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Five Tips for Improving the ROI of your Software Investments sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Five tips for improving the ROI of your software investments. Posted: 22 Apr 2011 \| Published: 22 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Investments \| Product Development \| Product Management \| Project Management \| Project Management Software \| Project Portfolio Management \| ROI \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Project Management

The Multiple Facets of Data Center Transformation sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: To solve the dilemma of meeting both data growth and budgetary ultimatums, IT must be agile. This paper examines the four rubrics of data center transformation: virtualization, automation, cloud-readiness and sustainability. Posted: 02 Dec 2010 \| Published: 02 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Design \| Data Management \| Enterprise \| Green Data Center \| ROI \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Virtualization

Turning Smarter Collaboration into a Strategic Asset Using IBM Client for Smart Work sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: CIOs are being counted on to deliver IT innovation to respond to accelerating and evolving business challenges. Check out this white paper to learn about IBM Client for Smart Work software, an open, security-rich, and cost effective Microsoft® desktop solution. Posted: 17 Aug 2010 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| ROI

The Total Economic Impact of a Storage Virtualization System sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This report looks at the total economic impact and ROI of a sample storage virtualization product. Posted: 18 Mar 2015 \| Published: 30 Apr 2014 TOPICS: ROI \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending \| Storage Systems \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software

Oracle x86 Rack Servers: Optimized for Rapid Deployments and Operational Efficiency sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s x86 servers are specifically designed to support enterprise workloads, and the combination of Sun hardware and Oracle software functionality has been optimized for performance and cost-efficient operations. Read this paper for more details on how Oracle x86 rack servers can reduce opex and improve ROI. Posted: 15 Mar 2011 \| Published: 15 Mar 2011 TOPICS: ROI \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

Oracle Data Guard with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about a unique data protection and recovery solution that provides the management, monitoring, and automation software to create synchronized standby databases that protect data from failures and other disasters. Posted: 20 Dec 2010 \| Published: 20 Dec 2010 TOPICS: 802.11g \| Cluster Management \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Security \| Database Management \| Databases \| Disaster Planning \| ROI \| SOA

Manchester Essex Regional School District: Virtualization helps a Massachusetts school district deliver better education while reducing costs, IT staff burdens and environmental impact sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The Manchester Essex Regional School District was looking to build a new school for its 8500 student body, tasking the IT department with finding the most effective way to help build and manage an energy-efficient IT infrastructure. This white paper highlights how VMware data center virtualization and other software helped them achieve their goals. Posted: 12 Jul 2011 \| Published: 12 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Green Data Center \| ROI \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Thin Client Hardware \| VMware \| VMware Server \| VPN

Solving Scripting Problems with Technology: The Limitations of Scripting in a Complex Business Environment sponsored by Network Automation, Inc WHITE PAPER: This paper explains that as automation tools continue to evolve in a quest to deliver the most comprehensive set of automated capabilities, the notion of writing scripts will be rendered anachronistic. Continue reading to learn more about the shift from scriping to dynamic, intelligent process automation. Posted: 27 Oct 2010 \| Published: 27 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| FTP \| IT Management \| ITIL \| ROI \| Scripting

Evolve Your Sitemider Portal Security Without Breaking the Bank: How Virtualization Solves the Challenges of Heterogeneous Identity and Resource Integration sponsored by Radiant Logic, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Check out this blueprint for extending your existing SiteMinder infrastructure across additional heterogeneous applications, identity sources, and constituents—in less time, with less hassle, and for less money. Posted: 15 Mar 2011 \| Published: 14 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Access Control \| Authorization \| Identity Management \| LDAP \| Portals \| ROI \| Systems Integration \| Systems Management \| Virtualization Security

IBM BladeCenter HS22 Product Guide sponsored by IBM and Intel WHITE PAPER: Read this Product Guide on the IBM BladeCenter HS22 reviewing the versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, energy and cooling. Posted: 06 Jun 2011 \| Published: 06 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| ROI \| Server Hardware \| Server Management