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Oracle Account Security

Guardium — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Read this chapter from "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press, 2009) and learn how to secure Oracle by checking for weak passwords, configuring failed login policies, preventing DoS attacks with resource limits, and auditing user profiles.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: How the Pioneers Plan to meet Reporting and ...

SAP BusinessObjects — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

The ARRA was enacted to jumpstart the US economy and drive it out of the recession. One of the requirements of the recovery act is that organizations that receive funds for projects must report on the outcomes of those projects. Read on to learn what these executives and managers plan to do to meet the reporting and compliance mandates.

Presentation Transcript: The Secret to Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data Center

Akorri — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This presentation transcript details an approach to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Learn how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization.

Information Security Essential Guide to SIMs

Information Security Magazine — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Security information management systems can now be used for proactive risk management and business intelligence. This Essentials Guide explains how this can be achieved. Read on to find articles that cover topics like today's SIM trends, incident response, threat management, and data analysis.

Podcast: Enabling Total Spend Analysis in the Enterprise

TIBCO Spotfire Division — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Hear TIBCO Spotfire's John Callan discuss how you can perform total spend analysis, drive supplier consolidation, identify maverick spend in a user-friendly, visual analysis environment and address a range of KPI's.

Enabling Total Spend Analysis in the Enterprise

TIBCO Spotfire Division — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

USPM Manages SharePoint Environments, Sites, Users & Security - < i/ > Free Trial!

Metalogix — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

SharePoint's limited out-of-the-box administration utilities make management complex and burdensome, creating problems with permissions management, eliminating dead accounts and identifying orphaned sites along with increased SharePoint staff time. See how administrators use web-based Metalogix Universal SharePoint Manager to manage SharePoint.

Podcast- The Secret to Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data Center

Akorri — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This podcast details a strategy to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Get answers on how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization.

The Secret to Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data Center

Akorri — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

This webcast details an approach to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Learn how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization.

Windows Server & reg; 2008 Hyper-V Technology Introduction

Dell and Microsoft — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Dell's Hyper-V Technology Introduction for Windows Server® 2008 is a rapid approach to the deployment and configuration of a Hyper-V and SystemCenter Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) based Proof of Concept (POC) into your pre-production test lab.

Windows Server & reg; 2008 Hyper-V Technology Introduction with Advanced Management

Dell and Microsoft — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The Hyper-V Technology Introduction with Advanced Management for Windows Server 2008 is an approximate 10 day service and consists of either a single-node implementation or dual-node highly available (HA) host-based cluster configuration and up to two servers for the System Center elements. Read this paper to learn more.

Implementing Robust Change Management

SearchSecurity.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Change management: Information security professionals have been known to cringe when they hear these words. But the change management process doesn't have to be as complicated as it might seem.

A Process-based Approach to Protecting Privileged Accounts & Meeting Regulatory Compliance

BeyondTrust Corporation — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper outlines a sound, process-based approach to protecting the critical privileged accounts found in most applications, databases, and infrastructure devices throughout the enterprise. This approach integrates features like automated password resets and management workflows, secure storage of credentials, and a sealed operating system.

Black Duck Software Customer Success Story

Black Duck Software — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read this case study to see how Intel reduced software rework and mitigated business risk by using Black Duck™ Protex to validate that open source, 3rd party and internal software usage strictly adhered to Intel's software licensing policies.

Gone in 30 Days: Exchange, Retention, and Regulatory Compliance

Sherpa Software — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this white paper, we will discuss how to discover, manage, and archive information within your Exchange enterprise to successfully limit your legal exposure and protect your corporate information.

Save Money on Mainframe Hardware and Software: Five Simple Steps to Managing MIPS

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

This paper will detail how to control and manage MIPS usage by employing a systematic, repeatable approach that uses powerful technology and a proven process and expertise.

Networking and Unified Communications Reference Guide

CDW Corporation — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

CDW is committed to getting you everything you need to make the right purchasing decisions — from products and services to information about the latest technology. This reference guides is designed to provide you with an in-depth look at Networking and unified communications as they relate to the IT challenges your organization faces.

