EGUIDE - Read this E-Guide and explore how careful negotiation of data integration licenses can help your company save $100,000 or more on data integration costs. Learn about vital data integration trends and business drivers as well as how you can ensure a successful business intelligence (BI) initiative with key data integration considerations.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Published: October 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Integration | Licensing | Software | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - The current recession and credit crunch deeply affected IT spending in the last quarter of 2008 and into 2009. This SWOT Analyst report for Q3 2009 regroups the market contenders by categories for an easier evaluation to enable vendor strategy professionals to substantiate decisions about their partnership and go-to-market strategies.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  IT Management | IT Spending | Middleware | Software Implementation | Software Licensing | Storage Management | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This Forrester Research paper will show you how analyzing your options for upgrading to Windows 7 can save you down the road. One of the first steps IT managers should take is to determine their firm's Windows 7 licensing strategy and how it fits into their broader Microsoft relationship.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Published: July 22, 2009


Topics:  Licensing | Operating Systems | Software | Software Licensing | Software Migration | Software Upgrades | Windows | Windows Vista | Windows XP

EBOOK - A tsunami of change is riding into the data center on the back of virtualization. In this eBook, you'll learn where it is today, and how to keep up with management, licensing, and much more.
Posted: October 14, 2009 | Published: October 14, 2009


Topics:  Business Continuity Planning | Change Management | CIOs | Desktop Virtualization | Disaster Recovery | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Software Licensing | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Monitor

WHITE PAPER - This paper looks at end-user and server-based licensing fees for BI solutions and argues that server-based fees makes much more sense.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Reporting Software | Software Licensing | Software Selection

WHITE PAPER - Black Duck provides a framework that not only allows your software development organization to benefit from open source but also allows other enterprise stakeholders—including legal, IT, security, export and purchasing personnel—to access timely and relevant information to effectively manage business risks.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software. This report describes a set of seven best practices whose objective is to encourage development based on component re-use and software assembly.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Intellectual Property | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains the advantages of reusing open source components in projects implemented by agile development teams, discusses the issues and risks that must be managed, and highlights the benefits organizations can receive by leveraging open source components.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to see how Intel reduced software rework and mitigated business risk by using Black Duck™ Protex to validate that open source, 3rd party and internal software usage strictly adhered to Intel's software licensing policies.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Open Source | Programming Languages | Project Management | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Testing | Source Code Control

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - Without a comprehensive data center consolidation strategy, many of today's businesses are unable to lower power and cooling costs or effectively manage server workload utilization. In this expert Pocket E-Guide, you will discover why Linux should play a key role in your data center consolidation strategy.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Published: September 14, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Linux | Mainframe Operating Systems | Network Management | Network Performance | Open Source | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - There is a well-spring of features and capabilities of Microsoft's Exchange Server 2007 messaging platform. The longer you use it, the more treasures you can pull up from the deep. In this paper, we'll look at and discuss five things you probably don't know about Exchange Server 2007.
Posted: July 27, 2009 | Published: July 27, 2009


Topics:  Advanced Planning and Scheduling Software | Edge Computing | Email Management Software | Email Server Software | Messaging Software | Microsoft Exchange | Software Licensing | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and BMC, you will discover best practices for comprehensive and cost-effective mainframe management, maintenance and upgrading. Explore cost-effective mainframe upgrades and gain insight into approaches essential for adding flexibility to today's mainframe applications.
Posted: July 17, 2009 | Published: July 17, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | IT Best Practices | Mainframe Server Hardware | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Management | Software Licensing | Virtual Machine Migration

WEBCAST - The Numara Track It! helpdesk/ asset management solution offers a fully integrated “Change Management” module that provides flexibility for seamless upgrades of services - hardware and software. Watch this webinar to learn how this comprehensive solution tool allows anyone to manage change from any location without the cost of...
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Premiered: June 8, 2009


Topics:  Asset Management Services | Change Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Management Services | Help Desk Software | IT Best Practices | IT Services | Software Licensing | Software Maintenance

RESOURCE CENTER - Don't think you're in the software business? Think again.
Posted: November 30, 2006 | Published: November 30, 2006


Topics:  Application Development | Application Development and Integration Services | Application Integration | Computer Software Industry | Software Architectures | Software Best Practices | Software Configuration Management | Software Development Tools | Software Implementation | Software Infrastructure | Software Licensing | Software Maintenance | Software Metrics | Software Project Management | Software Testing