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EBOOK: The SEC XBRL Mandate for Dummies is a guide to assist external reporting professionals tasked with quickly and accurately assembling, tagging and filing their companies’ external reports.

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

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

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

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses operational risk management (ORM) in the context of "Sound Practices for the Management and Supervision of Operational Risk," a paper from the Basel Committee.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

WEBCAST: This interactive data center, brought to you by our editors, explores 5 aspects of data center efficiency and provides tips and best practices to help companies make effective investment and configuration decisions.

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 | Premiered: 21 Dec 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This expert presentation transcript explores key management factors you should consider as you navigate your virtualization initiative, including licensing, memory capabilities, and more. Hear about one company's virtualization roadmap and determine whether it aligns with your own virtualization plans.

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Every routing protocol has some pros and cons and its own metric considerations. In this white paper, we will discuss Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), a Cisco-proprietary routing protocol.

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 | Published: 24 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Although Active Directory (AD) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) are very diverse systems owned by two completely separate companies, the use of AD for management of users in a CUCM system is a common consideration. Read this whitepaper to learn more.

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 | Published: 24 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper presumes that your enterprise already has a data network security policy in place. It examines the many different settings that are available to help secure the Cisco IP Phones from potential hacker attacks, and it looks at a selection of Cisco secure infrastructure technologies that are especially useful for protecting voice systems.

Posted: 01 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) was developed to solve the problems caused by loops in a bridged, or switched, topology. Read this paper for useful knowledge of the Spanning Tree Protocol - knowledge that will be useful for the CCNA exam.

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: For a truly mobile device, operating to de-perimeterised principles, a wireless connection is probably required to achieve optimal connectivity while roaming.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

ANALYST REPORT: This report provides statistical information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and learn about the intelligent software in the Oracle Exadata Storage Server that accelerates database query processing (DQP) by offloading database query processing to the storage layer.

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 | Published: 12 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle introduces the new Sun Fire X4170 M2, the most versatile IT infrastructure building block server and the Sun Fire X4270 M2 server, the ideal server for clustered database and virtualized workloads.

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 | Published: 16 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn about two network protocol models, TCP/IP and OSI.

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 | Published: 04 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Sun Fire X2270 M2 server provides the most effective path to cloud and technical computing. They bring an enhanced next generation, small form-factor, high performance system to the datacenter. Continue reading to learn more.

Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, the world’s first and only integrated middleware machine, dramatically surpasses alternatives and provides enterprises the best possible foundation for running applications.

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 | Published: 08 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals key factors to consider when selecting a server and explains why more and more organizations are relying on x86 platforms. Access key findings from your peers concerning their spending on servers, power and cooling expenses, and more.

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 | Published: 07 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This document details the four available networking configurations for running Hyper-V on Dell™ PowerEdge™ systems. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each networking configuration with an emphasis on typical Dell system configurations.

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper details the security features in each layer of Oracle’s integrated end-to-end solution stack, including infrastructure, database, middleware and application security, as well as the economic benefits of deploying a defense-in-depth strategy.

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 | Published: 06 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how media organizations are deploying DataDirect Networks (DDN) solutions to solve operational challenges and capitalize on new streams of revenue.

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: MPLS stands for Multiprotocol Label Switching and is defined as “a mechanism in high-performance telecommunications networks that direct and carried data from one network node to the next, making it easy to create ‘virtual links’ between distant nodes.” Read on for a thorough overview of MPLS and learn how MPLS can benefit your organization.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper  examines the big picture when it comes to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and what happens when a data packet traverses an MPLS cloud.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Implementing a service quality analytics framework will enable Wholesale Backhaul Service Providers to differentiate and augment the current value of their service offerings. Read this whitepaper to discover how framework applications can help Wireless SPs.

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 | Published: 22 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides detailed insight into the evolving server landscape and discusses the reasons why companies are considering moving to x86 platforms. Discover lessons learned from your peers as well as the results you can expect to achieve after your migration is complete.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: While the technology that supports VoIP has been present since the mid-1990s, the ability to quickly alternate between VoIP and circuit-switched networks has come into prominence in the last few years. Access this white paper for a full history and overview of the current mobile communications landscape.

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many people are confused by Cisco’s NAT/PAT naming conventions, such as “inside local”, etc. so I have put together a few diagrams that might help.

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Microsoft RDP is the de-facto standard protocol for accessing remote applications and desktops. This white paper identifies some of the RDP performance challenges facing organizations, as well as their potential causes and cures.

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 | Published: 24 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: This Magic Quadrant represents vendors that sell into the end-user market with branded midrange and high-end modular disk array storage systems that support block-access protocol. Register below to view the Gartner report.

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: While some individual users are experimenting with cloud processing, other users have already fully committed to the cloud as an important part of their enterprise architecture and operation. Read this white paper to learn about the evolution of cloud processing and whether or not the cloud processing boom will continue.

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This six-page Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide to cloud networking highlights the factors CIOs and senior IT professionals need to consider as they plan their networking  strategies.

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012