Cloud Management White Papers

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Analyst Review: Private Cloud Platforms for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Learn about the IBM private cloud platform and the standards IBm puts in place in order to allow organizations freely deploy, manage and distribute their applications and services across geographical and vendor technology boundaries.
Posted: 11 Sep 2013 | Published: 11 Sep 2013

IBM

Automated Life-Cycle Management: A Critical Enabler for Cloud-Ready Datacenters
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper explores the role that standards, automation, orchestration and advanced analytics play in optimizing the full datacenter operations life cycle across today’s dynamic datacenter environments.
Posted: 11 Sep 2013 | Published: 01 May 2013

IBM

Software Defined Storage - The Missing Link for Cloud and the Software Defined Datacenter
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This resource provides the results from the Enterprise Management Associates research and analyzes the pain points when it comes to implementing cloud and an innovative software that can enhance VMware environments for increased cloud ROI.
Posted: 10 Sep 2013 | Published: 02 Apr 2013

IBM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: The Original Cloud Operating System
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper will help you understand how Linux, unlike competing OSes, is the natural fit for cloud computing.
Posted: 04 Sep 2013 | Published: 04 Sep 2013

Red Hat

Building on OpenStack Infrastructure: CloudForms Plus ManageIQ
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: Enterprises need more than just the appropriate cloud infrastructure to support their cloud goals. They seek features such as chargeback, policy, orchestration, reporting and automation. Discover an advanced open-source, on-premise cloud platform that unifies infrastructure and management capabilities for an optimal cloud environment.
Posted: 29 Aug 2013 | Published: 29 Aug 2013

Red Hat

IBM PureFlex System Ready For Cloud
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this key resource to learn about the IBM PureFlex System and how it can lay a solid foundation to lead you to the cloud. Continue on to learn about the benefits that improved infrastructure deployment, performance, and operational economics can help your organization today.
Posted: 29 Aug 2013 | Published: 29 Jul 2013

IBM

Exploring the Open, Hybrid Cloud Model
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: This exclusive white paper explores the key characteristics and benefits of a hybrid, open cloud, along with key recommendations on implementing this model.
Posted: 29 Aug 2013 | Published: 29 Aug 2013

Red Hat

Solution Brief: Data Center and Private Cloud Solutions
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This informative resource will show you how you can drive innovation and differentiate your business with the help of a virtualized, consolidated data center with layered on cloud services.
Posted: 27 Aug 2013 | Published: 27 Aug 2013

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Extending Intel's Enterprise Private Cloud with Platform as a Service
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: The enterprise private cloud may be assisting your business operations, but how can you improve the functionality of your private cloud?  Learn how Platform as a Service can accelerate custom application deployment and promote cloud-aware application design principles in your private cloud.
Posted: 27 Aug 2013 | Published: 27 Aug 2013

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Best Practices for Building an Enterprise Private Cloud
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Many enterprises are turning to the cloud, including Intel, which has developed its own list of enterprise private cloud best practices from the experience of implementing and operating its own private cloud. Learn the best practices for building your own enterprise private cloud in this white paper.
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 | Published: 26 Aug 2013

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

ShareFile Customer Spotlight (U.S. Retail)
sponsored by Citrix Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Imagine how your business could function more efficiently if all data was shared on compatible software without file size or format being a concern. This case study demonstrates how a major retail chain's business benefits from enterprise file sharing internally and across thousands of third-party agencies.
Posted: 26 Aug 2013 | Published: 26 Aug 2013

Citrix Systems, Inc.

