ANALYST BRIEF - SOA, governance and application development are paramount to the growing application performance validation market. Read this white paper and learn how performance validation solutions evolved from application load testing to currently include enterprise load testing and application performance lifecycle management.
Posted: March 4, 2009 | Published: March 4, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Load Testing | Performance Testing | Project Management | Software Configuration Management

ANALYST BRIEF - Each month many companies, big or small, well known or unknown, experience a data security loss with the potential exposure of thousands to millions of sensitive customer or employee records. This brief examines cryptographic methods, specifically tape data encryption, to combat such security losses.
Posted: July 21, 2009 | Published: July 21, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Encryption Standards | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Tape Backups | Tape Drives

ANALYST REPORT - In Forrester's 79-criteria evaluation of requirements management tools vendors, five standalone requirements management tools and four application life-cycle management (ALM) solutions that include requirements management capabilities went head-to-head. Read this research paper to see how each one fared.
Posted: March 4, 2009 | Published: March 4, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | Performance Testing | Project Management

ANALYST REPORT - This Forrester research brief reviews the top vendors in data center automation (DCA) and rates HP the highest due to the breadth of their solution in the very competitive DCA market.
Posted: April 25, 2008 | Published: April 15, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Change and Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Fault Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Performance | Network Performance Management Software

ANALYST REPORT - This IDC White Paper examines the roles of virtualization and automation in improving operational efficiencies. Delivering end-to-end service visibility across both physical and virtual infrastructures is a key requirement for preventing service outages or failures.
Posted: November 17, 2009 | Published: May 15, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Storage Devices | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Media | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization | Storage Virtualization Software

ANALYST REPORT - 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.
Posted: March 6, 2009 | Published: December 8, 2008


Topics:  Backup Software | Compliance (Finance) | Disaster Recovery | Electronic Discovery | NAS | RAID | SAN | Storage Management | TCO

BOOK - Read this book for an introduction to the subject so that you can understand its promise and perils — and create an action plan to decide whether virtualization is right for you, as well as how to move forward with implementing it should you decide it is right for you.
Posted: October 28, 2009 | Published: October 14, 2009


Topics:  Clustering | Disaster Recovery | Network Management | QOS | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtualization Security

CASE STUDY - After expanding their business into other markets across the globe, international media company Clear Channel found their current accounting and billing systems needing an upgrade. Read this case study and learn Clear Channel's solution.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: September 28, 2007


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | Billing Software | Billing Systems | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Business Systems

CASE STUDY - When the State of Kansas Division of Information Services and Communications mandated that all of its departments find ways to consolidate operations and boost staff productivity, its networking services group was ready for the challenge. Read this case study to see what they did.
Posted: February 17, 2009 | Published: February 17, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Enterprise Systems | Network Management | ROI

CASE STUDY - Download this case study and read how Crest Animation eliminated storage bottlenecks, improved productivity, and gained more than $19 Million in benefits with HP StorageWorks Solution.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: November 23, 2007


Topics:  Clustering | Storage Architectures | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Systems | Storage Virtualization

CASE STUDY - Because their previous storage infrastructure was not able to meet their existing and future needs, Snapfish was looking for a storage solution that would offer extreme scalability and improve performance, storage management and flexibility. This case study details how they solved this issue.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: November 19, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Blade Servers | Clustering | Storage Architectures | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Resource Management | Storage Virtualization

DATA SHEET - HP TestDirector for Quality Center software drives a more effective and efficient global application testing process and supports high levels of communication and collaboration among distributed testing teams.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Intelligence | QOS | Quality Assurance | Quality Control | Software | Software Testers | Total Quality Management

EBOOK - How can you develop the optimal hardware strategy for maximum performance of your SAP environment? This eBook includes tips and insight from server, storage, virtualization and SAP software pros that will help you get the most out of your SAP enterprise software.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Database Administration | Database Management | Database Server Software | Databases | Memory | Memory Management | SAP (Product) | Server Appliances | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Software | Server Virtualization | Storage Appliances | Storage Architectures | Storage Hardware | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization

EBOOK - Check out this eBook to learn how to unify fault, performance and configuration management to increase uptime, reduce costs, and reduce human error.
Posted: February 17, 2009 | Published: February 17, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Change Management | Configuration Management | Enterprise Systems | High Availability | Network Management | Network Operations Centers | Systems Management

EBOOK - HP's approach to application lifecycle management and the Center of Excellence model for quality, performance, SOA, and security eliminates repetitive processes and work. And it improves business results by helping leading organizations integrate knowledge, processes, and resources.
Posted: February 18, 2009 | Published: February 18, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Project Management | Quality Control | SOA | Testing