Daily Active Directory Administration: Simplified, Streamlined - and Successful  by Quest Software

October 02, 2009 - Active Directory certainly gets plenty of attention when it comes to high-profile issues like security, compliance, auditing, and so forth—but what about all of the work you do managing AD on a day-to-day basis? Learn how Quest ActiveRoles Server (ARS)makes AD administration more efficient, automated, consistent, powerful and faster.

DATA ARCHIVING The first Step toward Managing the Information Lifecycle  by Dolphin Corporation

October 19, 2009 - This whitepaper discusses the business case for data archiving as the first step in an SAP ILM strategy; strategies for Data Archiving, Retention Management and the Retention Warehouse strategy for legacy decommissioning in SAP; and Dolphin’s best‐practices approach to an effective, long‐term ILM strategy.

Data breaches in the Retail Industry  by McAfee, Inc.

September 23, 2009 - In this podcast, Gartner analyst Avivah Litan talks about the Heartland data breach in relation to current data security trends in the retail industry. Also, a discussion with Ernst & Young's Sagi Leizerov on data privacy in the retail industry reveals common trouble spots for retailers, including managing vendors and tracking customer purchases.

Data Center Architecture Decisions: A Free Virtual Seminar Focused on Dealing with Data Center Growth in a Down Economy  by Data Center Decisions

December 09, 2009 - Attend this free virtual event and hear from top data center experts who will provide you with a coherent strategy to consolidate your data center, build a new facility or make an educated decision on the cloud model best suited for your environment.

Data Center Automation - Facing the Air of Change  by Wipro Technologies

June 12, 2009 - Many IT organizations still perform a majority of Data Center administration tasks manually. Today, manual techniques are obsolete as Information Technology is required to manage complex multivendor infrastructures cost-effectively. There is one way to meet this challenge and that is Automation.

Data Center Facilities IT Handbook, Ch 4 - Data Center Design and Build Out  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

August 10, 2009 - A successful data center construction or renovation project requires managers to carefully follow each phase of the process - design, construction, review and acceptance. Read this eBook Chapter to learn more.

Data Center Lifecycle Management with Sun™ Ops Center  by Sun Ops Center

September 29, 2009 - Sun Ops Center cuts through the complexity of today’s datacenters with single-pane-of-glass management. It is a single, comprehensive, end-to-end system management tool that integrates physical and virtual management across the hardware/software stack and the entire system lifecycle.

Data Center Projects: Establishing a Floor Plan  by APC

June 01, 2007 - A floor plan strongly affects the power density capability and electrical efficiency of a data center. This paper provides structured floor plan guidelines for defining room layouts and for establishing IT equipment layouts within existing rooms.

Data Center Projects: Project Management  by APC

November 02, 2009 - This paper presents a framework for project management roles and relationships that is understandable, comprehensive, and adaptable to any size project.

Data Center Projects: System Planning  by APC

February 03, 2009 - The planning sequence described in this paper covers the design of the data center's physical infrastructure layer, whose job it is to house, power, cool, and protect the data center's computing and network functions.

Data Center Virtualization and Efficiency: Server, Network and Storage Perspective  by Cisco Systems, Inc.

September 24, 2009 - Watch this webcast to gain insight into how data center virtualization technologies are contributing to dramatic increases in efficiency and reduced capital and operational expenses. Discover current trends driving the virtualized data center.

Data Deduplication -- Different Approaches for Different Environments  by Hewlett-Packard Company

October 19, 2009 - As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, backup expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space. Curtis takes a closer look at the benefits and cost differentiators of moving from tape to disk for data backup.

Data Deduplication for Primary Data  by SearchStorage.com

October 22, 2009 - This E-Guide will explore if Data Deduplication is suitable for primary data and what vendors are doing to keep performance high for your company’s backups. If you are an IT Professional looking to Dedupe your Primary data, this E-Guide will help you navigate all the options and decisions you need to make.

