RAID FAQ  by Nexsan Technologies

November 24, 2009 - Twenty years old, RAID has become a standard and transparent feature. What is RAID, and how does this technology fit into the storage landscape? This expert FAQ podcast answers common questions about RAID, explores the different levels of this technology, and overviews the implementation stages and obstacles.

Ready Access to Real-Time Data Helps Small Businesses Thrive  by SAP AG

February 01, 2008 - Today there is new and affordable technology that enables small businesses to access current data from any location, respond quickly to change, and thrive in a volatile business environment. A good example of this technology is the SAP® Business One application. Read this white paper to learn more!

Real World Disaster Recovery  by IBM

July 01, 2006 - In preparation for disasters, it's critical to have a backup site that can be used if your primary location goes down. Download this article about a new enterprise data center and learn more about protecting your IT infrastructure.

Real-Time Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V  by Double-Take Software UK

October 23, 2009 - To provide disaster recovery for virtual machines running on a Hyper-V host, look to Double-Take for Hyper-V from Double-Take Software to protect your workloads with real-time replication and automated failover for virtualized workloads. Read this white paper for more details.

Reality Check – A Smart Business Continuity Strategy Can Offer Maximum Results at Minimum Cost  by CDW Corporation

September 08, 2009 - In an increasingly digital world, it's clear that business continuity is no longer an option. Keeping systems running 24x7 and ensuring that data reaches its intended destination — precisely when it's needed — is the heart and soul of a business. This paper discusses Business-Continuity (BC) initiatives on a tight budget and with limited resources.

Realizing the Value of Managed SAP Hosting  by Freudenberg IT

July 17, 2009 - This podcast explores the benefits of SAP managed hosting and takes a look at Freudenberg IT's strong value proposition behind these services.

Reassessing Server Costs for Mid-Size Companies  by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Intel Corporation

September 17, 2009 - This paper argues that while the current economic climate might suggest delaying data center upgrades, the opposite will save you money. Learn how upgrading to Sun Fire servers can put more on your bottom line.

Reclaim Wasted Capacity  by Northern Parklife

August 03, 2009 - This four-part webcast demonstrates the necessity for a proper storage management solution, such as Northern Storage Suite, in an organization's storage infrastructure. They'll review how NSS can reclaim wasted capacity, control user behavior, getting your end-users on-board with saving capacity and how to properly plan for future storage needs.

Recovery Manager for Active Directory  by ScriptLogic Corporation

April 10, 2009 - Human error and hardware or software failures can easily corrupt Active Directory. AD objects can often be modified or deleted by mistake and faulty scripts can overwrite attributes. The result is unplanned system downtime and lost user productivity.

Red Hat Continues To Redefine SOA: Simple. Open. Affordable  by JBoss, a Division of Red Hat

October 30, 2008 - Despite the significant progress made with open standards in the industry, most SOA platforms are delivered with many proprietary, closed extensions that focus on customer lock-in more than automation of the value chain. Red Hat believes there is a better way. We redefine SOA to be simple, open, and affordable.

Redcell™ OpsCenter -- Find, Configure, and Monitor your entire data center. FREE TRIAL  by Dorado Software

September 11, 2009 - Monitoring and configuring a variety of complex devices (network, systems, storage, security) from multiple vendors is a daily battle that challenges even the most experienced administrators. Today's virtual and physical environments can only be handled with a centralized management solution.

Reduce Costs and Gain Control of Your Virtualized Infrastructure with Consolidated Management  by Hewlett-Packard Company

October 07, 2009 - Join HP and VMware, industry leaders in virtualization and infrastructure and application management for this one hour webinar to learn how you can reduce management costs and gain increased visibility and control of your virtual infrastructure.

Reduce CPU Usage with 'SMART' SQL  by BMC Software, Inc

November 30, 2009 - This paper discusses how and why to design SQL that will reduce the number of times calls are made to DB2. We'll look at how to write SMART applications rather than writing applications that act like generic I/O modules to DB2, properly tune SMART SQL, and how to exploit SQL and application features in DB2 on z/OS version 8 and 9.

Reduce Risk from Unauthorized Applications and Gain Stronger Endpoint Control  by McAfee, Inc.

September 04, 2009 - Check out this data sheet to learn about the key advantages and key features of McAfee Application Control.

Reduce the Cost to Achieving HIPAA Security Compliance with Lumension® Solutions  by Lumension

October 19, 2009 - Healthcare organizations face a host of HIPAA Security Rule compliance challenges with the move to put patient medical records online. Lumension helps organizations address these compliance challenges by providing the proactive IT risk management and the required audit readiness to meet many aspects of the HIPAA Security Rule.

Reduce Your CPU Cost by Tuning Your SQL  by Compuware Corporation

November 11, 2009 - The process of SQL "tuning" involves finding the absolute fastest route to answer your query. In this webcast, discover how SQL tuning brings down your CPU costs and lowers response and run times. Also find out answers to pressing SQL tuning questions including "how do you find the SQL to tune" and "which SQL must be tuned and why?"

Reducing Compliance Risk in the Cloud  by VeriSign, Inc

September 29, 2009 - When you outsource cloud computing, you are putting your data in the hands of a third party. In this video, Rena Mears of Deloitte & Touche LLP reviews how cloud computing is effecting data classification and security. She answers some of the toughest questions about service provider agreements, compliance, and what’s next for data management.

REDUCING COSTS THROUGH BETTER SERVER UTILIZATION  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

March 01, 2009 - Keeping datacenters agile is key as IT organizations support dynamically changing business priorities and cope with economic pressures. By consolidating systems onto the latest server technology and taking advantage of virtualization techniques, enterprises can optimize datacenter efficiency, gain flexibility, and reduce operating costs.

