TCO Research
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The Midmarket Manufacturer’s Guide to Getting Started with ERP
Sponsored by: TechTarget ERPIn this e-book, get more insight into whether your midmarket manufacturing organization would benefit from ERP. Find out how to build a business and get tips for navigating the market and implementing software. Continue reading to learn tips and insight on getting started with ERP in your midmarket organization.
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Lowering the Cost of Business Intelligence With Open Source: A Comparison of Open Source and Traditional Vendor Costs
Sponsored by: Pentaho CorporationMany of the top reasons given for the use of open source BI software is "lower costs." The question is whether commercial open source actually matters when it comes to lowering license and support costs. Read this analyst report for comparison of the software and support costs of traditional BI vendors versus commercial open source BI from Pentaho.
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A Systems Approach to Networking Improves Availability, Lowers TCO
Sponsored by: Cisco Systems, Inc.This report examines the drivers of network change, defines a systems approach to networking and then details the strategy used by Cisco, the market leader in enterprise networking, to deliver on this vision.
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Dell EqualLogic PS6510E
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6510E is a virtualized iSCSI SAN that combines intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless scalability. Read this data sheet to learn more!
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Dell EqualLogic PS6010XV
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6010XV is a virtualized iSCSI SAN that combines intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless scalability. Read this data sheet to learn more!
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Riding the Virtualization Simplification Wave
Sponsored by: D-LinkServer virtualization is now beginning to deliver functional and economic benefits to nearly all classes of enterprises willing to take the virtualization plunge, down to and including organizations with just a few hundred seats.
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Why Scalable Blades: HP Integrity Server Blades (BL860c i2, BL870c i2, and BL890c i2)
Sponsored by: HP & Intel®If you are considering upgrading from a current bladed or non-bladed server design to a next generation server, this white paper is intended to highlight some of the capabilities of the HP Integrity server blades to aid in your evaluation.
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The Intel PC Total Cost of Ownership Estimator
Sponsored by: IntelCalculate the optimal refresh rates for your firm based on equivalent annual cost (EAC) analysis. The tool also provides an assessment of further TCO reduction opportunities offered by Intel® vPro ™ technology.
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Extending the Lifecycle and Lowering the TCO of your SAN
Sponsored by: D-LinkIf you are in charge of IT at a mid-size enterprise, you’re probably about to bite the bullet to add a new Storage Area Network (SAN). Why? The simple answer is that it’s a combination of challenges and opportunities. Read this paper to learn why any organization that runs more than one business server application should consider a SAN.
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E-Book: Best Practices for Selecting Midmarket ERP Software
Sponsored by: IQMSWith over 80 different ERP packages available today, determining what’s right for your organization can seem like a daunting task. But, with this e-book you will get advice and best practices for every step of the ERP software selection process. Ensuring you will not get lost in the sea of ERP software.
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Desktop Virtualization- Client Computing In the Cloud
Sponsored by: Mainline Information SystemsWatch this webcast to learn: What IT Challenges exist for desktops?, Balancing IT Challenges with User Requirements, What are the benefits of desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Lowers TCO, Virtual Desktops consume less power than PCs, Desktop Virtualization Empowers Mobility, Virtual Desktop Target Users and so much more.
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ArcGIS® Server and Virtualization
Sponsored by: EsriVirtualization is becoming a standard IT practice. It is becoming more popular among ArcGIS customers as well. ESRI uses virtualization technologies for the development, QA and certification processes of ArcGIS Server. This paper provides an overview of virtualization and addresses some common questions regarding ArcGIS Server and virtualization.
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Supercharging Return on Investment with Rapid Application Development Tools
Sponsored by: FileMaker, Inc.Rapid Application Development (RAD) Tools have become the best way for businesses to incorporate agility into their application development projects. This paper examines the FileMaker Platform and how it offers certain advantages over tools that use more traditional methodologies such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and Salesforce.com.
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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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Intel® Xeon Processor-based Server Refresh Savings Estimator
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Developed with key learnings from Intel IT's experience in justifying server refresh internally, this tool allows you to enter data about your existing environment and evaluate the benefits of replacing it with the latest generation of Intel-based servers.
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Designing Secure Multi-Tenancy into Virtualized Data Centers
Sponsored by: Continental ResourcesToday’s traditional IT model suffers from resources located in different, unrelated silos—leading to low utilization and gross inefficiency. Enterprise servers reside in one area of the data center and network switches and storage arrays in another. This document describes the design of - and the rationale behind - the Secure Cloud Architecture.
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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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Rehosting Mainframe Workloads
Sponsored by: ClerityRead this white paper to learn about Clerity’s unique approach to leveraging existing skill sets, application code, and administrative tools, benefiting the bottom line today and better preparing the enterprise to sustain competitive advantage in the future.
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The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Exchange 2010
Sponsored by: HP & Intel®This study illustrates the financial impact of deploying Microsoft Exchange 2010 for a retail and distribution organization of 1,500 employees and $450 million in annual revenue.
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E-Guide: Server Virtualization - Expert Overview of Costs, Trends, and More
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, provides an overview of the expenses associated with virtualization and highlights the virtual server trends expected for 2010. Gain insight into the tangible virtualization costs, and learn how to keep pace with the changing server virtualization market.
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E-Book: TechFocus - Demystifying Server Virtualization Deployment
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Some IT managers have steered clear of server virtualization technologies because the deployment process can seem too daunting to begin. But this step-by-step handbook maps out the deployment process in four easy-to-follow steps.
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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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Data Center Bridging: Extending Network Standards
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®In this technical brief we provide an overview of the reasons Data Center Bridging (DCB) is being developed and how it can improve networking in the data center for applications, servers, and storage.
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Asset Management: Improve Efficiency and Asset Lifecycle with Mobility
Sponsored by: Motorola RFID SolutionsWhether you need to scan bar codes or read RFID tags on boxes of office supplies, Motorola's mobile asset management solutions enable the easy, accurate and cost effective tracking of asset location and status-- with minimal administrative effort.
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Overcoming CIO Challenges in Global Mobility Management
Sponsored by: BlackBerryThis paper looks at some of the challenges that CIOs are facing in managing mobility. This is clearly becoming more complex for large enterprises as mobility penetrates more deeply into their organizations, driven by changing working practices and supported by rapidly evolving technology.
