SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - This Tech Report, "SRM Explained" helps demystify the scope and capabilities of storage resource management tools and discusses how a new generation of SRM tools are helping storage professionals understand how much storage is available.
Posted: October 10, 2008 | Published: October 10, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Disaster Recovery | NAS | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Capacity | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management Software | Storage Resource Management

CASE STUDY - This paper describes NEI's holistic approach to integrating hardware, OS, management software and services, which enabled Intellitactics to accelerate the development and launch of their SAFE appliances.
Posted: July 22, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Enterprise Architectures | Enterprise Systems | OEMs | Security Architectures | Security Hardware | Systems Maintenance | TCO

PODCAST - This 15–minute podcast explores the world of virtualization as it relates to software appliances. Learn about the impact and technical challenges independent software vendors face when considering the adoption of hyperboxes.
Posted: June 19, 2008 | Premiered: April 16, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Infrastructure | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Server Hardware | ISVs | OEMs | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Vendor Selection

WHITE PAPER - This white paper outlines the main challenges involved in appliance update management and details the approach NEI has taken in overcoming those challenges.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Applications Management | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Center Management | Hardware Management | Systems Maintenance

WHITE PAPER - For many ISVs, a smarter approach to software delivery is the appliance model. By delivering their applications as appliances, they can improve performance by avoiding the problems associated with installation on general-purpose servers.
Posted: June 9, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Performance Management | Application Server Hardware | Data Center Management | Software | Software Architectures