WHITE PAPER - To help control costs, improve business agility, and remain secure and in compliance, many IT organizations are taking steps to transition to a truly dynamic infrastructure. Microsoft® System Center is a family of leading IT management solutions that helps IT departments proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize an IT environment.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  IT Asset Management | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Spending | IT Systems | Regulatory Compliance | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 represents a significant milestone in Microsoft's ongoing efforts to help customers streamline the management of their unique IT infrastructures. Read this white paper to learn how to manage Windows Server 2008 R2.
Posted: November 23, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Management | Systems Management | Virtual Machine | Windows Server Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes the key infrastructure management challenges facing IT managers today. It then discusses how IT teams can improve the economics of infrastructure management by taking advantage of integrated, automated performance analysis and fault isolation technologies.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | IT Management | IT Managers | Operational Support Systems | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This IDC White Paper examines the roles of virtualization and automation in improving operational efficiencies. Delivering end-to-end service visibility across both physical and virtual infrastructures is a key requirement for preventing service outages or failures.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: May 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Service Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | Data Center Management | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | Server Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper will discuss the challenges you can have to backup and protect using native tools and how you can successfully protect your SharePoint environment using Mimosa NearPoint™ for SharePoint.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Recovery | Databases | Electronic Discovery Software | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | SQL

WHITE PAPER - A robust governance framework is imperative for effective Enterprise Architecture (EA). Our framework helps you assess performance and chart a continuous improvement course that deepens the impact of your EA program.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2005


Topics:  Business Architectures | Business IT Alignment | CIOs | Enterprise Architectures | IT Governance | IT Management | IT Managers

WHITE PAPER - Our experience suggests that Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance determines the impact of the architecture team to a great degree. We describe and manage EA governance along six dimensions.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2005


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | CIOs | Enterprise | Enterprise Architectures | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Systems | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - Software can't tell you how to beat the competition, but it can determine which products and services have the greatest profit margin, who are the most productive employees, or how many pairs of socks customers buy when they purchase particular styles of shoes. Having accurate, timely data takes the guesswork out of the decision-making process.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  CEOs | CFOs | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | IT Managers | Productivity | SMBs

WHITE PAPER - IT management in small and medium companies can and must understand the information needs and language of their business colleagues within the organization. IT managers must show business managers how IT can enable them to meet and exceed their departmental goals.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | CIOs | IT Departments | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services | IT Systems | IT Workforce

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blue print or a starting configuration, for designing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 storage in a virtualized server environment using Dell™ EqualLogic™ arrays.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Hyper-V | Server Virtualization | Storage Architectures | Storage Devices | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - The tools for assessing enterprise-level green practices have evolved from do-it yourself Excel spreadsheets to elaborate carbon accounting software suites available on a subscription basis. By first determining a baseline, organizations can set clear goals for adopting greener IT practices.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Data Centers | Green Data Center | Green Storage | IT Asset Management | IT Managers

WHITE PAPER - In September 2009, Wipro Ltd (Wipro), a global corporation in the Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) industry which was head-quartered in Bangalore, India, was reviewing its Green IT plan. Read this white paper to learn more about Wipro's quest to become a true ecologically sustainable company.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Data Center Management | Green Data Center | Green Storage | IT Asset Management | IT Management | IT Managers | Power Consumption Monitoring

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper provides an overview of using the operating systems deployment capabilities of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007™ to deploy a customized OS image on Dell client systems in a heterogeneous environment.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  IT Management | IT Managers | Network Managers | Operating Systems | Systems Management | Systems Operations

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides an overview of deploying Exchange 2007 Server in a virtualized environment using VMware 3.5 Update 3 on Dell PowerEdge Servers and EqualLogic iSCSI storage array. In this paper a solution building block is proposed for 4000 mailbox users to deploy in an ESX environment running on Dell hardware.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Email Server Software | Exchange Virtualization | iSCSI SAN | IT Managers | Microsoft Exchange | Server Consolidation | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration | VMware ESX

WHITE PAPER - The Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 provides unified processes and tools for desktop and server OS deployment using a common deployment console and a collection of best practices. The toolkit provides a single mechanism for image creation and an automated installation process to reduce deployment time.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | IT Management | IT Managers | Network Management | Network Managers | Operating Systems | Server Management