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Backup and Archive Are Not the Same Thing!  by Symantec Corporation


September 28, 2009 - Discover some of the challenges you'll face when compliance mandates a retention policy that just doesn’t make sense, and learn about some alternate solutions to backup and archiving you may not have considered yet.

 

Backup and Recovery Challenges with SharePoint  by Mimosa Systems UK


October 01, 2009 - 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.

 

Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server - Data Domain Deduplication Storage Best Practices Guide  by Data Domain


May 08, 2009 - In many companies, Microsoft Exchange is now commonly viewed as a mission-critical application. Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for Microsoft Exchange Server along with solutions from Data Domain.

 

Backup Optimization Best Practices  by FalconStor Software


May 20, 2009 - Join Paul Kruschwitz, Director of Enterprise Solutions for Falconstor Software, as he discusses best practices for backup optimization. Learn about the benefits of a virtual tape library (VTL), common problems with backup environments, and the latest Falconstor VTL solutions.

 

Beijing 2008 delivered - Ready for the next stops!  by Atos Origin


November 24, 2009 - Watch this video to learn some of the steps Atos Origin took to make sure the Beijing 2208 Olympic Games were successful and learn some of the steps they are taking for future Olympic Games, including Vancouver 2010 and London 2012.

 

Benefits of Oracle Database 11g  by Oracle Corporation


December 01, 2009 - Learn about some of our customers' favorite new features of Oracle Database 11g Release 2. Find out why this latest release is leaps and bounds better than Oracle Database 10g Release 2.

 

Benefits of Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007  by Global Knowledge


December 10, 2008 - Unified Messaging integrates different streams of communication (e-mail, fax, video, SMS, voice, etc.) into a single, or, unified message store, that is accessible from a wide range of different devices.

 

Best Practices around How to Economically Boost System and Application Performance with NAND Flash  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


February 20, 2009 - View this mediacast and learn how to optimize your storage infrastructure using the latest NAND technologies, HDD and DRAM.

 

Best Practices for a Data Warehouse on Oracle Database 11g  by Oracle Corporation


January 19, 2009 - In order to ensuring the EDW will get the optimal performance and will scale as your data set grows you need to get three fundamental things correct, the hardware configuration, the data model and the data loading process.

 

Best Practices for Cost Effective Mainframe Management and Upgrading  by BMC Software, Inc


July 17, 2009 - In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and BMC, you will discover best practices for comprehensive and cost-effective mainframe management, maintenance and upgrading. Explore cost-effective mainframe upgrades and gain insight into approaches essential for adding flexibility to today's mainframe applications.

 

Best Practices for Data Archiving  by CA


May 28, 2009 - This white paper will discuss what you can do to protect your company's data in case of an unexpected disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan is not only a smart business move, but in some cases it is mandatory for legal and regulatory reasons.

 

Best Practices for Deploying an SAP Landscape Using the c3000 Blade Enclosure and the EVA4400  by Avnet, HP and Partners


September 18, 2008 - Discover best practices for deploying a 250-user/250-GB three-tiered SAP ERP landscape in an HP BladeSystem c3000 blade enclosure with HP ProLiant BL460c blade servers running Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, an HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) 4400 disk array, and an Ultrium 448c tape blade with HP Data Protector software.

 

Best Practices for Deploying anSAP Landscape Using The c-3000 Blade Enclosure and the MSA2000 (Windows/MS-SQL)  by Avnet, HP and Partners


February 13, 2009 - This white paper discusses detailed best practices for deploying a 150-user, 250-GB, three-tiered SAP® Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) landscape.

 

Best Practices for Deploying Collaborative BI  by Tableau Software


May 04, 2008 - This paper will show you how to navigate around the usual hurdles and deliver collaborative BI that works.

 

Best Practices for Event Management  by BMC Software, Inc


April 23, 2009 - This BMC webcast will present a methodology for identifying the metrics that have the most impact on critical business applications and for creating exception events to notify of critical application problems.

