Best Practices Research
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BPM Quarterly eZine: Assess for Success - Measuring BPM's Benefits
Sponsored by: IBMThis BPM Quarterly e-zine explores ways you can accurately gauge the progress of your BPM effort. Inside, find not only best practices and expert advice, but access to additional resources about reducing the complexity of BPM integrations and successfully combining BPM and customer relationship management (CRM).
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E-Guide: Best Practices to Avoiding Tape Backup Problems
Sponsored by: Iron MountainThis guide will explore tape backup opportunities and how to prevent tape backup disasters. Download to learn why tape is still a big part of backup operations and how, as a tape user, you can go about preventing future tape issues.
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FAQ Guide: Tape Vaulting: Best practices to consider for offsite tape storage
Sponsored by: Iron MountainIn this FAQ Guide, David Chapa, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, discusses some best practices for tape vaulting. Find out the costs of tape vaulting services, how offsite tape storage costs are determined, how to negotiate your SLAs, and whether or not you should encrypt your tapes before you ship them offsite.
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Data Deduping & Backup: A best practice guide – Part 2
Sponsored by: FalconStor SoftwareIn part two of this data deduplication technology tutorial, we look at all of those alternatives and take a look at some of the most significant deduplication backup products. Learn about global data deduplication, what to look for in a data deduplication product, inline vs. post-processing deduplication, and more.
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New Voice of the CIO: Insights From The Global Chief Information Officer Study
Sponsored by: IBMThis paper, an overview of the findings of the IBM Global CIO Study, can help you get a clearer view of the challenges IT is facing and how some of the most successful CIOs and IT organizations are meeting those challenges.
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NC State makes a breakthrough in improving access to academic computing resources.
Sponsored by: IBMRead how IBM and NC State created a “cloud computing” model for provisioning technology that offered a quantum improvement in access, efficiency and convenience over traditional computer labs.
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Cloud computing for the enterprise, Part 3: Using WebSphere CloudBurst to create private clouds
Sponsored by: IBMThis article provides an introduction to IBM® WebSphere® CloudBurst™ and WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition.
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Expert Guide to Planning and Executing a Smooth Desktop Migration to Windows 7
Sponsored by: VMware and NetAppThis e-guide from SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com provides expert insight into the basics of planning and executing a desktop migration to Windows 7. Learn how to create a detailed and achievable project plan and find ways to simplify your migration.
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The Total Economic Impact™ Of NetApp Storage For Desktop Virtualization
Sponsored by: VMware and NetAppThis analysis report highlights the benefits of deploying NetApp storage alongside desktop virtualization software. Explore best practices from organizations that have already implemented NetApp storage in conjunction with their desktop virtualization initiatives and gain insight on the cost savings they experienced. Learn more here.
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Guide for migrating to Exchange 2010
Sponsored by: MicrosoftBefore migrating to any email server, it is important to confirm that you meet the prerequisites, including having sufficient hardware—and this holds true when considering migrating to Exchange Server 2010. Ensure you are prepared for this migration and learn more here.
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Valeo Drives Global Best Practices
Sponsored by: Apriso CorporationRead this case study and learn how Valeo realized its vision to continuously improve product innovation, operations and logistics performance by using Apriso’s FlexNet software to achieve inventory tracking, material flow visibility, and packaging and labeling compliance goals across its enterprise.
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Tactical Data Quality: How to improve data quality with a tight budget
Sponsored by: TalendIn this e-book, you'll learn how to manage data quality efforts during an economic downturn and find out what trends are emerging in the data quality market. You’ll also learn about common mistakes, the financial costs of poor data quality and how data quality tools and strategies can improve data quality.
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Information Quality Management (IQM): Assessing Your IQM Practice
Sponsored by: Harte-Hanks Trillium SoftwareOrganizations are starting to see the connection between making information available and leveraging it to be more agile and productive. This paper offers a practical guide to assess your information quality maturity level, and provides a framework to align information quality management practices to business objectives and results.
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7 Success Factors for Today's Supply Chain Projects
Sponsored by: KinaxisIn today’s economic climate, no manufacturer can afford to fund any supply chain management (SCM) project that fails to deliver results. This white paper describes seven success factors for today’s SCM projects, which have been identified by seasoned executives with decades of experience in the field.
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Presentation Transcript: Low Impact Upgrades to Exchange 2010 from Exchange Server 2003
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Are you considering updating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 but are not sure of the best way to do so? In this presentation transcript, review recommended processes for upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange Server 2010. Discover common pitfalls you may experience during the upgrade process.
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Symantec's 7 Steps to Windows 7: Planning and Assessment - Presentation Transcript
Sponsored by: Symantec CorporationWith the release of Windows 7, many organizations are considering migrating to this new platform. This transcript explores best practices to aid IT pros in this transition. Discover a wide range of hardware and software technology that will help you prepare for this switch.
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E-Guide: Climbing the Uphill Battle of Exponential Data Growth
Sponsored by: Symantec CorporationThis guide provides a simple yet reliable approach to securing data for the long term though the efficient optimization of IT resources and a set of straightforward best practices for data protection. Learn archiving best practices, how to choose a data archiving tool, and how to put together the best data archiving strategy for your business.
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E-Guide: Best Practices for Using Server Virtualization in Your Storage Environment
Sponsored by: BlueArc Corp.Server virtualization is becoming increasingly relevant as businesses recognize the need to consolidate their storage infrastructures for cost reduction and environmental responsibility. Storage managers need to balance the benefits of virtualization against the complexity it brings, download this e-guide to learn more!
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Getting Started with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on Dell Servers
Sponsored by: Dell EMC and MicrosoftThis article provides an introduction to Hyper-V virtualization, discusses the overall architecture and underlying technologies, and offers guidance on best practices for deployment on Dell PowerEdge servers.
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E-Guide: Expert tips: Protection, Backup and Recovery of your Virtual Environment
Sponsored by: EMC Backup and Recovery SolutionsThis expert e-guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com provides you with a data protection and recovery checklist to help your organization overcome these challenges. Also, learn about various backup methods for virtual machines and discover risk factors associated with each approach.
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Presentation Transcript: Solaris to Linux - Six-Step Migration Guide
Sponsored by: Mainline Information SystemsIf you are considering a migration from Sun Solaris to Linux-based systems, we would like to help you understand how a migration would impact your environment. In six steps, Ryan Hagen, Solutions Architect for Mainline Information Systems™, will show you how a successful migration is achieved.
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Microsoft SQL Server and VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Sponsored by: VMware and IntelYou can virtualize SQL Server successfully using VMware Infrastructure. The vast majority of SQL Server deployments are good candidates for virtualization and can benefit from improvements offered by a virtualized infrastructure—such as improved management, availability, and scalability—thus reducing overall TCO.
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Upcoming Live Expert Chat: Virtualizing Business-Critical Applications
Sponsored by: VMware, Inc.In this chat with VMware experts, learn about application performance considerations, best practices and use cases for deploying Tier 1 applications on VMware. Please join us during the live chat on October 26 from 11am-2pm ET
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Best Practices Guide: Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware
Sponsored by: VMware, Inc.This paper provides use cases and primary technical benefits that can be achieved by deploying Exchange 2010 on VMware vSphere.
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Zen and the Art of the Balanced Scorecard
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationAs much an art as a science, the balanced scorecard is a living process that must be adaptive to constantly changing external forces and internal course corrections. You learn as you go. This paper contains a few guiding principles that will help you along the way.