ShareFile Enterprise Datasheet
sponsored by Citrix Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Do you want to share, store, sync and secure data on any device at any time? Learn about the features of an enterprise-grade file sharing platform in this white paper.
Posted: 23 Aug 2013 | Published: 23 Aug 2013

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Storage Architected for the New-Age Datacenters
sponsored by CloudByte
WHITE PAPER: Learn about storage architected for your clients' modern-day needs that can help you make storage predictable, affordable, and easy – regardless of the number of applications your customers leverage.
Posted: 15 Aug 2013 | Published: 15 Aug 2013

CloudByte

Looking under the hood: Answers to top questions CIOs ask cloud-based HR vendors
sponsored by SAP
WHITE PAPER: Not every HR cloud application is made equal, but how can you identify the right software-as-a-service (SaaS) HR strategy? This resource counts down seven questions that savvy CIOs and business leaders need to ask HR SaaS application vendors in order to find success.
Posted: 14 Aug 2013 | Published: 14 Aug 2013

SAP

Is your load balancer cloud ready?
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: A major key to cloud success is having an IT infrastructure that is cloud-ready. This informative white paper outlines the core cloud challenges and discusses how application delivery controllers can help you embrace the cloud.
Posted: 14 Aug 2013 | Published: 14 Aug 2013

Citrix

What it takes to deploy and manage a private cloud with Oracle VM
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a day-in-a-life story of how Oracle VM brings many of the components of a private cloud together and simplifies virtualized application deployment and management.
Posted: 13 Aug 2013 | Published: 13 Mar 2013

Oracle Corporation

Exploring the frontiers of cloud computing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, dive deep into the analysis of a survey taken by more that 1,500 IT decision makers from 18 countries and gain an understanding of current attitudes and activity in the Platform-as-a-Service space.
Posted: 13 Aug 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

IBM

Evolving Data Center Architectures: HP Technology for Cloud Ready IT
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper takes an in-depth look at the requirements for successful cloud computing and crucial steps for moving beyond server virtualization to the cloud. In addition, learn about the features and benefits of next-gen storage options for your cloud landscape.
Posted: 02 Aug 2013 | Published: 02 Aug 2013

HP & Intel®

Provision Infrastructure in minutes -- The Business Case for HP CloudSystem Matrix
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the potential capital and operational cost benefits of deploying IaaS for your private and hybrid clouds. Realize how this strategy simplifies optimization and provisioning enabling you to better meet today's dynamic business demands.
Posted: 01 Aug 2013 | Published: 02 Aug 2013

HP & Intel®

Cloud security concerns you must address
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This exclusive white paper discusses the five cloud security concerns that must be addressed for your initiative to be successful. Discover how you can respond to today's threat landscape and efficiently deal with new security dynamics to protect both your physical and virtual assets along with your cloud data.
Posted: 01 Aug 2013 | Published: 26 Jul 2013

HP & Intel®

Three Must-Have Security Measures to Empower Data Centre Transformation
sponsored by Cisco
WHITE PAPER: As more data centres take advantage of virtualisation and the cloud, the time is now for innovative security planning.
Posted: 31 Jul 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

Cisco

Managed Hosting Provider Checklist
sponsored by Macquarie Telecom Pty Limited
WHITE PAPER: Hosting options vary and you need to know what a provider can offer you to make the most informed choice for your business. This guide reviews hosting options and provides a rubric of questions by which to evaluate a hosting provider.
Posted: 31 Jul 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2013

Macquarie Telecom Pty Limited

Maximizing Information Systems Efficiency: How to Build a Workload Optimized, Highly-Automated, Heterogeneous Hybrid Cloud
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Though cloud computing is now a widespread technology, the next frontier in cloud computing is understanding what type of cloud suits your organization best.  This e-guide will take you through the necessary steps for implementing a heterogenous hybrid cloud.
Posted: 30 Jul 2013 | Published: 30 Jul 2013

IBM

Moving financials to the cloud: How to ease integration woes
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This valuable resource explores the need for seamless integration when moving your financial system to the cloud, and introduces a strategy that can ease your integration woes.
Posted: 30 Jul 2013 | Published: 28 Feb 2013

Oracle Corporation

Innovate to Drive Agility: Hp CloudSystem optimized for VMware
sponsored by HP and VMware
WHITE PAPER: Virtualization is a good starting point for alleviating common IT pain points, but cloud computing is what will give your organization the competitive edge it needs.  This white paper discusses a portfolio of tools designed to help you take full advantage of the cloud, without adding complexity or introducing new risks to your IT environment.
Posted: 29 Jul 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

HP and VMware