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 - This paper addresses how diverse teams within the organization can use next-generation application management tools to collaboratively monitor application performance and meet stringent goals for application health and availability without sacrificing the speed and advantages of agile development.
Posted: January 10, 2012 | Published: January 10, 2012


Topics:  Application Development | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Applications Management Software

WHITE PAPER - Access this report to read about an IDC study that found the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) to have a 438% ROI over three years, improving both IT and end-user productivity.
Posted: December 14, 2011 | Published: December 13, 2011


Topics:  Applications Management Services | Applications Management Software | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business of Information Technology | IT Management | IT Spending

WHITE PAPER - This white paper examines the performance figures obtained by the Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager Virtual Appliance (VA) running on VMware vSphere 4.0, which was installed on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). It compares those figures with tests run on a previous generation of Intel Xeon processors.
Posted: November 7, 2011 | Published: November 7, 2011


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | Network Best Practices | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Performance Management Software | Network Traffic Management | Networking | WAN

WHITE PAPER - This nine-page Buyer’s Guide to Financial Services IT assesses the implications and challenges facing CIOs and senior IT professionals.
Posted: October 21, 2011 | Published: January 19, 2011


Topics:  Application Performance Management Software | Application Portfolio Management | Applications Management Services | Applications Management Software | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Mobile Device Management Software

WHITE PAPER - With the announcement of Android 2.2, code named "Froyo," Google targets the enterprisemarket for the first time. This release has features to enable devices that can be grantedsupport under the "appliance level" of the Gartner Managed Diversity Framework.
Posted: October 21, 2011 | Published: September 23, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management Software | Applications Software | Mobile Device Management | Mobile Device Management Software

WHITE PAPER - For SMBs, virtualization can enable a simple, cost effective approach to staying agile and effective.  Access this white paper to learn how running a virtual environment can help your SMB to be more responsive to business needs.
Posted: October 5, 2011 | Published: October 5, 2011


Topics:  Applications Management Software | Desktop Virtualization Software | Server Management | Server Virtualization | SMBs | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Virtual Machine Migration | VMware

WHITE PAPER - Most application performance and infrastructure management teams remain isolated in silos that utilize niche solutions incapable of delivering the interdepartmental visibility needed to ensure the reliability of critical services. Learn how with an integrated solution, procedural changes become easier to achieve and IT can become more proactive.
Posted: June 24, 2011 | Published: June 24, 2011


Topics:  Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Applications Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Collaboration | Infrastructure Management | Service Level Management | User Experience

WHITE PAPER - For years, organizations have sought ways to effectively identify and resolve the problems affecting critical business applications and expedite a complete resolution. Learn how application performance management solutions can help companies grow profits, ensure customer satisfaction and maintain loyalty via end-to-end visibility and deep analysis.
Posted: June 24, 2011 | Published: June 24, 2011


Topics:  Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Applications Management Software | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Collaboration | Infrastructure Management | Service Level Management | User Experience

WHITE PAPER - A Windows 7 migration is necessary in the next few years, as Windows XP will become obsolete. This research paper highlights how to best prepare for a Windows 7 migration crunch.
Posted: May 13, 2011 | Published: May 13, 2011


Topics:  Application Server Software | Applications Management Software | Applications Software | Windows 2000 | Windows 7 | Windows XP

WHITE PAPER - Oracle Solaris Containers implement OS virtualization using containers that are designed to provide a complete, isolated, secure runtime environment for applications—and in situations where resources can be managed with sub-CPU granularity.
Posted: March 14, 2011 | Published: May 3, 2010


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | Operating System Virtualization | Operating Systems | Solaris

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes a new application management solution that makes running Java applications in a virtualized environment much easier and more practical, accelerating application grid and private cloud deployments without sacrificing performance.
Posted: March 11, 2011 | Published: April 1, 2010


Topics:  Application Deployment | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | Java | Oracle (Product) | Private cloud computing | Server Virtualization | Software Virtualization | Virtual Machine

WHITE PAPER - This paper explores the challenges of trying to deliver quick time-to -value for IT projects and achieve the status of ‘agile enterprise’. It illustrates how IBM® WebSphere® ILOG BRMS can facilitate the alignment of IT with business and support the implementation of an ADS to provide business value within months of project adoption.
Posted: December 12, 2010 | Published: December 12, 2010


Topics:  Application Development | Application Server Hardware | Application Server Software | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | Business Management | Business Process Management | Business Process Management Software | Business Processes | WebSphere

WHITE PAPER - Are you ready for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2? This white paper highlights some of the major features included in SQL Server 2008 R2 due to be released in the first half of 2010.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2010


Topics:  Applications Management Software | Data Warehouse Software | Database Administration | Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 | Network Monitoring | SQL Server | Windows

WHITE PAPER - Organizations want to run the apps they want, and not run the apps they don't want. One of the tools Microsoft has given Active Directory administrators to help in this regard, Software Restriction Policies (SRPs), has been re-engineered in Windows 7 as AppLocker.
Posted: January 25, 2010 | Published: January 25, 2010


Topics:  Active Directory | Applications Management | Applications Management Software | Help Desk Management | Help Desk Software | Windows 7 | Windows Server Software