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Plain Talk About Training Payment Options: The IT Professional's Guide to Making Smart Training Decisions
sponsored by Global Knowledge
 | White Paper: | Posted: 21 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 21 Sep 2009 | |
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Studies show that training has a positive impact on performance, for both students and their companies. More than 60% of IT managers believe that the skill of their teams is the most important success factor for critical IT functions.
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Three Steps to Improving Server Virtualization ROI with everRun
sponsored by Marathon Technologies
| White Paper: | Posted: 18 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 18 Sep 2009 | |
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Server virtualization offers a tremendous opportunity for cost savings in the data center. This paper will give three steps you can take to dramatically improve your cost savings from server virtualization as well as show how companies are using Marathon's everRun software to implement those steps.
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Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g: Benefit Your Business with Fast, Efficient Middleware
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 18 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jul 2009 | |
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Oracle WebLogic Suite, a foundational element of Oracle Fusion Middleware, offers the ideal mix of performance, scalability, and operational efficiency to support modern IT requirements driven by ever-changing business needs.
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'Lights Out' IT Management -- Automate Problem Identification & Resolution
sponsored by Dorado Software
| White Paper: | Posted: 16 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 16 Sep 2008 | |
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Lights-Out IT Management refers to the automation of both problem identification and problem resolution. The successful implementation of Lights-Out IT Management is built upon an integrated system that provides three key management functions: find, configure, and monitor. Read on to learn more.
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The Need for Profitability and Cost Management
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 14 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 01 Sep 2008 | |
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As indirect costs rise and economic pressures increase, the need for profitability and cost management (PCM) also grows. Read this white paper to find out more about how PCM drives business performance by finding drivers of cost and profitability, empowering users with visibility and flexibility, and improving resource alignment.
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Service Level Monitoring: Real-Time Visibility and Reporting for Mission-Critical IT
sponsored by Dorado Software
| White Paper: | Posted: 11 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 10 Nov 2008 | |
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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.
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Converting Information Into Cash For Retail
sponsored by Sterling Commerce
| White Paper: | Posted: 11 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 01 Sep 2009 | |
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This paper gives tips on how CIOs and LOB executives can close the gap between them when it comes to an organization’s ability to most strategically utilize technology to optimally leverage the value and power of information for the success of the organization.
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Mainframe Rehosting with Oracle Tuxedo: Accelerating Cost Reduction and Application Modernization
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 26 Mar 2009 | |
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As companies face increasing pressure to deliver more business value from their IT spending and free up funding for new business initiatives, reducing mainframe costs and modernizing legacy applications have become top-of-mind.
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Automating IT Configuration Controls with Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Change Console
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 16 Oct 2008 | |
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This whitepaper discusses how to define, track and enforce IT policies; automate IT compliance processes; and reduce the effort and cost of managing business applications.
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Steps Data Architects Should Take to Improve Developer and DBA Collaboration for an Easier Project, a Better Product and a Stronger Team
sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 10 Sep 2009 | |
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This paper will take a look at some of the problems that project data and process architects face in working with other IT roles as well as seven easy and inexpensive steps they can take to ensure a collaborative team environment.
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Removing the Barriers to IT Governance: How On-Demand Software Changes the Game
sponsored by Innotas
| White Paper: | Posted: 03 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 01 Sep 2009 | |
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IT governance has a well-deserved reputation for being extremely complicated, expensive, and time-consuming. But today’s CEOs and governing boards expect accountability, strategic alignment, cost saving, and contributions to overall growth from IT departments, all of which can be facilitated by IT governance.
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What Is Formal Project Management and Who Needs It?
sponsored by Global Knowledge
| White Paper: | Posted: 28 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 27 Aug 2009 | |
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This white paper will answer the question of whether or not these standards are necessary in project management by exploring what can happen in the absence of these regulations.
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ITIL®,the CMS and You
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
| White Paper: | Posted: 20 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 20 Aug 2009 | |
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This white paper describes the CMS (configuration management system) as emphasized in ITIL V3, and explores how it differs from a CMDB. Further, it shows how a CMS increases your ability to make better IT decisions that impact business agility, productivity, and quality of service.
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Closing the Gaps in Enterprise Data Security: A Model for 360 degree Protection
sponsored by Sophos Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Aug 2009
| | Published: | 10 Jun 2009 | |
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This paper examines the primary data threats that currently concern chief security officers (CSOs) and IT security management within enterprises, and recommends best-practice techniques to minimize and overcome risks to data security. These best practices have been successfully implemented and deployed in organizations.
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IT Modernization: An Exercise In Alignment
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Company and Intel
| White Paper: | Posted: 30 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 01 Jun 2009 | |
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A survey conducted in February 2009 by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Oracle and HP, shows in most companies the business functions and the IT function understand the benefits of modernization. But that does not mean that most companies know how to do it right. Read this white paper for practical advice on achieving modernization.
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