WHITE PAPER - Server virtualization offers a tremendous opportunity for cost savings in the data center. This paper will give three steps you can take to dramatically improve your cost savings from server virtualization as well as show how companies are using Marathon's everRun software to implement those steps.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 18, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | IT Best Practices | IT Management | Network Performance | ROI | SAN | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - In August 2008, Microsoft Corporation commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises might realize by upgrading from SQL Server 2000 or 2005 to SQL Server 2008. Read the results here.
Posted: September 18, 2009 | Published: September 19, 2008


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Marketing | Database Performance Management | Databases | ROI | SQL | SQL Server

WEBCAST - Engineering teams from Sun and Intel are collaborating on optimizing how the Solaris ecosystem and the new Intel Core Microarchitecture (formerly code-named Nehalem) for the Intel® Xeon® processor work together, with compelling results. View this webcast to see how these results can improve your own infrastructure.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Premiered: September 17, 2009


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Construction | Data Center Design | IT Infrastructure | Network Architectures | Rack Servers | ROI | Server Software | Server Virtualization

WEBCAST - In this webcast, learn how a leading financial services company closed major gaps in their security and compliance programs using an identity management solution. Get details on the design and deployment, as well as how identity management aided in achieving quick results and immediate value.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Premiered: September 23, 2009


Topics:  Access Control | Access Control Software | Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Financial Reporting | Identity Management | Identity Management Software | IT Management | Productivity | ROI | Security

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will discuss Catalyst XPS, a tool that can integrate information from all the major small parcel carriers into one view, fully integrated with SAP. Catalyst XPS can save customers money and improve customer service, without creating an additional maintenance burden on their internal IT team.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 15, 2009


Topics:  CRM | Customer Service | ERP | Manufacturing | ROI | SAP (Product) | Supply Chain Management | Transportation Management | Warehouse Management Software

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - Businesses across the globe have adopted the concepts set forth in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), a set of guidelines to help companies determine best practices to achieve quality service. This eGuide will answer the common questions that arise when considering implementation as well as introduce you to resources from Skillsoft on ITIL.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 15, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Service Management | CIOs | Information Technology Professionals | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Service Management | IT Services | ITIL | ROI

INFORMATION CENTER - Learn how innovative companies are turning CRM challenges into an opportunity for business advantage and cost reduction.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 15, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Cost Benefit Analysis | CRM | Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | ROI

WHITE PAPER - As indirect costs rise and economic pressures increase, the need for profitability and cost management (PCM) also grows. Read this white paper to find out more about how PCM drives business performance by finding drivers of cost and profitability, empowering users with visibility and flexibility, and improving resource alignment.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | IT Auditing | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Spending | Oracle (Product) | ROI

WHITE PAPER - In this analysis, Frank Buytendijk examines what information management means, and describes a complete spectrum of business cases, ranging from tactical cost reduction to transformational impact on the organization’s business model.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Development | Business Environment | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Management | Information Management | Information Management Software | ROI

WHITE PAPER - Flexible software solutions that reduce costs while driving revenue expansion are welcome in any business climate. But when money is tight and markets are in a state flux, they are essential. Download this white paper for practical strategies on how to achieve this.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  B2B | B2B Integration | Business Intelligence | Communications Networks | Communications Systems | ROI | TCO

ASSESSMENT TOOL - This one minute flash video and accompanying interactive pdf will introduce you to the concept of a virtual software factory. Check out the interactive pdf for information and links to the solutions behind the factory, including links to some of our newest ROI calculators.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: September 11, 2009


Topics:  Distributed Data Management | Distribution | ROI | Software | Software Best Practices | Software Maintenance | Software Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Increasing cost controls and unpredictable cost increases are leading many enterprises to rethink how they support their business-to-business (B2B) operations. As a result, many enterprises are choosing to outsource B2B integration by partnering with a managed services provider.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  B2B | B2B Integration | B2B Integration Software | Business Service Management | Business Service Management Software | Business Systems | ROI

PODCAST - Join Brian Babineau, Senior Analyst with ESG, as he explores high-speed, power-efficient deduplication with industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor who have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Management | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | ROI | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups

WEBCAST - Industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Premiered: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Continuous Data Protection | Continuous Data Protection Software | Data Management | Data Recovery | Disk Backups | ROI | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Replication | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups

WEBCAST - In part one of this webcast series, we show you how the productivity of your sales teams can be dramatically increased by utilizing the enhancements in the newly released Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Premiered: September 9, 2009


Topics:  CRM | CRM Software | Productivity | ROI | Sales | Sales and Marketing Software