SmartBiz IT Research Library

VIDEO - With just under 100 days to go to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Magnus Alvarsson, chief integrator at Atos Origin explains what has been done so far and what lies ahead for the technology team. Watch this video to understand the remaining steps that must be taken to ensure the 2010 Olympics go off without any major problems.
Posted: November 24, 2009 | Premiered: November 12, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | ITIL | Quality Control | Systems Management | Testing

EZINE - IT Service Management frameworks are helping CIOs leverage best practices to lead change, improve response time and better manage the IT/business relationship. In this CIO Decisions eZine, experts offer insights into how to roll out your ITSM implementation.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Published: November 10, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Performance Management | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | CIOs | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Management Services | IT Service Management | ITIL

VIDEO - In this videocast, discover how the Dallas Cowboys adopted BI strategies that optimized their tracking of manufacturing, distribution and sales. Hear from Bill Priakos, Cowboys' COO, as he explains the steps that the team took in being able to get a real-time look into the distribution chain and see trends over time.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | IT Best Practices | Real-time Analytical Software

WEBCAST - With the release of Windows 7, many organizations are considering migrating to this new platform. This webcast explores best practices to aid IT pros in this transition. Discover a wide range of hardware and software technology that will help you prepare for this switch.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Premiered: November 5, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | Data Migration | Desktop Management | IT Best Practices | PC Operating Systems | Software Upgrades | Systems Management | Windows

PRESENTATION - EA, a key IT governance tool, plays an active role in strategic business planning. Effective EA requires managing standards and promoting best practices in architecture.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Architectures | Business IT Alignment | CIOs | Enterprise Architectures | IT Best Practices | IT Governance | IT Managers | Strategic Planning

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper provides the 4 best practices that IT leaders of ROBO organizations need to consider when virtualizing their businesses, providing ROI tips and establishing a roadmap for reducing the Total Cost of Ownership for virtualizing the distributed ROBO environment.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Published: October 27, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Distributed Computing | Downtime | High Availability | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Remote Offices | ROBO | ROI | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Systems Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn Niel Nickolaisen's proven model for strategic and tactical alignment of IT with business objectives - enabling IT to do more for the business with less. By implementing all four components of Niel's model, IT can dramatically reduce system downtime and closely align their efforts and investments with business priorities.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Published: October 26, 2009


Topics:  Change Management | Downtime | High Availability | IT Best Practices | IT Spending | Systems Management | Systems Management Software | Windows Server Software

PODCAST - In this podcast, get a firsthand look into a virtual platform that is designed to meet your current and future IT demands. Learn how to right-size system capacity and improve workload scalability. Discover industry best practices to increase agility of applications and systems.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Server Virtualization | VM

WEBCAST - In this webcast, get a firsthand look into a virtual platform that is designed to meet your current and future IT demands. Learn how to right-size system capacity and improve workload scalability. Discover industry best practices to increase agility of applications and systems.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Premiered: October 19, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - The Dell™ Management Console Powered by Altiris™ from Symantec™ provides a comprehensive management platform based on standardized IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes—facilitating the adoption of industry best practices and helping streamline and simplify IT management in enterprise data centers.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Published: March 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Centers | IT Asset Management | IT Best Practices | IT Governance | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Service Management | IT Services | IT Systems | IT Workforce | ITIL

WHITE PAPER - This technical paper provides general sizing best practices to consider when planning your virtualization deployment with HP ProLiant and XenServer.
Posted: October 12, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2009


Topics:  Citrix XenServer | IT Best Practices | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper the main inefficiencies that can be found in a typical datacenter are examined and the different strategies that are commonly used to resolve them are discussed. Sun™ Ops Center is presented as a cost-effective solution to these inefficiencies.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Managers | IT Spending | TCO

VIDEO - Rational Talks to You - Scott Hebner sits down with Redmonk Analyst Michael Cote to discuss latest announcements around the IBM Rational Jazz platform.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Premiered: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Business Management | CIOs | Collaboration | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Systems

PRODUCT OVERVIEW - Register Now to take advantage of this complimentary collection of resources to discover how IBM Rational Software may cut your maintenance cost and give you the flexibility to transform your business with assets you already have without spending a fortune.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | IT Systems | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management

WHITE PAPER - With Oracle Applications Extension for Rational Performance you no longer have to jeopardize your business engine during an upgrade. You’ll eliminate risk, increase testing productivity, speedy delivery, and ensure the quality and scalability of your business systems.
Posted: October 1, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | IT Best Practices | IT Management | Order Management Systems | Systems Management | Systems Testing | Testing