Best Practices Research
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IT governance: enabling high performance in turbulent times
Sponsored by: IBMThis paper explains how CIOs can use governance best practices to mitigate the depth and duration of performance declines that often accompany periods of change and innovation. It will clarify what governance is - and isn't - and articulate how CIOs can begin to improve governance within their organizations.
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Five best practices for deploying a successful service-oriented architecture: Leveraging lessons learned from the IBM Academy of Technology
Sponsored by: IBMCheck out this white paper to learn about the five best practices for deploying successful SOA and see rapid return on your investment.
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Support PCI Security Compliance with Enhanced Solutions from IBM
Sponsored by: IBMThis white paper briefly describes PCI requirements, the benefits of compliance and the penalties for noncompliance.
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The Green Data Center: Energy-Efficient Computing in the 21st Century, Chapter 3, 2009 Update
Sponsored by: Schneider ElectricThis chapter is a primer on energy efficient cooling and power distribution principles and best practices in data center.
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Virtualizing DR Best Practices for Leveraging Virtualization in Your Disaster Recovery Site
Sponsored by: CitrixIn this document George Crump explains key components in leveraging virtualization at DR site, some of the do's and don'ts, and how to get the most out of that investment.
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Best Practices for VMware ESX Server 3.0 Backup on NetApp
Sponsored by: NetAppThis document discusses how Network Appliance and VMware ESX Server 3.0 work together to provide an effective backup solution in the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) environment. The goal of the VMware/NetApp solution is to provide a crash-consistent process that takes advantage of snapshot-based backups.
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Manage Your Metadata to Better Manage Your Business
Sponsored by: InformaticaMetadata management is the foundation of data integration. This white paper examines the business advantages of effective metadata management.
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Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function
Sponsored by: SAP America, Inc.the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices.
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Seven Tips for Profiting from Lean Times with CRM
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationWith their rapid speed of deployment, integrated analytics and built-in best practices, on-demand CRM solutions can quickly vault a sales organization ahead of its rivals. And because of their flexible licensing structure, on-demand solutions can be deployed selectively, enabling businesses to deploy only as much CRM as they need.
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Presentation Transcript: Determining First Network Access Control (NAC) Deployments For Your Organization
Sponsored by: Bradford NetworksLearn how different priorities trigger the need for network access control and see examples of how to get NAC up and running in a phased approach.
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Data, Disconnected: Communications Firms Take the Necessary Steps to Build Greater Accuracy into Their Customer Management Processes
Sponsored by: Pitney Bowes Group 1 SoftwareThis white paper for the communications sector examines how inaccurate data can impact customer relationships and how implementing a multi-phase process can help feed cleaner customer data into enterprise solutions to maximize return on investment.
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Sharepoint E-Zine Volume 6: How to Control Workflow Behavior with Custom Lists
Sponsored by: TechTarget Search Windows ServerLearn how to integrate change management into a document library using SharePoint's own framework.
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Best Practices for a Data Warehouse on Oracle Database 11g
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationIn order to ensure the enterprise data warehouse will get the optimal performance and will scale as your data set grows you need to get three fundamental things correct, the hardware configuration, the data model and the data loading process.
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Presentation Transcript: Disaster Recovery FAQ
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®This document is based on a Dell /TechTarget Webcast entitled "Disaster Recovery FAQ." Data Center Practice Director Pierre Dorio discusses disaster recovery, including backup services, plain backup and DR strategy.
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Why Should You Consider Procurement Outsourcing? A Holistic Approach towards Vertically Integrated to Virtually Integrated Business Process Services
Sponsored by: WiproProcurement Outsourcing is defined as a process wherein organizations take a calculated approach of moving some of their processes around source to pay to a specialist.
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Four Common ERP Implementation Mistakes
Sponsored by: IFSHere are four common mistakes an implementation leader and team can make, and suggestions on how to avoid them.
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7-Eleven Stores Ring up Better Backups with ExaGrid
Sponsored by: ExaGrid Systems, Inc.7-Eleven Stores began looking for a disk-based backup system in an effort to streamline its nightly data protection procedures and to increase the amount of data the company could back up each night.
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Enabling Sustainable Compliance Management
Sponsored by: IBMRead this white paper to see how adopting a sustainable security compliance strategy minimizes risk, while making proper use of people, process and technology. Also learn how you can cost-effectively comply with regulations, while maintaining business flexibility to achieve mission goals.
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Simple Ways to Get the Most from Your Blade Environment
Sponsored by: HP & Intel®Bladed environments have proven their ability to reduce complexity and costs, while also delivering an impressive level of flexibility to help organizations of all types and sizes quickly adapt to evolving requirements and realities.
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NetApp and VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Storage Best Practices
Sponsored by: NetAppHave you extended your virtual infrastructure to include the benefits of advanced storage virtualization? This white paper serves as an in-depth, step-by-step guide to successful storage virtualization.
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Presentation Transcript: Business Intelligence (BI) and Performance Management: Best Practices for Your SAP Investment
Sponsored by: IBM CognosIn this document, Mark Smith and Bob Corson will discuss some common challenges that seen with customers in terms of getting information from SAP data.
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Virtual Data Center eZine - Volume 6
Sponsored by: Virtual Data Center eZine - Volume 6This expert e-zine shows you how lacking a solid plan can sabotage your virtualization implementation. Read on for proven best practices for virtual lab management planning and physical-to-virtual migrations.
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NAV CANADA Takes Advantage of IBM Rational AppScan Software to Address the Security and Compliance of Its Online Applications
Sponsored by: LogicalisNAV CANADA helped enhance the security of its Web applications through best practices such as regular scanning and testing for vulnerabilities throughout the software development lifecycle.
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Dell Storage Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V
Sponsored by: Dell EMC and MicrosoftThis guide primarily focused on storage arrays based on their support for key virtualization features, such as high availability and virtual machine migration.
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Dell Networking Solutions Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V
Sponsored by: Dell EMC and MicrosoftThis solutions guide details the four available networking configurations, and the advantages and disadvantages of each with an emphasis on typical Dell system configuration and the hardware offerings.