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7 Ways to Deal with Data Growth from a Cost Standpoint

i365, A Seagate Company — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Is data growth causing higher costs for data storage and backup in your organization? If the answer is yes, then you'll want to read this white paper that features seven ways to deal with data growth from a cost perspective.

Eight Questions to Ask When Considering an All-in-One Data Protection Solution

i365, A Seagate Company — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Many administrators who oversee their organization’s backup and recovery are considering an all-in-one data protection (DP) solution. There are eight things to consider before you make your decision on which solution to purchase and this white paper explains them.

A Guide To Cloud Computing

GlassHouse Technologies (UK) Ltd. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

While there has been much hype around cloud computing, it is critical for executive staff of competitive enterprises to understand and begin planning for internal cloud services. IT executives must own and drive enterprise-wide cloud computing strategies.

Healthcare solutions: Keeping your Data and Network Regulatory Compliant

Dorado Software — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

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.

EtherScope Analyzer

Fluke Networks — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

First responders to network emergencies rely on the EtherScope Series II Network Assistant when it's time for action -- a handheld network analyzer combining essential tools that help network professionals quickly solve the wide range of problems they encounter. Take advantage of our free 5-day trial. Click “View Now” to request your free trial.

e-Kit: Web Application Security eKit

IBM — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Check out this e-Kit for comprehensive information related to web application security strategies and web application security testing through SaaS. Included are several white papers, demos, and podcasts.

Hurwitz: Virtualization is Not a Silver Bullet

CA — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

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.

Application Whitelisting: Enhancing Host Security

McAfee, Inc. — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper explains how whitelisting (accepting only applications and behaviors that are on the approved list and denying everything else) provides a lighter, more agile alternative to blacklisting as a means to protect networks and end points.

The Business Value of Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on HP ProLiant x86 Servers vs. ...

Hewlett-Packard Company — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Alinean, a leader in IT value measurement, teamed up with HP and Novell to assess the financial merits of moving from a legacy Sun Solaris and SPARC environment to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) running on HP ProLiant DL 785 G6 x86 Servers versus upgrading to SUN Solaris 10 running on Sun SPARC T5440. Read this paper for the results.

The Importance of Including Email with Business Continuity Planning

Iron Mountain Digital — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This paper will interest those concerned with creating or implementing email management strategies, as well as managers with responsibility for business continuity processes. It looks at the general approaches available to ensure email continuity and the implications on infrastructure, budget, people and resilience of deploying each strategy.

Managing Risk and Uncertainty - An Executive ' s Guide to Integrated Business Planning

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read this white paper to learn how Integrated business planning can help your company align strategic, operational, and financial plans.

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.

Continuous Data Protection - Your Safety Net in a Disaster

CDW Corporation — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

When you resume business after a disruption, you want to pick up where you left off. That means minutes, or even seconds, before the lights went out or the computer virus struck. If your business is aiming for zero data loss and zero downtime, there's only one choice - continuous data protection (CDP).

Step Up Your Strategy – Fine-Tune Use of Storage Availability Processes as a Part of a ...

CDW Corporation — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential.

Disaster Recovery: Plan for the Worst, Expect the Best

CDW Corporation — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

These days, it is rare to find a company without a disaster recovery plan - a fact due in large part to a rash of high-profile disasters in recent years. The risks are too great to ignore. But many companies are still not doing enough to protect their businesses. This paper provides tips for how to protect your business.

Case Study: Manchester College Replaces a Failing Voicemail and Phone System

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

Manchester College had phone and voicemail systems that had outlived their life expectancy. CDW implemented an advanced unified communications system that brought their phone and voicemail into the 21st century.

Assuring User Identities During a Business Disruption: Applying a Consistent Strong ...

RSA, The Security Division of EMC — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper examines the importance of maintaining a consistent two-factor authentication policy during a business disruption. In addition, it provides insight into how to develop plans that enable cost-effective, rapid binding of users to their credentials in the event of an emergency. Read on to learn more.