Automated Requisition Verification and Handling in SAP & reg; ERP

ReadSoft — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper presents how to implement a simple automated requisition solution in a SAP ERP system, and what you need to know before doing so. Read this paper to learn the benefits of this solution that will compliment the invoice verification process.

Orion Network Performance Monitor

SolarWinds, Inc. — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Traditional framework solutions are expensive and tough to implement; are difficult to use, maintain and customize; and often impractical for network engineers in mid- to large-sized organizations. Network engineers need affordable, scalable network management solutions that provide immediate visibility into performance of the entire network.

Gaining a Competitive Edge: Streamlining AP and Business Process Automation

Esker Inc. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper is designed to assist CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, Accounts Payable managers and ERP system administrators in learning, planning and evaluating automation of accounts payable processes to gain added efficiency in today's competitive business environment.

Automation on Demand: Creating an Efficient and Cost Effective AP Solution

Esker Inc. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper presents a solution that leverages comprehensive document process automation to deliver the advantages of paperless invoice processing as an on-demand service. It highlights the opportunity to shift ROI from the project level to the document level (capital versus operational expense) and realize automation benefits immediately.

Online Dating: Keeping Your Members Safe from Online Scams and Predators

iovation, Inc. — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This whitepaper will help you understand what new and innovative techniques can be used to protect the reputation of your business, keep your members in a safe and trusted environment, while keeping the fraudsters out. Device fingerprinting helps identify the bad guys so sites can eliminate their accounts from the network once and for all.

The Two Faces of Risk

SAP America Inc — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Traditional approaches to risk management emphasize mitigation, focusing on the readily apparent risks facing a company in the areas of security, privacy, credit, regulatory, technology, fraud and more. These threats are, of course, important and must be addressed.

The Renewed Finance Function & #45; Extending Performance Management Beyond Finance

SAP America Inc — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Companies and their stakeholders have always had high expectations for their finance teams. But this research program reveals that, most recently, these pressures- from regulators, from investors, and from competitors&#$5; are pushing companies to look for more from their finance teams in two main, but often conflicting, areas.

Improve Energy Efficiency and Manage Power Consumption with Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Windows Server 2008 R2 is designed to provide better energy efficiency and performance by reducing power consumption and lowering overhead costs. Read this white paper to learn about the new features that deliver real energy savings opportunities for the enterprise.

Orion IP Address Manager

SolarWinds, Inc. — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Spreadsheets are manual and prone to error. You need a dynamic, scalable way to manage IP addresses. Orion IP Address Manager (IPAM) provides detailed visibility into IP address space usage. Leveraging advanced network scanning capabilities and Orion's intuitive interface, you can minimize IP conflicts and ensure your network is always humming.

Blue Coat Reporter

Blue Coat — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

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.

Faster, Cheaper, Safer: Improving Agility, TCO, and Security with Agentless Job Scheduling

BMC Software, Inc — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Enterprise job scheduling is a mature and mission-critical IT capability that supports some of the most important business processes throughout a modern enterprise. This EMA whitepaper will review the implementation and benefits of agentless job scheduling.

Recovery Manager for Exchange & #45; Free Trial!

ScriptLogic Corporation — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Have you ever had to recover an email regarding an ex-employee whose account and mailbox no longer exists? Has HR ever asked you to find all emails involving certain employees, topics or associated dates?

Changes to the PMBOK & #174; Guide, 4th Edition, and What You Should Know

Global Knowledge — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In December 2008, PMI® (Project Management Institute) released the 4th edition version of 'A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge® (PMBOK® Guide)',the Project Management Institute's (PMI's) collection of published “generally recognized good practices” (according to PMI's 4th edition FAQs).

Integrating IP Address Management for Real-time Data and Services Delivery with Central ...

Infoblox — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

This paper explains the importance of IP address management, discusses the criteria for an ideal IP address management solution, and explains the features and advantages of the Infoblox IP address management solution.

