IT Outsourcing Services Research
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Hosted, Outsourced, and Cloud Data Centers - Considerations for Overall SLA's for Facility Owners and Hosting Providers - Owner's Version
Sponsored by: Siemon CompanyHosted data centers, both outsourced/managed and collocation varieties, provide a unique benefit for some customers through capital savings, employee savings and in some cases an extension of in-house expertise. Traditionally, these facilities were thought of as more SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) customers.
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The 101 Guide To The Cloud
Sponsored by: Rackspace HostingYou may have heard the term cloud computing or 'the Cloud', but could you describe what it is?
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Intelligent Workload Management: Opportunities and Challenges
Sponsored by: Novell, Inc.This white paper discusses why virtualization and cloud initiatives are putting so much pressure on workload management and security requirements and describes how emerging intelligent workload management approaches can potentially streamline operations.
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Presentation Transcript: Don't Be Left Out of the Cloud: How to Sell Enterprise-Quality Cloud Services and Data Protection to SMBs
Sponsored by: KineticDRead this expert transcript to learn why SMBs are adopting cloud services more rapidly than large enterprises and what challenges your clients face in protecting their business critical data in an increasingly mobile world.
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Presentation Transcript: Navigating Your Way Through the Fog of Cloud-Based Backup
Sponsored by: AsigraThere is a current movement to cloud-based backup for MSPs. Why cloud backup and why now? In this transcript of the "Navigating Your Way Through the Fog of Cloud-Based Backup" video, learn about the considerations for buying into cloud backup.
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Presentation Transcript: Overcoming the Challenges of Building and Managing Private Cloud Infrastructures
Sponsored by: Zenoss, Inc.This transcript of the "Overcoming the Challenges of Building and Managing Private Cloud Infrastructures" webinar will focus on how enterprises can best architect their private cloud and how to solve the challenges of managing the cloud infrastructure.
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A Buyer's Guide to Choosing a Cloud Service Provider
Sponsored by: Skytap, Inc.Most enterprises are now evaluating external clouds to offloadtheir dynamic IT workloads, including application development,testing, training, IT prototyping and ERP migration environments.This white paper explores the top ten requirements buyersmust evaluate to select the right cloud provider.
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Complex Managed Hosting: Market Survey and Vendor Feature Comparison
Sponsored by: ConnectriaIn its most sophisticated form, complex managed hosting, companies can outsource high-level IT functions such as OS management, virtualization, load balancing, performance monitoring, security and more. Read this market survey to get a comparison of the different features offered by complex managed hosting companies.
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SunGard Cloud Computing: Resiliency is the Key to Success
Sponsored by: SunGard Availability ServicesWelcome to cloud computing. This white paper will briefly explain what cloud computing is, review the facts which underlie the hyperbole, and will consider both the benefits and challenges that it brings to organizations.
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Presentation Transcript: Strategies for Creating a Secure and Flexible Hybrid Cloud Environment
Sponsored by: Layered TechThis transcript of the "Strategies for Creating a Secure and Flexible Hybrid Cloud Environment" webcast explores the trend toward hybrid cloud computing. Gain insight into how it integrates the benefits of both virtualization and dedicated servers.
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Virtual Data Center E-Zine - Volume 21: Pros and Cons of Moving to the Cloud
Sponsored by: TechTarget Data CenterCloud offerings are available today, but the technology and practices are still evolving. Organizations should consider a number of tradeoffs and implications carefully before making the move to the cloud. Learn which issues might make the case for cloud computing and which ones might be deal-breakers.
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Workload Automation: Helping Cloud Computing Take Flight
Sponsored by: BMC Software, Inc.Many data centers are using the cloud to host applications and data storage but typically aren’t using the cloud to process effective batch computing workloads. Enterprise workload automation tools can give businesses a chance to take a much greater advantage of cloud computing. Read this whitepaper to learn how.
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Cloud Computing: Best Practices for Migrating to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite
Sponsored by: Dell SoftwareIn this new white paper by Quest Software, learn the best practices for migrating to Microsoft Exchange Online and SharePoint Online from any legacy platform. See why organizations like yours are moving to BPOS. Read this white paper today.
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Building Your Business Case for Best-Practice IT Services Delivery
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationRead this paper for a discussion of TCO components and complexities, as well as cost analysis and business impacts that companies should consider when building a business case. This paper offers tips for assessing the total cost of ownership in delivering best practices through an in-house IT service delivery model.
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Presentation Transcript: A Pragmatic Approach to Managing the Cloud
Sponsored by: Zenoss, Inc.In this presentation transcript, learn about top cloud management issues and how to overcome them. Discover the differences between managing public and private clouds and find out how to handle user accessibility issues and application conflicts with leading cloud platforms.
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Presentation Transcript: Expanding the Data Center - Traditional Deployments Vs. The Cloud Vs. Co-location
Sponsored by: Horizon Data Center SolutionsRead this presentation transcript to learn about different data center expansion options. Discover the pros and cons of colocation, cloud computing and IT outsourcing and determine which model is best for your organization.
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A Practical Guide to Cloud Computing Security
Sponsored by: AvanadeTypically, the level of security you get will be designed to meet the needs of the most risky client in the cloud. And, if you use the tools identified in this paper as a starting point, you will have a good idea of how comparable your cloud security versus internal security will be.
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Presentation Transcript: Discover New Revenue Streams - Add Managed Hosting to your Managed Services
Sponsored by: VerioIn this presentation transcript, join Zeus Kerravala, of the Yankee Group, and Janine Soika, a channel marketing leader from Verio, for a quick discussion that will jumpstart your monthly revenue.
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Why You Need an Infrastructure Provider - The Top 10 Things to Look For When Choosing One
Sponsored by: VerioRead this whitepaper to learn the benefits of outsourcing to infrastructure providers in today's competitive environment that can deliver solutions that meet the new demands of IT departments. Here are 10 things to look for when seeking out that provider.
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Monitoring and Managing Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server
Sponsored by: Azaleos CorporationThis paper identifies key best practices with respect to the monitoring and management of SharePoint and will identify gaps and market needs that the proven set of Azaleos remote monitoring and management services can effectively bridge.
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Financial Giant Cuts Costs through Offshore Testing Services
Sponsored by: Hexaware TechnologiesLearn how one company was able to utilize cost effective offshore support for use acceptance testing (UAT) of customer applications, ensuring cost benefits and reduce failure rates.
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SOA Implementation with an Offshore Partner
Sponsored by: Torry Harris Business SolutionsLearn how to overcome the cost and time of service-oriented architecture (SOA) development by collaborating with an experienced offshore partner.
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Globalization Testing
Sponsored by: VeriTest: A Business Unit of LionbridgeOur localization testing services verify that your hardware, software, Web site, or internal application is ready for regional markets.