Virtual SMB Centre in a Box?

What types of organizations have the most efficient IT operations? Data centers that provide highly available and resilient services with a minimum of human intervention and management? IT shops that can...

Virtualisation of SAP Applications with VMware ESX Server on IBM System x3850/x3950 M2

This whitepaper looks at how Virtualization is the concept of decoupling the hardware from the operating systems and applications. This can be implemented a number of ways as we will...

Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers

The current economic crisis has most companies scrambling for ways to get the most out of every dollar they spend. However, to date, many of the gains have been illusory...

Trend Watch: Mission Critcial x86

This paper examines how, over the past several years, research has shown many organisation moving mission-critical systems onto x86 servers.

Selecting Server Processors to Reduce Total Cost

This paper examines how Intel IT is standardizing on Intel® Xeon® processor X5570 (2.93 GHz) for two-socket servers for design computing and enterprise server virtualization. The newest high-end Intel® Xeon®...

A Superior Hardware Platform for Server Virtualisation

This Intel whitepaper examines how server virtualization is helping IT organizations improve data centre productivity in fundamental ways. It shows how you can consolidate multiple operating systems and applications per...

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series - An Intelligent Approach to IT Challenges

This paper looks at how, in many organizations, IT infrastructure has begun to constrain business efficiency and growth. However, IT infrastructure is actually limiting IT from investing in innovation. IDC...

Automated Energy Efficiency for the Intelligent Business

Efficiency is emerging as a major tool to extend the life of existing data centers and ensure that new data centers will deliver the highest ROI. This whitepaper looks at...

Desktop Virtualization: A buyer's checklist

Desktop virtualization should do more than just move desktop management to the datacenter—its real goal is to put productive applications in the hands of end users. This whitepaper explores how...

• Tags:
• Infrastructure Management

IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT

This CA whitepaper explores how a comprehensive identity and access management solution can help reduce security risk and achieve easier compliance

• Tags:
• Security Applications,
• Identity,
• Achieve,
• Compliance

IDC Vendor Spotlight

Organised ubiquity is a must for organisations to sucessfully "project" their users in any given landspace, at any given time, with secuirty policy. This White Paper covers issues surrounding secure...

• Tags:
• Security Management,
• Ubiquity,
• Policy,
• Paper Covers

Optimising Storage with Global File Virtualisation

This white paper will provide an overview on how Rainfinity Global File Virtualisation virtualises unstructured data environments and moves data -including active, open files-without disruption to users or applications. Rainfinity...

• Tags:
• Environments,
• Virtualization,
• Virtualisation,
• Class

Customer Centricity, Master Data and the "360-Degree View"

When reviewing the popular literature on customer data integration and master data management, a frequently recurring business driver is the ability to establish a "360-degree view of the customer." This...

• Tags:
• Knowledge And Data Management

Improving the Accuracy of Spend Analysis through Data Quality

Organisations can spend as much as 60 percent of revenue to acquire the goods and services necessary to conduct business. Procurement professionals are being asked to reduce the organisation's overall...

• Tags:
• Knowledge And Data Management

The ROI of Data Governance: Seven Ways Your Data Governance Program Can Help Save You Money

In difficult economic climates, responsible leaders look for opportunities to contain costs. Data governance programs are well positioned to assist in these efforts. This white paper from Gwen Thomas of...

• Tags:
• Knowledge And Data Management

Observing Data Quality Service Level Agreements

This white paper by David Loshin from Knowledge Integrity examines how to measure data quality and what to do when the data does not meet the level of acceptability. When...

• Tags:
• Database Management,
• Service Level,
• Data Quality,
• Service Level Agreement

Populating a Data Quality Scorecard with Relevant Metrics

Too often, data governance teams rely on existing measurements as the metrics used to populate a data quality scorecard. But without a defined understanding of the relationship between specific measurement...

• Tags:
• Governance,
• Database Applications,
• Data Quality,
• Fixing

Building a Data Quality Scorecard for Operational Data Governance

" Operational data governance is the manifestation of the processes and protocols necessary to ensure that an acceptable level of confidence in the data effectively satisfies the organization's business needs....

• Tags:
• Governance,
• Knowledge And Data Management,
• Data Quality,
• Data Governance

Data Governance for Master Data Management and Beyond

There is growing interest on behalf of both data management professionals and senior business managers to understand the motivations, mechanics, and benefits of instituting data governance within an organization. This...

• Tags:
• Knowledge And Data Management,
• Policies,
• Examines,
• Governance

Comparing Google and Leading Messaging Security Solutions

Osterman Research was commissioned by Google to undertake a market research survey of organizations that are using Google Apps Security and Compliance Solutions, as well as solutions offered by nine other...

• Tags:
• Security Applications