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Virtualization Security: Achieving Compliance for the Virtual Infrastructure sponsored by Trend Micro WHITE PAPER: What’s top of mind for enterprise IT practitioners is compliance, yet most VirtSec vendors aren't articulating the ways in which their products can help enterprises address compliance concerns. Read this paper to learn about top trends in virtualization security, how virtualization poses unique challenges to compliance, and more! Posted: 17 Mar 2010 \| Published: 01 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Data Security \| HIPAA Compliance \| IT Spending \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Appliance \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| Virtualization Security

Accelerate Value Creation: The Virtuous Cycle of Using Technology to Maximize Business Value sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Understanding how IT can drive value and competitive advantage for your company is important for executives in all industries. This SAP Executive Insight paper explores the relationship between IT investment and performance and productivity gains. Posted: 30 Jan 2009 \| Published: 18 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Process Management \| Investments \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Productivity \| ROI \| SAP (Product)

Building a Robust Business Case for High Quality Master Data sponsored by Melissa WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the key elements for building a proper, quantified business case. It presents the measures that are favored by corporate finance departments, and helps develop a strong business case for data quality and MDM projects. A number of real-life examples with quantifiable benefits are also included. Posted: 19 Apr 2010 \| Published: 01 Feb 2010 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Development \| Business Environment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Quality \| ERP \| IT Spending \| Master Data Management \| ROI \| SOA

Advances in Data Warehouse Performance sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Learn how DB2 can help you meet the demands of business intelligence by reducing query response time from hours to seconds, supporting real time data warehousing, and optimizing your storage while lowering operating costs. Posted: 28 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 May 2007 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Clustering \| Data Storage \| Data Warehouses \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| DB2 \| IT Spending \| Logical Partitions \| Query Tools \| Self-Service Applications Software \| Server Management

The Data Center Dilemma: Controlling Costs While Managing Risk sponsored by Emerson Network Power WHITE PAPER: The escalation in data center costs has been driven by the demand for computing. IT has responded to this demand by adding more servers and replacing older servers with newer devices that deliver more power in less space. Read this whitepaper to learn more. Posted: 30 Jul 2010 \| Published: 30 Jul 2010 TOPICS: Cooling Capacity \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Hot Aisle Cold Aisle \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Power Consumption Monitoring

Usage of Virtualization Technology at Small and Midsize Businesses sponsored by VMware and Intel WHITE PAPER: Virtualization technologies can allow small and medium-sized businesses to reduce hardware costs and optimize IT. If your business is not currently using this technology, checkout this survey to gauge how your peers are addressing virtualization issues. Posted: 09 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 Nov 2007 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Hardware Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| SMBs

Impact of Cloud on IT Consumption Models: Top 10 Insights sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper reviews the conclusions from a survey of IT leaders around the world. Posted: 08 Nov 2013 \| Published: 08 Nov 2013 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Managers \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| IT Systems \| IT Workforce

Running IT as a Business: Seven Steps to Aligning IT with the Business sponsored by SAS WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the 7 steps to aligning IT with the business. Find out what they are and how they can help your business provide customer-driven results. Posted: 27 Jun 2011 \| Published: 27 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| ROI \| Strategic Planning \| TCO

Hardware Neutral Imaging with ImageX: The Ghost Killer sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: Learn how ImageX can help facilitate successful image management and lower the total cost of ownership of your Vista implementation. Posted: 14 Mar 2007 \| Published: 01 Mar 2007 TOPICS: IT Auditing \| IT Best Practices \| IT Departments \| IT Services \| IT Spending \| Network Best Practices \| TCO

Using Server-Based Networks to Meet your Small Business Challenges sponsored by DELL TECHNOLOGIES AND MICROSOFT WHITE PAPER: Today's server technology is surprisingly affordable and user-friendly and well worth your attention. Read this paper to learn about key benefits a server-based network can bring to your business. Posted: 16 Dec 2009 \| Published: 09 Jul 2007 TOPICS: Business Management \| CIOs \| Collaboration \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware \| Small Businesses