SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - This paper looks at the role virtualization should take in an optimized IT infrastructure, and presents a set of principles and best practices to build a comprehensive virtualization strategy for the organization.
Posted: October 3, 2008 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Best Practices | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Network Configuration Management | Network Management | Network Security | Server Virtualization

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn how you can best utilize your IT resources and lower costs when it comes to data management - from centralizing the deployment with a single application to leveraging or re-using workflows.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Premiered: May 2, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Market Trends

PODCAST - In this podcast, learn about the evolution of data integration and data quality and the trends that can affect your future data processes. Explore ways you can automate data management and the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Premiered: May 2, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Market Trends | TCO

PODCAST - This podcast explores the requirements you need to look for in a single application that unifies data integration and quality. Learn how to address the needs of both business and IT to increase efficiency and alignment while eliminating redundancies.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Premiered: May 2, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Automation | Data Integration | Data Management Software | Data Quality | Market Trends

TRIAL SOFTWARE - Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 is designed for the Database Administrator or the IT generalist and uses wizards and workflows to help ensure that you can protect SQL data-without requiring an advanced training.
Posted: September 17, 2008 | Published: September 17, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Continuous Data Protection | Server Software | SQL | SQL Server

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes some of the missteps and lessons learned from implementing automated performance management and what companies can do to avoid them.
Posted: September 15, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Applications Management | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Business Process Automation | Change Management | Compensation | Human Resources Services | Software Implementation

WHITE PAPER - Read this whitepaper to learn how using Audit Tracking will give you greater SOX compliance. Rev Scheduler has built in audit facility and which allows for greater SOX compliance as all job definitions are audited and tracked.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: September 9, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Audit Trails | Databases | Enterprise | ERP | Linux | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Transaction Processing Services | UNIX | Windows

WHITE PAPER - This white paper will break through the noise and false claims to offer an understanding of the value of these terms and, more importantly, examine what these technologies can actually do for businesses.
Posted: September 10, 2008 | Published: March 14, 2007


Topics:  Applications Management | Business Continuity Planning | Clustering | Continuous Data Protection | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Fault Tolerance | High Availability | Microsoft Exchange

VIDEOCAST - In this video interview, Burton Group Senior Consultant Ken Agress will examine how UC software is challenging the traditional IP-PBX and how telephony fits in the market evolution of unified communications.
Posted: September 2, 2008 | Premiered: September 25, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | IP PBX | Network Management | Telephony Services

WHITE PAPER - This research report looks at learning strategies and the use of e-learning technologies in high-growth companies by focusing on the experiences of six organizations. It also includes an annual benchmarking study on trends in corporate learning practices.
Posted: August 15, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Best Practices | eLearning | eLearning Software | Knowledge Management | LMS | Project Management | Training and Educational Services

WHITE PAPER - This white paper shows the progression of service management since the 1990s. It will discuss the hidden service life cycles and how to make them work once they are visible. Learn how to improve services and better align IT with business objectives.
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Published: March 1, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Customer Service | Dashboards | IT Service Management | ITIL | Partnerships | Supplier Management | Top-Down Design

WHITE PAPER - The corporate compensation planning process continues to evolve in scope and complexity. This paper explains the factors that evaluators should consider in making a â??build vs. buyâ? decision.
Posted: August 12, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Applications Management | Compensation | Hardware | Networking | Software | Strategic Planning | Testing

WEBCAST - Learn how to establish effective dynamic networks of coworkers, partners, customers, as well as how IBM Mashup Center, a lightweight mashup platform, allows users to quickly assemble new applications from existing enterprise.
Posted: August 12, 2008 | Premiered: August 13, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Applications Management | Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Social Computing | Social Networking

WHITE PAPER - In this Resource Center learn about the benefits of Wide Areas Network (WAN) optimization. It will explore how WAN works, which applications are the best fit for it, and how to integrate it with security and network management.
Posted: August 7, 2008 | Published: August 1, 2008


Topics:  Acceleration Hardware | Applications Management | Data Management | Enterprise | LAN | Loss Prevention | Network Management | Security | Server Virtualization | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes how to perform IPTV solution integration, blending end-to-end IPTV component technical knowledge with a strong business-focused approach to create closely integrated work packages.
Posted: August 5, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Applications Management | Content Management | IPTV | Networking | Project Management | Security | VoIP