Continuity of Operations Planning: Implement COOP Requirements For Storage with HP LeftHand ...

Hewlett-Packard Company — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) is the disciplined planning needed to prepare for a natural or man-made emergency that affects service availability. This data sheet presents an effective solution for COOP from HP.

HP LeftHand SAN Failback Procedure for VMware

Hewlett-Packard Company — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper documents the procedure for failback from a VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) recovery site after SRM has performed a failover on an HP LeftHand SAN. This document is intended for customers who are using an HP LeftHand SAN with VMware.

Next Generation Backup for Remote Offices

Double-Take Software UK — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Relying on tape backup for branch-office data protection is costly and risky. This white paper examines some of the strategies and technologies available for backing up remote or branch offices.

IT Economics: CA Infrastructure Management Reduces Operational Costs and Increases IT ...

CA — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper describes the key infrastructure management challenges facing IT managers today. It then discusses how IT teams can improve the economics of infrastructure management by taking advantage of integrated, automated performance analysis and fault isolation technologies.

Business Ready Configuration for Virtualization: A Solution Guide for Dell PowerEdge R710 ...

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

This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dell’s eleventh generation R710 server, using Dell MD3000i Storage Array and Microsoft Virtualization. The solution is based upon iSCSI storage technology as the storage environment.

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.

Analyst Whitepaper: Practical Approaches for Securing Web Applications Across the Software ...

IBM — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

When web application delivery is implemented in a collaborative, re-peatable, and process-oriented manner, companies can benefit from more efficient development models and more secure applications. Read this white paper to learn more.

Desktop Virtualization with Dell and Citrix: Solving the Desktop Lifecycle Management Challenge

Dell, Inc. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper provides analysis and advice on how Dell Virtual Remote Desktop (VRD), a server-hosted desktop virtualization, can deliver substantial benefits, simplifying lifecycle management, and driving ongoing cost and productivity benefits.

Reinforce Business Objectives and Achieve ROI with Internet Identity Security

Ping Identity Corporation — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Read this white paper to learn how after deploying PingFederate or PingConnect your organization will yield a high return on investment and run more efficiently and will have distinct competitive advantage over companies that do not leverage Internet Identity Security Software.

Secure Internet Single Sign-On (SSO) 101

Ping Identity Corporation — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Written for anyone interested in understanding how secure Internet SSO works, this white paper explores the limitations of current SSO implementations outside of a single security domain (including identity and access management systems and open source development) and introduces standalone secure Internet SSO as a solution.

Five Steps to Secure Internet Single Sign-On (SSO)

Ping Identity Corporation — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper describes why and how any organization can implement secure Internet single sign-on, which provides for the portability and interoperability of identity information across organizational boundaries. Read this white paper to learn the five steps to secure internet single sign-on.

Best Practices for Securing Web 2.0

Patriot Technologies, Inc. — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper was designed with the aim of revealing, understanding, analyzing, and presenting the predominant issues relating to the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the corporate environment.

Best Practices for Data Archiving

CA — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper will discuss what you can do to protect your company's data in case of an unexpected disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan is not only a smart business move, but in some cases it is mandatory for legal and regulatory reasons.

Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization with Dell™ Poweredge™ Blade Servers, Dell ...

Dell, Inc. and Intel — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure.

Start your vacation early: Data protection on today ' s budget

Thales — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In this white paper, Jon Oltsik, Principal Analyst at ESG, shows you where to start, how to focus on the real threats to data, and what actions you can take today to make a meaningful contribution to stopping data breaches. This is must read advice for storage and security professionals.

How Vulnerable Are Your Cisco IOS Routers?

Global Knowledge — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

It may be surprising to some that Cisco routers run many services that could create vulnerabilities. This paper is meant to be a vehicle for discussion regarding the security of Cisco routers. Additionally, some best practices for securing your Cisco routers are defined.

CA/Microsoft Hyper-V Protection White Paper " Adopting Server Virtualization for Business ...

