WHITE PAPER - For many organizations, the move to cloud computing is imminent. This paper features a range of practical insights into some key issues your organization should be aware of. It looks at some of the most pressing challenges cloud computing presents in terms of service level management and offers tips for overcoming these obstacles.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Cloud Computing | IT Service Management | Network Management | Network Monitoring | Network Service Providers | Service Level Management | SLA | SLA Management Services

WHITE PAPER - To meet business demands for higher levels of performance and availability – all while adding services and reducing costs – IT has to modernize. A strong service assurance capability enabled by available Business Service Management (BSM) solutions can help you modernize IT and deliver compelling business benefits.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: November 3, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | Service Level Management

WHITE PAPER - In this Handbook, you'll learn how Mobile User Management has emerged as the most effective application of ITSM leveraging ITIL to support mobile user connectivity and mobile application access.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Published: October 8, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Configuration Management | Help Desk Management | High Availability | IT Infrastructure | IT Service Management | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Workers | Service Level Management | User Needs Assessments

WHITE PAPER - Use Event Monitors to create an event-driven schedule for your enterprise using system events on your Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers to launch reactive jobs through Robot/SCHEDULE.
Posted: September 17, 2009 | Published: September 17, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | Job Scheduling Software | Linux | Log Management | Network Monitoring | Network Monitoring Software | Reporting Software | Server Management | Service Level Management | System i | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - Dorado Software recently introduced Redcell OpsCenter 6.1 platform and Redcell Advanced Monitors to help you visualize, clarify and monitor IT resources and the network fabrics that bind them. This paper explores these new capabilities and how they uniquely position Dorado Software customers for the benefits of an SLA?oriented management approach.
Posted: September 11, 2009 | Published: November 10, 2008


Topics:  IT Management | IT Managers | Network Management | Network Managers | Networking | Service Level Management | SLA | SLA Management Services

WHITE PAPER - Businesses of all sizes are using the messaging and collaboration features of Microsoft Exchange to run critical business functions that if lost, can result in severe business disruption. Exchange and Exchange infrastructure components are analyzed in this paper to determine how they can be protected so you can achieve your SLA commitments.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Downtime | Email Management | Email Security | High Availability | Messaging Security | Microsoft Exchange | RPO | RTP | Service Level Management | SLA | SLA Management Services

WHITE PAPER - Many businesses today are delivering applications to users as an on-demand service. This reduces the cost of application management and can improve application and data security. This white paper explores what availability really means, and how availability correlates to RTO and RPO baselines.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 10, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Citrix XenServer | Data Security | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | Fault Tolerance | High Availability | RPO | RTO | Service Level Management | SLA | SLA Management Services | Systems Management | Systems Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper discusses the testing challenges presented by Web services, and introduces best practices to ensure SOA application quality through the use of Oracle’s award-winning Web service testing solution, Oracle Application Testing Suite.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: June 12, 2008


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Service Level Management | SOA | SOA Governance | Testing | Web Services | Web Services Architecture | Web Services Management

WHITE PAPER - Do you know what it really costs to operation your Service Desk? If your organization has not addressed Total Cost of Ownership, you are probably experiencing out-of-control cost increases and reduced service quality for end-user support. Read this white paper to learn about CompuCom's Service Desk solution.
Posted: June 22, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Business Intelligence | Customer Satisfaction | Economic Environment | IT Spending | Service Level Management | SLA | Strategic Planning | TCO

WHITE PAPER - In these tough economic times, how do you address the challenge of reducing costs without diminishing your service quality? Companies can lower costs significantly and meet the growing demand for services by taking a more holistic approach. This paper discusses the importance of taking a unified approach to service support management and...
Posted: June 18, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | CIOs | Configuration Management | Help Desks | IT Service Management | IT Services | ITIL | Service Level Management | Service Process Optimization Software | Workforce Planning

WHITE PAPER - The service desk is the last place you should try to cut back. For external-facing organizations, quality support keeps customer loyalty and repeat business high and ensures that partners and suppliers can do business with you cost effectively. Read this whitepaper to discover the path to proper service desk consolidation and its many benefits.
Posted: June 18, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service Best Practices | Customer Support Software | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Management Services | Help Desk Software | IT Best Practices | Service Level Management

WHITE PAPER - The journey to ITIL is challenging and requires clarity of vision and a disciplined execution to achieve that vision. By following ITIL practices, your IT organization will become more closely integrated with the business. BMC recommends making the journey to ITIL in a sequence of six incremental steps, the phases of which are driven through...
Posted: June 18, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Service Management | Change Management | Compliance (Systems Operations) | IT Best Practices | IT Service Management | ITIL | Sales Force Automation | Service Level Management | Workforce Management Software

WHITE PAPER - Working harder simply won't get you there. No matter how many people you allocate, sinking more labor into old IT practices cannot concurrently meet rising demands on IT and cut costs. Read about cost-effective, automated ways to meet this challenge head-on in our latest article, “Strategies for Modernizing IT, Reducing Costs, and..”
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Business Process Reengineering | Business Service Management | Data Collection | Help Desk Management | IT Best Practices | IT Service Management | IT Services | ITIL | Service Level Management | SOA | SOA Governance

WHITE PAPER - IT executives and their teams need a comprehensive and accurate view of IT services. A service catalog includes all relevant details about your services, including which service level agreements (SLAs) are associated with it, who is able to request it, how much it costs, and how to fulfill it. This paper describes the IT Infrastructure...
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Business Process Automation | Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Service Management | IT Services | ITIL | Portfolio Management (IT Management) | Service Level Management | SLA | SLA Management Services | SOA | SOA Governance

WHITE PAPER - Virtualization adds a whole new level of complexity to the IT infrastructure, introducing new challenges in every step of the process *#45; from planning to configuration and management. Read how effective service management can help tackle the challenges of virtualization in this white paper from BMC Software.
Posted: June 17, 2009 | Published: June 15, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | High Availability | High Performance Computing | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Service Level Management | Storage Capacity | Storage Consolidation | Virtual Machine | Virtual Machine Migration