WHITE PAPER - This paper argues that while the current economic climate might suggest delaying data center upgrades, the opposite will save you money. Learn how upgrading to Sun Fire servers can put more on your bottom line.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: September 17, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Center Consolidation | Economic Environment | Middleware | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - In a growth economy, businesses typically spend aggressively to stoke the growth engine. When money is tight, however, organizations seek more cost-effective ways to nurture their business expansion. This paper explains how organizations can save money over tough times and find themselves better positioned to take the lead when times improve.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: April 8, 2009


Topics:  CRM | CRM Analytics | CRM Services | Customer Data Management | Customer Interaction Services | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Customer Satisfaction | Economic Environment

WEBCAST - Join Grady Booch in a freewheeling, interactive conversation on the future of software delivery in the current internet culture and new social media vehicles.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Premiered: September 11, 2009


Topics:  Agile Manufacturing | Economic Environment | Open Source | Software Best Practices | Software Development Tools | Software Engineers | Software Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - With Microsoft Unified Communications businesses can simplify management and maximize budget and resources. You can consolidate costly third-party solutions and avoid capital investments.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 9, 2009


Topics:  Economic Environment | Messaging Middleware | Microsoft Exchange | Telecommuting | Teleconferences | Unified Messaging | VoIP

WHITE PAPER - A complement to your existing IT infrastructure, IBM CloudBurst™ includes hardware, software and services, and provides secure, reliable, private cloud computing. Fit-for-purpose and self-contained, IBM CloudBurst dramatically reduces capital and operational costs, accelerating investment payback. Read on to learn more . . .
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Management | Data Storage | Economic Environment | Infrastructure Management | Investments | Platform as a service | Private cloud computing | ROI | Server Management | TCO | Vendors

PODCAST - Because network attached storage (NAS) is file-based (rather than block-based) storage, it is particularly suited for storing the types of unstructured, file-based data that is a challenge for many storage pros today. This FAQ podcast answers key questions about NAS advantages and implementations.
Posted: August 26, 2009 | Premiered: August 26, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Continuity Planning | Data Management | Disk Backups | Economic Environment | NAS | Storage Best Practices | Strategic Planning | Structured Programming

PODCAST - W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group and independent backup expert, discusses the options currently available for performing replication as part of a backup strategy for virtual machines, benefits and drawbacks of using replication in a virtualized environment.
Posted: August 25, 2009 | Premiered: August 25, 2009


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Continuity Planning | Data Management | Data Mirroring | Data Replication | Disk Mirroring | Economic Environment | SMBs | Storage Best Practices | Storage Replication | Strategic Planning | Structured Programming

WHITE PAPER - To provide relief and encourage continued growth, the U.S. Congress recently passed the Recovery Act-legislation that offers economic help to small businesses to help them to survive and thrive. Read the following Q+A to learn how businesses can take advantage of stimulus funds.
Posted: August 14, 2009 | Published: August 14, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Economic Environment | Financial Management | Financing | Loans | Small Businesses | SMBs

ANALYST REPORT - The following report features Michael Fauscette, group vice president of IDC's Software Business Solutions research, answering questions posed by Oracle's customers regarding business efficiency and end-user productivity.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Business Continuity Planning | Business Process Management | Economic Environment | Enterprise Applications Software | Productivity | ROI

WEBCAST - This webcast presents tips on smarter business intelligence in a down economy. Learn how to position your organization on a "platform of believability" with a single, reliable view of company-wide data. This approach allows for the right information at the right time, making agile, high-risk decisions easier.
Posted: August 6, 2009 | Premiered: July 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuation Services | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Systems | Economic Environment

WEBCAST - Learn about the new integration between IBM® Rational® DOORS and IBM® Rational® Quality Manager and how it enables you to implement a successful requirements based testing approach to your development lifecycle.
Posted: August 5, 2009 | Premiered: August 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Environment | Business Intelligence | Business Management | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Economic Environment | Quality Control | Quality Control Standards | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WEBCAST - During the Webcast, we'll show you how adopting a proactive quality management approach to systems and software development can help minimize risk and assist in improving predictability across your development lifecycle.
Posted: August 5, 2009 | Premiered: August 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business Environment | Business Management | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Cost Benefit Analysis | Economic Environment | Risk Management | Systems Management

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this presentation transcript to learn the business value of PLM in an uncertain economy as well as significant trends in the PLM market. Explore SAP's approach to a new generation of product lifecycle management solutions that will help you remain or become a product and services leader.
Posted: August 4, 2009 | Published: August 4, 2009


Topics:  Economic Environment | Globalization | PLM | PLM Software | Product Life Cycles | Product Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SAP (Product)

WEBCAST - Join Forrester analyst Galen Schreck for a discussion on maintaining readiness for recovery in 2010. He shares ideas on the topic, starting with consolidation and infrastructure, combining virtualization and automation to reduce your cost, making better hardware decisions, and optimizing your data center facilities.
Posted: July 30, 2009 | Premiered: July 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Architectures | Business Environment | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Economic Environment | ROI

WEBCAST - This webcast explores a phased approach to consolidating application management solutions, aligning IT infrastructure with business needs and reducing costs.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Premiered: July 27, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Economic Environment | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | ROI | Server Management | Software Architectures | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Strategic Planning | Systems Management | TCO