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Five Mobile Application Challenges for IT
Without best practices to address the unique challenges they bring to IT teams, mobile apps can do more harm than good for today's enterprises. Read this white paper to learn how to approach development testing, systems performance, application and data security, and the end-user experience when introducing mobile apps into your IT architecture. Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company
The Best Way to Build a Cloud -- HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage provide solid, flexible foundation (IDG Tech Dossier)
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This white paper offers key insight into building a private cloud environment that can help you meet these challenges. The result is a data center that delivers a new level of simplicity, integration and automation. Published by: HP & Intel
Netherlands Railways uses optimization to grow ridership with minimum congestion and maximum efficiency
Access this exclusive case study to gain insight on how Netherlands Railways, the nation's largest and Europe's busiest, was able to save € 20 million annually by crafting an optimized operating plan that improves service quality, reduces costs, and provides guidance for future infrastructure investments. Published by: IBM
Accelerate your move to the cloud
When migrating to a cloud environment, you must carefully plan your strategy to ensure you get the most from your investment. This video introduces new platforms and trusted services that can accelerate and streamline your cloud transition. In addition, discover the benefits of leveraging a converged infrastructure approach. Published by: HP & Intel
The Business of Application Performance Monitoring
What do you need to consider before purchasing and implementing an application performance monitoring (APM) solution? Read this paper to gain insight into the many considerations you should be aware of before selecting an APM option. Also discover details on solution in particular and how it is designed to fit the needs of any size organization. Published by: Quest Software
Accelerate your cloud journey
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View this timely resource to learn how a converged cloud infrastructure can help you maintain the flexibility and portability needed for the future of enterprise IT. Published by: HP & Intel
Quest Foglight_Hit the Easy Button for No-Fuss Application Performance Monitoring
About 50% of companies have an application performance monitoring (APM) system in place, and those that don't are likely losing customers and revenue. Quest Software has made vast improvements to its Foglight APM line, including supreme simplicity and virtualization capabilities. Read this and learn about the research behind these advancements. Published by: Quest Software
20th Century Fox Providing Answers to Performance Issues with SilkPerformer
When 20th Century Fox needed to find a way to increase its software performance and provide users with faster online transaction processing they turned to performance testing software. Read this brief case study to learn how easy the system was to implement and the benefits that Fox was able to see. Published by: Micro Focus
MAXIMUS Chooses Requirements Driven Testing from Micro Focus to Tame Complex Technology and Process Modernization for Critical Government Data Processing Challenges
Read this case study to learn how MAXIMUS, a health and human services business process outsourcing provider, leveraged change and configuration management software to address their challenges associated with operating their mission critical business processes. Published by: Micro Focus
AQS, Inc. Major Software Delivery Lifecycle Improvements at AQS, Inc. with StarTeam
When software company AQS, Inc. needed to build consistency in their source code management and automate change processes they leveraged a change and configuration management system. Read this case study to learn the benefits they were able to achieve. Published by: Micro Focus
Securing the Cloud with Intel Trusted Execution Technology Usage Models
While the cloud introduces many opportunities, managing security in this dynamic environment can be a challenge. Watch this brief video to learn about new cloud-based technologies that can minimize risks and ensure your infrastructure and sensitive data remains protected. Published by: Intel
Optimize Your IT Systems with Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle E-Business Suite
With the acquisition of Sun, Oracle now provides Oracle Optimized Solutions: a complete applications to disk solution engineered, tested, and certified to work together as a single system. Read this white paper to learn more about Oracle Optimized Solutions and how they can be used to improve Oracle E-Business Suite operations. Published by: Oracle Corporation
Cloud Security: Trusted Compute Pools from Intel
The cloud offers many cost and efficiency benefits, however, to enjoy these benefits without compromising other aspects of IT, you need a strategic security plan. This video introduces new technologies that can help protect you against threats in the cloud to ensure your infrastructure and information stays secure. Published by: Intel
HP Converged Storage:  a vision for the next era of computing based on modern scale-out storage architecture
It is becoming increasingly difficult for IT professionals to manage the substantial amount of information their enterprises are generating today. This white paper discusses how to combat this challenge with a converged infrastructure. Discover a system that can help you leverage this strategy and review the benefits it offers. Published by: HP & Intel
ABBYY CardHolder: Your Electronic Business Card Holder
Uncover how an electronic business card holder can help you store and use important data on your smartphone without cluttering your personal address book. Published by: ABBYY
Business Card Reader for iPhone Demo
This brief video demonstrates a smartphone app that scans business cards and merges them into your rolodex. Discover how this easy application can help you save time and ease the process of adding contacts to your phone. Published by: ABBYY
Services Anywhere - By Design
By now you've heard all about what the can cloud offer, but before you jump the gun, you must also consider the risks that this infrastructure model can introduce. This white paper examines a new cloud system that enables a hybrid approach so you can enjoy the cloud without compromise. Published by: HP & Intel
IT Decision Center on Business Collaboration Solutions - Q2: App Integration
Question two featured in SearchUnifiedCommunications.com’s IT Decision Center on Business Collaboration asks top vendors in the space:  How does your solution integrate into my organization’s existing applications? Find out what this vendor has to say by accessing their answer to this question now. Published by: SearchUnifiedCommunications.com
IT Decision Center on Business Collaboration Solutions
Visit SearchUnifiedCommunications.com’s IT Decision Center that focuses on Business Collaboration technology in the marketplace today. Hear from the experts and get their advice on collaboration tools and management for businesses deciding on new solutions that can address everything from productivity, innovation, efficiency and cost-cutting. Published by: SearchUnifiedCommunications.com
Optimizing and Securing Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
Access this white paper to discover the challenges of delivering virtualized applications and desktops and strategies to overcome them. Learn more about reducing complexity, enhancing security, remote access management and much more. Published by: F5 Networks
Build and Maintain Better Connections
Read this white paper to learn how you can simplify your system and create efficiencies without creating risk with a streamlined, customizable application interface framework tool that helps you monitor and handle errors efficiently. Published by: SAP America, Inc.