Client Relationship Management for Asset Managers

Pivotal CRM, a CDC Software solution — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

This white paper describes how client relationship management (CRM) technology can help mutual fund wholesalers and institutional asset managers address these core industry challenges and effectively foster.

Manage Oracle Database Users and Roles Centrally in Active Directory or Sun Directory

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

This paper illustrates how you can now centrally administer database users and role memberships leveraging your existing LDAP directories.

How it is Used: Enterprise Open Source Data Integration

Talend — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

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

Research Management Solutions: Bringing the Benefits of Automation to the Front Office

Advent Software, Inc — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

How does a firm or fund manager assess his/her research management needs and choose the best solution? This document helps by identifying pain points in the research workflow that RMS must address, describing how RMS supports investment process and decision making, and highlighting key features to consider when evaluating RMS solutions.

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.

Managing Risk through Financial Processes: Embedding Governance, Risk and Compliance

SAP America Inc — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT

To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..

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.

Leading Virtualization 2.0: How Intel is Driving Virtualization Beyond Consolidation Into a ...

Insight & Intel — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Virtualization is one of the hottest technologies in IT infrastructure today. Intel is helping enable the next generation of virtualization usage efficiently. Virtualization 2.0 focuses on increasing service efficiency through flexible resource management. In the near future, this usage model will become absolutely critical to data centers.

File Storage Usage for a Mid-sized Technology Company

F5 Networks UK — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

"Company ABC" is a successful enterprise with an annual storage growth rate of 70%, and a series of data management challenges. Check out this report to see what they uncovered by conducting a file system inventory -- and how they used that information to reduce costs and improve data management.

Protecting the Virtual Environment Using Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition

Dell, Inc. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This Technical Report focuses on the installation, configuration and usage of Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware™ Edition to obtain hypervisor aware snapshots and provide an additional layer of data protection for the Virtual Environment.

File System Inventory Summary Report: File Storage Usage for a Mid-sized Technology Company

F5 Networks, Inc. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

TAC Prepared for Aggressive Growth

Microsoft — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

In the face of aggressive growth, TAC Americas found it increasingly difficult to conduct month-end financial closing and report results. This case study examines how they addressed this problem by implementing a solution that incorporated Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007.

SEC Exam Survival Guide: Prepare in 12 Steps

Advent Software, Inc — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This Securities and Exchange Commission Exam Survival Guide provides you with the actions you can take to prepare for an SEC exam so that when the call comes, there is minimal stress and disruption to your firm.

Best Practices in Reconciliation: A Practical Guide for Asset Managers

Advent Software, Inc — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed.

VUE Software: Insurance Commission & Incentive Compensation Management

CSSI — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

VUE software delivers flexibility and automation to help solve the complexities of insurance sales commission and incentive compensation plans. VUE’s web-enabled incentive management solution reduces costs while driving accuracy and efficiency into your organization. This comprehensive solution offers the ease of a total solution from one vendor.

VUE Software: Enterprise Incentive Management

CSSI — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

VUE Software solves the complexities of insurance sales commission and incentive compensation plans by delivering flexibility and automation. VUE Software’s web-enabled EIM solution reduces costs while driving accuracy and efficiency into your organization. This comprehensive solution provides the ease of a total solution from one vendor.

The Performance Manager: Turning Information Into Higher Business Performance

IBM — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Download this white paper for an extensive summary of The Performance Manager, Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance, a book that examines the partnership between decision-makers and the people who provide them with information to drive better decisions.

Rise of Dark Pools and Rebirth of ECNs: Death to Exchanges?

Advent Software, Inc — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

This Impact Report examines some of the key trends within the U.S. ATS market, and provides clear categorizations of some of the platforms vying for market share. This Impact Report also provides U.S. equities market share estimates and future projections.

System i (IBM iSeries) Management Best Practices -- an Executive Overview

Vision Solutions — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

System i provides a wealth of data to help analyze performance and storage usage, but System i administration tools make this information cumbersome to access. This white paper offers best practices for selecting third-party system management tools to take full advantage of this information.