Data Deduplication: Top CIO Priority for 2009  by Data Domain

May 01, 2009 - Deduplication is one of the few IT solutions that cuts costs quickly and improves service levels. ESG believes CIOs and IT executives should look to deduplication for cost reduction projects in their environments.

Data Grids & SOA  by Oracle Corporation

November 13, 2008 - This white paper demonstrates that a data grid infrastructure, built with clustered caching, can help you avoid "weak link" vulnerabilities that can sabotage SOA strategies. Discover why the data grid offers improved data access that can create a competitive edge, improve financial performance, and sustain customer loyalty.

Data Integration: Creating a Trustworthy Data Foundation for Business Intelligence  by SAP AG

June 02, 2009 - This white paper discusses the importance of data integration and help you identify the key challenges of integrating data. It also provides you with an overview of data warehousing and its variations, as well as summarizes the benefits and approaches to integrating data.

Data Management for Business Intelligence  by SAP AG

January 23, 2009 - This report investigates the strategies, capabilities, and supporting technologies that Best-in-Class companies are employing to alleviate the pressure to accelerate the delivery of actionable information within their enterprises.

Data Modeling Tools Compared: Embarcadero ER/Studio v. CA Erwin  by Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.

November 05, 2009 - In this podcast, learn how two leading data modeling tools compare and how utilizing advanced data modeling improves productivity, standards compliance and knowledge sharing.

Data privacy best practices: time to take action!  by IBM

September 01, 2008 - This white paper explains the steps you need to consider when developing your privacy strategy and implementing your first data privacy project. Find out how you can help your organization implement best practices in privacy protection and make your privacy project successful from start to finish.

Data Protection Examples Using PS Series Snapshots in a VMware® Virtual Infrastructure  by Dell, Inc.

May 01, 2008 - This tech report demonstrates how using Dell EqualLogic SAN Snapshots can improve data protection in a VMware Virtual Infrastructure environment.

Data Protection for Virtual Server Environments  by Datalink and NetApp

October 01, 2008 - Today's data centers are in the midst of a revolution originating from the move to virtual server architectures powered by solutions such as VMware. Based on Datalink's experience protecting enterprise data centers, this white paper provides practical advice and considerations surrounding backup and recovery of virtual server infrastructures.

Data Protection Using Deduplication  by Dell | EMC

November 09, 2009 - Learn the basics of data protection using deduplication in less than 10 minutes.

Data Quality: A Survival Guide For Marketing  by SAP AG

June 02, 2009 - Direct marketing is about communicating a message to a specific prospect or customer. This white paper from Business Objects, an SAP company, focuses on these concepts as they pertain to marketing, and particularly as they are supported by data quality functions inside of the broader EIM framework.

Data to Intelligence: The BI Advantage for Financial Services  by SAP America Inc

June 30, 2008 - Find out how leading financial enterprises are turning to sophisticated data warehousing techniques, real-time analytics, improved data quality, and intelligent metrics to find competitive advantage.

Data-Centric Security for Enterprise WANs  by Blue Coat

May 15, 2009 - Every business needs to protect valuable data, whether to comply with industry regulations or to guard intellectual capital. It's all too easy for users to leak this data to outside parties, either accidentally or with malicious intent. Read this whitepaper to learn how secure Web gateways and DLP systems can be integrated to keep your data safe.

Database Encryption and Key Management for Microsoft SQL Server 2008  by Thales

October 21, 2009 - This technical guide for database administrators and IT security experts demonstrates how you can protect your sensitive data with the native database encryption functions of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, such as cell-level encryption and Transparent Data Encryption, and manage and protect encryption keys with hardware security modules (HSMs).

Databases and ERP Selection: Oracle vs SQL Server  by IFS

June 19, 2009 - How do Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server database platforms compare on reliability, scalability and cost when run under enterprise software? Download this white paper for details.

