IT Infrastructure White Papers

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HDS, clouds and the enterprise storage renaissance
sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
WHITE PAPER: Vendors are being asked to deliver a new class of enterprise storage that will satisfy increasingly demanding requirements for not just new and improved technology, but for transformational technology that can deliver new levels of performance, efficiency and scale. Read this market insight by The451 group.
Posted: 04 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2010

Hitachi Vantara

The Path To EPM Success
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces the concept of using an EPM Center of Excellence to help organizations realize the full potential of an enterprise performance management initiative and recommends best practices for creating a center that will succeed in the long term.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2008

Oracle Corporation

SAP Safeguarding for Operations: Keep your Business Running Smoothly Now and in the Future
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how the SAP® Safeguarding for Operations portfolio of services offers the expertise and tools needed to stabilize, optimize, and efficiently maintain today’s complex landscapes, while simultaneously reducing operational costs.
Posted: 20 Sep 2010 | Published: 20 Sep 2010

SAP America, Inc.

How to Transform Your Business: A Strategic Roadmap for Delivering Value
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the key strategic issues and best practices involved in transforming your business to enable growth. Discover the steps you must take to innovate, translate business strategy into IT strategy, develop a roadmap for strategic business transformation, and obtain maximum benefit from your SAP investment.
Posted: 20 Sep 2010 | Published: 20 Sep 2010

SAP America, Inc.

SafeGuarding Upgrades of your SAP® Applications: Ensuring Upgrade Success by Identifying and Addressing Potential Challenges Proactively
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how the SAP Safeguarding for Upgrade portfolio of services helps you identify and address potential challenges associated with an upgrade of your SAP solution early – and ensure its success. Read on to learn more about how to upgrade successfully with SAP Safeguard.
Posted: 20 Sep 2010 | Published: 20 Sep 2010

SAP America, Inc.

Safeguard the Implementation of New Technology: Reduce Implementation Risk and Optimize Performance
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Organizations have increasingly complex software, interface, and IT landscapes. This paper explains how the SAP Safeguarding for Integration Validation portfolio of services offers the process, tools, and expertise you need to reduce the technical risk and cost associated with implementing new software solutions.
Posted: 20 Sep 2010 | Published: 20 Sep 2010

SAP America, Inc.

Seizing the Advantage: When and how to innovate your business model
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Read this executive report for invaluable insights from IBM® on when and how to innovate your business model—and seize the advantage. 
Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 22 Jun 2009

IBM

Oracle VM Server for SPARC - Enabling a Flexible, Efficient IT Infrastructure
sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
WHITE PAPER: Enterprises need strategies and tools that help maximise the use of every compute asset and improve operational flexibility. This white paper highlights the advantages of using server virtualisation to capture business value through an efficient, nimble IT architecture built on Oracle VM Server for SPARC (previously called Sun Logical Domains).
Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 17 Apr 2010

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

Business Continuity and Resiliency Services from IBM: Strengthen Your Business with Cloud Computing—Delivering Greater Resiliency and a More Globally Accessible Environment
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing can simplify scalability to improve business resiliency and flexibility. Read this paper to discover how cloud computing combined with IBM continuity and resiliency services can improve the efficiency of your infrastructure while also improving your business continuity.
Posted: 25 Aug 2010 | Published: 15 May 2009

IBM

Mimecast Unifies Email Security, Archiving, and Continuity Services in the Cloud
sponsored by Mimecast
WHITE PAPER: The market for cloud-based IT infrastructure services delivered in a software-as-a-service model continues to grow. IDC research indicates this model of IT delivery is disrupting traditional licensed software markets and changing how archiving, backup, recovery, and security technologies are procured. Read this whitepaper to learn more.
Posted: 17 Aug 2010 | Published: 17 Aug 2010

Mimecast

Integrating IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Mashup Center Software
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the potential integration options between IBM WebSphere® Portal and IBM Mashup Center software. Organizations can implement these integration options to achieve greater flexibility while lowering costs.
Posted: 17 Aug 2010 | Published: 06 Mar 2009

IBM

Top Ten Pain Points and Solutions for IT Managers
sponsored by Kaseya
WHITE PAPER: Managing IT infrastructure doesn’t have to be thankless. Nor does it have to be difficult or require tons of overtime.Embracing the Kaseya toolkit allows you to manage your IT assets more efficiently without being a nuisance, helping you to do your part to improve productivity and raise your reputation within the company.
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 | Published: 13 Aug 2010

Kaseya

The State of IT Systems Management
sponsored by Kaseya
WHITE PAPER: This white paper is the culmination of the survey results, painting a complete and accurate picture of the most common IT issues affecting IT professionals and Kaseya’s solution to solving these problems.
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 | Published: 13 Aug 2010