 

Best Practices for Implementing Automated Functional Testing  by Hewlett-Packard Company


April 01, 2007 - By automating functional testing, you can take major steps forward to improve automated business processes. Your development and QA teams can increase the speed and accuracy, and your IT department can achieve a higher ROI from software projects.

 

Best Practices for Managing an SAP Landscape Using HP Management Solutions  by Avnet, HP and Partners


January 30, 2009 - This paper describes a comprehensive set of best practices that allow mid-market enterprise SAP customers to appropriately configure and use HP management software to monitor, manage, and operate an SAP® environment.

 

Best Practices for Managing Data Center Costs via Application and Server Consolidation  by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation


September 17, 2009 - This paper shows how next-generation Sun servers, based on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, allow IT organizations to meet these challenges by delivering game-changing performance and virtualization improvements that help enable companies to leverage best practices for IT management, application deployment, work processes, and cost control.

 

Best Practices for Network Transformation for Carrier Ethernet Services  by ECI Telecom


May 17, 2009 - ECI's 1Net architecture helps service providers converge core Ethernet and DWDM networks for increased service flexibility while lowering operating and capital expenses. ECI's converged network not only addresses the needs of operators, but also sets a new standard for network efficiency and service quality. Read this whitepaper to find out more.

 

Best Practices for SAP Upgrades & Migrations with HP and Novell  by Hewlett-Packard Company


October 02, 2009 - Join experts from HP and Novell in this webcast as they discuss how to empower your SAP solutions, deliver the right information to the right people at the right time, and execute upgrades and migrations successfully.

 

Best Practices for Securing Web 2.0  by Patriot Technologies, Inc.


June 01, 2009 - This white paper was designed with the aim of revealing, understanding, analyzing, and presenting the predominant issues relating to the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the corporate environment.

 

Best Practices for Virtualizing Distributed Environments: Enterprise-Class Virtualization for Remote Office and Branch Office Infrastructures  by VM6 Software


October 27, 2009 - This whitepaper provides the 4 best practices that IT leaders of ROBO organizations need to consider when virtualizing their businesses, providing ROI tips and establishing a roadmap for reducing the Total Cost of Ownership for virtualizing the distributed ROBO environment.

 

Best Practices for Wireless Technology for Fixed Video Surveillance  by Motorola, Inc.


August 21, 2009 - As organizations address the implementation of fixed video surveillance solutions, they must carefully consider the most important factors, in particular the Big Three issues concerning the infrastructure required to support cameras at selected locations: cost, deployment time and performance. Read this white paper to learn more.

 

Best Practices Guide - Intel® Xeon® Edition: VMware Reference Configurations for Midsize Companies  by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation


September 01, 2009 - This white paper proposes a spectrum of reference configurations using Sun servers based on Intel processors, the broad range of Sun storage systems and appliances, and the VMware suite of virtualization products to configure cost-effective information systems for these businesses.

 

Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function  by SAP AG


January 23, 2009 - the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices.

 

Best Practices of the Best-Run Sales Organizations  by SAP AG


June 01, 2009 - Leadership teams in today's strongest sales groups have discovered best practices to achieve exponential results. This SAP Executive Insight looks at leading-edge companies and examines how they excel in areas where most sales organizations struggle.

 

Best Practices of the Best-Run Sales Organizations: Sales Opportunity Blueprinting  by SAP AG


April 27, 2009 - Leadership teams in today's strongest sales groups have discovered best practices to achieve exponential results. This SAP Executive Insight looks at leading-edge companies and examines how they excel in areas where most sales organizations struggle.

 

Best Practices: Effectively Protect Your Mobile Devices  by ESET


November 03, 2009 - ESET Mobile Antivirus has low CPU, memory requirements and compact updates which minimize data bandwidth usage. It will protect email attachments and other files being transferred or accessed without impacting performance and will keep your mobile phone safe -- even between signature updates.

 

Better Data Management brings Competitive Advantage  by IBM


September 30, 2009 - This on-demand webcast discusses how data growth, test data management, data privacy and other information management solutions can create the opportunity for companies to make IT their competitive differentiator.

