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Mainframe Rehosting with Oracle Tuxedo: Accelerating Cost Reduction and Application Modernization
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
 | White Paper: | Posted: 10 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 26 Mar 2009 | |
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As companies face increasing pressure to deliver more business value from their IT spending and free up funding for new business initiatives, reducing mainframe costs and modernizing legacy applications have become top-of-mind.
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Automating IT Configuration Controls with Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Change Console
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 16 Oct 2008 | |
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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.
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Steps Data Architects Should Take to Improve Developer and DBA Collaboration for an Easier Project, a Better Product and a Stronger Team
sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 10 Sep 2009 | |
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This paper will take a look at some of the problems that project data and process architects face in working with other IT roles as well as seven easy and inexpensive steps they can take to ensure a collaborative team environment.
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Removing the Barriers to IT Governance: How On-Demand Software Changes the Game
sponsored by Innotas
| White Paper: | Posted: 03 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 01 Sep 2009 | |
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IT governance has a well-deserved reputation for being extremely complicated, expensive, and time-consuming. But today’s CEOs and governing boards expect accountability, strategic alignment, cost saving, and contributions to overall growth from IT departments, all of which can be facilitated by IT governance.
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What Is Formal Project Management and Who Needs It?
sponsored by Global Knowledge
| White Paper: | Posted: 28 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 27 Aug 2009 | |
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This white paper will answer the question of whether or not these standards are necessary in project management by exploring what can happen in the absence of these regulations.
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ITIL®,the CMS and You
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 20 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 20 Aug 2009 | |
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This white paper describes the CMS (configuration management system) as emphasized in ITIL V3, and explores how it differs from a CMDB. Further, it shows how a CMS increases your ability to make better IT decisions that impact business agility, productivity, and quality of service.
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Closing the Gaps in Enterprise Data Security: A Model for 360 degree Protection
sponsored by Sophos Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 10 Jun 2009 | |
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This paper examines the primary data threats that currently concern chief security officers (CSOs) and IT security management within enterprises, and recommends best-practice techniques to minimize and overcome risks to data security. These best practices have been successfully implemented and deployed in organizations.
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IT Modernization: An Exercise In Alignment
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 30 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jun 2009 | |
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A survey conducted in February 2009 by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Oracle and HP, shows in most companies the business functions and the IT function understand the benefits of modernization. But that does not mean that most companies know how to do it right. Read this white paper for practical advice on achieving modernization.
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8 Questions You Should Ask About Linux Systems Management
sponsored by Red Hat
| White Paper: | Posted: 29 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 28 Jul 2009 | |
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IT organizations are always looking for ways to save money and time without compromising on issues like security or compliance. Exploring the value of your systems management solution is a lot easier when you know the right questions to ask. We have a few suggestions for how to get started.
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ESG White Paper: Enabling Enterprise Class Features for the Mid-Range: Focus on BlueArc Mercury
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
| White Paper: | Posted: 02 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jul 2009 | |
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Download this ESG whitepaper to learn how BlueArc's new storage platform, BlueArc Mercury(TM), scales in fixed increments that make it easy to install and deploy. It also scales up to an eight node cluster and 2 PB - making it a forceful consolidation solution.
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Innovations in Managing IT Service Quality: Managing Service Quality and Risk to Service Delivery in a Lean Economy
sponsored by CA
| White Paper: | Posted: 26 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Apr 2009 | |
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With the economy down it is important for IT organizations to be as efficient as possible. This means that IT operations, those responsible for the product and health of the enterprise, must have full visibility and control over their resources - and of course, the technology to do so.
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5 Key Virtualization Management Challenges - and How to Overcome Them
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 26 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Mar 2009 | |
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Virtualization introduces fundamental changes to IT, and adds significant management challenges. Read this informative white paper written by Enterprise Management Associates to learn what these challenges are as well as some of the solutions and strategies used to deal with them.
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How Outsourcing Drives Business Process Improvements
sponsored by CompuCom Systems, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 22 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jun 2009 | |
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More than ever, business and IT must collaborate to meet current business realities. Significantly, CIOs must map out long-term strategies that address business plans over the next three to five years, with the delivery of high-quality IT services as a key element of strategic planning. Read this white paper to learn more.
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The Perfect Storm - Why Now Is The Time For Open Source
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 19 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jun 2009 | |
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Open source is recognized for its ease of use, high performance, and affordability, especially amidst turbulent economic conditions. The high value of open source, coupled with economic and organizational pressure, represents a "perfect storm" for CIOs, giving them the opportunity to deploy high-performing, cost-effective open source solutions.
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11 Questions Every CIO Should Ask Their IT Manager
sponsored by Red Hat
| White Paper: | Posted: 19 Jun 2009
| | Published: | 10 Jun 2009 | |
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What is your IT really costing you? Could you be doing more with the technology you have? Could you reduce costs and provide better service to your organization? Read Red Hat's suggestions on 11 questions every CIO should ask their IT manager, and how Red Hat open source solutions can help.
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