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	Is Your Network Ready for the Broadband Revolution? In order for service providers to accommodate growing broadband traffic and effectively deliver new multimedia and interactive services to their customers, they will need flexible infrastructure. Learn about a unified service delivery architecture in this white paper from Ottawa's Meriton Networks. Vendor: Meriton Networks Inc. Published: 2006
	Consolidating Branch-Office Infrastructure Managing a distributed IT environment with multiple branch offices has proven to be challenging, time-consuming and costly. This has led some organizations to consider consolidating IT resources in a central location and serving distributed sites with IT services over the WAN. Learn about the operational and financial benefits of data centre consolidation in this white paper from analyst firm, Yankee Group. Vendor: Yankee Group Published: February 2006
	Strategic Vendor Consolidation and the Future of the Mainframe The natural progression of a business is to either acquire or be acquired. This continual consolidation has significantly impacted the number of mainframe independent software vendors (ISV's). As a computer which has always supported business by design, the mainframe has also ridden the waves of this business "natural selection." This paper examines a variety of options and strategies that the mainframe customer has in making decisions and managing their mainframe software vendors. Vendor: Computer Associates International, Inc. Published: 2006
	Applications Virtualization - Synchronize Business and IT HP has developed new capabilities to help customers become even more competitive. Application Virtualization is the set of software and techniques that allows users to build more robust applications that can scale in size up to 2,000 times in a very manageable way. This paper describes the features and benefits of the Application Virtualization capability, which is enabled as part of the new HP NSAA (NonStop Advanced Architecture). Vendor: HP Published: 2006
	The Value of Everything: Why Enterprise-Wide Integration Matters to IT The beginning of business computing is business. No matter how complex an IT environment is, it exists to serve the business that funds it. This white paper from CA discusses how IT organizations can effectively utilize integration to focus on business needs, and architect a solution that manages all applications and platforms (from mainframe to UNIX, Linux and Windows and other midrange platforms to palmtops) according to an optimal architecture, and not according to the limitations of the underlying infrastructure. Vendor: Computer Associates International, Inc. Published: 2005
	Document Management - The Right Printer for the Job Samsung Electronics Canada, provides information and insight into information technology peripherals, and achieving greater efficiency and cost savings by choosing the right printer. Public sector offices can move to a more streamlined operating environment and lower TCO by exploiting recent technological advancements, says Samsung IT marketing manager Bob Park. Vendor: Samsung Electronics Canada Published: 2006
	Top Five Hardware/Software Expenditures Heterogeneous enterprises face challenges in providing secure access, authentication, and authorization to users of all systems, regardless of platform. Microsoft Active Directory (AD) has proven ideal in meeting this objective for Windows resources, but by itself AD cannot provide the same level of service to Unix, Linux, and Java systems. This white paper, written by Jackson Shaw of Quest Software, Inc., presents a solution. Vendor: Quest Software, Inc. Published: 2005
	Data Backup and Compliance This white paper asserts that it is time for IT service companies and businesses of all types to get serious about data security and remote backup of data as a crucial and cost-effective component in compliance, business continuity, and disaster recovery planning. Vendor: Remote Backup Systems Published: 2005
	The Definitive Guide to Building Highly Scalable Enterprise File Serving Solutions In addition to the latest overview of NAS solutions, this eBook covers distributed file systems, virtualization and data clustering. In Chapter Two, “Taming Storage Growth—A Modern Perspective,” the author provides a detailed examination of the current file serving and storage growth problems facing IT and explores what server, storage and application vendors are doing to address these problems. Vendor: PolyServe Published: 2005
	Small Business Network Security This document from Sofaware Broadband and CheckPoint Software, gives small business owners, network administrators, and security solution providers an understanding of small business security needs and an outline of actions that can be taken to ensure online and offline safety. Vendor: Sofaware Published: 2005
	Storage Savvy: What IT Organizations Need to Know Database storage, e-mail record management and archiving, security requirements, and multiple storage systems requirements create a continuing IT nightmare. Managing storage assets is one of the top IT challenges today, according to the 2004 "Ten Top Pain Points" Survey Results Report of the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) End User Council. Vendor: HP Published:
	The Economic Advantages of HP StorageWorks The consolidation process centralizes data access and replaces many isolated storage systems and unique processes with common management procedures. ITCentrix looked at the financial advantages of storage consolidation with a specific emphasis on HP's StorageWorks products and solutions. Vendor: IT Centrix Published: 2004
	Strategies for Deploying Blade Servers in Existing Data Centers Blade servers operate at power densities that exceed the power and cooling capacities of virtually all data centers. Installing blade servers in an existing data center creates a bewildering set of challenges and options. The white paper from American Power Conversion (APC), entitled "Blade Server Deployment Strategies", explains how options are evaluated and selected for a successful and predictable blade deployment. Vendor: American Power Conversion Published: 2005
	Remote Backup Software: A Lifeline to Businesses Greatest Asset Data, stored on multiple computer hard drives scattered throughout the enterprise, is the lifeblood of a business entity. Without it, statistically speaking, these companies are simply dead. A comprehensive remote backup plan can dramatically shorten the downtime associated with data loss, and thereby lengthen the lifespan of most companies, according to the author. Vendor: Remote Backup Systems Published: 2004
	The Impact of Emerging Applications on Network and Security Infrastructure A new report from Meta Group, a provider of information technology research, advisory services, and strategic consulting, lays out the risks and the infrastructure requirements by network and security professionals when deploying emerging applications. "The Impact of Emerging Applications on Network and Security Infrastructure" is intended for IT professionals embroiled in deploying VoIP, web services, CRM or other significant emerging applications to the extended enterprise. Vendor: The META Group Published: May 2005
	Network, Server Protection Discussed This white paper, sponsored by Raritan Corporation, examines tools and technologies that can help data center operators troubleshoot, configure, maintain and even reboot IT equipment - as if they were physically present at the rack, especially when the server or the network is down - in order to increase productivity, and achieve a greater level of preventive maintenance whether inside or outside the data center. Vendor: Raritan Corporation Published: 2004
	The Evolution of Network Security: From DMZ Designs to Devices This white paper from The Meta Group outlines The Evolution of Network Security, and reviews the many changes now affecting business and economic requirements, and even regulatory considerations. for both network security devices and their physical and logical arrangement. Vendor: The META Group Published: May 2004
	Total Cost of Ownership in High-Availability Network Environments Understanding the issues and cost drivers behind High-Availability Network Environments is still critical to understanding TCO, according to this 2003 white paper from The Meta Group. Vendor: The META Group Published: October 2003
	Small Business Puts Data Migration Tools to Work Like most small business owners, you're probably a cautious buyer. And understandably so. After all, if a purchase doesn't quickly start contributing to the bottom line, it probably doesn't make sense for your growing company. So when it's time to replace an aging PC or simply add a new machine to the mix, it needs to be up and running quickly. Vendor: Intel Corporation Published: 2004
	Information Life Cycle Management IT departments are actively looking for ways to do better with less today. Meanwhile, their QA organizations are facing challenges in determining what to test, how much testing is enough and how the results of their testing effort map back to business needs. Risk-based testing is an approach to testing that helps improve customer satisfaction by delivering applications with better quality, while making efficient use of existing resources to help IT deliver applications on time. This approach helps to ensure that testing is aligned with business goals and provides an effective mechanism to communicate quality metrics to the entire organization. Creating a repeatable risk-based testing strategy makes IT more efficient, and helps achieve business goals. Vendor: Compuware Corporation Published: 2004
	Information Life Cycle Management CA is leveraging its management experience and broad technology portfolio to map out a strategy that extends information life cycle management (ILM) beyond storage, combining intelligent management of storage and data with other key management disciplines,such as security and asset management, to better support customer demands for operational efficiency. Our ILM strategy is driven by assets, people and processes and moves customers from a storage-centric view to one that encompasses IT as a whole. Vendor: Computer Associates International, Inc. Published: June 2004
	Platforms for a New Millennium Hewlett-Packard (HP) has begun to bring Intel Itanium processor-based servers to market and plans to transition its 64-bit server products to this processor over time. HP's Business Critical Systems group has developed a transition strategy with the goal of allowing customers to decide when they are ready to move to Itanium processor-based servers. The customer impact of HP's strategy varies, depending, in part, on each customer's particular set of investments in 64-bit RISC-based servers. Vendor: Hewlett-Packard Published: January 2003