 

Better Reporting, Better Results: Successful Strategies from the Field  by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters


March 17, 2009 - Learn how top companies successfully deliver research results to customers and decision-makers. If you want to know more about how to leverage all of your research data, how to communicate insights effectively, and how to get researchers and decision-makers engaged in analysis, you'll want to view this webcast.

 

BEX Data Reduction Solutions: Achieve Data Reduction Before the Data Transfer  by Syncsort


October 21, 2009 - Syncsort BEX source side data reduction can be used to significantly decrease the amount of data sent to a backup target, reducing network traffic and CPU impact. Read this solution sheet for details.

 

Beyond Backup Ezine: Disaster Recovery Strategies for Branch Offices  by Overland Storage


July 09, 2009 - The July/August issue of CIO Decisions Ezine focuses on disaster recovery in remote and branch offices, especially in midmarket organizations. Read this issue to learn some great tips and techniques for increasing your remote workers' ability to bounce back after an unfortunate event.

 

Beyond Supply Chain Visibility: Response Management Is the Key  by SAP AG


September 17, 2008 - Supply chain visibility ranks as one of the top two application focus areas for companies as part of their supply chain technology investment plans. Supply chain executives view visibility as the main goal for supply chain executives within supply chain initiatives. Read this paper for more.

 

Beyond Survival: Thriving Through the Turbulence: BI in the Retail Industry  by SAP America Inc


March 31, 2009 - Find out how retail organizations are improving the bottom line, by focusing on key tactics designed to facilitate low cost, efficient, customer-centric operations, all of which require integrated enterprise information and analysis capabilities found in business intelligence (BI) environments.

 

Beyond the PCI ‘Check list’ – A Path to Achieve Higher Levels of IT Security and Compliance  by Skybox Security


September 18, 2009 - PCI DSS is an opportunity for security professionals to leverage compliance initiatives to improve security and risk management. The webcast illustrates how organizations must go beyond 'checklist' compliance to improve security and IT efficiency - through automation, prioritization, and focused attention on the most critical issues.

 

BeyondTrust PowerBroker: Root Access Risk Control for the Enterprise  by BeyondTrust Corporation


January 01, 2009 - Businesses must invest in threat control to address security threats and compliance requirements. In this paper, analysts examine a more comprehensive solution designed to close gaps for the enterprise with provable control.

 

BI for Business Users: How IT Can Make Business Intelligence Easy for Everyone  by IBM


April 23, 2009 - Today, the latest BI solutions put the power of advanced business intelligence into the hands of more people throughout the organization - improving the speed and accuracy of decision-making from top to bottom. Knowing your business, market, customers, and competition is critical for any organization. Read this for more...

 

BI in a Down Economy? Take a Smarter Approach  by Sybase, Inc.


July 08, 2009 - This webcast presents tips on smarter business intelligence in a down economy. Learn how to position your organization on a "platform of believability" with a single, reliable view of company-wide data. This approach allows for the right information at the right time, making agile, high-risk decisions easier.

 

Bitpipe Research Guide: Business Intelligence  by Bitpipe


November 22, 2006 - Business Intelligence systems allow you to uncover, analyze, and forecast the trends that drive your business.

 

Bitpipe Research Guide: Storage  by Bitpipe


November 30, 2006 - Storage challenges for IT professionals are particularly complex in today's environment of rapid obsolescence of storage hardware and digital media.

 

Blaze Advisor 6.6 Trial Download  by FICO


June 15, 2009 - FICO™ Blaze Advisor® is the world's leading business rules management system, maximizing control over high volume operational decisions.

 

Bloor InDetail: Talend Open Studio - an independent analyst review  by Talend


February 10, 2009 - Talend is an open source provider of data integration products or, in traditional parlance, ETL (extract, transform and load), although the product also supports an ELT approach.

 

Bloor Research - Data Discovery Spotlight  by Talend


February 28, 2009 - In this Spotlight Report, Research Director Philip Howard explains why data discovery is of fundamental importance to data integration, data quality, and many other projects ranging from business intelligence through master data management to data governance and data archival. Read on to learn more about the importance of data discovery.

