Faster, Cheaper, Safer: Improving Agility, TCO, and Security with Agentless Job Scheduling  by BMC Software, Inc

April 17, 2009 - 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.

Fight the Spam Explosion with Software as a Service (SaaS)  by Webroot Software, Inc.

October 16, 2009 - Read this expert e-guide for information about the benefits of SaaS security, including cooling and high availability considerations as well as comparisons of appliance vs. services and SaaS vs. on-premise solutions.

File System Auditor Version 2.0.8  by ScriptLogic Corporation

April 10, 2009 - It sounds simple, but just try to figure out who accessed your confidential data yesterday. IT management standards insist on it, compliance standards require it, but can you deliver?

Filling the Gap: Embedded Business Intelligence as an Additional Revenue Stream  by LogiXML

October 08, 2009 - BI capabilities are becoming a must-have for independent software vendors. But customers and prospects are no longer satisfied with basic home-built solutions and offerings from legacy vendors.

Find Balance in Your Data Center  by CDW Corporation

September 08, 2009 - Virtualization has become a common solution to the problem of server sprawl. By using this technology to consolidate servers, many companies are using less floor space, cutting energy consumption, and simplifying management. But IT must translate these technological advantages into concrete improvements for the business. Read on to learn more.

Firewall Solutions for Small Business  by Cisco Systems, Inc.

August 14, 2009 - The ideal firewall solutions for small business integrate a hardware firewall with software controls into a comprehensive security solution that includes virtual private network (VPN) support, antivirus, antispam, antispyware, and content filtering capabilities.

Five Myths of Agile Development  by VersionOne Inc.

September 26, 2008 - In this white paper, you will gain insight into five myths commonly associated with agile development. Explore what agile development is in reality, what it is not, and the true benefits of transitioning to agile methods in your organization.

Five Steps to Successful Data Center Consolidation  by BMC Software, Inc

June 15, 2009 - Using the five step process outlined in this white paper, we were able to eliminate more than 2,000 servers from our own IT infrastructure, saving an estimated $10 million dollars in data center costs.

Fixing the SAP Upgrade Process: Nine Best Practices  by Panaya, Inc.

November 10, 2009 - This paper takes a new look at the SAP upgrade process in light of emerging best practices and new technologies. This report offers a discussion of the value of both technical and functional upgrades as well as a discussion of some of the best practices to enhance the value of your SAP upgrades while lowering overall cost.

Forrester: Inquiry Spotlight, Archiving Best Practices Q4 2008  by Hewlett-Packard Company

December 08, 2008 - In 2008, Forrester answered 106 end user inquiries on archiving, including questions on eDiscovery, retention, message archiving, and using archiving to cope with the data growth explosion. This white paper summarizes these answers and explains why it's necessary to retain data for regulatory compliance or legal discovery purposes.

Four Common ERP Implementation Mistakes  by IFS

January 12, 2009 - Here are four common mistakes an implementation leader and team can make, and suggestions on how to avoid them.

FREE For 30 Days - Unauthorized Access To Your Company's Private Data  by PowerTech

September 25, 2009 - This article will discuss how resource (object) security in networks running IBM Power systems is often compromised by FTP programs that allow access to any authorized or unsecured library or IFS directory. As the leader in security solutions, PowerTech offers a collection of several popular solutions for securing Power Systems running IBM i.

FREE Software Download - VM Rightsizer  by VKernel

September 25, 2009 - The VKernel VM Rightsizer is a simple tool for tuning your VMs with the right amount of resources (CPU, memory, and storage) to drive maximum VM densities without impacting performance.

Free Tool: IP Address Tracker (IPAT)  by SolarWinds, Inc.

October 20, 2009 - Our new IP Address Tracker frees you from the evils of spreadsheets, delivering powerful and simple-to-use features that give you a unified view of your IP address space and that enable you to manage it -- for free! IP Address Tracker makes it easy to track an unlimited number of IP addresses, see which ones are in use and which are not, and more.

From Silicon to Cloud: Building Up to Cloud Computing  by ZT Systems

April 01, 2009 - Moving user data and environments to the Internet, so that they can be accessed via any Internet connection, dramatically changes the nature of the underlying server and client platforms. Server platforms must balance performance with power management in view of cost and other requirements such as security and reliability.