TCO Research
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IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool
Sponsored by: IBMThis evaluation tool provides a high level analysis of your infrastructure so you can weigh the costs against the risks of maintaining existing processes. Compare four migration scenarios and determine which makes sense for your organisation.
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Top 10 reasons why HP software customers are moving to IBM
Sponsored by: IBMTake a moment to see how many of these top 10 benefits you’re realizing with your HP Software solutions. And then remember: With IBM, you can achieve them all.
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WebSphere Application Server v7 vs. Oracle WebLogic 11g
Sponsored by: IBMThis document briefly covers key differences between IBM® WebSphere® Application Server and Oracle WebLogic Server. While both products are of high quality and will perform well even in demanding mission-critical environments, there are still some differences in their efficiency and resulting total cost of ownership.
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FAQ Guide: The Role of Tape in Disaster Recovery
Sponsored by: Iron MountainDespite the growth of remote backup over the network, tape is still a key element in disaster recovery (DR) plans. Pierre Dorion, data center practice director at Long View Systems Inc., answers common tape backup questions as they relate to DR.
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Computer Weekly 19 July 2011: A Conversation with the CIO of one of the UK government’s biggest IT estates
Sponsored by: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.comIn this week's issue of Computer Weekly we talk exclusively to one of the top CIOs in UK government about the challenges of innovating with IT at a time when the public sector is forced to make huge cuts in spending. An informative buyer's guide on desktop virtualisation is also featured, plus much more. Download this issue now.
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Shared Infrastructure: Scale-Out Advantages and Effects on TCO
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Applications such as high performance computing, Web 2.0 and cloud technologies are beginning to require similar features in the data center, including high density, serviceability and power efficiency. Find out how a shared infrastructure can meet these requirements, while providing significant TCO savings.
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Running IT as a Business: Seven Steps to Aligning IT with the Business
Sponsored by: SASThis white paper outlines the 7 steps to aligning IT with the business. Find out what they are and how they can help your business provide customer-driven results.
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Tivoli Endpoint Manager: Continuous Compliance in a Distributed World
Sponsored by: Mainline Information SystemsThis presentation transcript will teach you about the downfalls of endpoint management including, complexity, compliance and cost. You will also learn how to mitigate these downfalls and find a product where these are non issues.
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Red Hat Server Modernization TCO Calculator
Sponsored by: Red Hat & IBMThis assessment tool compares the projected costs of growing and maintaining a current Unix based server environment with the costs of migrating to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server environment.
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Optimizing Storage for Oracle E-Business Suite Applications
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThis white paper offers a cost-effective information management solution that optimizes storage infrastructures while also maintaining the performance and scalability that businesses require.
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IBM Systems Consolidation Evaluation Tool
Sponsored by: IBMCreate a strong financial business justification with support TCO and ROI results.
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IBM whitepaper: Building a Dynamic Infrastructure with IBM Power Systems: A Closer Look at Private Cloud TCO
Sponsored by: IBMThis paper examines the Total Cost of Ownership for a dynamic infrastructure built around private cloud services and compares it to public cloud alternatives as well as conventional one-application-per-distributed server models.
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Total Cost of Acquisition and Ownership Study for: Consolidating Lotus Domino x86 Workloads on IBM Power Systems
Sponsored by: IBMLearn how companies can maximize the return on their investments by moving up to Lotus Domino 8.5 and consolidating from a larger number of x86 servers to a smaller number of IBM Power servers.
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Simplifying management and lowering total cost of ownership for SSL certificates
Sponsored by: GlobalSignThis white paper explains the basics of using a Managed PKI for SSL solution to alleviate such issues, the benefits of using GlobalSign’s Managed SSL Solution and how this solution enables organisations to quickly and simply manage their SSL Certificates, as well as significantly reduce the operating costs of using SSL.
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How to Improve Your Virtual Machine Backup and Recovery
Sponsored by: Acronis, IncThe white paper Closing the Virtualisation Loop identifies the objectives in the next phase of virtual machine backup and recovery and provides recommendations on how to improve backup and disaster recovery in a hybrid IT environment.
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Future Proofing Your Mobile Computers: How the Features You Select Now Can Protect & Extend Your Investment Years into the Future
Sponsored by: IntermecThis white paper explains how the features and options available for ruggedized mobile computers used in warehousing and distribution can extend the time they can perform in warehouses and distribution centers. It also provides guidance on how to make decisions that will protect your investments by meeting user needs today and into the future.
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Optimizing Desktop Virtualization with Dell Equallogic Hybrid Arrays
Sponsored by: DellEMC and Intel®In recent years, we have witnessed great technology leaps from all of the leading VDI software vendors. In this part of our series, we take a close look at a recent performance benchmark to evaluate in detail how Dell’s innovations reduce complexity, improve performance and lower the cost of VDI.
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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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Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center: Changing the Economics of Datacenter Operations
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationTo help you assess both the full costs and overall benefits of datacenter management solutions, this white paper examines the primary inefficiencies found in typical datacenters, and then presents the strategies commonly used to resolve them.
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Analyzing the Virtualization Deployment Advantages of Two- and Four-Socket Server Platforms
Sponsored by: Dell, Inc. and Intel®Intel IT and Intel's Data Center Group conducted proof of concept (PoC) testing and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to compare two- and four-socket servers based on Intel Xeon processors for a variety of virtualization scenarios. Download this white paper for a detailed look at this test and its results.
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Cloud Computing: Business Benefits With Security, Governance and Assurance Perspectives
Sponsored by: ISACAGlobalization and recent economic pressures have resulted in increased requirements for the availability, scalability and efficiency of enterprise information technology (IT) solutions.
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InfoSphere Warehouse 9.7 data sheet
Sponsored by: IBMAccess to timely, accurate information is critical as enterprises strive to boost competitiveness and innovation.
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Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence for IBM System z
Sponsored by: IBMIn this paper you will read about how IBM offers not only a flexible, scalable, cost-effective mainframe platform - the IBM System z™ - but also delivers a portfolio of innovative business intelligence and data warehousing solutions for the mainframe.
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Dimensional Excellence - Build it or Buy it?
Sponsored by: Oracle CorporationThe true total cost of ownership favors the adoption of a proven, configurable, best-of-breed tool for which the costs and implementation timescales are predictable, and through which risks are minimized. Continue reading to learn more.
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IBM Smart Analytics System Brochure
Sponsored by: IBMThe IBM Smart Analytics System helps accelerate the delivery of insights for faster, smarter action; helps lower the cost of deriving more value from enterprise information; and features a modular architecture that enables organizations to easily add capacity and adapt to changing business needs. Check out this paper now to learn more.