 

Bloor Research - Data Integration Platforms Market Update  by Talend


February 10, 2009 - Talend is an open source provider of data integration products, it has a business model and organisation that more closely resembles that of a conventional software vendor, while still leveraging the open source model.

 

Bloor white paper: The Importance of an Information Strategy  by IBM


December 11, 2008 - In this paper we will discuss what an Information Strategy is, why it is important, and what it takes to build one. We will also consider IBM's Information Agenda, that company's approach to assisting in the development of an Information Strategy.

 

Blue Bell Creameries® Improves its Inventory Management and Standardizes Procedures with an Automated Data Collection System  by TAKE Supply Chain


October 14, 2009 - To improve inventory management and standardize procedures, Blue Bell turned to TAKE Supply Chain's Gemini Series™ for OPM mobile software solution. Read this case study to learn more about the benefits Blue Bell experienced from switching to TAKE Supply Chain’s Gemini Series™, and learn how your company can do the same.

 

Blue Coat and VMware  by Blue Coat


December 26, 2008 - Check out this solution brief to see how the joint Blue Coat and VMware solution enables IT organizations to consolidate servers and perform disaster recovery operations in real-time, without the risk of performance degradation due to latency or limited bandwidth.

 

Blue Coat Application Delivery Network Infrastructure  by Blue Coat


May 14, 2009 - IT organizations like yours are under pressure to deliver fast and responsive applications to users wherever they are. But you also have to protect data, systems and applications from malicious threats to ensure all your users can confidently transact business across your distributed network.

 

Blue Coat Reporter  by Blue Coat


May 14, 2009 - Blue Coat Reporter gives managers powerful visibility into all web-related user activity. Beyond URL filtering, Reporter provides customizable, at-a-glance dashboards and reports along with intuitive drill-down capabilities making it an invaluable part of security, compliance, bandwidth management, and other business critical efforts.

 

Blue Coat WebFilter  by Blue Coat


December 31, 2008 - Review this brief data sheet to learn how WebFilter helps prevent Internet attacks from spyware, phishing, peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic, viral content and more. WebFilter also includes Dynamic Real-Time Rating (DRTR), a patented technology that can instantly categorize Web sites when a user attempts to access them.

 

Blue Coat: The Technology Leader in Application Delivery Networking  by Blue Coat


June 17, 2009 - Check out this comprehensive microsite to view white papers, videos, press releases, case studies, and webcasts highlighting Blue Coat's application delivery networking solutions.

 

BMC Database Administration Solution for DB2 z/OS  by BMC Software, Inc


April 17, 2009 - BMC provides a set of tools and utilities that are designed to automate the complex processes involved in updating and managing DB2 environments with the aim of being easy to use, and fast and effective in their execution.

 

BMC MAINVIEW: Exploiting zIIPs for Cost-Effective Monitoring  by BMC Software, Inc


July 10, 2009 - Monitoring mainframe performance is something every data center does. This quick video explains a set of software solutions that can help out with mainframe monitoring by observing and managing performance, providing visibility, and improving availability while reducing costs. Watch the video now to learn more.

 

BMC MAXM Database Advisor for IMS: Two Minute Explainer Video  by BMC Software, Inc


April 24, 2009 - Watch this two minute explainer Video of BMC's MAXM Database advisor solution that watches over your mission critical IMS databases with all the knowledge and experience of a trained DBA built into a graphical user interface.

 

BMC Software Hybrid Copy Techniques  by BMC Software, Inc


April 17, 2009 - Because organizations are demanding 24x7 availability from their IMS, DB2®, and VSAM applications, it is imperative that those applications do not experience outages. Read this whitepaper to find out how BMC's Hybrid Copy techniques help for faster system recovery in the event of a local outage.

 

BMC SQL Performance for DB2: A Review of the Potential Return on Investment  by BMC Software, Inc


November 20, 2009 - The ever present demand to maximise the value delivered by business-critical applications requires that we optimise the use of all the resources that execute and manage them. BMC Software is one of the major vendors offering such support and has a highly regarded set of solutions collectively called BMC SQL Performance for DB2.