Kaseya

How the Guardium Platform Helped Dell IT Simplify Enterprise Security
sponsored by Guardium, an IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: Safeguarding data is critical for many organizations, but auditing data access activity to comply with regulatory standards can be a complex undertaking. As part of its initiative to simplify IT, the Dell IT group implemented the Guardium platform and database activity monitoring technology. Read this paper to learn so much more.
Posted: 10 Aug 2010 | Published: 10 Aug 2010

Guardium, an IBM Company

AMD and HP are Proven in Business: A Decade of Industry-Leading Technology Innovation
sponsored by AMD, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: AMD and HP have collaborated to deliver an outstanding technology portfolio — from the desktop to the datacenter — that continues to grow more robust every year. Using AMD Opteron processors, HP delivers server designs that offer high performance, while at the same time helping to reduce power and cooling requirements. Read this paper for more.
Posted: 09 Aug 2010 | Published: 04 Aug 2010

All resources sponsored by AMD, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft

Total Economic Impact™ Of Panduit’s Unified Physical Infrastructure℠ (UPI)
sponsored by Panduit
WHITE PAPER: This study illustrates the financial impact of moving from disparate and aging wiring systems to an integrated, building-wide IT connectivity infrastructure.
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 | Published: 06 Aug 2010

Panduit

Automation Makes Perfect: Taking the Time Crunch Out of IT Compliance with Automation
sponsored by Tripwire, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Continuous compliance can help you narrow the gap between identifying compliance vulnerabilities and repairing systems to an audit-passing state. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 03 Aug 2010 | Published: 03 Aug 2010

Tripwire, Inc.

Business Analytics: Helping You Put an Informed Foot Forward
sponsored by SAS
WHITE PAPER: What exactly is business analytics and how can it help? Business analytics is, simply put, the application of analytical techniques to resolve business issues. It provides organizations with a framework for decision making, helping organizations solve complex business problems and more.
Posted: 30 Jul 2010 | Published: 30 Jul 2010

SAS

City of Miami Reduces EMS Response Times Through IT Modernization and Eliminates 50% of IT Costs
sponsored by Micro Focus, Ltd
WHITE PAPER: Read this case study to learn how the City of Miami Reduced EMS Response Times Through IT Modernization and Eliminated 50% of IT Costs.
Posted: 22 Jul 2010 | Published: 22 Jul 2010

Micro Focus, Ltd

Making the Cloud Relevant: E-Business, IT as a Service, and Everything as a Service
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This document explores a scenario that IT organizations could face in the not too distant future, brought about by the advent of the cloud phenomena - one that forces radical change or results in dire consequences for IT as we know it, and perhaps even removing the function altogether. Intrigued? Read more.
Posted: 21 Jul 2010 | Published: 21 Jul 2010

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Better Active Directory Auditing...Less Overhead, More Power
sponsored by Netwrix Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Today’s stringent legislative and industry requirements Windows server auditing simpler, more reliable, and better able to meet their business requirements. organizations – faced with stricter internal security policies as well as– continue to struggle to make.
Posted: 20 Jul 2010 | Published: 20 Jul 2010

Netwrix Corporation

Avoiding the Top 5 Vulnerability Management Mistakes: The New Rules of Vulnerability Management
sponsored by eEye Digital Security
WHITE PAPER: In this guide, you’ll learn how to avoid the top five vulnerability management mistakes to protect critical IT assets and improve your security posture, while reducing costs. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 10 Jul 2010 | Published: 09 Jul 2010

eEye Digital Security

Business Continuity and Resiliency Services from IBM
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: When disaster strikes, business must keep moving. Combing the advantages of a cloud computing infrastructure, IBM helps deliver business continuity and resiliency solutions based on tested methodologies designed specifically for your enterprise. Read this paper and learn how cloud computing can give you access to your data no matter what.
Posted: 17 Jun 2010 | Published: 17 Jun 2010

IBM

ASG's metaCMDB™ Master or "Citizen" CMDB Containing Critical Enterprise Configuration Information
sponsored by ASG Software Solutions
WHITE PAPER: The sound understanding and visibility of configuration information provided by ASG’s metaCMDB™ is critical for ITIL initiatives and business service management (BSM) implementations, service desk support, and the integration of disparate technologies. Read this paper to find out more.
Posted: 25 May 2010 | Published: 25 May 2010

ASG Software Solutions

Oracle VM Server for SPARC - Enabling a Flexible, Efficient IT Infrastructure
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Enterprises need strategies and tools that help maximize the use of every compute asset and improve operational flexibility. This white paper highlights the advantages of using server virtualization to capture business value through an efficient, nimble IT architecture built on Oracle VM Server for SPARC (previously called Sun Logical Domains).
Posted: 18 May 2010 | Published: 17 Apr 2010

Oracle Corporation