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Hard Hat Area: Myths and Pitfalls of Data Mining  by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters


February 20, 2009 - The intrepid data miner runs many risks, including being buried under mountains of data or disappearing along with the "mysterious disappearing terabyte." Myths and misconceptions create their own risks and need to be debunked. This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths, and provides some protective "hard hats" for data miners.

 

Hardening the Database  by Guardium


April 03, 2009 - Authored by database security expert Ron Ben Natan, Ph.D., "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press) is the definitive 454-page guide for both security pros and DBAs. Chapter 2, presented here, covers topics central to hardening the database.

 

Healthcare solutions: Keeping your Data and Network Regulatory Compliant  by Dorado Software


November 04, 2009 - Learn how to expand your IT network and stay compliant. In this webcast see how you can improve network diagnostics, automate remediation, improve physician productivity and ER treatment times, streamline the HIPAA auditing process, boost clinician satisfaction, and much more -- all through one console.

 

HEALTHsuite® - Claims Processing Software  by RAM Technologies, Inc.


HEALTHsuite is an administrative claims processing system designed for health plans and other health care organizations. Rich in features and functions to support health plans of all sizes and types, HEALTHsuite supports all aspects of health care administration including HMO, Consumer Driven, Medicare, Medicaid and Federal Health Benefits.

 

Helping Ensure Data Protection: How You Can Gain Business Advantage by Protecting Against Internal and External Threats  by Oracle Corporation


February 25, 2009 - Affordable data infrastructure solutions based on open standards that are inherently secure are now available to midsize organizations. Not only are they quick and easy to deploy, use and maintain, they are designed to meet the constraints of limited IT resources and budgets in the face of the current economic downturn.

 

Hidden Costs in an SAP Virtualization Project  by Arrow ECS HP Group and Intel


September 09, 2009 - This videocast takes a close look at what companies should consider before embarking on an SAP virtualization project, including costs, skills, data center and hardware requirements.

 

High Availability Database Solutions for PostgreSQL & Postgres Plus  by EnterpriseDB Corporation


November 01, 2008 - Making sure mission critical databases are highly availably (HA) is the main challenge of IT departments. This paper discusses the failover and redundancy capabilities of specific HA products that can be used in conjunction with PostgreSQL, Postgres Plus, and the Oracle compatible database Postgres Plus Advanced Server.

 

High Availability in Virtual Environments: Featuring Xiotech’s TimeScale GeoRAID Software  by Xiotech Corporation


April 19, 2009 - Virtualizing your servers enhances server consolidation and provides easier server management. It might also introduce new availability requirements for your applications. Your virtual environment must be able to quickly recover from physical server failures. This paper introduces SAN solutions that work with VMware to deliver high availability.

 

High Availability Lowdown  by CDW Corporation


September 04, 2009 - The Barkley ad firm implements consolidation, virtualization and replication to strengthen business-continuity and disaster-recovery planning. With the goal of getting to 100 percent availability, the firm uses HP's blade hardware, VMware's virtualization software and a variety of existing storage platforms.

 

High Availability with Oracle Database 11g Release 2  by Oracle Corporation


September 25, 2009 - This white paper reviews the common causes of application downtime and discusses Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture framework that provides clear and concise guidance on implementing best practices using Oracle's proven high availability technologies.

 

High Performance NAS  by BlueArc Corp.


October 22, 2009 - Read this special report that reviews current NAS trends including high-availability clustered storage to address growing storage needs and today's media-rich file environments and more.

 

High-End Real Estate Company JBMRA Puts Mobile Brokers in Prime Position to Increase Sales—with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live  by Microsoft


September 10, 2009 - Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live eliminated the risk of losing decentralized customer data. The firm's information is protected on Microsoft hosted servers that utilize reliable data backup processes and technologies. The application allows mobile users to access and input data on the move, something that brokers could not do previously.

 

High-Performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs)  by Adaptec, Inc.


November 04, 2009 - Built on Adaptec Unified Serial® (SATA/SAS) Series 5Z, Series 5 and Series 2 storage controller technology, High-performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) provide for maximum performance at the lowest capital investment and operating costs.

 

High-speed, Power-efficient Deduplication: Saving Costs Without Sacrificing Performance  by FalconStor Software


September 10, 2009 - Industry innovators Nexsan and FalconStor have formed a strategic venture to deliver the cost saving benefits of these technologies in an integrated system designed to optimize almost any backup environment and deliver immediate ROI.