 

Book Chapter: SAN for Dummies Chapter 14 Continuous Data Protection  by FalconStor Software


February 10, 2009 - In this chapter on Continuous Data Protection, you will learn how to use recent technical innovations to instantaneously recover data while enhancing overall data protection to make it faster, easier and more efficient.

 

Boom in Mobile Data Creates Backhaul Urgency  by Alcatel-Lucent


March 26, 2009 - This paper will identify the challenges mobile operators face in the current environment; outline the steps they can take to evolve the backhaul network to support greater capacity at lower cost; and examine the role of a trusted partner in helping implement a mobile backhaul solution that meets their specific business imperatives.

 

Boost ROI with Faster, Easier, VISUAL Analytics  by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters


February 24, 2009 - Join us at this live webcast and learn how you can:<ul> <li>Use RFM analysis to quickly rank customers for high-return marketing</li> <li>Use advanced visualization techniques to uncover segments and patterns in your data, and apply these insights to growth, acquisition, and retention planning</li> <li>and more</li></ul>

 

Branch Modernization  by Microsoft


June 01, 2009 - Your organization can reduce information technology (IT) costs, improve IT service levels, and enable new business scenarios by adopting best practices that will enable you to modernize your branch infrastructure. These best practices presented in this paper include virtualization, centralized management, and increased network efficiency.

 

Breaking the Scalability Barrier with Infinite Cache  by EnterpriseDB Corporation


September 22, 2009 - Infinite Cache™ from EnterpriseDB revolutionizes distributed cache management on commodity blade server hardware by substantially increasing the amount of memory available to hold data including entire databases with outstanding performance.

 

Breakthrough Data Recovery for AIX - Vision Solutions  by Vision Solutions


April 09, 2008 - The purpose of this podcast is to provide a roadmap to the most effective strategy and technology to protect data and provide fast recovery for data which is lost or corrupted due to accident and malicious action.

 

Bridging the Gap Between Change Activity and Change Management: Real Time Accountability and Change Prevention  by McAfee, Inc.


August 17, 2009 - Check out this paper to learn about McAfee Change Control, an operational-friendly, low-touch and low overhead software that can be deployed on a wide range of hardware platforms. McAfee Change Control provides change control on servers, network devices (including switches, routers and firewalls), and databases.

 

BSD Group’s Oracle Extension for Rational Performance Tester Demonstration  by IBM


October 06, 2009 - This quick demo gives you a great overview of the look and feel of BSD Group’s Oracle Extension for Rational Performance Tester, its features, and its capabilities. This plug-in will help you capture, record and playback transactions using Oracle NCA technology. View the demo now to learn more about increasing application visibility during testing.

 

Build Effective and Highly Available Disaster Recovery Solutions using Microsoft Virtualization  by Microsoft


November 24, 2009 - Does your organization have a reliable and cost-effective site recovery system? This presentation transcript explores how site recovery tools along with virtualization enables IT pros to deliver secure application and data availability, implement site-wide disaster recovery and automate fail-over and fail back.

 

Build Effective and Highly Available Disaster Recovery Solutions Using Microsoft Virtualization  by Microsoft


November 05, 2009 - Does your organization have a reliable and cost-effective site recovery system? This webcast explores how site recovery tools along with virtualization enables IT pros to deliver secure application and data availability, implement site-wide disaster recovery and automate fail-over and fail back.

 

Build for Today. Expand on Demand: Modularity in the Data Center Power Infrastructure  by Eaton Corporation


September 16, 2009 - Building the data center to meet the needs of an uncertain future is an expensive and needless exercise in over-engineering. New designs need to be modular, with built-in expansion capabilities. This paper looks at the concepts and benefits of modularity in all the necessary elements of the power system.

 

Building a Data Quality Scorecard for Operational Data Governance  by DataFlux Corporation


June 06, 2008 - Operational data governance is the process of evaluating data to see if data effectively satisfies the organization's business needs. This is measured with a "data quality scorecard", a management tool for monitoring organizational performance.

