VIDEOCAST - Effective management is critical to addressing IT challenges. In this program, leading experts David Williams of Gartner and Roger Pills of CA break down IT's three key challenges to managing IT complexity: aligning IT to the business, managing costs, and IT maturity.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Premiered: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | IT Asset Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Spending | IT Systems

WHITE PAPER - Read this brief paper to learn how the new CA integrated service management product offers real hope for beleaguered IT organizations that are trying to bring together the pieces to build an integrated service management story.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Business Systems | Dashboards | IT Management | IT Service Management | IT Services

WHITE PAPER - 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.
Posted: November 19, 2009 | Published: July 25, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | IT Management | IT Managers | Operational Support Systems | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - In this technical brief, John Weathington, President and CEO of Excellent Management Systems, Inc.,explores Toad® Development Suite and Oracle's SQL Developer. He provides an honest look at both solutions, and helps you see how a simple side-by-side comparison isn't enough when choosing the right tool.
Posted: November 16, 2009 | Published: November 16, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Database Administration | Database Management Software | Oracle (Product) | SQL

WHITE PAPER - This paper proposes an approach for IT to manage virtualized environments and shows how HP Business Service Management software enables IT operations to link specialists and specialized tools into day-to-day operations while keeping promises to business users.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | IT Management | IT Service Management | Linux | Software Virtualization | UNIX | Virtual Machine | VM

WEBCAST - In this webcast, discover how to achieve greater virtualization maturity, from clearer visibility to higher service levels in your VMware environment. Learn how to identify where your company fits in the virtualization maturity model and find virtualization tools that enable optimal IT performance.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Premiered: November 13, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Management | Mobile Workers | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | VMware

TECHNICAL ARTICLE - This executive brief reviews the benefits of integrated asset management between development and operations and provides a concrete example of the impact analysis benefits of having a unified catalog of services and assets.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Asset Management | IT Governance | IT Management | IT Service Management

BROCHURE - This brochure shows how IBM Service Management combines industry-leading software, hardware and services to deliver solutions that help today's organizations transform assets and infrastructure into smarter services and products that deliver greater business value.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Published: June 25, 2009


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | IT Service Management | IT Services | Performance Testing

WEBCAST - Quebec organizations, compared to others in Canada, display much higher satisfaction with their IT effectiveness. They continually place a high priority on IT process improvement and the establishment of procedures for management and oversight of IT operations.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Premieres: December 16, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | IT Services | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Software Development Tools | Strategic Planning

WEBCAST - View this webcast to learn how green IT is successfully being implemented in enterprises today and to gain understanding of green IT from cost, compliance, investment, and customer perspectives.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Premiered: October 15, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | CIOs | Energy Efficiency | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | Green Data Center | Investments | IT Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to learn about IBM's business process management solution, WebSphere Business Monitor software, which enables your organization to measure, monitor, and report on business process performance as well as identify and correct problems.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: December 28, 2008


Topics:  Business Activity Monitoring | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper defines the challenges facing today's IT executives and steps you can take now to support your organization’s SOA-based initiatives by cutting costs, leveraging your existing IT infrastructure and improving productivity.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: January 15, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Systems | CIOs | Databases | IT Infrastructure | ROI | SOA

CASE STUDY - Ingersoll Rand is a global diversified industrial firm. Ingersoll Rand contracted with Microsoft to standardize desktops, improve infrastructure, and optimize the IT platform resulting in lower IT costs, better agility and increased service levels.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Collaboration | Desktop Management | IT Spending | Microsoft Exchange | ROI | Service Level Management | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - With all these great products available at such incredible rates, it's easy to see why Low Rate Financing is the best way to get the IT solutions your organization needs. Read this brief paper to learn more.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Financing | Hardware Selection | IT Management | IT Spending | Software Selection | Spend Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how you can use IBM's InfoSphere software, and integrated platform for trusted information, to align business and IT, accelerate your projects for faster time to value, leverage your existing infrastructire, and adapt to the changing needs of your business.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Data Integration | Data Management | Information Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Master Data Management