SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - This paper will help IT Managers understand the inherent love/hate relationship with monitoring and managing a virtual environment and provide essential guidelines to help choose the "best fit vendor" for specific needs.
Posted: November 18, 2008 | Published: November 18, 2008


Topics:  IT Departments | IT Managers | IT Service Management | ITIL | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains the advantages that virtual machine provides to the IT department.
Posted: November 14, 2008 | Published: November 14, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | IT Departments | Memory | ROI | SAN | Security | Systems Management | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes a four step framework for moving unified communications from an ad hoc, deployment scenario, which has resulted in many of the companies interviewed having a siloed implementation.
Posted: November 13, 2008 | Published: November 13, 2008


Topics:  IP Telephony | IT Departments | Productivity | ROI | Sales | Software

CASE STUDY - In this case study, the city of Ulm turned to Enteo v6 to rollout Windows Vista and applications on all clients. They found that with Ento v6 they used minimal effort and had a high degree of reliability.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Biometrics | CRM | Hardware | Internet Access | IT Departments | Network Infrastructure | Windows Vista

CASE STUDY - AirTran Airways' new CISO needed to quickly gain an understanding of risk in the IT environment - without taxing internal resources. She also strived to improve IT security and efficiency in accordance with AirTran's motto to "be the best" in every way.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | CISOs | IT Asset Management | IT Asset Management Software | IT Best Practices | IT Departments | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management Services | IT Managers | Security Management

WHITE PAPER - Today's enterprise security programs suffer from a pervasive and unmistakable flaw - the lack of knowledge about IT assets. A reliable asset discovery methodology must be the starting point for any successful enterprise security strategy.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | CISOs | IT Asset Management | IT Asset Management Software | IT Best Practices | IT Departments | IT Governance | IT Infrastructure | IT Management Services | IT Managers | Security Management

WHITE PAPER - Service Level Agreements transform IT departments from being reactive to being proactive. This paper discusses Embarcadero Performance Center, a best-of class database monitoring tool and describes how it can help your Database Administrator.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Database Administrators | Databases | Enterprise | ERP | IT Departments | Real Time Operating Systems | Reporting Software | Service Level Management | SLA | SQL

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com discusses desktop virtualization, the underlying delivery technology and how security can be affected-positively and negatively-when desktop virtualization is implemented.
Posted: September 4, 2008 | Published: September 4, 2008


Topics:  Central Office | Data Center Management | Desktop Management | Enterprise | IT Departments | Security | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - With IT, Sales can scorecard, plan, and understand more about the client, and anticipate opportunities.
Posted: August 11, 2008 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Dashboards | IT Departments | Marketing | Metrics | Sales

WHITE PAPER - As virtualization matures as a technology, there are several trends that organizations will want to watch. This white paper provides the details
Posted: August 9, 2008 | Published: January 23, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | DAS | IT Departments | Manufacturing | NAS | SAN | Server Management | Storage Virtualization

JOURNAL ARTICLE - CIO Jeff Connery created a services organization that supplies IT to two credit unions. Here he shares his rules of the road.
Posted: November 12, 2007 | Published: November 1, 2007


Topics:  Banking Industry | Collaboration | IT Departments | IT Services | Mergers and Acquisitions

JOURNAL ARTICLE - The Internet has turned the advertising world on its head. As the media has changed, so too has IT at the $144-million agency.
Posted: April 3, 2007 | Published: April 1, 2007


Topics:  Advertising Industry | Digital Asset Management | IT Departments | IT Infrastructure | Workflow Software

JOURNAL ARTICLE - A CIO charges in to remake the state's IT department, and he's got the governor's seal of approval.
Posted: February 11, 2007 | Published: February 1, 2007


Topics:  CIOs | eGovernment | IT Departments | State Governments

JOURNAL ARTICLE - Marketing is a necessary and integral part of running a smart IT organization. Yet while most CIOs would heartily agree that it's important, far too few effectively market IT.
Posted: February 11, 2007 | Published: February 1, 2007


Topics:  CIOs | IT Departments | IT Spending | Marketing