 

Highly Available Virtualization With Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008  by Dell and Microsoft


December 11, 2008 - Combining Microsoft Hyper-V technology with SCVMM 2008 on Dell platforms can help organizations create highly available virtualized systems while offering simplified management, dynamic performance, and reduced costs.

 

HIPAA and Beyond: How to Effectively Safeguard Electronic Protected Health Information  by Lumension


August 15, 2008 - Learn how to go beyond HIPAA by showing how to use HIPAA as the starting point for your security program, and then using best practices and Lumension solutions to improve your overall security posture.

 

Hitachi Consulting Sees Its Way to Application Control with Blue Coat  by Blue Coat


October 22, 2009 - With two data centers serving 24 offices in the U.S., Europe and India, Hitachi Consulting required a solution that could provide visibility into the applications running on the network while selectively accelerating business critical ones. Read on to learn about the solution they found.

 

Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Software  by Hitachi Data Systems


November 12, 2009 - Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer delivers all-in-one monitoring for the data center. A single interface provides a view to the availability and performance of servers and network and storage devices on a network. It eases troubleshooting without agents.

 

Hosted Solutions built a cost-effective, best-in-class data protection and recovery solution to protect client’s multi-vendor environments  by Dell | EMC


November 30, 2009 - Using EMC RecoverPoint/SE software and appliances, Hosted Solutions built a cost-effective, best-in-class data protection and recovery solution to protect client's multi-vendor environments.

 

Hot Aisle Vs. Cold Aisle Containment  by APC


February 03, 2009 - This paper examines hot and cold air containment and highlights the reasons why hot aisle containment emerges as the preferred best practice.

 

HotSchedules Customer Case Study  by Dell and Microsoft


December 12, 2008 - In this case study read how Hot Schedules needed to design and deploy a new data center infrastructure that could accommodate rapid annual business growth while also controlling hardware acquisition and power consumption costs.

 

HotSchedules Customer Video  by Dell and Microsoft


December 12, 2008 - In this video case study watch and learn how Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services HotSchedules deployed a virtualized server infrastructure with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

 

How an SRM Tool can Improve and Centralize Storage Technologies  by Northern Parklife


October 16, 2009 - Massive data growth and long retention periods of fixed-content data is changing the landscape of enterprise data storage and is challenging storage administrators to deliver a cost effective storage strategy. A Storage Resource Management [SRM] tool can help manage the flow/volume of data.

 

How Channel Providers can Capitalize on the DLP Craze  by Sophos Inc.


November 25, 2009 - Securing laptops and other client hardware continues to be a challenge for end-user companies, which sets up interesting business growth opportunities for channel partners. In this podcast, find out the changes Sophos has made recently in the channel space, and how those changes may support the growth of your business.

 

How Customers Are Cutting Costs and Building Value with Microsoft Virtualization  by Microsoft


November 03, 2008 - Virtualization provides powerful, tangible ways to streamline many traditionally time-consuming processes and minimize the resources needed to deploy and manage IT resources. This white paper examines how Microsoft® customers are using virtualization technology to simplify their IT infrastructure, IT processes, and save money.

 

How Dallas Cowboys Merchandising Scored Big with Rapid-fire BI  by Tableau Software


November 09, 2009 - In this videocast, discover how the Dallas Cowboys adopted BI strategies that optimized their tracking of manufacturing, distribution and sales. Hear from Bill Priakos, Cowboys' COO, as he explains the steps that the team took in being able to get a real-time look into the distribution chain and see trends over time.

 

How Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition Helps Protect Virtual Environments  by Dell, Inc.


December 02, 2008 - Dell™ EqualLogic™ Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition enables administrators to quickly and easily create hypervisor-aware snapshots of VMs--helping simplify data management, and increase application performance.

 

How Does Ping Really Work?  by Global Knowledge


October 11, 2008 - The purpose of this paper is to resolve any lingering questions you may have about ping and to take your understanding to the next level.

 

How Effective Email Management Helps Solve IT Challenges  by Iron Mountain Digital


September 11, 2009 - How long could your company survive if email suddenly stopped? This webcast presents how Iron Mountain's Total Email Management Suit can give you more control over corporate email, while cutting costs and complexity and reducing risks.

 

How Exchange 2010 Handles Archiving and Retentions - What's there and what isn't?  by Mimosa Systems


September 28, 2009 - In this webcast, learn more about the buzz surrounding Exchange 2010's archiving and retention capabilities. Discover how the features of this technology can improve message management and ensure compliance requirements are met. Get a handle on expanding email volume with Exchange 2010 archiving functionalities.

 

How IT Can Help Companies Make Better, Faster Decisions  by SAP AG


October 30, 2009 - IT management in small and medium companies can and must understand the information needs and language of their business colleagues within the organization. IT managers must show business managers how IT can enable them to meet and exceed their departmental goals.