CA — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

This white paper will discuss how server virtualization technology helps significantly reduce overall IT capital expense and operational costs. Learn how Hyper-V™ virtualization technology can be quickly deployed in any business environment so that you can build an IT infrastructure with disaster recovery capabilities.

BI for Business Users: How IT Can Make Business Intelligence Easy for Everyone

IBM — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Today, the latest BI solutions put the power of advanced business intelligence into the hands of more people throughout the organization - improving the speed and accuracy of decision-making from top to bottom. Knowing your business, market, customers, and competition is critical for any organization. Read this for more...

Application Visibility and Monitoring: An Integrated Approach to Application Delivery

Blue Coat — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

It's no secret that application performance drives business performance. But to achieve the level of application performance your business demands, you need total visibility into your network infrastructure so you can identify and monitor all your applications and resolve the issues that impede performance.

Performance Management for a Challenging Economy

IBM — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT

In a challenging economy, the price paid for bad decisions can be dire. Even average decisions can cost your organization dearly. See how information sweet spots and performance management can help you not only weather the storm, but be better prepared to steer your way with greater agility into the upturn.

Achieving North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Cyber Security Standards

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

Learn about NERC compliance challenges and how to ensure audit-readiness by delivering end-to-end vulnerability management, endpoint protection and data protection solutions.

The HIPAA Solution: Meeting the Security Standards Set Forth in Section 164

Tripwire, Inc. — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST

Meeting the requirements of HIPAA requires most businesses to set up strong process, methods and controls to assure auditors that security and integrity of Protected Health Information is assured. This whitepaper outlines solutions that support secure processes as dictated by HIPAA.

Improving Process Flexibility: How to Respond Quickly to Changing Market Demands by ...

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

This white paper will show that by improving process flexibility and transparency, not only can employees and systems adapt more easily to changing requirements, but existing infrastructure and applications can run more smoothly together for longer, thus raising ROI.

Automating IT Configuration Controls with Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Change ...

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This whitepaper discusses how to define, track and enforce IT policies; automate IT compliance processes; and reduce the effort and cost of managing business applications.

Data Protection for Virtual Server Environments

Datalink and NetApp — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

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.

ESG White Paper: Intelligent Tiered Storage: BlueArc ' s Implementation

BlueArc Corp. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This ESG White Paper discusses the importance of tiered storage, examines BlueArc's approach to intelligent tiering, and shows how it creates operational value for users' data storage infrastructures.

Web Security SaaS: The Next Generation of Web Security

Webroot Software, Inc. — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

This paper outlines Web security solutions that focus on increasing overall security effectiveness and reducing the burden on IT departments. It describes the challenges facing many SMB environments and identifies critical elements that make for lower-cost and easier-to-manage solutions. The paper highlights Webroot's SaaS security offering.

Securing Laptops with Full Disk Encryption

PGP Corporation — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Read this paper to learn about the driving factors behind the increasing use of laptops in business activities, the data and information security issues associated with laptop systems, the overall benefits and challenges of encryption, the overall benefits of full disk encryption, and PGP Corporation's highly effective approach.

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.

5 Best Practices for Telling Great Stories with Data

Tableau Software — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Data doesn't have to be only fact driven and metric. Learn these five best practices to help you make sense and order out of a disparate collection of facts.

Application Monitoring: Best Practices for Application Performance

AVIcode, Inc. — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

This white paper explores how to optimize application availability and reliability through an always on approach to application monitoring that combines reactive and proactive techniques.

Practical Strategies to Accelerate Business Applications across the WAN

Blue Coat — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EST

As more IT professionals are turning to application & server consolidation, costs and the importance of performance is growing. This white paper takes a look at acceleration technologies - the challenges, benefits, and techniques of this alternative.

Implementing ITIL Using the PMBOK Guide in Four Repeatable Steps

Global Knowledge — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST

This white paper provides an overview of the PMBOK® and the key process areas and functions within the IT Infrastructure Library.