Do SAP’s Rapid Deployment Solutions Really Speed Time to Business Value?
SAPinsider PROFILES magazine recently talked with Davis Bennett, Vice President of the Solution Delivery Center at SAP Consulting North America, about how SAP’s Rapid Deployment Solutions are creating a whole new way of driving value for SAP customers. Published by: SAP America, Inc.
FIVE REASONS TO STAY CURRENT WITH TERMINAL EMULATION
Access this white paper to discover the top five reasons to stay current with terminal emulation. Discover how your organization can protect against downtime and make migrations much less expensive. Published by: Micro Focus
HOST ACCESS EVOLUTIONCut Emulation Costs By Evolving Host Acess
Access this white paper to learn how host technology has evolved and how to take advantage of these changes. This essential white paper will help you pick the right products for your organization and understand your users’ needs. Published by: Micro Focus
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Center Infrastructure Management DCIM 2011 Vendor Analysis
Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) offers data center managers countless benefits as it brings facilities and IT together to achieve increased availability, efficiency, and cost savings. Access this white paper to discover what components make up an enterprise-grade DCIM strategy and what to look for in a DCIM vendor. Published by: CA Technologies.
IDC White Paper Sponsored by CA Technologies: Datacenter Infrastructure Management (DCIM) — Bringing Together the World of Facilities and Cloud Computing
Access this resource to uncover how datacenter infrastructure management brings IT and facilities together to create a datacenter-wide view that opens the door for creating business value, innovating the datacenter, and increasing flexibility to respond to changing business needs. Published by: CA Technologies.
Bring Speed and Predictability to Your Next Software Implementation
Read this white paper to learn how SAP Rapid Deployment solutions provide instant value to customers at a realistic price point through whichever delivery model they prefer — on-premise, on-demand, or on-device. Published by: SAP America, Inc.
Federal-Mogul Improves System Performance and Monitoring with SAP Solution Manager and SAP Enterprise Support
The SAP Solution Manager upgrade will provide Federal-Mogul’s SAP Competency Center the tools to improve the company’s system monitoring capabilities and increase its value to the business. Published by: SAP America, Inc.
City of Inglewood
Access this white paper to discover how one city migrated from their aging mainframe to a Windows platform. Learn how your organization can save on maintenance costs and increase operational efficiency by making a similar move. Published by: Micro Focus
Micro Focus RUMBA makes the connection for REI
Access this white paper to discover a solution to troublesome connectivity problems. This case study explores how REI provides its clients with a reliable connection. Published by: Micro Focus
The Bridge from the Physical to the Virtual World
Access this video to discover how your organisation can bridge the gap between its physical and virtual IT environments. Learn how the correct platform can allow easy integration and provide protection for all virtual machines. Published by: CommVault Systems, Inc.
