Systems Management Reports

EGUIDE: Security information management systems and identity and access management systems were originally created to work independently, but combining these two disparate technologies presents greater security effectiveness and control.

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This research note presents results from a recent survey on virtualization and cloud computing. Find out why many of your peers are looking into fabric-based infrastructures and get recommendations to help you leverage the full benefits of this technology.

Posted: 24 May 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn about key questions to ask when evaluation Active Directory bridge solutions and discover benefits to your IT environment including; more efficiency, higher security and better compliance.

Posted: 24 May 2011 | Published: 23 May 2011

VIDEO: This video describes how IBM Virtualization Management Solutions can help you manage physical and virtual resources across the technology infrastructure.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Premiered: 23 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover a centralized management system that administers and controls all aspects of a virtualized environment, from host and guest management to storage management and high availability. Some of the many features of this virtualization manager include; live migration, power saving, monitoring, system scheduler and more.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

WEBCAST: In this video, learn why the UC Toolkit was created, how the UC Toolkit is structured, what resources are included, and how you can easily obtain it.

Posted: 17 May 2011 | Premiered: May 17, 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will provide you with the information you need to purchase an Event and Log Management soutions. This paper outlines both the upside and downside to using both these services sepearte and together.

Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, Nick Lewis discusses the best ways to efficiently handle vendor security updates, how to prioritize patch deployment on mission-critical and non-mission critical systems, and why testing patches before deployment is such a crucial step.

Posted: 04 May 2011 | Published: 04 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: UC audio device integration can be daunting for managers if they don’t have the right tools. This paper discusses a 5 step process for device adoption, providing responses to typical questions IT organizations raise during the evolution stage of your implementation.

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 | Published: 27 Apr 2011

EZINE: Some applications are a natural fit for the cloud; some are better kept within your administrators’ control. What about Exchange Server? Volume 9 of the Exchange Insider E-zine outlines the pros, cons and costs of running Exchange Server in-house and in the cloud.

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 | Published: 27 Apr 2011

CASE STUDY: Read this case study to learn how VMware vFabric Hyperic helped managed hosting provider Contegix, manage infrastructure from an application point of view, improve the service level of its infrastructure, exceed customer expectations, and more.

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 | Published: 21 Apr 2011

EBOOK: View this interactive E-Book to learn how Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center can dramatically improve your converged datacenter operations and productivity.

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 | Published: 14 Apr 2011

WEBCAST: View our Launch Webcast to learn more about Oracle's new comprehensive line of powerful x86 systems ranging from blades and rackmount servers to networking systems based on Intel's Xeon 5600 and 7500 processors. 

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 | Premiered: Apr 12, 2011

WHITE PAPER: Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) are intricately related, and each factor is equally important to achieving maximum IT service uptime. Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers provide excellent RAS characteristics that are ideal for maximizing the uptime of business-critical IT services. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, we discuss how Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g's advanced management capabilities help IT organizations cut through the complexity and bring order to chaos through its unique business-driven IT management approach. 

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: The drive to build a company from the ground up and offer a competitive product or service that fulfills a need is a powerful pull. Owners of IT service provider businesses are no different. Check out this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Published: 12 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the shift in application performance management by IT operations and it provides insight into how best to ensure applications spanning across all boundaries of enterprise and the Internet can successfully be monitored and managed to meet the needs of the business.

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Published: 12 Apr 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Configuration errors, over-allocation of resources and application and network performance issues can cause administrators headaches. Learn how to find and eliminate the sources of these problems in this presentation transcript.

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 | Published: 08 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines areas of potential optimization, shows how day-to-day IT management processes can contribute to – rather than detracts from – that optimization, and provides an ROI analysis with an example scenario based on actual deployments.

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 | Published: 22 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: In the typical IT environment, organizations operate in a divided world of systems management and support. IT departments often treat these two fundamental areas as distinct silos causing gaps for IT employees, who spend too much time and manual effort resolving system problems. This creates both higher risks and higher costs for IT.

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 | Published: 22 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Running a business on SAP requires that the application be available 7x24, data be secure, and that the application can grow with an organization. The decision to select an outsourcer goes far beyond finding a data center. Read this paper and learn what questions to ask in order to select an outstanding SAP outsourcing provider.

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 | Published: 28 Mar 2011

EZINE: Tracking and identifying virtual machines on physical hosts or sorting out the source of I/O bottlenecks requires administrators to do investigative work. Software management tools can help, but business processes are also important for handling virtual system management. Learn some tips to make managing virtual environments a little bit easier.

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: In this e-guide from SearchVMware.com, gain expert insight into the existing performance monitoring tools in vSphere for optimal virtual environment management. And discover five VMware administration and management tips that will help you better manage your VMs and avoid common mistakes.

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: What managed services are getting the most attention? Download this e-guide to learn the 7 top managed services delivered via network connections. Download to learn how you can create opportunities to further client relationships and expand your network of clients.

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This thought leadership white paper proposes a combination of requirements-driven, model-driven and test-driven approaches as a mechanism for delivering systems development projects at a reduced cost and risk.

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 23 Mar 2011