WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the HP approach and highlights the key opportunities to reduce the risks, costs, and time required to develop, deliver, and maintain high quality applications.
Posted: December 29, 2008 | Published: December 23, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Applications Management | Applications Software | Business IT Alignment | Change Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Java | SOA

WHITE PAPER - A Total Operational and Economic Impact (TOEI) analysis by The Alchemy Solutions Group found that the Symantec solutions implemented were driving more than $2 million in labor savings and cost avoidance.
Posted: December 20, 2008 | Published: December 20, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Business IT Alignment | Business Systems | Endpoint Security | Mobile Device Management | Network Management | Networking | Server Management | Troubleshooting

WHITE PAPER - In this study, IDC analyst Michael Rose discusses how VMware ThinApp, an agentless virtualization solution, addresses the challenges of desktop computing. Read this paper to learn about the pros and cons of virtualized client computing.
Posted: December 10, 2008 | Published: December 11, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Data Security | Desktop Management | IT Managers | Operating Systems | Software Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - The key to achieving an agile enterprise, capable of responding to the day to day market dynamics, is true collaboration between the business and IT functions.
Posted: December 8, 2008 | Published: December 8, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Enterprise Resource Management | IT Systems | Risk Management | Software

WHITE PAPER - Operational Governance poses a significant challenge for businesses today, one that has considerable direct and indirect costs. With the advent of Vitria's Operational Governance Solution, a new class of governance is available.
Posted: December 8, 2008 | Published: December 8, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Collaboration | Corporate Governance | Customer Satisfaction | Dashboards | Data Visualization | IT Infrastructure | Regulatory Compliance | ROI

WHITE PAPER - RSA, The Security Division of EMC, produced this report that presents seven strategies of ten security leaders from around the world that are critical to making information security decisions.
Posted: December 8, 2008 | Published: December 8, 2008


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Systems | Disaster Recovery | Information Security | Quality Control | Risk Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - RSA, The Security Division of EMC, produced this report that presents content on risk/reward lessons learned and best practices of 10 of the world's top information security leaders.
Posted: December 8, 2008 | Published: December 8, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | CIOs | Disaster Recovery | ERP | Information Security | Risk Management | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Read this whitepaper for a better look at managed web security services that enable businesses to set up and enforce acceptable usage policies that are flexible, fit-for-purpose and accommodate evolving needs and priorities.
Posted: December 4, 2008 | Published: December 4, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Email Security | Managed Security Services | Social Networking | Software Selection | TCO | Web Services | Web Services Security

WHITE PAPER - This white paper highlights 10 key places SAP customers can reduce IT operational costs, with a focus on trimming support and data entry costs by automating data entry.
Posted: December 3, 2008 | Published: December 3, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Data Integration | Data Management | ERP | IT Spending | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the relationship between business and IT groups within the typical enterprise and explores how the implementation of a Business Rules Management System (BRMS) allows both groups find common ground.
Posted: December 2, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2006


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Enterprise Resource Management | Policy-Based Network Management | SOA | Software Developers | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how IT organizations can successfully automate the management of an increasingly complex IT environment.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | NAS | QOS | SAN | Server Virtualization | VLAN | WLAN

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn how the Network Integrator is responsible for managing subprojects within the context of multivendor agreements with the appropriate third parties and service providers.
Posted: November 17, 2008 | Published: November 17, 2008


Topics:  Billing Systems | Business IT Alignment | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Operating Systems | Operational Support Systems | Research and Development | Supplier Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides guidance on how to develop a good, simple strategy to evaluate and choose the right ERP software package for your company.
Posted: November 14, 2008 | Published: November 14, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Enterprise Systems | ERP | IT Managers | SMBs | Software | Strategic Planning | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the business context out of which grew the need for a service oriented approach, and the Microsoft approach to achieving successful SOA implementations.
Posted: November 7, 2008 | Published: November 6, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Intellectual Property | IT Infrastructure | Productivity | SOA | Web Services

WHITE PAPER - ITIL is emerging as the standard way of managing IT service delivery; the latest Version 3 has extended this, aligning service design, development, and delivery more closely with business goals.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 17, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | IT Service Management | ITIL | Network Best Practices | Network Configuration Management | Network Configuration Management Software | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance Management Software | Regulatory Compliance