E-Brief: Upgrading to Windows Server 8
Determining which features of Windows Server 8 justify a migration to this operating system can be a challenging task. This expert e-brief provides an in-depth overview of the most compelling capabilities of Windows Server 8 and offers advice to help you decide whether an upgrade is right for your organization. Published by: Dell and Microsoft
Top 10 Reasons Why Customers Deploy Virtualized Oracle Environments on EMC Unified Storage
This brief resource provides 10 reasons why customers use EMC unified storage for deploying virtualized Oracle Environments. Published by: EMC Corporation
Ensure High Availability with Proactive Support Services
Access this white paper to discover how your organisation can reduce downtime with the use of proactive support services. Ideal for virtualised and converged infrastructures, these services can ensure high availability with the use of proactive scans and platform revision management.   Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company
Faster, Simpler Infrastructure for Small and Mid-Size Data Centers
Access this webcast to learn how your organization can support its expanding IT environment with new infrastructure approaches that are simple and economical to deploy, easy to manage, and highly efficient to operate. Discover ways to speed implementation, reduce CAPEX and much more. Published by: Liebert Corporation
Proactive Support Services: Prevent Problems Before They Occur
Discover how your organization can protect its expanding IT environment with effective support services. This white paper explores a proactive solution that can diagnose problems quickly to reduce downtime. Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company
A Better Option for Hardware and Software Support
Access this white paper to learn how your organization can reduce downtime with effective support services. Discover a system that provides hardware and software support and remote monitoring to diagnose and solve problems more quickly. Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company
Enterprise Decisions: Deploying and Enhancing Desktop Virtualization
In this edition of Enterprise CIO Decisions Ezine, discover innovate ways that virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is gaining traction in the enterprise environment. Uncover how VDI technology enabled Scottsdale Community College to save $250,000, and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families to realize a 30% savings in workstation support. Published by: Dell and VMware
To ERP or Not to ERP for SMBs: What Can ERP Do For Me?
There are lots enterprise resource planning (ERP) options and services that can help smaller businesses take advantage of the benefits of ERP while minimizing the risk of a system implementation. Read more inside to compare the performance results of SMBs with ERP to SMBs without ERP and discover exactly how beneficial the system can be. Published by: Epicor Software Corporation
Increase Business Agility by Enabling Self-Service and User Autonomy
Discover how you can accelerate service delivery through a web-based self-service portal that allows your users to directly provision, manage and monitor critical IT resources. Published by: ManageIQ
Podcast: Cloud computing options for manufacturing IT demystified
Listen to this podcast with Forrester Research principal analyst Liz Hebert to learn about the cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management application options available to today's manufacturers. Get tips on software selection and integration. Published by: SAP America, Inc.
Prevent Downtime with Proactive Support Services
Access this white paper to discover the best ways to monitor your IT systems and prevent problems, like downtime, before they occur. Learn about support services that provide proactive care that allows you to resolve hardware and software issues more effectively. Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company
SearchSAP.com E-Guide: SaaS Strategies for SAP
Software as a Service (SaaS) offers a low-cost, non-physical server platform alternative to on-premise application deployments. In this expert e-guide discover why small and midsize enterprises are attracted to the SaaS ERP and CRM deployment model and how SAP offers a range of products to cater to this need. Published by: SAP America, Inc.
Windows 7 Migrations and Beyond: How to Ensure Successful OS Migrations while Boosting User Productivity and Simplifying Management
Find out how you can meet the demands of IT consumerization, VDI and an enterprise-wide Windows 7 migration with the help of a centralized, policy-based platform. Leverage automation to ease your desktop transformations today. Published by: RES Software
SearchSAP.com E-Guide: Optimizing your SAP HR Application Strategy
SAP recently released two new mobile apps aimed at increasing the scope of HR-related information that employees, executives, and managers can access outside the workplace. Read this expert e-guide to learn how to maximize the value of your HR initiatives by leveraging SAP’s new mobile technologies. Published by: SAP America, Inc.
SearchSAP.com E-Guide: Analyzing Trends in SAP Environments
Recent developments have shown that SAP is much more than a leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor. This expert e-guide takes an exploratory look into SAP's latest advancements in the mobility, in-memory and on-demand applications space. Published by: SAP America, Inc.
The Value of Transactions: The Linchpin to Transforming IT to a Business Service Orientation
Access this webcast to learn how Lexmark International, a company with offices in over 170 companies, was able to streamline IT management to improve overall business processes. Discover the importance of 360-degree visibility into all aspects of the business and how modernizing IT management leads to benefits such as higher customer retention. Published by: CA Technologies.
Xeon Refresh Estimator
Justifying a server refresh isn't easy, especially with today's tight IT budgets. This assessment tool calculates the savings you can expect after replacing your existing hardware so you can decide if a refresh is the right decision for your organization. Published by: Dell, Inc. and Intel
CA APM and CA APM Cloud Monitor
In this videocast, learn about an application performance management (APM) cloud platform that provides all of the benefits of a full-featured system while also ensuring a quick start up time and low cost. Published by: CA Technologies.
CW Buyer's Guide: IT Tools
This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to IT tools shows how you can use software and systems to improve the running of your IT department. Published by: ComputerWeekly.com