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October 2009 - (Free Research) Cisco myPlanNet 1.0 is a simulation game that puts you into the shoes of a service provider CEO. You manage your business as it evolves from the stone age of dial-up, through the broadband and mobile connected eras, and into the dawning of the medianet age. Play now.
October 2009 - (Free Research) This paper examines an array of solutions for SAP customers to optimize the Order-to-Cash processes in ways that contain costs and achieve optimum organizational efficiency, high customer retention and successful cash management.
October 2009 - (Free Research) This E-guide addresses configuration and change management in a partially virtual environment. Topics include: reporting on and managing virtual servers, the effects of physical changes on servers, how to extend change management processes like ITIL to cover the SAN, and handling human problems between the networking, datacenter, and storage teams.
October 2009 - (Free Research) Black Duck provides a framework that not only allows your software development organization to benefit from open source but also allows other enterprise stakeholders—including legal, IT, security, export and purchasing personnel—to access timely and relevant information to effectively manage business risks.
October 2009 - (Free Research) Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software. This report describes a set of seven best practices whose objective is to encourage development based on component re-use and software assembly.
October 2009 - (Free Research) i365’s EVault Data Protection solutions are powered by the industry’s only fully integrated data protection technology for both physical and virtual environments. Our solutions scale seamlessly as your company grows, accommodating nearly any combination of network components. Our disk-to-disk backups eliminate the hassles of tapes.
October 2008 - (Free Research) This paper explains ITIL by describing its benefits, where it comes from, why you need to know about it, which types of IT organization can benefit from using it, and how to get started.
September 2009 - (Free Research) Vyatta's vRouter & vFirewall technology is optimized to run in virtual environments to manage traffic and enforce policies in the same way that a physical router, firewall, VPN or intrusion prevention device does in a traditional infrastructure. Try out this open source software today.
November 2008 - (Free Research) Dorado Software recently introduced Redcell OpsCenter 6.1 platform and Redcell Advanced Monitors to help you visualize, clarify and monitor IT resources and the network fabrics that bind them. This paper explores these new capabilities and how they uniquely position Dorado Software customers for the benefits of an SLA‐oriented management approach.
June 2006 - (Free Research) Given the increasing importance of service-oriented architecture (SOA), this white paper cuts through the marketing hype surrounding SOA and focuses on the three most important facts you need to know about this groundbreaking technology.
April 2009 - (Free Research) This quick Flash presentation gives us an overview of Network Boost, a turn-key networking solution that offers application acceleration tools that are focused on achieving performance objectives.
December 2008 - (Free Research) In this paper examine 11 such myths and explore ways to use correct information about wireless LANs to make your networks scalable, secure and satisfying to your users.
December 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper examines the IT Infrastructure Library Version 3® (ITIL V3®) and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
August 2008 - (Free Research) Aberdeen research has found that although both the mid-market and large sectors have similar performance results and organizational structures for meetings management, large organizations are better positioned for long-term success.
September 2008 - (Free Research) Outsourcing is the quest to offload either commodity or very specialized activities, so that staff can focus on work that truly adds value to the business.
June 2008 - (Free Research) This document highlights what you need to know about power consumption, server virtualization and outfitting data centers to make the most of the new technologies.
March 2007 - (Free Research) This paper reviews the current status of master data management (MDM) and offers suggestions for planning, building, and deploying an MDM environment. It examines how the MDM environment can be used in conjunction with BI applications and an underlying data warehousing environment to improve the decision-making process.
January 2007 - (Free Research) This paper explains SAP’s vision for a cross-enterprise GRC solution and the benefits it can provide, defines key terms, and discusses what to look for when evaluating GRC software options.
February 2008 - (Free Research) The evolution of consumer marketing causes everyone to think in new ways. Instead of reaching consumers through traditional media, Internet, product placement and word of mouth are good alternatives. Check out this paper for more information about integrated brand management.
April 2007 - (Free Research) Learn more about the changing role of IT in business. This report includes research targeted towards senior executives responsible for managing and deploying information technology in pursuit of business objectives.
May 2007 - (Free Research) Read this CFO Research study to understand how CFOs should prioritize the external and company-wide mandates, as well as how they should manage the finance function itself.
October 2007 - (Free Research) Quantum's Encryption Key Manager (Q-EKM) is a centralized key manager application that manages the encryption keys used as part of the LTO Ultrium 4 (LTO-4) drive-based data encryption process.
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