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Reference Architecture: Scalable Virtual Desktops with EqualLogic and VMware

Dell, Inc. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This document describes the results of work done by VMware in conjunction with Dell to create a scalable server and storage architecture for VMware View environments.

Application Integration Using the SID: A Practical Approach for Project Scoping and Design ...

Progress Software — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This paper focuses on the creation of an information "exchange" between applications or services in the context of the business process ticketing systems in an enterprise eBonding example. In this paper you will learn about application integration using the SID; Read on to learn a practical approach for project scoping and design in five steps.

XenApp and XenDesktop: Application Virtualization and Desktop Virtualization are Better ...

Regan Technologies — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This document is designed to help Citrix XenApp customers understand how and when Citrix XenDesktop can be used with Citrix XenApp to deliver virtual desktops to further reduce application and desktop computing costs and provide greater IT and user flexibility compared to traditional application and desktop management models.

Agile Eval Guide

IBM — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

IBM Rational® software has helped thousands of companies worldwide improve their agility with software best practices, tools and services. This evaluation guide is designed to help you choose the best tool for your needs today, while protecting your investment as your team, needs and agile maturity grow.

Just Enough Early Architecture to Guide Development

TheServerSide.com — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This session is designed to help you capture the best architecture/technical solutions and ensure that they are repeated by all developers.

Dell Windows 7 Readiness Assessment

Dell, Inc. — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

To capitalize on the benefits of Windows 7, you must make sure your computing environment is ready for the upgrade. Dell's Windows 7 Readiness Assessment is designed to identify application compatibility, hardware compatibility and migration readiness and to provide the recommendations needed to help make your transition to Windows 7 smooth.

Automated Energy Efficiency for the Intelligent Business - Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 ...

Insight & Intel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series with Intel® Intelligent Power Technology, delivers up to 50 percent lower idle power. By replacing aging single-core processor-based servers with new, more energy-efficient servers, you can gain capacity to grow and to increase IT performance using fewer servers.

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series - An Intelligent Approach to IT Challenges

Insight & Intel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series provides a foundation for IT management to refresh existing or design new data centers to achieve greater performance while using less energy and space, and dramatically reducing operating costs.

XenDesktop - Design Handbook

Citrix — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The XenDesktop Design Handbook contains a collection of the best practices for designing a XenDesktop solution. The handbook is meant to be used by consultants and architects in the designing of an appropriate XenDesktop solution.

Increasing Reliability and Availability in a Virtualized SQL Server Environment

Marathon Technologies — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

As companies continue to consolidate and look for best possible uses of both existing and new computer hardware, nowhere is this more apparent than server management. This paper will provide you some best practices and key success stories that you can use in designing and implementing your own virtualized SQL environment.

Code Collaborator v5.0

Smart Bear® Software — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Tired of falling asleep during code review meetings? Stop meeting – try peer code review with Code Collaborator. This time-saving tool lets you do fast and efficient reviews online, without the usual pain of meetings, printouts, or convoluted emails.

Whose Fault is it Anyway? Using Compuware Abend-AID to Diagnose DB2 and WebSphere MQ Problems

Compuware Corporation — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper discusses how you can leverage existing Abend-AID capabilities to simplify problem resolution even in these increasingly complex systems. Read this paper to learn more about diagnosing DB2 and WebSphere MQ problems with Compuware Abend-AID.

Overcoming IP Telephony Performance Issues in a Converged Network

Global Knowledge — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this white paper, we are going to discuss the application of QoS to networks with media flows installed within them, such as voice and video. We'll see that it is very unnatural for voice to even exist on a data network, because it was never designed to do so.

Application Performance Management Best Practices

Compuware Corporation — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

It's a top priority to keep your applications running and end users happy. Discover how application performance management can help you quickly dive into the root causes of problems, before they negatively affect your network and users.

Video Solutions: Understanding Video Quality

Motorola, Inc. — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

An understanding of the effect of factors such as resolution, frames per second, video codec, packets per second, and bit rate on bandwidth requirements will enable network operators to correctly design communications infrastructure networks that will support video applications. Read on to learn more.

The Virtual Presenter ' s Series: Start Right. Design Right. Present Right.

Citrix Online — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

View this on-demand Webinar series with Roger Courville, Webinar expert and author of the new book, The Virtual Presenter's Handbook, for a 3-part Webinar series on how to plan, design, and present your own Web events like a pro.