 

How it is Used: Enterprise Open Source Data Integration  by Talend


February 10, 2009 - The results of the survey clearly show that open source data integration solutions are mature enough for mission-critical enterprise use in every arena.

 

How NOT to waste 50% of your virtualization budget  by HP, Citrix, and Intel


October 15, 2009 - In this webcast, viewers will discover a new combination of tools that can help them transform their IT systems into agile, virtual infrastructures. Discover how to leverage this approach for a quicker return on investment and reduced operations, management and networking costs.

 

How SAP Customers Quit Paper: Keeping Inbound Documents Electronic  by Esker Inc.


July 10, 2009 - View this webcast to learn about the advantages of an electronic lifecycle for inbound documents, as well as the benefits of quitting paper and going green. Along with efficiencies and cost-savings results achieved by Esker customers who have quit paper, the web seminar will demonstrate automation of two inbound document processes as examples.

 

How Successful Manufacturing ERP Selections Are Made: The Top Things to Look for, Look at, and Look beyond When Evaluating an ERP Purchase  by IQMS


December 24, 2008 - This paper examines the major considerations manufacturers looking to add, upgrade of replace Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software should be aware of. By being cognizant of these aspects you'll ensure that you'll be able to select a solution that best fits your needs, both now and in the future.

 

How SYSPRO Leverages a Lean Manufacturing Model to Enhance Profitability  by SYSPRO


October 09, 2009 - This paper discusses the fundamentals for successful Lean manufacturing, including the establishment of optimal customer relationships, improved channel visibility, flexible product configuration, shortened cycle times, improved capacity utilization and integrated operational infrastructures.

 

How the Fastest Growing Companies Use Business Intelligence  by Information Builders


June 19, 2009 - This paper investigates various levels of business intelligence, discusses the challenges organizations face with today's typical BI deployments, and highlights how many high-growth companies have implemented strategic, analytical, and operational initiatives to work seamlessly together to enhance performance and boost competitive advantage.

 

How the Small Get Mighty: Manufacturing ERP Is Essential but Not Just Any ERP Will Do  by IQMS


December 24, 2008 - As many SMMs are realizing, ERP is essential, although not just any ERP system will do, with the right ERP system in place, SMMs can get mighty and thrive in the face of bigger competition.

 

How to "MAP" Your Infrastructure for Windows 7 and Server 2008  by Global Knowledge


November 05, 2009 - The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely inventory small or large IT environments without requiring the installation of any agent software. This paper explains how to utilize it to "map" your infrastructure for Windows 7 and Server 2008.

 

How to avoid encryption chaos: The art of key management  by PGP Corporation


October 08, 2009 - Review common frustrations that organisations experience when implementing and managing encryption technology. Nigel Stanley of Bloor Research reveals top tips for avoiding encryption chaos and references recent headlines to emphasize the need for encrypted data.

 

How to Choose the Right Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for Your Industrial Automation Application  by AutomationDirect


May 01, 2008 - This worksheet is intended to function as a checklist of the most important areas to consider when researching a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).

 

How to control the risk and costs of e-discovery  by Hewlett-Packard Company


March 06, 2009 - In this webcast hear from leading analyst firm Gartner Research and Information Management solution providers HP on how to reduce the cost and risk of e-discovery, with a focus on Legal Hold best practice and solutions, and how a proactive e-discovery strategy will help you optimize the Legal Hold process.

 

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.

 

How to Embrace CRM and Make it Succeed in Your Organization  by SYSPRO


October 12, 2009 - This White Paper shows you how the Customer Relationship has changed and what companies are doing to secure those customers.

 

How To Ensure "Always-on" Blackberry High Availability & Disaster Recovery with Marathon's everRun®  by Marathon Technologies


September 10, 2009 - This paper will discuss why common practices for protecting the Blackberry environment are not the most effective, and how Marathon's everRun® software works as the better solution for achieving high availability for both physical and virtual environments.

 

How to Ensure a Pain-Free PCI Audit  by Lumension


June 19, 2008 - This white paper details a strategy that enables companies to painlessly gain PCI compliance and ensure effective security.

 

How to ensure data privacy compliance in the application testing environment  by Compuware Corporation


October 20, 2009 - This paper discusses a five-step best practices approach to implementing a cost-effective and timely data privacy solution. It also details a brief case study illustrating how Compuware’s combination of tools, technology, best practices and customized services can save time and money.

