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Enterprise Resource Planning Software: Taking the Plunge sponsored by VAI, Vormittag Associates, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to discover the many benefits of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. Posted: 20 Mar 2009 \| Published: 20 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Call Centers \| CRM \| Data Integration \| ERP \| Sales Force Automation \| SMBs \| Software Selection \| Systems Operations \| Vendor Selection

The Netweaver Upgrade: Ensuring Performance While Balancing Cost with Risk sponsored by HyPerformix WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses critical factors every IT decision maker needs to know when upgrading to NetWeaver, to ensure system performance and availability, and to balance cost with the risks of downtime. Posted: 16 Jul 2008 \| Published: 16 Jul 2008 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Data Collection \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Management \| NetWeaver \| Spreadsheets

The Perfect Storm - Why Now Is The Time For Open Source sponsored by Red Hat and Intel WHITE PAPER: Open source is recognized for its ease of use, high performance, and affordability, especially amidst turbulent economic conditions. The high value of open source, coupled with economic and organizational pressure, represents a "perfect storm" for CIOs, giving them the opportunity to deploy high-performing, cost-effective open source solutions. Posted: 19 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 Jun 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| IT Governance \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Linux \| Open Source \| Open Source Software \| Operating Systems \| UNIX

Five Things Your IT Resources Should Be Telling You - And Aren't sponsored by Unisys WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper describes the types of information IT managers should expect to gain from leading-edge IT resource governance tools. Posted: 22 Jan 2009 \| Published: 22 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Collaboration \| Executive Management \| IT Management \| IT Managers

Aberdeen Report: Achieving Quality across the Global Manufacturing Network sponsored by Infor WHITE PAPER: Companies that are disciplined in managing the quality of their engineering, manufacturing, purchasing and human resource operations perform better. Read this white paper today to learn what strategic actions organizations can take to improve q... Posted: 10 Nov 2006 \| Published: 01 Dec 2005 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Data Quality \| Enterprise Resource Management \| QOS \| Systems Operations

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

Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer: Root Cause Analysis for Supporting Fault Identification sponsored by Hitachi Vantara WHITE PAPER: Hitachi Data Systems introduces Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer software with unique Root Cause Analysis functionality. The IT Operations Analyzer is a powerful, proven approach to simplifying IT infrastructure management, with comprehensive performance and availability monitoring of up to 250 server, network and storage nodes. Posted: 04 Jun 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Fibre Channel SAN \| Fibre Channel Switches \| IT Management \| Network Monitoring \| TCO

Optimizing IT Service Delivery: The Need for Linux System Management sponsored by Red Hat and JBoss WHITE PAPER: One way IT organizations are handling the growing need to achieve IT efficiency is by implementing systems management functions in their business environments. As the business value of Linux based deployment increases, so does the need for Linux systems management. This IDC white paper will examine the key benefits of system management software. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Database Management \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Management \| Linux \| Network Monitoring \| Open Source \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Reporting Software \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software

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

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