Software as a Service Reports

WHITE PAPER: This paper begins with an outline of the characteristics of computing from a distance, describes how WAN optimization of cloud resources improves the user experience, explains how Riverbed’s Cloud Steelhead achieves this, and concludes with several deployment examples.

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 | Published: 06 Sep 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript examines how different levels of isolation and multi-tenancy in cloud models introduce different risks to organizations leveraging cloud services. We also discuss what organizations can do to address these risks and we recommend ways to deliver an improved security posture to organizations utilizing cloud services.

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 | Published: 23 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Making the right choice is critical to your success delivering cloud backup services to your customers. This resource is here to help you choose a partner that meets the needs of your customers, uses the right technology, has a business model that aligns with yours, and provides value beyond the software. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

DATA SHEET: Rapidly access the IT resources you need and pay only when you need them with IBM SmartCloud Enterprise. In this white paper, you'll learn how the IBM experience and infrastructure are the foundation upon which we deliver the quality, reliability and security-rich features your enterprise requires.

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: You may be turning to cloud computing solutions to provide flexible, cost-effective and proven delivery of IT services. This white paper shows how cloud resources can be rapidly deployed and easily scaled and processes, applications and services can be provisioned “on demand,” regardless of user location or device.

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

VIDEOCAST: In this video, IBM storage experts and customers speak about how leveraging cloud computing can optimize business processes. Learn how a cloud computing-based infrastructure allows companies to access virtual resources like automated software and new application performance levels.

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Premiered: Aug 12, 2011

DATA SHEET: How your organization handles planned and unplanned email outages can mean the difference between business-as-usual and serious damage to your overall productivity, profitability and reputation. This data sheet describes how IBM can help you protect, archive and manage your mission-critical data and applications.

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 | Published: 11 Aug 2011

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructures are continually gaining momentum throughout the enterprise computing community. Take a look at this exclusive resource to learn about Dell Boomi, one of the latest cloud integration products on the market.

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 | Published: 04 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Of all the advancements to enterprise computing, the cloud is the latest, coming with an assortment of promises to totally reshape your organization's computing approach. Access this brief and exclusive resource for an overview of cloud computing, specifically software-as-a-service.

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 | Published: 04 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: Cloud computing is, perhaps, the largest paradigm shift in organizational computing in recent history, offering an unprecedented level of flexibility and scalability.Take a look at this e-guide from the experts at SearchCloudComputing.com for a comprehensive overview of the private cloud infrastructure.

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

EZINE: In this issue of the Private Cloud e-zine, we examine common challenges in developing a private cloud environment, from IT departmental silos to the lack of sophistication of cloud management tools. Access this resource to address the various factors that can block implementation.

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 Aug 2011

DATA SHEET: This data sheet explains how cloud computing can help IT deliver critical business services more quickly and inexpensively. Find out what steps companies will have to take to embrace this new IT model.

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing has become an increasingly popular means of delivering valuable, IT-enabled business services. Take a look at this exclusive resource to learn how adopting cloud technology can be an affordable way to get access to a dynamically scalable, virtualized computing environment.

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Cloud computing offers your organization efficiency, flexibility and scalability, but managing cloud-based applications can be extremely challenging. Access this resource for a detailed overview of Layer 7 Technologies' CloudControl gateway and learn how it can deliver protection, abstraction and metering for your cloud-based applications.

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 | Published: 21 Jul 2011

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Cloud computing offers the opportunity for an enhanced computing experience, but truly feeling the benefits of cloud computing requires exposing provisioning protocols, applications and APIs to external partners. Access this resource to learn how you can enhance access control, privacy and security through APIs.

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 | Published: 20 Jul 2011

EGUIDE: Transforming your in-house IT infrastructure to a private cloud can offer a whole new level of efficiency for your mission-critical applications. Access this expert e-guide from the editors at SearchCloudComputing.com for a comprehensive guide to constructing the private cloud in your data center.

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 | Published: 18 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Get under the hood:  This technical note describes how to transform XML response into a Java™-usable response by creating Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) and calling JAXB's unmarshal method. Simplify how to send requests to create new instances based on images that request parameters from Java classes.

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | Published: 14 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: If you’re leading or working on a SaaS or PaaS project, interoperability and performance challenges throughout application migration processes are givens. This technical note offers specific proactive steps you can take to ensure the successful migration of your enterprise apps.

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 | Published: 14 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: The cloud can provide flexibility, value and time and cost savings to businesses of any size. Which cloud scenario is the best fit for your business? In this Quest white paper, discover the easiest way to get your cloud migration rolling, and how to prepare and simplify your migration. Read the paper today.

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 | Published: 13 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing is the pooling of computing resources to provide a single source of computing power to multiple users. Find out how a cloud manager provides a self-service portal that maintains permissions and information about cloud objects such as virtual images, patterns, and resources.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 | Published: 07 Jul 2011

EBOOK: Business intelligence (BI) tools have long enabled large corporations to uncover insights into business patterns and trends. Despite these benefits, many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have yet to use BI, primarily due to concerns about the complexity and cost.  Learn how SMBs can also take advantage of BI and gain a competitive edge.

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 | Published: 05 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses how effective management of the Vblock Infrastructure Platform using EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager can provide greater value in the form of faster and more efficient infrastructure service delivery and more robust infrastructure operational management for the purpose of meeting or exceeding service levels.

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 | Published: 16 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: Innovation occurs when collective minds come up with a better way to deliver what customers want – or what the business requires. Access this expert e-guide to learn more about how ITIL can be used to achieve innovation while improving workflow processes, enhancing collaborating and increasing productivity.

Posted: 31 May 2011 | Published: 31 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: What do today’s software vendors need to know about the present - and future - of application design and delivery? This white paper examines the relevance of LIAs, Web apps, and RIAs in a cloud-centric world.

Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read how IBM and NC State created a “cloud computing” model for provisioning technology that offered a quantum improvement in access, efficiency and convenience over traditional computer labs.

Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011