away…
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes numerous shortcomings with Itanium-based platforms, and notes that the Itanium "ecosystem" is in danger of collapse. Forward-looking CIOs should consider x86, POWER and mainframe architectures.
Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 09 Mar 2012

IBM

Cloud Computing and SaaS: A Practical Guide for Financial Professionals
sponsored by Host Analytics, Inc
WHITE PAPER: This white paper looks at cloud-computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) technologies and what you need to know about these emerging trends.
Posted: 12 Apr 2012 | Published: 12 Apr 2012

Host Analytics, Inc

Collaboration in Agile development: Requirements analysis is a team effort
sponsored by Micro Focus
EGUIDE: Agile development roles are no longer set in stone. The most successful and efficient teams work together, each adding their own perspective. This featured article uncovers why testers should participate in requirement analysis and how organizations are getting their whole team more involved in Agile projects.
Posted: 02 May 2012 | Published: 02 May 2012

Micro Focus

Computer Weekly - 22 May 2012: Why Tesco is spending £150m online
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
EZINE: This week’s Computer Weekly, we talk exclusively to Tesco CIO Mike McNamara about why the UK's biggest retailer is spending £150m on its online business. And, with the London 2012 Olympics only weeks away; we look at how IT testing is progressing.
Posted: 21 May 2012 | Published: 21 May 2012

ComputerWeekly.com

Consolidating Applications with Oracle Solaris Containers
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Oracle Solaris Containers implement OS virtualization using containers that are designed to provide a complete, isolated, secure runtime environment for applications—and in situations where resources can be managed with sub-CPU granularity.
Posted: 14 Mar 2011 | Published: 14 Mar 2011

Oracle Corporation

Customer perspectives on the benefits of a collaborative process to deliver software quality
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This Hurwitz and Associates whitepaper shares the successes, challenges and future plans of three companies - Sogeti Group, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and Scotiabank.
Posted: 11 Sep 2009 | Published: 11 Sep 2009

IBM
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OS/2 DEFINITION (continued): … OS/2 is an IBM operating system for the personal computer that, when introduced in 1987, was intended to provide an alternative to Microsoft Windows for both enterprise and personal PC users. The last version of OS/2 Warp, Warp 4, offered a Netscape-based Web browser that exploited OS/2's speech recognition capability. IBM enhanced OS/2 to provide server functions for e-business.While OS/2 is still in use, IBM has announced that its support will require a special contract beginning in 2006.
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