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Integrating Mobile Access into Your VPN Environment sponsored by AT&T Corp WHITE PAPER: Enterprises are increasingly facing the task of integrating a variety of access services and devices onto their Virtual Private Networks (VPN). This white paper takes a closer look at some key issues that arise when bringing access methods into your VPN. Posted: 31 May 2007 \| Published: 07 Jun 2006 TOPICS: Ethernet Protocols \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Mobile Security \| Mobile Workers \| Network Security \| Remote Office Connectivity \| ROI \| TCO \| VLAN \| VPN \| Wi-Fi \| Wireless Computing \| Wireless Development Tools \| Wireless Networks \| WLAN

Best Practices Guide: Emulex Virtual HBA® Solutions and VMware® ESX Server 3.5 sponsored by Emulex Corporation, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of some of the cases and outlines the steps required to deploy NPIV on ESX Server 3.5. Posted: 03 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Fibre Channel \| SAN \| TCO \| Virtualization \| VMware

Faster, Cheaper, Safer: Improving Agility, TCO, and Security with Agentless Job Scheduling sponsored by BMC Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Enterprise job scheduling is a mature and mission-critical IT capability that supports some of the most important business processes throughout a modern enterprise. This EMA whitepaper will review the implementation and benefits of agentless job scheduling. Posted: 17 Apr 2009 \| Published: 17 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Enterprise Systems \| Job Scheduling Software \| Server Management \| TCO \| Workload Automation

Four Principles for Reducing Storage TCO sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: This white paper shares proven strategies for storage infrastructure cost reduction. You will uncover four keys to minimizing storage costs and maximizing return on assets based on the tried and tested Storage Economics framework. Posted: 16 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: Economic Environment \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| ROI \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| TCO \| Tiered Storage

The Cost and Benefits of On-Demand Vs. On-Premise Procurement Software sponsored by Coupa WHITE PAPER: While there are dozens of procurement software solutions available, there are really only two types offered: "on-premise" procurement software and newer "ondemand" procurement software. This paper outlines an approach to compute and compare them. Posted: 10 Sep 2008 \| Published: 10 Sep 2008 TOPICS: ERP \| Hardware \| Procurement \| Purchasing Best Practices \| Software as a Service \| TCO

How Professional Services Add Value to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Projects sponsored by Intermec WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows how qualified service providers can add value to RFID projects, highlights some of the planning issues and considerations that call for experienced advice, and provides guidance to the types of services available and how to differentiate service providers. Posted: 04 Mar 2009 \| Published: 04 Mar 2009 TOPICS: 802.11 \| Data Collection \| ERP \| Handheld Devices \| IT Consulting Services \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Product Life Cycles \| Project Management \| Quality Control \| RFID \| ROI \| TCO \| WLAN

Oracle VM and NetApp Storage-Best Practices Guide sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews a virtualization strategy that leverages grid technology to dynamically share resources like servers, storage, and networking. This combination helps reduce power and space requirements. Posted: 17 Dec 2008 \| Published: 17 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Grid Computing \| Power Supplies \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| TCO

Why CRM? The Business Case for Customer Relationship Management sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Organizations are adopting CRM solutions because they understand that having the technology to execute a customer-centric strategy is a business imperative. Learn the strategic value of CRM -- increased revenue, productivity, and customer satisfaction. Posted: 02 Mar 2007 \| Published: 01 Jul 2006 TOPICS: CRM \| CRM Best Practices \| CRM Software \| Customer Service \| Lead Generation \| Routing \| Sales and Marketing Software \| Sales Channels \| Sales Force Automation \| TCO

10 Secret Strategies to Recession-Proof Your Business sponsored by Coupa WHITE PAPER: When the economy is moving forward, most executives focus on growing sales. But when the economy slows down, that focus shifts. This timely white paper explains 10 Secret Strategies to Recession-Proof Your Business. Posted: 10 Sep 2008 \| Published: 10 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Economic Environment \| Inventory Management \| Procurement \| Purchasing Best Practices \| ROI \| TCO

Implementation Study: Dell IT Scales Supply Chain Management with Oracle Database 10g and Real Application Clusters sponsored by DellEMC and Intel® WHITE PAPER: Learn how Dell IT made the transition from proprietary Unix-based servers to running mission critical supply chain management applications on standards-based servers to avoid significant expenditures, increase server uptime, and improve scalability. Posted: 09 Mar 2007 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Application Server Hardware \| Application Server Software \| Clustering \| Database Management \| Load Balancing \| Oracle (Product) \| Performance Testing \| Server Management \| Software Migration \| Supply Chain Management \| Supply Chain Software \| TCO \| UNIX Server Hardware