WHITE PAPER - This white paper reviews the data collected from a cloud survey of over 400 IT professionals.  Discover the surprising progress your peers have already made in their cloud computing initiatives.
Posted: January 27, 2012 | Published: January 27, 2012


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cloud CRM | Cloud Management | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine

WHITE PAPER - This white paper reviews how one enterprise leveraged cloud platforms to enhance service delivery, improve product development teams, and optimise application management. Discover which apps are suited for a cloud environment and which aren’t, as well as the top architecture requirements to keep in mind when building apps for the cloud.
Posted: January 26, 2012 | Published: January 26, 2012


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Development | Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Product Development

WEBCAST - View this webcast to gain expert insight into the current state and complexity of the security breaches landscape. You’ll hear about some of the more immediate areas of critical concern and practical ways that you can prepare your organisation to mitigate the associated risks in the year ahead.
Posted: January 24, 2012 | Premiered: January 24, 2012


Topics:  Access Control | Authentication | Authorization | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Security Management | Security Threats

VIDEOCAST - In this videocast, learn how to achieve advanced application and infrastructure monitoring to ensure optimal business service performance – all with the fast, low-cost deployment of a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution.
Posted: January 23, 2012 | Premiered: January 23, 2012


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Monitoring | Application Monitoring Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | IT Service Management | IT Services

WHITE PAPER - Mobile applications, smartphones, tablets, public cloud services, and social networking represent a new wave of technology adoption — one that significantly blurs the lines between business and personal domains. By unifying APM, IM, and SOM technologies, a successful service assurance implementation can focus an IT staff on business services.
Posted: January 20, 2012 | Published: October 1, 2011


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Performance Management | Application Portfolio Management | Applications Management | IT Service Management | IT Services | Mobile Device Management

WHITE PAPER - Learn how IT leaders can foster visibility across their organization that arms the executive community with the knowledge needed to make proactive decisions — and identify and mitigate emerging risks and issues before they negatively affect the bottom line, customer satisfaction, and brand reputation.
Posted: January 20, 2012 | Published: December 1, 2011


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business Process Management | IT Management | IT Managers

WHITE PAPER - Access this white paper to learn about service assurance, the modern IT management solution designed to meet the requirements of a cloud-connected enterprise, whether it is leveraging infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS), or a combination of the three.
Posted: January 20, 2012 | Published: September 1, 2011


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Business Service Management | Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | IT Management | Platform as a service | Software as a Service

WHITE PAPER - A key component of operating a successful IT infrastructure is application performance management (APM), for which business transaction management (BTM) plays an important role in ensuring a positive end-user experience. APM helps organizations focus on end-to-end monitoring, measuring, and resolution of end-user problems.
Posted: January 20, 2012 | Published: January 20, 2012


Topics:  Application Development | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Life-Cycle Management Software | Application Monitoring | Application Monitoring Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | Business IT Alignment

WHITE PAPER - A new generation of challenges face IT organizations: the emergence of a sophisticated mobile workforce, adoption of varying forms of virtualization and cloud computing, and shifting emphasis and growing sophistication of cyber crime. Access this handbook to learn how to ensure application delivery despite these challenges.
Posted: January 20, 2012 | Published: August 1, 2011


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Application Portfolio Management | Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Cloud Security | Security | Security Management | Virtualization Security

CASE STUDY - This case study explains why one company chose to consolidate and virtualise its servers and describes the approach they implemented and the results they realised, including significant cost savings, reduction of floor space requirements, and more.
Posted: January 13, 2012 | Published: January 12, 2012


Topics:  Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Server Consolidation | Server Hardware | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper reveals common negative perceptions of IT and discusses 4 key metrics that can provide you with greater insight into your resource consumption. Learn how to make use of this information to align your budget and resources with critical business requirements.
Posted: January 13, 2012 | Published: November 1, 2011


Topics:  Applications Management | Budgeting | Business IT Alignment | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Service Level Management

EGUIDE - Read this expert E-Guide to learn the best practices for using role management as a tool to meet compliance regulations.
Posted: December 22, 2011 | Published: December 22, 2011


Topics:  Access Control | Access Rights | Identity Management | Regulatory Compliance | Security Management | Security Policies

EGUIDE - When bringing your organization into the cloud, there are a few steps that need to be taken in order to ensure security. One of the main areas that needs to be appropriately integrated is identity management. Read this expert E-Guide and discover how to manage identity in the cloud, along with whom and what you can trust in the cloud.
Posted: December 22, 2011 | Published: December 22, 2011


Topics:  Access Control | Cloud Computing | Cloud Security | Identity Management | Security Management | Security Policies

WHITE PAPER - The cloud has become a very popular way to cut costs and get ahead but the need for security standards is increasing at a rapid pace. Individuals all over, in diverse areas of business want to know that their information will/can be safe in the cloud. Read this expert E-Guide to gain an understanding for a necessary security standard in the cloud.
Posted: December 21, 2011 | Published: December 21, 2011


Topics:  Cloud Management | Cloud Security | Regulatory Compliance | Security Management | Security Standards | Security Threats

WHITE PAPER - Once you cut through the hype surrounding the cloud, one thing becomes clear: As enterprise adoption of the public cloud grows, practical and concrete issues for service level management are real and need to be addressed. Inside this white paper, uncover valuable best practices for harnessing public cloud services to meet SLAs.
Posted: December 8, 2011 | Published: December 8, 2011


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Cloud Management | Customer Service | IT Service Management | Private cloud computing | Public cloud computing | SLA | SLA Management Services