 

Building a Data Quality Scorecard to Achieve Data Governance  by DataFlux Corporation


January 06, 2009 - Operational data governance is the manifestation of the actionable processes and protocols necessary to ensure that an acceptable level of confidence in the data effectively satisfies the organization's business needs.

 

Building a Powerful, Resilient, Affordable IT Infrastructure  by CompuCom and IBM


October 09, 2009 - Small and midsize companies with strapped IT budgets and limited IT resources do not have to be limited to inflexible, inefficient IT infrastructures that offer unreliable IT services. Instead, smaller companies can empower their IT environments through virtualization, optimizing assets and realizing new opportunities for efficiency.

 

Building a Smarter Storage Infrastructure  by F5 Networks UK


September 10, 2009 - This whitepaper explains how building a smarter storage infrastructure based on the business value of data can enable you to address your data storage requirements efficiently and at the lowest cost.

 

Building High-performance, Highly Available IP Storage Networks with HP SAN/iQ Software  by Hewlett-Packard Company


August 13, 2009 - If you’re an administrator who’s planning to build a high performance, highly available IP network using HP SAN/iQ Software, you should read this document in its entirety. You’ll find important configuration guidelines, best practices, and frequently asked questions that will help you to accelerate a successful deployment.

 

Building Proven Data Protection Strategies  by Data Domain


September 01, 2008 - This paper compares traditional data protection options and provides an overview of the impact data deduplication is having on the storage industry. Deduplication is quickly gaining momentum in the growing disk-to-disk backup market and offers several significant improvements over traditional data protection methods.

 

Building Proven Data Protection Strategies Checklist  by Data Domain


September 01, 2008 - We are beginning to see the next generation of backup and recovery solutions appear. New data protection solutions led by Data Domain’s deduplication architecture are quickly gaining market momentum improving data and application availability while increasing the probability for a business to survive most types of outages.

 

Building the Business Case for Predictive Analytics: Nucleus Research  by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters


February 20, 2009 - Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of techniques from statistics and data mining that analyze current and historical data to make predictions about future events. In this Nucleus Research report, learn how your company can achieve ROI from Predictive analytics applications.

 

Building the Cloud - It takes more than an API - Secure, Reputable Support for ISVs and Application Developers  by Iron Mountain Digital


October 14, 2009 - ISVs eager to unlock the potential of cloud technology have latched onto APIs that allow them to integrate cloud technology with their own applications. Ultimate success depends on choosing the right cloud storage provider. Read this Opinion Paper from the Taneja Group to learn more.

 

Building the Efficient Enterprise with Dell, Intel, and VMware vSphere 4  by Dell, Inc.


September 23, 2009 - With the emergence of standards-based architectures, virtualization, and ubiquitous high-speed connectivity, cloud computing technology is primed to form the basis for a new, highly efficient enterprise IT infrastructure. Read this paper to learn more.

 

Business Analytics and Optimization for the Intelligent Enterprise  by IBM


April 08, 2009 - Executives recognize that new analytics capabilities, coupled with advanced business process management, signal a major opportunity to create business advantage. Those who have the vision to apply new approaches are building intelligent enterprises positioned to thrive.

 

Business Case for Data Protection: Study of CEOs and other C-level Executives  by Ounce Labs, an IBM Company


July 15, 2009 - This study looks at what senior executives think about the value of corporate data protection efforts within their organizations. It is important for those individuals charged with managing a data protection program to understand how key decision makers in organizations perceive the importance of safeguarding sensitive and confidential information.

 

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: Best Practices and Technologies are Evolving...Are You?  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


December 03, 2009 - Too many organizations fail to recognize the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery. The two scenarios are actually vastly different in terms of hardware and management needs. View this webcast to ensure you're prepared for any outage - whether hardware failure or full-scale disaster - and learn the differences of BC and DR.

 

Business Continuity Planning IT Survival Guide  by CA


December 05, 2008 - This survival guide will help you and your company start to plan an effective business continuity plan. The end result should be a reduction in risk factors and to minimize the impact of disasters that are out of your control.