Guide to Deploying 802.11n Wireless LANs: Nine Key Recommendations for Success

Fluke Networks EMEA — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This comprehensive guide covers the fundamentals of 802.11n – what you need to know when planning or preparing for an 802.11n deployment or migration. Download the guide now and learn the nine key recommendations for successful 802.11n deployment.

Business Ready Solutions for Virtual Infrastructure Availability Using Dell™ Poweredge™ ...

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

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.

Designing Artificial Intelligence for Games - Part 3

Intel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this 3rd part of the Designing Artificial Intelligence for Games series, you'll learn how to give your agents higher orders of intelligence. The agents can already deal with the immediate situation they find themselves in; now you are working toward artificial intelligence (AI) that deals with broader goals and the bigger picture.

Designing a Strategy for End-to-End Web Protection

IBM — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This IBM white paper outlines the risks surrounding Web applications and reviews four layers of security needed in a strategy for end-to end Web protection.

Solutions Guide: Business Ready Configurations for Data Center Virtualization

Dell and VMware — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations.

Windows Server 2008 R2: Technical Overview

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This guide is designed to provide you with a technical overview of the new and improved features in Windows Server 2008 R2.

Best Practices: Application Performance Management, Overview

Compuware Corporation — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Discusses end-to-end APM as a process focusing on the key areas that impact overall service delivery: design, implementation and operations.

Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g Technical White Paper

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g is a significant new release of the core application grid infrastructure foundation underpinning Oracle Fusion Middleware. It has been designed to provide a standards-based, mission-critical platform for organizations that deploy application grid and service-oriented architectures.

Migrate from a Proprietary Server Architecture? - Open Systems Provide Way to Exit Money Pit

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this down economy, now is the time to examine the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your proprietary server infrastructure and migrate to a more cost-effective open systems platform designed for tomorrow. If this hits home for you, please read on.

In my Defense let me State that the Bed was Already on Fire when I climbed into it -- A ...

IBM — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The CDRH (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) is in the process of updating their standards and suggested practices. They are going to be more strict with medical device developers. The purpose of this paper is to present the medical device developer guidelines for complying with the "suggestions" of the CDRH.

Sustainable IT virtualization helps Earth Rangers accommodate 100 percent growth while ...

Dell and VMware — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

When it was time to refresh the headquarters' IT infrastructure, the Earth Rangers IT group knew that any new computer systems had to meet their own high environmental standards. In this case study, you'll learn why they decided to create a virtualized server infrastructure using solutions from Dell and VMware and the benefits achieved.

Programmable Logic Controller Product Lines (PLCs)

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Starting with the DL05 at 8 inputs/ 6 outputs, all the way up to the fully expanded 100 I/O DL06 PLC, these PLCs are a standard that can grow with the changing needs of your machine or process control applications.

Human Machine Interface (HMI)

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

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.

NEMA Electrical Enclosures & Industrial Cabinets

AutomationDirect — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

AutomationDirect offers hundreds of non-metallic fiberglass enclosures from Hubbell-Wiegmann. These electric enclosures are designed for harsh outdoor environments requiring NEMA 3R or 4X ratings.

Best Practices and State of the Art Tools for Modern GUI Creation

Instantiations — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

GUI building tools allow developers to spend less time and money creating Java GUIs, because they can focus on creating application-specific functionality rather than coding the low-level logic required for GUIs to run.

The Economics of Embedded Development, Testing, Deployment and Support

IBM — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

This paper is aimed at helping senior management address its product ROI in a manner that can be directly applied to their everyday management practices. In this report, EMF presents a methodology for calculating the ROI for a development based on the direct cost of development, associative costs, extrinsic costs and a process for estimating risk.

Voice Architectures and Deployment Models

Global Knowledge — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Telephony design requires a solid understanding of the drivers for Voice over IP, corporate policies for infrastructure design, and telephone components.

The Key to Optimizing VoIP Deployments

Blue Coat — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

To optimize VoIP deployments, Blue Coat is driving a new generation of solutions designed to accelerate converged IP voice and data networks. With Blue Coat's Application Delivery Network (ADN), IT can deploy comprehensive application visibility, security and acceleration technologies to deliver the highest quality VoIP transactions possible.