Datacenter Management Optimization with Microsoft System Center  by Microsoft

September 08, 2009 - System Center lowers the cost of delivering datacenter services through integrated, end-to-end management of physical and virtual environments, and supports the optimization of the datacenter in three primary ways. Each of these benefits, and the solutions that enable them, are discussed in this paper.

DataCore Software: IDC on Removing Storage-Related Barriers to Virtualization  by DataCore Software Corporation

July 23, 2009 - Virtualization is among the technologies that have become increasingly attractive in the current economic climate, with good reason. Organizations are implementing virtualization solutions to obtain several functional benefits. But achieving these can be challenging.

DataDirect HIPAA/ICD Upgrade Toolkit 2009  by DataDirect Technologies

October 21, 2009 - This toolkit will help you to fully understand the new rules that have been installed to United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and how it is being used in conjunction with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Datalink Efficiency Central - Efficiency Library  by Datalink Corporation

August 01, 2009 - Datalink is committed to helping you build, maintain, and grow highly efficient data centers - Efficiency Central. Learn about the most efficient information technologies, how they're best applied, and what our customers have experienced.

De-Duplication Is Physical - Storage Management Is Logical  by Northern Parklife

January 05, 2009 - This whitepaper will provide an overview of the benefits of Storage Resource Management as a "front end" to data deduplication. We will demonstrate how an SRM tool such as Northern Storage Suite can work in concert with data de-duplication technologies to efficiently streamline data and assure optimal performance of an organization's storage inf...

Dedupe Centric Storage  by Data Domain

December 11, 2008 - Organizations tend to create a great amount of similar data and deduplication makes it easier to manage this data when they do. Read this white paper to learn about deduplication and how you can use it as a fundamental tool in your storage architecture.

Dedupe Simply - Podcast  by Data Domain

September 17, 2009 - This on-demand Podcast helps simplify the basics of data deduplication and outlines the benefits that are being achieved by enterprises around the world.

Deduplication for the Enterprise: Six Steps to Optimal Results  by SEPATON

May 20, 2009 - Data deduplication is a must-have technology for today's enterprises. However, there are a wide range of choices and issues to be considered. This article covers six steps an organization can take to make sure implementing a deduplication technology is a smooth process.

Defining Relevant Metrics for Populating a Data Quality Scorecard  by DataFlux Corporation

January 06, 2009 - In this webcast your will learn how to Populate a Data Quality Scorecard with Relevant Metrics.

Dell Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Reference Architecture  by Dell and Microsoft

December 05, 2008 - This paper proposes several sample virtualization architectures based on Dell's server and storage products. Architectures are divided into three main categories: Small, Medium, and Large. These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture.

Dell completes virtualization deployment for heavy-equipment dealer Kelly Tractor in 20 days  by Dell and VMware

July 01, 2008 - An aging, proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at Kelly Tractor limited the company's ability to integrate information from separate departments and build new, innovative sales and services tools. Read how the company benefited from Dell and VMware virtualization.

Dell Data Center 360 - Interactive Video Tour  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

November 30, 2009 - The demands on your data center are constantly increasing, and with data growing even fifty-fold in three years, how can you stay ahead? How can you optimize your data center? Take this interactive data center tour and learn more.

Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V: Enabling the Next Generation Virtualized Data Center  by Dell and Microsoft

December 05, 2008 - This solution brief discusses how the Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series can provide a fully virtualized storage infrastructure that delivers high availability, resiliency, flexibility, and scalability that is simple and cost-effective to deploy, manage and grow.

Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage in VMware Environments  by Dell, Inc.

August 24, 2009 - View this step-by-step product demonstration to see how to implement a high performance, highly available, and easily scaled SAN without impacting applications or limiting performance as workloads change and grow.

Dell Helps Customers Reduce Spending on Power, Hardware, and Software  by Dell and Microsoft

August 09, 2009 - Companies that seek infrastructure consulting from Dell often want to cut expenditures. Dell can help customers reduce costs by taking advantage of Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, and Dell products and services. Read this case study to learn more!