Reducing the Costs and Risks of Branch Office Data Protection  by Double-Take Software

November 16, 2009 - Read this whitepaper to learn about how Double-Take Backup reduces the window for data loss, is more efficient than tape, and less costly than tape or other replications solutions.

Reference Architecture Brief: Dell Virtual Remote Desktop Featuring VMware View 4  by Dell, Inc.

November 24, 2009 - To help simplify enterprise desktop management, Dell and VMware have created a flexible, highly scalable desktop virtualization reference architecture based on Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers, Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series iSCSI SAN arrays, and powerful new VMware® View 4 technology.

Reference Guide: Fundamental Protocols of Network Management  by SolarWinds, Inc.

October 20, 2009 - The goal of this five-part Reference Guide is to assist you with understanding and successfully employing the top 5 network management protocols. Building upon the very simplest in Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), this guide explores the latest network management solutions.

Reinsurance Company Improves Data Quality, Enhances Profitability with DataFlux  by DataFlux Corporation

January 14, 2009 - DataFlux dfPower Studio combines several tools to help standardize incoming data and assist companies in building business rules into their system.

Remote Backup for SMBs  by 3X Systems

October 16, 2009 - In this videocast, W. Curtis Preston provides an overview of remote backup. He discusses the challenges related to backing up remote sites, as well as the role of replication and deduplication. He also discusses cloud storage as it relates to remote backup.

Remote Office Backup and Rapid Recovery Solutions… on a budget  by Double-Take Software

November 19, 2009 - Protecting data that is not in the primary datacenter amplifies all the traditional challenges of backup - either there is not enough bandwidth to accomplish a remote backup in the window available, or the process of handling and shipping tapes is in the hands of non-IT employees.

Reports and Analysis Across Silos: Business Intelligence in Mashups and Cloud Applications  by LogiXML

October 15, 2009 - This LogiXML webcast teaches you to solve your data problems, leverage mashups, integrate with and embed external applications, and more.

Responding Quickly to Changing Markets: Anticipate, Adapt, Excel  by SAP AG

January 23, 2009 - This paper examines how to tap into the potential of your nimbler organization by instituting efficient operations. Learn how to predict and respond quickly to changing market trends and customer demands.

Rethinking Business Continuance in the Enterprise: Driving Data Availability Up and Costs Down  by HP, Intel, & VMware

April 16, 2009 - The failure of business-critical applications could be catastrophic to a company. Read this white paper for expert knowledge on business continuity - specifically - making your data more available while driving your costs down.

Rethinking Server Virtualization: Breaking Performance and Manageability Barriers  by Hewlett-Packard Company

April 02, 2009 - This white paper describes the advantages of scale-out iSCSI storage in four areas-- cost, high availability and disaster recovery, performance, and management-- and illustrate how iSCSI SANs, particularly the HP LeftHand SANs, provide better overall support for virtualized environments.

Rethinking Storage Virtualization with the HP SAN Virtualization Services Platform  by Hewlett-Packard Company

August 20, 2009 - If you are looking to improve the efficiency of your storage infrastructure, consider the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP). It allows you to provision virtual volumes to meet the requirements of your standard and virtual servers. It delivers improved storage resource utilization along with comprehensive data protection.

Revolution on the Network Edge  by Cisco Systems, Inc.

October 02, 2009 - In this webcast, discover a new aggregation services router with the equivalent capacity of 160 standard routers. Discover how to leverage this technology to improve performance, reduce bandwidth consumption, reduce expenses and much more.

Right-sizing Your Storage Infrastructure with Tiered Storage  by Datalink and Hitachi Data Systems

August 01, 2009 - This podcast will define tiered storage and explain how tiered storage can drive efficiency in your IT operations. Listen to this podcast to find out what you should consider before implementing a tiered storage solution.

Riverbed Raises the Ante Again in WDS with RiOS 5.0  by Riverbed Technology, Inc.

March 01, 2008 - Do your remote workers have a desire for higher performance computing? In this paper by the Taneja Group, learn how Steelhead appliances from Riverbed, with its enhanced RiOS 5.0 operating system, provides a number of improvements across major areas of WAN optimization, delivering LAN-like functionality to your WAN.

Road Map for Delivering XMLP Documents from Oracle EBS  by STR Software

May 08, 2009 - A transparent, out-of-the-box solution, AventX Oracle Connector utilizes native Oracle E-Business Suite functionality (workflow, forms, and database technology) to automate fax and email delivery of any document that can be printed. The result: measurable savings, streamlined workflow, and enhanced productivity.

ROI Case Study: Crest Animation  by Hewlett-Packard Company

November 23, 2007 - Download this case study and read how Crest Animation eliminated storage bottlenecks, improved productivity, and gained more than $19 Million in benefits with HP StorageWorks Solution.

ROI Evaluation Report: IBM Cognos Software  by IBM

May 05, 2009 - Companies that use IBM Cognos software are able to improve productivity, reduce or avoid headcount, reduce financing costs, and increase profitability. These benefits are achieved because when employees can rapidly access and analyze data in consistent ways, they are better able to make business changes that both lower costs and increase revenues.

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): The Next Generation of Access Management  by FoxT

August 31, 2009 - Do you really understand how RBAC can be used to simplify compliance and further secure your sensitive data? Does your organization have the right infrastructure to take advantage of this new capability? In this podcast, find out what it takes to implement RBAC in your organization.

Running Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on Sun™ Logical Domains  by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

June 15, 2009 - This article discusses running Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on servers configured with Sun™ Logical Domains (LDoms). Sun LDoms virtualization technology allows the creation of multiple virtual systems on a single physical system, and enables fine-grained assignment of CPU and memory resources to an Oracle RAC workload.