Common Models in SOA: Tackling the Data Integration Problem

Progress Software — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

You're probably familiar with the use of common formats in integration. These common representations, or in some cases mutually agreed upon formats, are often found in B2B transactions. To see how a common model can simplify SOA development, let's examine the standards at the foundation of SOA and ESB to understand what they include and...

Interact with, Visualize, Design, and Deploy Your Data

SAP AG — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

With Crystal Reports® software from the SAP® BusinessObjects™ portfolio of solutions, you can empower end users to explore reports interactively, create compelling reports with stunning visualizations, and develop powerful data "mashups."

Internet PRESENCE Scenario for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This series of articles and accompanying poster is an end-to-end scenario that outlines how to plan, design, build, and maintain an enterprise's Internet presence Web site based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This scenario focuses on the design, creation, and deployment of an Internet presence site in a large enterprise.

Risk Management: Bridging Policies and Procedures & #45; Fundamental Security Concepts

Global Knowledge — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper discusses risk management as a key process in designing security architectures, including a better way for security managers to approach the security ROI issue.

SUN REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE FOR ORACLE 11g GRID

Sun Microsystems, Inc. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This document is intended for executives evaluating the use of a horizontally scalable grid for database application deployment, as well as project managers, system engineers, integration specialists, and other technical staff looking to design, implement, and tune database applications in a grid computing environment.

Consultation, Design, and Implementation of Multiple IT Solutions: Global Forex Trading

CDW Corporation — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

GFT focuses on providing their customers an exceptional experience with a best-in-class online interface. GFT needs to stay more accessible, more reliable, and more secure than their competitors. To optimize their IT environment, GFT engaged CDW for consulting, design, and implementation of multiple IT solutions. Read on to learn more.

Working the Way Salespeople Work

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This paper explores how the right mobile CRM application, one designed with the sales staff in mind, can lead to greater sales productivity, reduced costs, shortened sales cycles and increased revenue.

SUN SPARC & reg; ENTERPRISE T5120, T5220, T5140, AND T5240 SERVER ARCHITECTURE

Sun Microsystems, Inc. — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Employing the UltraSPARC® T2 and UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors - the industry's first massively threaded Systems on a Chip (SoC) - Sun SPARC® Enterprise T5120/T5220 and T5140/T5240 servers offer breakthrough performance and energy efficiency to drive Web 2.0 infrastructure and address other demanding datacenter challenges.

Accelerate ITIL Initiatives

Bomgar Corporation — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

In this video, Joel Bomgar, Founder and CEO of Bomgar Corporation, explains how Bomgar fits into the ITIL framework, accelerating your ITIL initiatives through more efficient and effective Incident Management and Problem Management.

Worst Practices in SOA Implementation: Why Service-Oriented Architectures Fail

Information Builders Inc. — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices.

Worst Practices in BI: Why Business Intelligence (BI) Applications Succeed Where BI Tools Fail

Information Builders Inc. — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Tthis paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for BI. It also provides guidance on how to avoid and/or overcome worst practices in order to tap into the true power of BI. By reading this paper, you will have a solid understanding of how to avoid BI failure and achieve success with your BI initiatives.

Microsoft Dynamics RoleTailored Business Productivity: " Software Designed for Your People "

Microsoft — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST

By automating and streamlining financial, customer relationship and supply chain processes, Microsoft Dynamics brings together people, processes and technologies, increasing the productivity and effectiveness of the business, and helping drive business success. Explore the Microsoft Dynamics Customer Model and how it's reflected in this software.

Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Evaluation Guide

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

This evaluation guide is designed to give you a solid understanding of the design goals and feature set for Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and a familiarity with the product implementation.

Process-Driven Business Intelligence: Building Smarter Business Processes

Information Builders Inc. — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

Most organizations strive for efficiency because it ties to cost savings and better performance, while helping to anchor competitive advantages. However, improving efficiency requires organizations to continually seek new methods of managing increasingly complex business processes.

Process & #45;driven Business Intelligence: Building Smarter Business Processes

Information Builders — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

The concept of BAM revolved around the notion that data could be gathered at critical points and information produced that could give businesses the ability to make better decisions on a near-real-time basis.

WebFOCUS Operational Enterprise Business Intelligence

Information Builders Inc. — Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 EDT

WebFOCUS is a comprehensive and fully integrated enterprise business intelligence platform. It sets the standard for enterprise business intelligence by scaling to support every level of the global organization – executive, analytical, & operational – and make data available, accessible, and meaningful to every person or application that needs it.