Application Deployment White Papers

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Virtualizing Mission-Critical Applications
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: To create the infrastructure for a private enterprise cloud, Intel IT has set a goal of virtualizing up to 75 percent of its office and enterprise computing environments. To achieve this goal, Intel IT will need to virtualize mission-critical applications, which is challenging due to rigorous performance, availability, and other requirements.
Posted: 23 Mar 2011 | Published: 23 Mar 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Oracle's Sun Fire X4470 Server Architecture: Virtualization Platform for Mission-Critical Applications
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: To support the execution of multiple workloads without starving applications of vital compute resources, a virtualization platform needs to offer high compute performance, a large memory footprint, and superior I/O expansion capabilities. Read on to learn how Oracle’s Sun Fire X4470 server is an ideal mission-critical virtualization platform.
Posted: 16 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

Oracle Corporation

Oracle's Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Architecture
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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: 03 May 2010

Oracle Corporation

Sun Blade 6000 Modular System from Oracle
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: The Sun Blade 6000 Modular Systems present a comprehensive multitier blade portfolio that lets organizations deploy the broadest range of applications on the most ideal platforms. This document describes the Sun Blade 6000 Modular Systems along with their key applications, architecture, and components.
Posted: 15 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

Oracle Corporation

Increasing Productivity with Mobile Business PCs
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: After investigating various options, Intel IT selected mobile PCs as the standard computing platform. Mobile business PCs, by nature, are highly portable and their robust feature set provides productivity advantage to employees, while meeting a majority of the company's diverse requirements.
Posted: 09 Mar 2011 | Published: 09 Mar 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

AdminStudio Suite: Powering an Application Readiness Process for Application Migrations and Day-to-Day Application Operations
sponsored by Flexera Software
WHITE PAPER: AdminStudio Suite powers an enterprise’s Application Readiness process for migrations to Windows 7, application virtualization and day-to-day application packaging operations. Its automation, integration, and workflow capabilities help companies streamline processes and reduce the time and cost of application migration projects.
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 | Published: 02 Mar 2011

Flexera Software

Migrating JEE Applications to SpringSource tc Server
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper focuses on the migration decision processes for determining whether to migrate your applications or portions of your applications from commercial JEE servers to SpringSource tc Server.
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 | Published: 02 Mar 2011

VMware, Inc.

Fulfilling the Lean Software Promise: Building and Running Spring Applications on VMware vFabric tc Server™
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Java developers by the millions have discarded bloated JEE containers in favor of lean software platforms. The choice of a large majority of Java developers today, these lightweight frameworks and application servers harmonize development with IT operations. Continue reading to learn more.
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 | Published: 02 Mar 2011

VMware, Inc.

Intel® Cloud Builders Guide: Cloud Design and Deployment on Intel Platforms - Cloud On-Boarding with Citrix OpenCloud*
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: For enterprise IT professionals looking to move data, applications, or integrated solutions from the data center to the cloud, it is often useful to start with the knowledge and experience gained from previous work. This paper discusses on-boarding considerations, as well as the key software tools and applications to make the effort successful.
Posted: 24 Feb 2011 | Published: 24 Feb 2011

Intel

Top 10 Reasons Why Customers Deploy Microsoft Applications with Hyper-V on EMC VNXe
sponsored by EMC Computer Systems (UK) Ltd.
WHITE PAPER: This guide provides an overview of the specific reasons customers choose to deploy Microsoft applications with Hyper-V on EMC's VNXe storage solution.
Posted: 12 Feb 2011 | Published: 12 Feb 2011

EMC Computer Systems (UK) Ltd.

Plantronics UC Toolkit Planning Guidelines for Success
sponsored by Plantronics
WHITE PAPER: Communications in today’s enterprise are undergoing dramatic changes as a result of the convergence of computer and voice technologies. As an IT manager, you know that introducing UC audio devices such as headsets and speaker phones into your environment changes the way users communicate and work.
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 | Published: 10 Feb 2011

Plantronics

Plantronics UC Toolkit Deployment FAQ
sponsored by Plantronics
WHITE PAPER: The Plantronics UC Toolkit, Deployment FAQ provides insight to typical questions IT organizations must consider regarding the physical deployment of UC audio devices. “What are key things I should consider during deployment? What and how should I communicate to users? How do I best prepare my IT organization?” are key topics covered in this FAQ.
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 | Published: 10 Feb 2011

