PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript, experts Sacha Dawes and Kenon Owens discuss topics including best practices to monitor virtual and physical workloads, meet high availability needs, improve CMBD, asset management and integrating a self-managing solution to accelerate troubleshooting and problem resolution.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Published: February 23, 2010


Topics:  CMDB | High Availability | IT Best Practices | IT Management | SLA | Systems Management | Systems Management Software | Troubleshooting

WHITE PAPER - Organizations large and small are rapidly adopting Microsoft SharePoint as a standard platform for their online collaboration, portal, and other mission-critical services. Learn how DocAve Backup and Recovery provides a granular, full-fidelity, item- through platform-level backup and disaster recovery solution for SharePoint.
Posted: February 3, 2010 | Published: February 3, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Collaborative Applications Software | Continuous Data Protection | Data Recovery | IT Best Practices | Microsoft Office | RTO | RTP | SLA | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Storage Security

EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE - Read this expert Pocket E-Guide, brought to you by Search400.com and Vision Solutions, to discover how to develop an effective disaster recovery plan within your organization. Also explore the gap between today’s disaster recovery visions and the reality of many disaster recovery plans.
Posted: February 1, 2010 | Published: February 1, 2010


Topics:  Backups | Contingency Planning | Data Center Management | Data Security | Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery | Downtime | High Availability | IT Best Practices | Systems Operations

WHITE PAPER - Find out how to measure ROI for your business. Companies of all sizes constantly evaluate their operations, seeking to make changes that will increase effectiveness while controlling costs. This paper offers concrete practices, processes, and recommendations to drive the ROI of a company's IT investment (ROIT).
Posted: January 29, 2010 | Published: January 29, 2010


Topics:  eCommerce | Investments | IT Asset Management | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Spending | Project Management | ROI | SOA | TCO | Value Chains | Web 2.0

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - Read this presentation transcript to gain insight from survey results and explanations as to why Quebec organizations, compared to others in Canada, display much higher satisfaction with their IT effectiveness.
Posted: January 28, 2010 | Published: January 21, 2010


Topics:  Business Integration | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Process Management | Business Systems | IT Best Practices | IT Governance | IT Management

WHITE PAPER - Osterman Research completed Web-based surveys with individuals involved in managing Microsoft Exchange for their organizations. This white paper discusses the results of the surveys, conclusions about administrators’ attitudes about installing third-party software on the Exchange Server, and it provides information on Sunbelt Software’s VIPRE®.
Posted: January 27, 2010 | Published: January 27, 2010


Topics:  Anti-Spyware Software | Downtime | Email Management | Integrated Threat Management | Intrusion Prevention | IT Best Practices | Malware | Messaging Security | Microsoft Exchange | Network Security | Security Threats | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - To survive in today's economy, your IT organization will face increasing pressure to do more with less and work from anywhere at anytime. Imagine how much more productive your service desk personnel could be if they were able to periodically manage and respond to issues from the field, rather than having to check in at their desktops.
Posted: January 26, 2010 | Published: January 26, 2010


Topics:  Help Desks | IT Best Practices | IT Management | IT Services | Mobile CRM | Remote Computing | Remote Support Services | Wireless Computing

WHITE PAPER - According to Forrester’s new report, 75% of a typical IT budget is spent on maintaining existing systems. By automating routine IT tasks, progressive firms become leaner and more responsive to business conditions. Download this free Forrester report to learn more about the benefits of IT automation.
Posted: January 21, 2010 | Published: January 21, 2010


Topics:  Business Process Automation | Data Center Management | IT Best Practices | IT Management | ITIL | Quality Control | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware | Workload Automation

WHITE PAPER - This paper outlines Niel Nickolaisen's proven model for strategic alignment of IT with business objectives. It also describes how Marathon's everRun® software supports the execution of these steps by providing automated high availability and tiered availability levels for Windows Server applications.
Posted: January 13, 2010 | Published: January 13, 2010


Topics:  Application Server Software | Business IT Alignment | Change Management | Data Quality | Data Security | Downtime | High Availability | IT Best Practices | IT Services | Systems Management | Windows Server Software

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript, discover how the Dallas Cowboys adopted BI strategies that optimized their tracking of manufacturing, distribution and sales. Hear from Bill Priakos, Cowboys' COO, as he explains the steps that the team took in order to get a real-time look into the distribution chain as well as seeing trends over time.
Posted: December 9, 2009 | Published: December 8, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | IT Best Practices | Real-time Analytical Software

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this transcript of the "Understanding and Managing VM Sprawl" webcast, you'll find out how to mitigate the risks and root causes associated with VM Sprawl - the rapid proliferation of virtual machines without sufficient IT oversight. Also learn best practices for managing the entire virtual machine lifecycle.
Posted: December 9, 2009 | Published: December 9, 2009


Topics:  Data Security | IT Best Practices | IT Management | Risk Management | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine Monitor | VM | Workload Automation

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT - In this presentation transcript, get a firsthand look into a virtual platform that is designed to meet your current and future IT demands. Learn how to right-size system capacity and improve workload scalability. Discover industry best practices to increase agility of applications and systems.
Posted: December 4, 2009 | Published: December 4, 2009


Topics:  Applications Management | Business IT Alignment | Capacity Planning | Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | IT Best Practices | IT Infrastructure | Server Virtualization | Systems Management

PODCAST - VM sprawl can bring up a multitude of security issues and put your applications and data at risk. In this expert podcast, learn the risks associated with VM Sprawl and what types of technologies you can deploy in order to prevent it.
Posted: December 3, 2009 | Premiered: December 3, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | IT Best Practices | Risk Management | Security | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Workload Automation

WEBCAST - Download this webcast and find out how to mitigate the risks and root causes associated with VM Sprawl - the rapid proliferation of virtual machines without sufficient IT oversight. Also learn best practices for managing the entire virtual machine lifecycle.
Posted: December 3, 2009 | Premiered: December 3, 2009


Topics:  IT Best Practices | Risk Management | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Software Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Virtual Machine | Workload Automation

VIDEO - In this videocast, discover how the Dallas Cowboys adopted BI strategies that optimized their tracking of manufacturing, distribution and sales. Hear from Bill Priakos, Cowboys' COO, as he explains the steps that the team took in being able to get a real-time look into the distribution chain and see trends over time.
Posted: November 9, 2009 | Premiered: November 9, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Metrics | Business Performance Management | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | IT Best Practices | Real-time Analytical Software