SmartBiz IT Research Library

WHITE PAPER - White paper provides an overview of green data centers, the significant role played by direct and indirect power consumption, the technology aspects of green data center management.
Posted: October 6, 2008 | Published: October 4, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | Business Service Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | SLA | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This report by Clabby Analytics, an independent research firm, examines trends in scale-out system designs and the critical impact that virtualization is having on enhancing overall systems utilization, management and operations.
Posted: October 2, 2008 | Published: October 2, 2008


Topics:  Fibre Channel | High Availability | IT Infrastructure | SAN | Server Provisioning | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - DR Testing enables an organization to increase adaptibility in business, technology, and strategy development.
Posted: October 1, 2008 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Application Development | Change Management | Disaster Recovery | Software | Systems Maintenance | Systems Management | Testing

PRODUCT LITERATURE - By "going green" with IBM System x servers featuring Intel Xeon processors, you can win back control of your IT budget-and win the battle with data center power constraints.
Posted: October 1, 2008 | Published: September 30, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Processor Architectures | Server Consolidation | Server Management | System x | Systems Management | Systems Management Services

PRODUCT LITERATURE - Insurers are feeling the need to move from a silo view of operations centered along business lines to a seamless enterprise processing environment. Learn about managing new technology realities in this whitepaper.
Posted: September 30, 2008 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Enterprise | ERP | Financial Services Industry | Human Resources Management | Legal Compliance Software | SOA | Systems Management

PODCAST - Caught in a pinch of downsizing? Consolidating hardware? Restore IT productivity through automation.
Posted: September 29, 2008 | Premiered: September 29, 2008


Topics:  Downsizing | Hardware Management | Hardware Selection | Operational Support Systems | Productivity | Risk Management | Systems Management | Windows Security

WHITE PAPER - This white paper proposes a specific architecture for building and integrated enterprise data warehouse (EDW) that directly supports master data management efforts and provides the platform for consistent business analysis across the enterprise.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Warehouses | Enterprise | ERP | Master Data Management | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - Data governance establishes policies and procedures for sharing data, as well as improving data's quality, structure, and auditability.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | CRM | Data Governance | Data Quality | ERP | Systems Management

PODCAST - In this podcast Simon Jacobson, Senior Research Analyst, AMR Research, examines how global manufacturers apply IT to their processes as part of their ongoing evolution toward becoming demand-driven manufacturer.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Premiered: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Business Processes | ERP | ERP Software | Risk Management | Software as a Service | Systems Management | Systems Management Services | Systems Management Software

WHITE PAPER - To get leaner and more cost-efficient, many automotive and industrial manufacturers are working to improve their systems and processes. This white paper demonstrates techniques for doing so.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  Automotive Industry | Customer Service | ERP | Industrial Equipment | Manufacturing Industry | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This document explains about the subject of squeezing ongoing costs throughout the SAP life cycle.
Posted: September 26, 2008 | Published: September 26, 2008


Topics:  ERP | Hardware | ROI | Software Licensing | Systems Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This paper looks at the needs of enterprise build and release management, how those needs are met by open source and commercial tools that go way beyond the likes of Make or Ant, and the real costs of creating and maintaining a homegrown system.
Posted: September 25, 2008 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Cluster Management | ERP | LDAP | Source Code Control | Supply Chain Management | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - Deduplication technology is changing the economics of data protection by enabling companies to backup and restore petabytes of data without adding capacity--making the cost of backing up to a VTL comparable to physical tape.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Published: September 23, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Data Quality | Data Replication | ERP | ROI | Systems Management

WEBCAST - View this Webcast and explore a solution focused on software architecture management and technical quality of software. Discover a unique approach that will that help you keep your project in good shape for the long term.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Premiered: September 24, 2008


Topics:  .NET | Client-Server Architectures | ERP | Java | SOA | SOAP | Systems Management | Web Applications Architectures | Web Applications Management

WEBCAST - CMDB is not a silver bullet for managing application complexity-so, how do you prevent garbage-in garbage-out? This webcast uses real-life examples to show you how to create a solid, unified foundation that supports dependency mapping.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Premiered: September 24, 2008


Topics:  CMDB | IT Service Management | ITIL | SLA | SLA Management Services | Systems Management