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REMOTE CONTROL: How to Reduce the Cost, Complexity and Risk of Managing Your Distributed IT Infrastructure sponsored by Uplogix WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the requirements of managing a highly distributed IT environment and examines how new secure remote management solutions can drastically reduce the cost, complexity and risk of managing remote locations. Posted: 18 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 TOPICS: IT Infrastructure \| LAN \| Remote Management \| Security \| Systems Management \| WAN

Total Cost Comparison of Backup Technologies: IT Decision-Maker Perspectives on NetApp SnapVault Disk-to-Disk versus Traditional Tape-Based Backup Solutions sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: Download this exclusive article to gain insight on why a NetApp SnapVault backup system is 54% less expensive than a similar tape-based backup solution over a typical backup product lifecycle. Posted: 09 Jan 2009 \| Published: 09 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Data Security \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk-to-Disk Backup \| Downtime \| IT Managers \| Systems Management \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drives \| Tape Libraries

BMC Software Hybrid Copy Techniques sponsored by BMC Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Because organizations are demanding 24x7 availability from their IMS, DB2®, and VSAM applications, it is imperative that those applications do not experience outages. Read this white paper to find out how BMC's Hybrid Copy techniques help for faster system recovery in the event of a local outage. Posted: 17 Apr 2009 \| Published: 17 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Database Management \| Database Security \| DB2 \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| Imaging Software \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software \| Tape Backups \| VSAM

Rational Asset Manager Made Practical sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The eKit includes demos on how Rational Asset Manager tracks and audits your assets in order to utilize them for reuse. Posted: 25 Nov 2008 \| Published: 25 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Applications Management \| ERP \| RAM \| SOA \| Systems Management

Top Ten Database Security Threats: How to Mitigate the Most Significant Database Vulnerabilities sponsored by Imperva. WHITE PAPER: This document is intended to help organizations deal with the most critical of those threats by providing a list of the top ten database vulnerabilities as identified by Imperva's Application Defense Center. Posted: 29 Nov 2013 \| Published: 08 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Access Control \| Database Management \| Database Security \| ERP \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Software \| Systems Management

Increasing Business Performance: Using Virtualization for SAP Applications on IBM System p Servers sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper captures the experiences of six large companies running SAP applications using IBM® System p™ virtualization. Posted: 17 Jun 2008 \| Published: 16 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Performance Management \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| IT Service Management \| Server Consolidation \| Systems Management

Cisco Security Solutions - A Reference Guide sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This reference guide shows why security matters now more than ever. A strategic security solution empowers organizations to maintain their reputation, meet regulatory compliance standards, protect business information, and optimize business operations. Read on and discover how Cisco can help you meet those objectives. Posted: 10 Jun 2009 \| Published: 09 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Network Security \| Network Security Software \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software

Comprehensive SQL Server Data Protection with Symantec Backup Exec 11d sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: Choosing the proper backup and recovery plan for SQL Server can be a daunting task. Read this white paper and learn which model best suits your organization and can ease administration. Posted: 19 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Security \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| SLA \| SLA Management Services \| SQL Server \| Systems Management

8 Questions You Should Ask About Linux Systems Management sponsored by Red Hat and JBoss WHITE PAPER: IT organizations are always looking for ways to save money and time without compromising on issues like security or compliance. Exploring the value of your systems management solution is a lot easier when you know the right questions to ask. We have a few suggestions for how to get started. Posted: 29 Jul 2009 \| Published: 28 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Management \| Linux \| Network Performance \| Network Performance Management Software \| Open Source Software \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| Systems Maintenance \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software

Realizing ITIL V3: Top Technologies to Drive Value sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise WHITE PAPER: Interested in ITIL v3 but not sure how to start? ITIL v3 best practices define how IT can better organize itself to understand and meet business needs, from strategy to operations and ongoing improvement. Posted: 18 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Service Management Software \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Systems Management