Strategic Planning Reports

WHITE PAPER: In this CFO guidebook, learn how you can leverage mobile, cloud, social media, and big data to dramatically improve business results and drive insight-fueled transformation.

Posted: 26 Nov 2013 | Published: 26 Nov 2013

WHITE PAPER: This guide outlines a systematic approach to software evaluation and selection that aligns best practices and leading-edge technology with planning activities.

Posted: 07 Nov 2013 | Published: 07 Nov 2013

WHITE PAPER: The question is no longer if your healthcare practice will make the transition to EHR, but when.  Careful planning and effective change management can help keep missteps – and the stress and costs that come with them – to a minimum.  This white paper presents strategies for avoiding common EHR implementation problems.

Posted: 01 Aug 2013 | Published: 16 Sep 2011

EBOOK: This expert e-book examines the challenges that come with server virtualization, including virtual machine sprawl, virtual machine lifecycle management and resource provisioning, as well as management strategies to help you overcome these obstacles.

Posted: 09 Jul 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will gain insight on how storage resource management (SRM) application has been evolving over the years to address the challenges expressed by IBMs storage productivity center administrators who are tasked with managing growth, complexity, and storage environments in the most cost effective way possible.

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about a storage management approach to effectively manage storage systems and drive business forward. Read now to discover more.

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: This three page white paper provides you with four "must have" features to consider ensuring your backup and recovery solution provides the best data and system protection for any virtual environment.

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 | Published: 30 Sep 2012

EBOOK: This Handbook offers guidelines for disaster recovery testing today, with a look at the variety of technologies and practices in use. You will find an expert Q&A outlining technologies that can make DR testing more effective. Another piece takes a look at how one company's quarterly DR test helped prepare them for Hurricane Sandy.

Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 29 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on Data Domain technology leadership and differentiation and why it matters to you. The purpose of this paper is to explore the technical and financial reasons why Data Domain systems are ideal for backup and archiving in your environment.

Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this brief white paper, you will discover how to seamlessly and affordably implement an innovative scale-out storage solution that effectively manages insurmountable data growth and pace of business.

Posted: 29 May 2013 | Published: 29 May 2013

EZINE: In this expert e-zine, featuring server virtualization and storage expert, David Davis, you will gain insight through the process of tweaking virtual server storage setups and discover ten tips that provide practical guidance you can use today to improve the performance of several virtual storage systems.

Posted: 28 May 2013 | Published: 28 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will gain insight into increasingly dynamic environments that require infrastructure integration that demands a high level of expertise – relinquishing IT professionals from their DIY mentality to implementing ICPs for optimal efficiency. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 16 May 2013 | Published: 31 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: This report documents ESG Lab's hands-on validation testing of Virident FlashMax II PCI Express (PCIe) SCM drives, with a focus on their multi-dimensional performance capabilities.

Posted: 15 May 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This report examines and details the Hitachi approach to delivering storage capacity efficiency via its USP V and VSP platforms. In doing so, it will highlight how Hitachi looks at the overall economics of storage by reducing relevant operating expenses which they address with the characteristics of their storage systems and software.

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

BOOK: This book extract explains how organisation can uses benefits management techniques to increase the value of IT projects to the business.

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 | Published: 15 Feb 2013

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we look ahead to the challenges facing IT leaders in 2013 and examine how the shift to digital will change the role of the CIO. A new report details how CIOs must adapt to work more closely with business colleagues. And our first buyer's guide of the year focuses on software as a service. Read the issue now.

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 | Published: 08 Jan 2013

EGUIDE: Wayne Eckerson explores the challenges of implementing self-service BI tools in this e-guide. Read it today to discover ten key best practices for self-service BI, including what you need to know about the two main types of users, the realities and challenges of self-service BI, and much more.

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 | Published: 11 Sep 2012

EGUIDE: Business intelligence (BI) has become more essential than ever before as organizations strive to extract meaningful information from growing stores of data. Inside this e-guide, gain strategic insight from the BI implementation experiences of your peers.

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 | Published: 02 Dec 2011

EGUIDE: Business intelligence (BI) offers IT leaders the chance to achieve greater strategic decision-making through the use of dashboards, data analytics, reporting tools and much more. So how can IT leaders plan for a seamless BI deployment? Inside this e-guide, uncover expert tips that will help ensure long-term BI success.

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 | Published: 02 Dec 2011

EGUIDE: CIOs are buzzing about virtualization technologies and tools for big data analysis due to benefits in areas such as productivity, business agility and customer service. Inside this exclusive e-guide, learn how your company can take advantage of both virtualization and big data analysis for a clear competitive advantage.

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 | Published: 30 Nov 2011

VIDEO: CIOs often struggle to gain business insight that will allow them to make well-informed decisions. This video presents a scorecard tool that tracks the business value that IT provides, including customer satisfaction and operational excellence. Learn how to gain visibility across your organization for greater IT and business alignment.

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Premiered: 22 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Social networking, high-speed mobility and smarter devices are changing the way we do business. Read this paper now to learn how you can create value for your business through building robust social and real-time collaboration capabilities into portals.

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 | Published: 16 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: For organizations with stores upon stores of untouched data, there’s one essential tool: Business intelligence. Unfortunately, inconsistent or irrelevant data can turn BI in the wrong direction. This e-guide outlines essential components for a foolproof BI management strategy.

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 | Published: 04 Nov 2011

EGUIDE: Next-generation business intelligence has the potential to be a game-changer for predictive analytics because it solves the latency issues that plagued traditional BI platforms. Access this e-guide for expert insight into planning for BI that works alongside social media, mobile devices and context-aware computing.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many IT departments have chosen to throw hardware at performance and capacity problems. In the past, that approach has worked, however times and management challenges have changed; demanding a different approach – capacity management. This guide is designed to help those IT leaders who are now looking to assemble a capacity management approach.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011