 

How to Ensure That Your Employees Will Want to Use CRM  by Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution


February 20, 2009 - This paper outlines the technology building blocks that enable you to create an information-rich environment that empowers your workforce to perform at its peak. Learn how to use data to its fullest--without having to become IT experts.

 

How to expand enterprise reporting and capitalize on the benefits of BI  by Sybase, Inc.


October 27, 2009 - Is your organization making the most of BI and reporting projects? Find out how to improve your enterprise reporting with best practices advice and tips from BI expert Kimberly Nevala of Baseline Consulting.

 

How to Implement Chargeback in a Virtualized Data Center Using the Resource Consumption Model  by VKernel


February 01, 2008 - When IT professionals make massive investments in the virtualized data center, financial controls to contain sprawl and maintain control are essential. This white paper shows you how to do so by implementing chargeback.

 

How to Make the Most of Your Energy in the Data Center  by APC


November 30, 2009 - IT pros often lack an understanding of the importance of energy efficiency in the data center. This videocast explores how operational efficiency can enable your organization to reduce infrastructure costs and improve resource utilization.

 

How to Manage Security: When Less is More  by McAfee, Inc.


September 01, 2009 - Management--Command and control from one location. Just enough may not be enough when it comes to security. But how much is enough? Find out how McAfee can help you stay protected without turning security into a full-time job.

 

How to Maximize Revenue by Sending Targeted Promotions to Customers  by Infor CRM


October 23, 2009 - This paper discusses the key obstacles that stand in the way of marketers garnering good insights into retention rates and customer profitability and presents a solution on how to overcome these obstacles. You'll also learn how to increase customer loyalty and retention while increasing revenue.

 

How To Optimize Resource Utilization and Increase VM Densities on Your Existing Hardware  by VKernel


July 09, 2009 - View this VKernel webcast to learn how to best optimize resource utilization in your current ESX environment. During this 30 minute presentation, we'll discuss how capacity planning is different in an ESX environment, resource alignment, and many other aspects of capacity planning within your current environment.

 

How to Optimize the Solaris OS on Sun Systems based on Intel® Xeon® 5500 Processor Series  by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation


September 17, 2009 - Engineering teams from Sun and Intel are collaborating on optimizing how the Solaris ecosystem and the new Intel Core Microarchitecture (formerly code-named Nehalem) for the Intel® Xeon® processor work together, with compelling results. View this webcast to see how these results can improve your own infrastructure.

 

How to Protect Data Against Theft and Ensure That it Remains Confidential - No Matter Where it is Stored  by Sophos Inc.


September 01, 2009 - This white paper introduces SafeGuard Enterprise 5.40, an innovative solution from Sophos that fulfills all the requirements a company could have for protecting confidential data on mobile PCs and data media.

 

How to Reduce Eclipse BIRT Development Effort for Data Visualizations  by Actuate


September 09, 2009 - Actuate BIRT Interactive Viewer is a web-based tool for the interactive analysis and modification of reports. Download this white paper to learn how with Actuate BIRT Interactive Viewer end users can change formatting, hide, add or move data, create charts, sort data and apply functions to data.

 

How to Resolve Capacity Bottlenecks and Ensure Great Performance in Your VMware ESX Environment  by VKernel


February 01, 2008 - In virtualized data centers, the fact that all applications and users can impact each other combined with a lack of resource monitoring can cause poor performance and even system downtime. This white paper provides a formula to avoid these problems.

 

How to Secure and Accelerate Your Oracle Applications  by Blue Coat


July 08, 2008 - This whitepaper examines the escalating application performance and security challenges corporations face today. It presents examples of how WAN application delivery optimization can greatly improve the security and performance of Oracle software.

 

How to Select the Correct RAID for an EqualLogic SAN  by Dell India


September 29, 2009 - One of the most important decisions that you have to make when deploying a new storage solution is what RAID type(s) to use. Read this white paper for a discussion on how to select the right RAID policy for your Dell EqualLogic™ storage area network (SAN) arrays.

 

How to sell business continuity to management in tough times  by CDW Corporation


August 25, 2008 - Although more companies than ever have continuity plans, an AT&T study discovered that a high percentage of those plans are outdated. If your company is one of those with an outdated plan or no plan, here are some things that might help them understand the importance of good continuity planning.

 

How to Sell Network Security to the Retail Industry  by WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.


June 01, 2009 - This white paper discusses the nature of the retail marketplace moving forward and identifies the drivers behind retailers’ interest in data, network, and transaction security. Learn who the key decision makers in retail really are and find out how they play different roles depending on their size.

