WHITE PAPER - Managing in a virtualised environment has a number of specific and unique challenges, and these are as much about having a tool as they are about having well-defined IT processes and procedures.
Posted: January 8, 2009 | Published: January 8, 2008


Topics:  Business Service Management | ISVs | IT Managers | Systems Management | Vendors | VMware

IT BRIEFING - This document surveys the challenges that network engineers face today, including traffic, virtualization, VoIP, and the PacketTrap integrated solution that allows network engineers to operate efficiently under today's circumstances.
Posted: January 7, 2009 | Published: January 6, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Metrics | Network Management | SLA | VoIP

WHITE PAPER - Effective Web application firewalls deliver scalability and maximum throughput, while securing Web-facing HTML and XML applications delivered to client browsers or the Internet via HTTP or HTTPS.
Posted: January 6, 2009 | Published: January 6, 2009


Topics:  Authentication | HIPAA | HTTP | IT Managers | Malware | Security

WHITE PAPER - IT managers and managed service providers, to which the task is often outsourced, must have flexible access to powerful tools and an ability to share the data those tools rely on.
Posted: January 5, 2009 | Published: December 31, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Collaboration | Databases | IT Managers | Security | Software as a Service

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - This eGuide discusses criteria for evaluating email archiving products and explores reasons a comprehensive email archiving strategy is essential for any business. Read on to gain insight into two basic approaches for storing and managing archived email.
Posted: January 2, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Migration | Electronic Discovery | Email Archiving | IT Managers | Regulatory Compliance | Security | Server Virtualization | VPN

WHITE PAPER - This expert E-Guide offers beginner tips and real-life examples for automation planning and deployment, you'll also learn proven techniques to avoid or resolve common pitfalls, so you can reap all of the perks of IT automation.
Posted: December 31, 2008 | Published: December 23, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Databases | IT Managers | Server Management | Software

WHITE PAPER - The Akamai EdgePlatform addresses the root-causes of Internet performance and scale bottlenecks by intelligently placing itself between the end-user and origin data-center as an overlay network to the Internet.
Posted: December 30, 2008 | Published: December 30, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Collaboration | Content Management | IT Managers | Regulatory Compliance | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the challenges that IT quality managers face when applying traditional test tools and processes to SOA and shows how HP has adapted HP Quality Center and HP Performance Center software to help IT meet the new needs of SOA.
Posted: December 29, 2008 | Published: December 23, 2008


Topics:  GUI | HTTP | IT Managers | Quality Control | Security Policies | SOA | SOAP | WSDL

WHITE PAPER - The ProCurve ProActive Defense strategy delivers a cohesive network security approach, backed by products and services designed to give businesses the best possible chance to keep their networks up and running.
Posted: December 23, 2008 | Published: December 23, 2008


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | LAN | Network Security | Security | Trojan Horses | Worms

WHITE PAPER - This paper focuses on the benefits of adopting a sound enterprise application architecture as a means to guide and aid application development and modernization.
Posted: December 20, 2008 | Published: December 19, 2008


Topics:  COBOL | Enterprise Architectures | IT Managers | Legacy Applications Software | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This study explains the impact of power, cooling, space considerations on VMware storage deployments and the estimates for cost of downtime in order to ensure validity for all types of environments.
Posted: December 19, 2008 | Published: December 19, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | IT Managers | SAN | Server Virtualization | Vendors | VMware

EGUIDE - This paper explains, how to provide adequate network redundancy and isolation, adaptive automation practices for high availability and the best tools to eliminate separate virtual and physical management structures.
Posted: December 17, 2008 | Published: December 17, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Managers | Networking | Server Virtualization | SLA | Systems Management | VLAN | VMware

PODCAST - In this webcast from Steve Rollins, learn about managing product portfolio management and about the symptoms of how you know you need a PPM solution. Listen to how to propose a PPM solution to upper management and how to manage more with less money.
Posted: December 15, 2008 | Premiered: December 15, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Managers | Program Management | Project Management Software | Project Portfolio Management

SOFTWARE DEMO - In this video, learn how to close a Microsoft Hyper-V VM with Systems Center virtual machine manager.
Posted: December 15, 2008 | Published: December 12, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | Virtual Machine Monitor

WHITE PAPER - This white paper shows how a software-based data replication solution can drive value by providing simplified, on-demand enterprise-wide data sharing and right-time data integration for any business.
Posted: December 12, 2008 | Published: December 12, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | CRM | Data Integration | Data Replication | Databases | ERP | IT Managers | SQL Server