WHITE PAPER - Technical decision makers are faced with many challenges in today's economy: help users get more work done faster and with fewer difficulties, protect the network and individual systems from attacks or malicious code, and much more. Find out how the Intel Core 2 processor with vPro technology complements the new Windows 7 operating system.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 16, 2009


Topics:  Computer Hardware | Desktop Virtualization | Multi-core Processors | Notebook Computers | Productivity | ROI | Server Virtualization | TCO | Windows

CASE STUDY - Recently, the University of Plymouth, located in the U.K., completed a refresh of their 4,800 desktop PCs, upgrading the systems to PCs with Intel® Core™2 processors with vPro™ technology in order to offer students the latest in IT services. The following paper provides an ROI analysis of this PC deployment.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: September 8, 2009


Topics:  Computer Hardware | Green Data Center | Power Consumption Monitoring | ROI | TCO | University Programs

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to learn how Beloit grew their customer base by using Google Apps as a 'win-leader', created additional revenue streams, and deepened relationships with customers and opened up new oppurtunities.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Email Management | Email Management Services | Revenue Projections | ROI

RESOURCE CENTER - Check out this Antivirus Smart Security Center from ESET to access the latest information about antivirus solutions for small and mid-sized business as well as the enterprise.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Anti-Spam Software | Anti-Spyware Software | Network Security | Network Security Hardware | Network Security Software | ROI | SMBs | Virus Protection

ANALYST REPORT - This handbook is designed to help senior IT management calculate their organization's mobile ROI and TCO -- using an enterprise environment of 2,000 mobile users to demonstrate the approach -- and includes a 5-step analytical approach for reducing that TCO by as much as 15-20 percent.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Workers | Operating Systems | ROI | Smart Phones | TCO | Wireless Computing | Wireless Security

PRODUCT DEMO - Organizations moving towards Service-Oriented Architecture must manage their services from development to deployment. This demo shows how Rational Team Concert, Rational Asset Manager, and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository provide a comprehensive, integrated solution for organizations looking to realize SOA.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Business IT Alignment | ROI | SOA | SOA Governance | Software | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - To thrive in today’s ultra-competitive marketplace, top businesses of all sizes and in all industries are looking for better ways to achieve operational excellence that enables them to run their companies more efficiently and cost-effectively and drive innovation that matters to recognize market needs and respond to them quickly and decisively.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2009


Topics:  Business Development | Cost Benefit Analysis | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Operational Support Systems | ROI | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This white paper is a study on the business value of service-oriented architecture (SOA). What they found was that those companies moving to what we would call the flex-pon-sive* world were seeing the results in flexibility from SOA.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Management | CIOs | IT Management | ROI | SOA | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - Companies that use IBM Cognos software are able to improve productivity, reduce or avoid headcount, reduce financing costs, and increase profitability. These benefits are achieved because when employees can rapidly access and analyze data in consistent ways, they are better able to make business changes that both lower costs and increase revenues.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: May 5, 2009


Topics:  Analytic Applications Software | Business Integration Software | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Reporting Software | ROI

PODCAST - Companies with a flexible IT infrastructure credit their success to an ability to adapt to change. Listen to find new ways to lower IT complexity and improve operating efficiency in your company.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Premiered: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Asset Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ROI | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Organizations face a tremendous challenge in meeting the many different regulatory compliance issues driven by legislation, auditors and litigation.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Process Management | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Enterprise Content Management | Record Management | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | ROI

WHITE PAPER - This IDC White Paper is based on research data collected at a dozen customer sites in the United States, Canada, and Europe, all with mixed server platforms, to find the technical and business outcomes from deploying cross-platform Linux solutions on IBM servers. This paper presents the key findings of a return on investment (ROI) analysis.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Linux | Linux Server Hardware | Mainframe Networking Hardware | Mainframe Operating Systems | Mainframe Server Hardware | Open Source | ROI

ASSESSMENT TOOL - This tool allows you to enter data about your existing server environment and evaluate the benefits of replacing x86 server technology with the latest generation Sun servers powered by Intel® Xeon® processors.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | TCO

WHITE PAPER - PlateSpin® Recon from Novell is a sophisticated workload analysis, planning and management solution that provides new levels of intelligence, visual analysis and forecasting for optimizing the data center.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Network Capacity | Network Monitoring | Reporting Software | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management | Virtual Machine

WHITE PAPER - The data protection market has evolved with a number of alternatives that can save costs. One type of solution is a disk-based backup solution. Implementing a disk-based backup solution can save up to 40% when compared to traditional tape backups.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: September 30, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Disk Backups | Disk Mirroring | Disk Storage Systems | Disk-to-Disk Backup | Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Spending | ROI