Systems Management Research
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Gartner: Fabric Computing Poised as a Preferred Infrastructure for Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.This research note presents results from a recent survey on virtualization and cloud computing. Find out why many of your peers are looking into fabric-based infrastructures and get recommendations to help you leverage the full benefits of this technology.
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Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution - Quest Authentication Services
Sponsored by: Dell SoftwareAccess this white paper to learn about key questions to ask when evaluation Active Directory bridge solutions and discover benefits to your IT environment including; more efficiency, higher security and better compliance.
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IBM Virtualization Management Solutions
Sponsored by: IBMThis video describes how IBM Virtualization Management Solutions can help you manage physical and virtual resources across the technology infrastructure.
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers
Sponsored by: Red Hat.Access this white paper to discover a centralized management system that administers and controls all aspects of a virtualized environment, from host and guest management to storage management and high availability. Some of the many features of this virtualization manager include; live migration, power saving, monitoring, system scheduler and more.
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What is the Plantronics UC Toolkit?
Sponsored by: PlantronicsIn this video, learn why the UC Toolkit was created, how the UC Toolkit is structured, what resources are included, and how you can easily obtain it.
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The Complete Guide to Log and Event Management
Sponsored by: Novell, Inc.This white paper will provide you with the information you need to purchase an Event and Log Management soutions. This paper outlines both the upside and downside to using both these services sepearte and together.
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Presentation Transcript: Best Practices for Scheduled Security Update Cycle
Sponsored by: GFI SoftwareIn this presentation transcript, Nick Lewis discusses the best ways to efficiently handle vendor security updates, how to prioritize patch deployment on mission-critical and non-mission critical systems, and why testing patches before deployment is such a crucial step.
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Plantronics UC Toolkit Evolve FAQ
Sponsored by: PlantronicsUC audio device integration can be daunting for managers if they don’t have the right tools. This paper discusses a 5 step process for device adoption, providing responses to typical questions IT organizations raise during the evolution stage of your implementation.
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Exchange Insider E-Zine Volume 9: Exchange Server: To Host or Not to Host?
Sponsored by: TechTarget Search Windows ServerSome applications are a natural fit for the cloud; some are better kept within your administrators’ control. What about Exchange Server? Volume 9 of the Exchange Insider E-zine outlines the pros, cons and costs of running Exchange Server in-house and in the cloud.
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VMware vFabric™ Hyperic® Flexible Monitoring Helps High-Growth Managed Hosting Provider Meet Tough Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Sponsored by: VMware, Inc.Read this case study to learn how VMware vFabric Hyperic helped managed hosting provider Contegix, manage infrastructure from an application point of view, improve the service level of its infrastructure, exceed customer expectations, and more.
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CBS E-Book: Converged Hardware Management
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationView this interactive E-Book to learn how Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center can dramatically improve your converged datacenter operations and productivity.
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Oracle's New Powerful and Integrated X86 Systems
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationView our Launch Webcast to learn more about Oracle's new comprehensive line of powerful x86 systems ranging from blades and rackmount servers to networking systems based on Intel's Xeon 5600 and 7500 processors.
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Maximizing IT Uptime with Dependable Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140, Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240, and Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Servers
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationReliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) are intricately related, and each factor is equally important to achieving maximum IT service uptime. Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers provide excellent RAS characteristics that are ideal for maximizing the uptime of business-critical IT services. Read on to learn more.
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Advanced Uses of Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationIn this paper, we discuss how Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g's advanced management capabilities help IT organizations cut through the complexity and bring order to chaos through its unique business-driven IT management approach.
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Taking the Next Step: How to Achieve Breakthrough Success in the IT Managed Services Business
Sponsored by: KaseyaThe drive to build a company from the ground up and offer a competitive product or service that fulfills a need is a powerful pull. Owners of IT service provider businesses are no different. Check out this white paper to learn more.
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Borderless Applications and the Changing Face of Application Performance Management
Sponsored by: Compuware CorporationThis paper discusses the shift in application performance management by IT operations and it provides insight into how best to ensure applications spanning across all boundaries of enterprise and the Internet can successfully be monitored and managed to meet the needs of the business.
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Presentation Transcript: Troubleshooting Performance Issues in a Virtualized Environment
Sponsored by: OnX USA LLCConfiguration errors, over-allocation of resources and application and network performance issues can cause administrators headaches. Learn how to find and eliminate the sources of these problems in this presentation transcript.
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Realizing the Economic Benefits of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis paper examines areas of potential optimization, shows how day-to-day IT management processes can contribute to – rather than detracts from – that optimization, and provides an ROI analysis with an example scenario based on actual deployments.
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Integrated System Management and Support
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationIn the typical IT environment, organizations operate in a divided world of systems management and support. IT departments often treat these two fundamental areas as distinct silos causing gaps for IT employees, who spend too much time and manual effort resolving system problems. This creates both higher risks and higher costs for IT.
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SAP Outsourcing for Mid-Market Companies: A Comparison of Three Leading Providers
Sponsored by: itelligence, Inc.Running a business on SAP requires that the application be available 7x24, data be secure, and that the application can grow with an organization. The decision to select an outsourcer goes far beyond finding a data center. Read this paper and learn what questions to ask in order to select an outstanding SAP outsourcing provider.
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Virtual Data Center E-Zine Volume 19: Meeting the Challenges of Virtual System Management
Sponsored by: Nimsoft, Inc.Tracking and identifying virtual machines on physical hosts or sorting out the source of I/O bottlenecks requires administrators to do investigative work. Software management tools can help, but business processes are also important for handling virtual system management. Learn some tips to make managing virtual environments a little bit easier.
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E-Guide: Expert Tips for Monitoring Your VMware Environment
Sponsored by: Nimsoft, Inc.In this e-guide from SearchVMware.com, gain expert insight into the existing performance monitoring tools in vSphere for optimal virtual environment management. And discover five VMware administration and management tips that will help you better manage your VMs and avoid common mistakes.
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E-Guide: 7 Top Services Delivered Via Network Connections
Sponsored by: Nimsoft, Inc.What managed services are getting the most attention? Download this e-guide to learn the 7 top managed services delivered via network connections. Download to learn how you can create opportunities to further client relationships and expand your network of clients.
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E-Guide: How to tie SIM to identity management for security effectiveness
Sponsored by: TechTarget SecuritySecurity information management systems and identity and access management systems were originally created to work independently, but combining these two disparate technologies presents greater security effectiveness and control.
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The Systems Engineering Balancing Act: Choosing an Optimum Development Approach
Sponsored by: IBMThis thought leadership white paper proposes a combination of requirements-driven, model-driven and test-driven approaches as a mechanism for delivering systems development projects at a reduced cost and risk.