 

How to Virtualize  by AT&T Corp


October 28, 2009 - Many organizations are looking into virtualization as a means of decreasing capital expenses and launching energy conservation initiatives. This paper explains why one must consider how business processes, administrative rights, capacity planning, performance monitoring, and security strategies will need to change before jumping into a deployment.

 

How to write a RFP for Master Data Management: 10 Common Mistakes to Avoid  by Siperian, Inc.


September 01, 2007 - Critical master data management (MDM) functionality can be easily overlooked when request for proposals (RFPs) are narrowly focused on a single business data type. Ensure success by avoiding 10 costly mistakes when writing your RFP.

 

How vStorage Enabled SANs Will Help Maximize VMware Investment  by Dell and VMware


May 29, 2009 - Check out this podcast to learn how VMware and Dell are leveraging VMware vStorage with the Dell EqualLogic PS Series SANs for greater virtual server performance and more efficient management.

 

HP Data Protector 6.1 Software: VMware Integration Installation Best Practice  by Hewlett-Packard Company


June 10, 2009 - This white paper provides information on how to plan and install the HP Data Protector VMware Integration in different ways.

 

HP Enterprise Virtual Array tiered storage solution for Oracle: Aligning storage performance and availability with the business value of information  by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel


February 08, 2008 - Together HP and Oracle offer a comprehensive suite of information management tools to help efficiently capture, manage, retain, and deliver information over time. This yields a highly integrated hardware and software infrastructure, leveraging storage tiers with differing performance and availability characteristics. Read this paper to learn more.

 

HP Integrity Server Blades and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) in SAP application environments  by Arrow ECS HP Group and Intel


October 05, 2009 - Enterprises that rely on enterprise resource planning and business intelligence applications have a solution that can manage exploding volumes of data while lowering cost and simplifying operations. HP Integrity server blades are designed to be always available, always scalable, and always virtualized to support applications such as SAP.

 

HP ProLiant G6 Servers & Server Blades: AMD and HP providing over a decade of technological innovation  by HP, Vmware and AMD


September 15, 2009 - This brochure provides an overview of the HP Proliant G6 live of Servers. Based on AMD’s Opteron processor, HP delivers a line of servers offering high performance while reducing power and cooling requirements.

 

HP reference configuration for BladeSystem: BL495c with Flex-10 and VMware View  by HP, Vmware and AMD


February 01, 2009 - This paper is for decision makers that are familiar with and interested in VMware View as a desktop replacement strategy. An understanding of networking and fibre channel infrastructure and how they interact with HP Virtual Connect technologies, virtualization benefits and techniques, VMware software, and datacenter practices is recommended.

 

HP StorageWork EFS Clustered Gateway  by Hewlett-Packard Company


September 01, 2009 - In this webcast, learn how the HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway, a mid-range NAS file server gateway, allows you to scale your file serving performance in a near linear fashion.

 

HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualisation Services Platform: Simplifying Heterogeneous Storage Virtualisation  by Hewlett-Packard Company


December 22, 2008 - This report documents the results of ESG Lab testing of the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP). The enhanced high availability and disaster recovery capabilities of asynchronous remote mirroring are also presented.

 

HP Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with VMware View: Bring the benefits of industry-standard servers to your desktop environment  by HP, Vmware and AMD


January 01, 2009 - This solution provides a centralized approach to managing your desktop environment and protecting the information within it. It brings the far-reaching benefits of industry-standard servers and shared storage to your desktop environment, while delivering a full virtual PC experience.

 

HP Virtual Server Environment Reference Architecture: Shared Infrastructure for Databases  by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel


March 01, 2007 - The core concept behind the Shared Infrastructure for Databases involves simple building blocks, comprised of computing elements, connected together to create a powerful, yet elegant shared database environment. This white paper describes the shared infrastructure, its benefits and HP offerings to help you implement this solution.

 

HP white paper: Complete Data Protection for VMware Virtual Environments  by Hewlett-Packard Company


November 01, 2008 - This paper examines the issues of backup and recovery in VMware virtual server environments, and outlines the key features of HP Data Protector.

 

HS22 DataSheet  by IBM


September 23, 2009 - IBM BladeCenter HS22 - Versatile, easy-to-use blade optimized for performance, power and cooling.

 

Human Machine Interface (HMI)  by AutomationDirect


C-more touch panels provide a graphical interface designed to interchange and display graphics, animation and data to and from a PLC by merely touching the screen.

 

Hurwitz: Virtualization is Not a Silver Bullet  by CA


October 30, 2009 - Read this white paper for a discussion of the many benefits of virtualization, how it has evolved, and how it intersects with data center optimization strategies.

 
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