SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - Service providers are combining conversational services with presence and digital television so an end user can see which friends are watching a particular TV show and subsequently chat with them and other viewers all on the TV screen.
Posted: August 27, 2008 | Published: August 27, 2008


Topics:  IP Networks | IT Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - Process modeling and business activity monitoring (BAM) company gave EMC the tools it needed to fill out significant gaps in its BPM suite, and EMC has already done significant work to integrate the tools into its suite.
Posted: August 26, 2008 | Published: August 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Performance Management | Business Processes | Content Management | IT Infrastructure

WHITE PAPER - Entitlement management promises granular access control across multiple applications while bolstering security and easing IT operations simultaneously.
Posted: August 22, 2008 | Published: August 22, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Authentication | Authorization | Identity Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Managers | Mobile Workers | Security | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This white paper highlights the results of a survey regarding the unexpected complex issues that arise during an SOA implementation.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | IT Infrastructure | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains the business value associated with the movement from a nonvirtualized server infrastructure to a server where hypervisor technology is an integral component of the overall system.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Change Management | Data Centers | Data Migration | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Systems | TCO | Testing | Tiered Storage

WHITE PAPER - This Expert E-Guide discovers how to keep application traffic moving smoothly and efficiently across the network.
Posted: August 20, 2008 | Published: August 20, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance

WHITE PAPER - This white paper offers a detailed look at the challenges of capacity management in virtualized infrastructures. It also offers a wealth of practical insights into addressing these challenges and setting the stage for successful VMware deployments.
Posted: August 19, 2008 | Published: August 19, 2008


Topics:  Application Deployment | Capacity Planning | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Operating Systems | Security | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This analysis presented by Symplified, shows the compelling Software as a Service (SaaS) Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) advantages over software, driving identity lifecycle costs down by more than 75% based on real-world data. Read this paper to learn more
Posted: August 19, 2008 | Published: August 19, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Models | Cost Benefit Analysis | Disaster Recovery | IT Infrastructure | Security | Software | Software as a Service | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains the creation of identifying various building blocks for servers, allowing flexibility in configuration deployment, as well as centralized management by one or multiple administrators.
Posted: August 18, 2008 | Published: August 18, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Documentation | IT Infrastructure | Operating Systems | Security | Server Management | Windows

VIDEOCAST - In this presentation, virtualization expert Barb Goldworm provides an in-depth introduction to virtualization, showing how and where virtual technology can add value to IT infrastructure.
Posted: August 18, 2008 | Premiered: August 18, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | IT Infrastructure | ROI | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | TCO | Vendor Selection | Vendors

WEBCAST - In this webcast josh explores ways to reclaim control of network engineering life, work fewer hours, and still be the hero by leveraging best-in-class network management software, practices, and tools.
Posted: August 15, 2008 | Premiered: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Engineering Services Industry | Infrastructure Management | IT Infrastructure | Network Management | Software | Time Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains an evolutionary approach to Service Level Management (SLM) that enables organizations at any stage of IT development to successfully implement SLM and begin contributing more to the business bottom line.
Posted: August 15, 2008 | Published: August 15, 2008


Topics:  Budgeting | Business Process Automation | Data Centers | eCommerce | IT Infrastructure | Performance Testing | Service Level Management | SOA

PODCAST - To help manage today's IT infrastructures, IBM offers a set of process automation solutions, each sharing the IBM Tivoli Process Automation Platform - an open standards-based, Web-architected JavaT platform that supports an I..
Posted: August 13, 2008 | Premiered: August 12, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Automation | ERP | ERP Software | IT Infrastructure | Java | Workforce Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how the HP Oracle Accelerate program benefits customers by providing a complete solution with an effective delivery mechanism that speeds deployment and improves business processes.
Posted: August 12, 2008 | Published: August 12, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Collaboration | Enterprise | Inventory Management | IT Infrastructure | Partnerships | Security

WHITE PAPER - Server virtualization can help heighten security, make restores quicker, improve fault tolerance, and reduce server maintenance costs. This white paper shows you how.
Posted: August 9, 2008 | Published: August 11, 2008


Topics:  Databases | Enterprise | IT Infrastructure | Security | Server Virtualization | Software | SQL Server | Tape Backups