 

Business Critical Cloud Storage: Best Practices for Archiving Customer Data  by Iron Mountain Digital


October 15, 2009 - Profiled in this whitepaper are two examples of ISVs that have turned to Iron Mountain's Archive Services Platform API solution to help their customers better manage their data. Read this Whitepaper from Iron Mountain to learn more.

 

Business Intelligence Solution for Web Infrastructure Open the Door to Better Decisions  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.


October 22, 2009 - Composed of Sun hardware systems and commercial open-source solutions Pentaho for BI and data integration, and Infobright, built on MySQL, for data warehousing, this solution comes in two customizable recommended configurations to fit your data requirements and budget -- and ease deployment.

 

Business Intelligence - Now More Than Ever  by SAP BusinessObjects


December 19, 2008 - The goal of this white paper is to explain why business intelligence is a sound investment for any IT manager to make, especially now. Budgets are tighter and demands from executives to see immediate results from IT implementations are increasing. This paper outlines the benefits of a BI solution and its impact on a company. Read on to learn more.

 

Business Intelligence for Consumer Packaged Goods: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers  by SAP AG


May 01, 2008 - This paper discusses about how technological advances are enabling improved decision making across three broad axes: simplicity and relevance, agility and integration.

 

Business Intelligence for the Small to Medium Sized Business (SMB)  by SAP AG


June 02, 2009 - Based on feedback from almost 650 end-user organizations, this report serves as a roadmap for SMBs looking to improve their analytical capability and achieve Best-in-Class performace through the deployment of BI.

 

Business Intelligence Standardization  by SAP BusinessObjects


June 19, 2009 - This paper gives an overview of the advantages of implementing business intelligence (BI) standards. Learn how successful organizations have standardized on, and benefited from BI solutions from SAP - and why you should join them.

 

Business Intelligence: A Guide for Midsize Companies—Improving Your Company’s Efficiency and Effectiveness, No Matter Its Size  by SAP AG


September 01, 2009 - While your company has continued to improve its operating efficiencies, you feel your company should be spending more time analyzing what's going on and predicting and planning for the future. This white paper from SAP offers guidance on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your company with business intelligence.

 

Business Intelligence: Actionable Insights for Business Decision Makers  by SAP AG


January 23, 2009 - To gain greater business insight and transparency, organizations urgently require a new generation of business intelligence tools and applications that allows cross-enterprise, interenterprise and external data to be integrated and analyzed.

 

Business Intelligence: Putting Information to Work  by SAP AG


January 23, 2009 - Business intelligence (BI) can be considered critical to the very existence of most organisations. The purpose of this research was to explore whether and how companies are using BI to improve their businesses; to identify the obstacles they encounter in its use; and predict how BI will evolve in the next ten years.

 

Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations  by SAP AG


June 01, 2008 - Business intelligence (BI) allows organizations to better understand, analyze, and even predict what's occurring in their company.

 

Business Network Transformation: Rethinking Relationships in a Global Economy  by SAP AG


January 01, 2008 - The ability to operate effectively in business networks, be they coordinated or collaborative, is critical to sustaining competitive advantage in a commoditizing global economy. By focusing on their unique core capabilities, business network participants spend less on duplication and more on innovation, resulting in higher degrees of..

 

Business Productivity with Microsoft Online Services  by Microsoft


September 15, 2009 - This data sheets examines how Microsoft Online Services can give your business the powerful productivity capabilities of Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft Office Communications Server, and Microsoft Office Live Meeting —all hosted online.

 

Business Ready Configuration for Virtualization: A Solution Guide for Dell PowerEdge R710 Servers, Dell MD3000i Storage, and Microsoft Hyper-V  by Dell, Inc. and Intel


July 24, 2009 - This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dell’s eleventh generation R710 server, using Dell MD3000i Storage Array and Microsoft Virtualization. The solution is based upon iSCSI storage technology as the storage environment.

 

Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization with Dell™ Poweredge™ Blade Servers, Dell Equallogic™ Storage, and VMware Infrastructure™  by Dell, Inc. and Intel


May 24, 2009 - This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure.