Plantronics

Cloud-ready networks - WAN Governance for cloud computing
sponsored by IPANEMA TECHNOLOGIES
WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing simplifies enterprise application delivery with resource flexibility, investment-less OPEX models, and no need for specialized in-house support resources.
Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

IPANEMA TECHNOLOGIES

GIS in the Cloud - The Esri Example
sponsored by Esri
WHITE PAPER: As the use of cloud computing continues to grow, nearly every organization is developing ways to use this new technology. This white paper discusses and provide examples on how users of geographic information system (GIS) technology could and should benefit from cloud computing. Read more to find out how.
Posted: 09 Feb 2011 | Published: 09 Feb 2011

Esri

Power your Applications with Development Solutions from IBM
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how IBM Rational® software provides a comprehensive application development solution for Power Systems servers to help organizations build, maintain, leverage and optimize their software assets.
Posted: 04 Feb 2011 | Published: 04 Feb 2011

IBM

Get the Coverity Scan 2010 Open Source Integrity Report featuring the Android Integrity Report
sponsored by Coverity by Synopsys
WHITE PAPER: The results from the 2010 edition of the Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report detail the findings of analyzing more than 61 million lines of open source code from 291 popular and widely-used open source projects such as Android, Linux, Apache, Samba and PHP, among others. Read on to learn more about these results.
Posted: 27 Jan 2011 | Published: 27 Jan 2011

Coverity by Synopsys

Release Management: Closing the Gap in Application Lifecycle Management
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Businesses are struggling to keep up with the massive amount of change to their software applications. By strategically automating release management, companies can create a crisp, accurate Release Management function that dramatically boosts the competitive edge gained from application change. Control application change or let it control you.
Posted: 18 Jan 2011 | Published: 18 Jan 2011

SERENA Software, Inc.

Conquer App Management Challenges: On-Demand Application Delivery with XenApp
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: There are many challenges associated with traditional application management. This whitepaper reviews the benefits of on-demand application delivery and how on-demand app delivery by Citrix XenApp solves those challenges.
Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 21 Dec 2010

Citrix

Dispelling the Vapor Around Cloud Computing: Drivers, Barriers and Considerations for Public and Private Cloud Adoption
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: IBM conducted a survey in June and July of 2009 of 1,090 IT and line-of-business decision makers around the world. The purpose of this white paper is to share the survey findings, and to provide the IBM point of view regarding key steps and considerations for cloud adoption.
Posted: 03 Dec 2010 | Published: 03 Dec 2010

IBM

Security Best Practices for Developing Windows Azure Applications
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: Are you a software designer, architect, developer or tester interested in secure cloud computing solutions?  Download this breakthrough paper focusing on the security challenges and recommended approaches to design and develop more secure applications for Microsoft's Windows Azure platform. 
Posted: 18 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

Microsoft

ConvergeIT - Converged, IP-based Intelligent Building Cabling Systems Guide
sponsored by Siemon Company
WHITE PAPER: What capabilities can turn your structured cabling system into a critical building asset; one that reduces costs, simplifies application deployment, enhances the workplace experience, and maximizes the potential to qualify for all physical layer and...
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 17 Nov 2010

Siemon Company

Analytic Applications With PHP and a Columnar Database
sponsored by Infobright, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: No matter where you look these days, PHP continues to gain strong use both inside and outside of the enterprise. Although developers have many choices when it comes to building applications, PHP is so ubiquitous that it is difficult not to consider it for your analytic application. Read this white paper to learn more.
Posted: 15 Nov 2010 | Published: 15 Nov 2010

Infobright, Inc.

Platform-as-a-Service Private Cloud with Oracle Fusion Middleware (Spanish version)
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Download this free white paper to learn how platform-as-a-service private cloud offers enterprises one of the best ways to take advantage of cloud computing.
Posted: 26 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2009

Oracle Corporation

Virtualizing Tier 1 Applications: A Critical Step on the Journey Toward the Private Cloud
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper explains how much of the Enterprise IT community is at a crossroads in extending their journey to the private cloud: Companies must virtualize their business critical applications in order to reap the benefits of cloud computing.
Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

VMware, Inc.

 Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware: Use Cases
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides use cases and primary technical benefits that can be achieved by deploying Exchange 2010 on VMware vSphere.
Posted: 14 Oct 2010 | Published: 14 Oct 2010

VMware, Inc.