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The Top 3 Cost-Cutting Mistakes CIOs Make And How to Avoid Them sponsored by Rally Software WHITE PAPER: The current economic downturn has resulted in contraction of IT Department budgets and a mandate to allocate resources to only the most critical projects, then execute it flawlessly. In these tough times, it is imperative for CIOs to deliver more value as IT budgets fall. Posted: 03 Apr 2009 \| Published: 03 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Business Process Management \| CIOs \| IT Best Practices \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Manufacturing \| Project Management \| ROI \| Software Development Methodologies

Energy Logic: Calculating and Prioritizing Your Data Center IT Efficiency Actions sponsored by Emerson Network Power WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the challenges of measuring data center energy efficiency and proposes a solution: a new metric called CUPS, or Compute Units per Second, that allows data center managers to calculate data center efficiency. Posted: 07 Jul 2009 \| Published: 07 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Energy Efficiency \| IT Best Practices \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Spending \| Metrics \| Operating Equipment Efficiency or Effectiveness (OEE) \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Maintenance

DB2 9 Unveiled: Overview and New Enhancements sponsored by IBM Software Group WHITE PAPER: IBM DB2 9 (previously codenamed 'Viper') for Linux, UNIX, and Windows marks a new stage in the evolution of data servers. This IBM white paper introduces and details many of DB2 9's innovative features and capabilities. Posted: 16 Nov 2006 \| Published: 01 Jul 2006 TOPICS: Application Development \| Backup Software \| Backups \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| Database Management \| DB2 \| File Compression Software \| SQL \| Storage Resource Management \| XML

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

TDWI Report: Best Practices for Deploying Dashboards and Scorecards sponsored by TDWI content provided by Advizor Solutions WHITE PAPER: With dashboards and scorecards, organizations benefit from the convergence of performance management and business intelligence. Learn how dashboards and scorecards help executives to better communicate, monitor and adjust business strategy and plans. Posted: 01 Sep 2006 \| Published: 01 Jul 2006 TOPICS: Application Development \| Business Metrics \| Business Performance Management \| Dashboards \| Enterprise Portals \| Help Desk Management Services \| Real-time Analytics \| Reporting Software \| Systems Integration

Service-enabling Mainframe Based Systems on Microsoft Platform sponsored by Infosys Technologies Limited WHITE PAPER: Dependence on legacy computing has organizations wanting to extend the life of mainframe systems while benefiting from new technology. Read this paper to learn about mainframe integration and options for implementing service-enabling mainframe systems. Posted: 15 May 2007 \| Published: 01 May 2006 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Hosting \| Legacy Applications Software \| Mainframe Computers \| Mainframe Server Hardware \| Systems Integration \| Systems Management

Application Lifecycle Management for the Enterprise: Serena's Approach to ALM 2.0 sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: ALM has made software development projects more successful over the past twelve years, but statistics show there is still room for improvement. See how Serena's ALM approach can help your organization overcome the shortcomings of traditional ALM tools. Posted: 07 May 2007 \| Published: 01 Apr 2007 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Life-Cycle Management Software \| Program Management \| Project Portfolio Management \| Software Project Management \| Telecommunications Software \| Web Services

Smarter system development: a systems engineering trade study to support green initiatives with model-driven development sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Trade study analysis is an effective method of comparing potential solutions to a given problem. Using a model-driven approach allows you to perform trade studies before development or implementation begins and saves time, money, and development headaches. Read on to learn more. Posted: 14 May 2009 \| Published: 01 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Decision Support Systems \| Model Driven Architecture \| Program Management \| Project Management \| Software \| Systems Design and Development

Auto-Snapshot Manager/Vmware Edition Automated, Integrated, and Scalable Protection of Virtual Machines sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This paper will discuss High performance, space-efficient hypervisor-aware SAN-based snapshot and replication support, backup and recovery, IT infrastructure, as well as virtual security. Posted: 24 Jun 2009 \| Published: 24 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Infrastructure Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Security Architectures \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Virtualization

Web 2.0 and Sales Process Management sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: How can Web 2.0 systems and applications support management of sales processes? Read this white paper to find out! Posted: 10 Jun 2009 \| Published: 10 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Applications Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Sales \| Sales Order Management \| Unified Messaging Systems \| Web 2.0