 

Business Ready Solutions for Virtual Infrastructure Availability Using Dell™ Poweredge™ Servers, Dell Owervault™ Storage, and VMware vSphere™  by Dell, Inc. and Intel


July 24, 2009 - This white paper presents an example configuration and best practices for deploying and configuring a highly available architecture using an example solution configuration and then discussing how the configuration helps in maximizing uptime.

 

Business Ready Virtualization for the Data Center  by Dell, Inc.


June 09, 2009 - Dell is committed to driving the cost and complexity out of virtualization, helping you accelerate adoption and achieve cost savings sooner without sacrificing productivity. Read this solution guide to learn about Dell's Business Ready Virtualization Configurations.

 

Business Service Efficiency: The Key to Green IT and Profitability  by BMC Software, Inc


June 15, 2009 - Data center energy costs continue to take up a significant portion of IT budgets, and it seems that there is no end in sight. This paper addresses, in a unified and systemic way, many of the power consumption issues that IT has been grappling with in piecemeal fashion.

 

Business Service Management: What It Is and Why You Should Care  by Global Knowledge


December 10, 2008 - The purpose of this business training white paper is to explain what BSM is and what it isn't and it will also describe BSM benefits.

 

Business Solutions: The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard  by CDW Corporation


November 03, 2008 - This brief document provides a listing of the six primary objectives for companies to meet in order to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

 

Business Value of Storage Virtualisation: Scaling the Storage Solution; Leveraging the Storage Investment  by Hewlett-Packard Company


February 19, 2009 - This analysis looks at the positive business impact of networked storage virtualisation solutions that improve storage asset utilisation, reduce the administrative costs of provisioning new storage systems, and improve application availability.

 

Business-Driven Virtualization: Optimizing Insight and Operational Efficiency in the Dynamic Datacenter  by Hyper9, Inc.


November 17, 2009 - In this profile you will explore how to maximize future investment returns in more detail and review the key requirements for optimization solutions. You'll then be introduced to the Virtualization Management Maturity Model, an assessment and planning guide for achieving greater operational efficiency at any stage of virtualization.

 

Business-Ready Security: Identity and Access Management Solution  by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd


November 20, 2009 - The Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution is part of Microsoft's Business Ready Security approach. The Identity and Access Management solution enables more secure, identity-based access to applications both on-premises and in-the-cloud from virtually any location or device. Read this data sheet to learn more!

 

Business-Ready Security: Information Protection Solution  by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd


November 25, 2009 - The Information Protection solution automatically discovers, protects, and manages confidential information throughout your organization by integrating with your existing platforms and applications.

 

Business-Ready Security: Secure Collaboration Solution  by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd


November 20, 2009 - The Secure Collaboration solution enables business to collaborate more securely from virtually any location or device, while preventing unauthorized use of confidential information. Read this data sheet to learn more.

 

Buyer's Guide for User Provisioning and Role Management  by Oracle Corporation


April 01, 2009 - Download this informative whitepaper to learn how to leverage identity administration solutions like user provisioning and role management to automate user administration for maximizing and accelerating return-on-investment while enforcing unfragmented, cost-effective compliance and control across your entire IT infrastructure.

 

Buyers Guide to Endpoint Protection Platforms  by Sophos Inc.


October 13, 2009 - This paper explores how traditional methods for endpoint security should evolve. Learn how a lack of data protection can hurt your bottom line. Gain insight into the true costs of an endpoint security system. Find out how Sophos’s recent integration of Utimaco is affecting the security market. Read on to learn more.

 

Buying Criteria for Disk-to-Disk Solutions  by Data Domain


May 01, 2007 - Disk-to-Disk (D2D) backup has emerged in recent years to become a critical storage component of an enterprises’ data protection environment. Taneja Group has identified a locus of buying criteria that we believe compose the overall simplicity of operation of a D2D solution.

 

Buying your BI solution from your ERP vendor: Strategic Business Enabler or IT Convenience?  by IBM


September 30, 2009 - This webcast explores the benefits and drawbacks of buying business intelligence (BI) solutions from enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors, and shares survey results that reveal whether or not customers who have gone down the sole-sourcing path are happy with their decision.

 
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