WHITE PAPER - As today’s threats move away from mass attacks to more targeted ones, using a complex range of techniques to penetrate through traditional security measures, organizations must take a more proactive and preventative approach. This paper explores how integrity control plays a key role in defending networks with application and change control.  
Posted: May 24, 2012 | Published: July 1, 2011


Topics:  Application Security | Change Management | Configuration Management | Security Management | Security Threats | Vulnerability Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper to find an integrated approach to software change and configuration management. Learn how to effectively balance the need for change v. availability of resources and make rational business decisions without disrupting your audit trail.
Posted: May 23, 2012 | Published: May 23, 2012


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Portfolio Management | Applications Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | Software Configuration Management | Software Development Life-Cycles

WHITE PAPER - Assessing and upgrading that server your probably the right thing to do, but your company doesn’t want to invest more money into it. And, managing systems like this can be costly. If only your server could talk and let you know if all is well or if some changes are required.
Posted: April 30, 2012 | Published: April 30, 2012


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | Security Management | Security Policies | Security Systems | Security Tokens | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - This detailed, 4-step guide covers the essential requirements and considerations to keep in mind when upgrading to VMware vSphere 5.
Posted: April 30, 2012 | Published: April 30, 2012


Topics:  Configuration Management | Data Center Consolidation | Data Center Management | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Server Virtualization | VMware

WHITE PAPER - IT operations are evolving in a number of ways. Some of the obvious changes include virtualization and the cloud. However, there are 5 less obvious trends that are changing the dynamics of IT operations, each of which is explained in this white paper.
Posted: April 3, 2012 | Published: December 30, 2011


Topics:  Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Management | Business of Information Technology | Business Process Management | Configuration Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Lean Production

WHITE PAPER - Learn about the improved version of Cisco Prime (previously CiscoWorks) LAN Management Solutions: the changes that have been made, the benefits the new product offers, and what customer challenges it seeks to solve.
Posted: March 13, 2012 | Published: December 31, 2010


Topics:  Compliance Software | Configuration Management | Dashboards | IP Address Management | IP Address Management Software | LAN | Network Architectures | Network Best Practices | Network Design | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Management Software | Network Managers | Network Monitoring | Network Monitoring Software | Network Performance | Network Performance Management Software | Network Security | Network Traffic Analysis | Network Traffic Management | Networking | Networking Hardware | User Interfaces

WHITE PAPER - This white paper introduces the five SCM best practices that are essential for software development success.
Posted: February 23, 2012 | Published: February 22, 2012


Topics:  Configuration Management | Software Best Practices | Software Configuration Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Gain 5 useful tips for configuring VMware vSphere 5.0 in this essential resource. Learn about best practices that are actually applicable and easy to execute, and discover why it matters if you choose to follow these tips or not.
Posted: February 22, 2012 | Published: February 22, 2012


Topics:  Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VMware

WHITE PAPER - In this guide, get step-by-step instructions for how to properly configure vSphere 5.0 for your servers and storage systems. Discover best practices for installing, deploying and configuring vSphere 5.0.
Posted: February 10, 2012 | Published: February 8, 2012


Topics:  Configuration Management | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Storage for Virtualized Servers | Storage Management | Virtual Machine | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This resource explains the different concepts linked to active processor resource allocation for LPARs. Learn about the complications that can result from the abundance of available configuration possibilities.
Posted: February 2, 2012 | Published: February 1, 2012


Topics:  Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Mainframe Computers | Mainframe Server Hardware | Server Hardware | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - In this paper, gain a better understanding of how branching and merging patterns work and how applying them to your projects can have a profound effect on how your development team handles change management and delivers software.
Posted: January 6, 2012 | Published: January 5, 2012


Topics:  Change Management | Configuration Management | Software | Software Configuration Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Discover 10 of the biggest mistakes people make when configuring the High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) features in vSphere deployments. Take a look at 5 common HA issues, 4 DRS issues and an issue that affects both HA and DRS.
Posted: December 2, 2011 | Published: December 2, 2011


Topics:  Configuration Management | High Availability | Server Management | Server Virtualization | Virtual Machine | VMware

WHITE PAPER - The top seven things to consider when managing configuration for virtual and cloud infrastructures.
Posted: October 25, 2011 | Published: January 19, 2011


Topics:  Cloud Management | Cloud Storage Services | Configuration Management | Virtual Communities | Virtualization Security

WHITE PAPER - This white paper takes a three-pronged approach to configuration management: simplifying the management of your IT infrastructure; improving the level of service you provide your end users; and enforcing compliance with real-time change detection for files, database objects, users, and processes.
Posted: June 7, 2011 | Published: April 30, 2010


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Configuration Management | Data Integration | Oracle (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This white paper highlights the new Master Data Services feature. This enhancement allows an organization to create a Master Data Hub that provides a “single source of truth” for the enterprise’s numerous data entities and hierarchies.
Posted: February 24, 2011 | Published: February 24, 2011


Topics:  Configuration Management | Data Center Management | Data Management | Database Management | Master Data Management | Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 | SQL | SQL Server