Dell PowerEdge Half-height M610 and Full-height M710 Blade Servers  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

September 03, 2009 - The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. When combined with Dell's world-class storage, management, and support offerings, the result is a total enterprise solution that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses.

Dell PowerEdge R710 Server - Versatile 2-socket rack server dynamo for all business applications  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

May 19, 2009 - The Dell PowerEdge R710 is designed to be the cornerstone of today's competitive enterprise. Engineered in response to input from IT professionals, it is the next-generation 2U rack server created to efficiently address a wide range of key business applications.

Dell PowerEdge T610 Server - All-in-One 2-socket tower for small-to-medium size businesses and remote offices  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

May 19, 2009 - he Dell PowerEdge T610 server is a key data center building block for IT professionals seeking the highest level of performance. Read this article to learn more about the technical aspects of the Dell PowerEdge T610.

Dell Storage Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V  by Dell and Microsoft

December 11, 2008 - This guide primarily focused on storage arrays based on their support for key virtualization features, such as high availability and virtual machine migration.

Dell Virtualization Consulting Services Video  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

September 03, 2009 - Virtualization is a rapidly evolving technology with many moving parts, making increasingly difficult for customers to develop an effective strategy. Every organization moves at a different pace. Dell delivers tailored solutions for every customer.

DELL™ PowerEdge™ Half-Height M610 and Full-Height M710 Blade  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

December 01, 2008 - The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space.

Dell™ Reference Architecture Overview for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a VMware® ESX Server Environment using EqualLogic PS Series Storage  by Dell, Inc.

May 01, 2009 - This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blue print or a starting configuration, for designing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 storage in a virtualized server environment using Dell™ EqualLogic™ arrays.

Dell™ | VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Virtualization Reference Architecture  by Dell and VMware

September 01, 2008 - This white paper describes validated architectures for Dell | VMware™ virtual infrastructures. The Virtualization RA is intended to provide customers with an example basis to consider, evaluate, and select the Dell virtualization solution components that best fit their requirements.

Delphi Capital Easily Shifts to EVault's Cloud-Based Managed Backup Services  by i365, A Seagate Company

May 29, 2009 - This document provides an examination of Delphi Capital's implementation of the EVault Managed Backup Services and the firm's experience and opinions on the solution. End users can use this information to assess whether online backup services are applicable within their environment and what benefits can be expected.

Demartek Report: FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) and Deduplication Performance  by FalconStor Software

July 01, 2009 - To evaluate the performance of its solutions, FalconStor commissioned Demartek to validate the performance of the FalconStor VTL solution and its deduplication solutions - as they come from the factory, without any special tuning adjustments. The sustained performance of these solutions is impressive and was measured using conservative data.

Demystifying Data De-Duplication: Choosing the Best Solution  by FalconStor Software

February 12, 2009 - Data de-duplication has been described as the next evolutionary step in backup technology. Many vendors lay claim to the best data de-duplication approach, leaving customers to face the difficulty of separating hype from reality. This document provides the background information required to make an informed data de-duplication purchasing decision.

Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft System Center  by Microsoft

September 18, 2009 - With the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, organizations have access to new capabilities such as Live Migration and Windows Powershell 2.0 that will reduce the cost of datacenter operations, enhance security and availability, while improving server environment manageability.

Deploying High-Density Zones in a Low-Density Data Center  by APC

January 01, 2008 - This white paper details how self-contained high-density zones enable a reliable operation of high-density equipment without impacting a low-density data center.

Deploying Oracle within the Data Center  by EMC Corporation

November 19, 2009 - Once you decide to deploy Oracle within the data center, a continuous lifecycle begins - moving from initial development, test, and deployment, to ongoing migration, to new releases of Oracle and deployment of new features with each release. The EMC Solutions Practice for Oracle can help you get started quickly.

