Standards Groups

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

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 media organisations is up by 1.8%. This is the sixth consecutive quarter that has seen higher demand.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Security Forum is a membership group of security experts from both the customer and supply sides of industry, government, and academia, who share a common aim to raise confidence levels in IT business operations.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper discover what it takes to lead your organization into the C21 market. Learn different strategies from principals in a consulting group and discover how sustainability could the be key to your success.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: When it comes to understanding mobile wireless (cellular) standards, things can get confusing. There are two significant global cellular standards that are in use today. Mobile handsets, including smartphones, usually are designed to support one or the other. This white paper will help you better understand cellular standards.

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 | Published: 25 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Numerous architecture framework standards have been developed and matured over the past decade and the focus of these frameworks is diverse. Many engineers believe there is an ―either or‖ decision to be made regarding these frameworks; however, this is not always the case.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: A common characteristic of people-certification programs in the marketplace is that most test or validate the existence of relevant knowledge. Few reach beyond this.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: With each new version of Windows comes a new version of Internet Explorer, and in the case of Windows 7, it’s IE 8 (one of these days all Microsoft’s numeric product names might actually line up). What does the Windows 7 administrator or planner need to know about the new IE?

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 | Published: 06 Aug 2010

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Download the Service-Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure (SOCCI) Framework from the Open Group.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read how one business employed Dell Hardware to increase efficiency, drastically reduce new PC deployment time, and foster collaboration among global divisions.

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 | Published: 09 Dec 2011

IT BRIEFING: This paper from the Open Group, documents an approach to enhance the TOGAF enterprise architecture methodology with the SABSA security architecture approach to create one holistic architecture methodology.

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this document is to help the security practitioner responsible for their organization’s risk estimation function to utilize The Open Group Risk Management Frameworkin an ISO/IEC 27005 structured process.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Advances in technology and threats have shifted the way we approach protecting national security systems and information. All commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) information assurance (IA)-enabled products acquired by Government departments and agencies must be subject to a standardized evaluation process. Learn how RedHat meets these requirements.

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 | Published: 23 Dec 2011

CASE STUDY: In this case study Flow International standardizes on Dell hardware to increase enterprise efficiency, cut new PC deployment time by up to 10 hours, and foster collaboration among global divisions. Download now to learn more about the specific benefits achieved.

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 23 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: To achieve their business goals and unlock the value of their infrastructures, companies need a more disciplined and structured way to eliminate inefficiencies. This first installment in a three-part series explores how standardization forms the basis for deriving value from the efforts that follow.

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 | Published: 31 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: This customer reference booklet contains a sampling of real business results that organizations around the world, in a variety of industries, have achieved by upgrading and standardizing on Oracle Database 11g.  We hope you find these success stories helpful in learning how Oracle can help you achieve your business and IT objectives.

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript focuses on identifying the standard requirements necessary to implement a successful desktop virtualization pilot, including selecting use cases, a time frame for the pilot and more.

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 | Published: 12 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: This customer reference booklet contains a sample of real business results that organizations around the world, across a variety of industries, have achieved by upgrading and standardizing on Oracle Database 11g.

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 | Published: 29 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This White Paper is intended to help organizations who are attempting to set up an enterprise architecture practice. It shows how organizations can use a modular, iterative, and incremental approach in order to develop an architectural capability that is otherwise a large and complex undertaking.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

CASE STUDY: The Dell IT group has virtualized more than 5,000 servers and saved the company over US$29 million using a scalable, worldwide virtualization model.

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 24 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: With over 5,000 requests per second during peak periods, online retailer Gilt Groupe could lose a large percentage of its daily profits in just 10 minutes of downtime. After choosing the Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager as its load balancing solution, visits to the site have increased thanks to improved customer satisfaction.

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 | Published: 09 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Jericho Forum aims to develop and influence information and communications technology(ICT) security standards.  These will facilitate the secure interoperation of ICT to support collaboration and commerce over open networks, within and between organisations, based on a security architecture and design approach entitled de-perimeterisation.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, IT author Jonathan Hassell walks you through some of the key changes made to R2 in three key areas: Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services.

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 | Published: 17 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how Immidio Flex Profiles can help you address the challenges of managing Group Policy, Profiles, Folder redirection and more. Find out how you can keep user workspaces tidy with Immidio Flex Profiles, and reap additional benefits.

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 | Published: 23 Jan 2012