Deploying Simple, Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery with Dell and VMware  by Dell and VMware

March 01, 2009 - Dell and VMware have partnered to offer a cost-effective, high-availability architecture based on Dell™ server and storage clusters and VMware® vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - one designed to minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.

Designing Compelling Business Intelligence Business Cases for an SAP® Software Landscape: Scenarios for Leveraging Solutions From SAP and Business Objects  by SAP BusinessObjects

June 19, 2009 - A recent worldwide survey listed business intelligence (BI) as CIOs' number one priority for 2008, the third consecutive year BI topped the list. From a business user perspective, this translates into more interactive and pervasive BI, both creating a richer user experience and reaching every place where work is done.

Designing, Building and Managing Data Center Networks  by Siemon Company

October 19, 2009 - This eGuide will discuss physical considerations for data center network design, how best to build your network infrastructure, and how to monitor and manage your data center network.

Desktop virtualization: An End-to-end Solution View  by Dell, Inc.

November 25, 2009 - View this webscast for a solution perspective on desktop virtualization, the drivers behind it and the challengesin in achitecting and implementing it.

Desktop Virtualization: Overcoming Five Real-World Challenges  by Citrix

January 19, 2009 - This paper explores the most significant hurdles any desktop virtualization program needs to overcome. Staying focused on the ultimate goal--delivering core applications effectively to users--helps clarify the issues involved in desktop virtualization deployment.

Developing a High Performance Sales Team with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0  by Microsoft

September 09, 2009 - View this webcast to find out how you can strengthen and streamline the way you find, keep, and grow customer relationships and to see how Microsoft Dynamics CRM is the right choice for your business.

Developing a Strategy Around Client Manageability  by Dell, Inc. and Intel

October 05, 2009 - Businesses today struggle to effectively manage clients due to the increase in options available. This videocast explores the top challenges of client manageability. Learn key considerations when developing a strategy around manageability.

Developing a Successful Proof-of-Concept for a Virtual Desktop Pilot  by Forsythe

November 23, 2009 - Virtual desktops provide many consolidation opportunities, as well as some unique security and business continuity advantages. This webcast gives an overview of desktop virtualization, highlights several virtual desktop solutions, and analyzes the operational efficiency gains possible with desktop virtualization.

DFS Changes in Windows Server 2008, Improvements and Best Practices  by Peer Software

September 08, 2009 - DFS has undergone incremental changes, all offering a basic solution for file management across LANs and WANs but the story is incomplete. In this E-Guide, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com and Peer Software, learn what improvements have been made to DFS in Windows Server 2008 R2 and what problems still exist.

Disaster Got You Down?  by CDW Corporation

September 08, 2009 - While trying to predict an outage is impossible, being prepared for one is not. Having the right tools in place to respond to a "disaster" is essential to sustaining a successful organization. A business-continuity / disaster-recovery plan can help you cut costs by avoiding downtime, lost revenue and dissatisfied customers.

Disaster recovery planning fundamentals: DR testing basics  by Zenith Infotech

November 05, 2009 - A disaster recovery plan represents an organization's detailed roadmap of where to go, what to do and when to do it in the event of a disaster. Understanding what does the business need, and is it capable of addressing this need with regard to both capabilities and cost is essential in the overall planning stages.

Disaster Recovery Techniques for SQL Server  by Global Knowledge

January 23, 2009 - This article focuses on tools that are a part of the SQL Server application which after proper setup can prevent data loss on a record, table or database level.

Discover How Easy it is to Troubleshoot Your Enterprise from One Central Scheduling Console  by Help/Systems

September 17, 2009 - Read this paper to learn how to create event-driven schedules based on system events across your enterprise with Robot/SCHEDULE Enterprise.

Disk Backup versus Tape Backup  by i365, A Seagate Company

September 30, 2009 - Review the comparisons in this paper and learn the various ways that moving to disk-based backup and data protection solutions – as onsite software, SaaS or managed service – can be the smart move for your company.