WHITE PAPER - HP and VMware have the technology and services you need to put virtualization to work to consolidate your IT environment in a manner that reduces costs, simplifies your IT environment and increases business agility.
Posted: November 19, 2008 | Published: November 18, 2008


Topics:  IT Service Management | Networking | SAN | Storage Systems | VMware

WHITE PAPER - This paper will help IT Managers understand the inherent love/hate relationship with monitoring and managing a virtual environment and provide essential guidelines to help choose the "best fit vendor" for specific needs.
Posted: November 18, 2008 | Published: November 18, 2008


Topics:  IT Departments | IT Managers | IT Service Management | ITIL | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - Monitoring servers and proactively managing capacity helps companies maintain service level agreements, meet contractual obligations, improve customer and partner satisfaction, and move forward into new markets.
Posted: November 18, 2008 | Published: July 28, 2008


Topics:  Backup Software | Backups | Business Intelligence | Capacity Planning | IT Service Management | IT Systems | Performance Testing

WHITE PAPER - Get a quick review of the top three systems technology certifications and learn how they can help you and your business today.
Posted: November 11, 2008 | Published: November 6, 2008


Topics:  Certification Programs | Channel Management | Data Center Management | IT Service Management | Management Service Providers | Project Management | VARs

SOFTWARE DEMO - Looking to improve service quality? HP has the most comprehensive ITSM solution in the industry. By aligning services, software, education, and hardware around service management, HP is able to deliver a complete and comprehensive I...
Posted: November 6, 2008 | Published: November 6, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Hardware | IT Service Management | ITIL | QOS | Service Level Management | Software

WHITE PAPER - Software-assisted Intelligent Data Center Management, a discipline that optimizes utilization of the data center raised floor, has matured just in time to rescue CIOs from the collision of constricting budgets and expanding infrastructure.
Posted: November 3, 2008 | Published: November 3, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Budgeting | Business Intelligence | CIOs | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | IT Service Management

WEBCAST - This webcast discusses how IT is challenged to meet rising business expectations while managing increasing infrastructure complexity at the lowest cost possible. It also explains why generic IT processes are no longer effective.
Posted: October 24, 2008 | Premiered: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Compliance (Systems Operations) | Cost Benefit Analysis | IT Infrastructure | IT Service Management | OS/2 | Patch Management | Policy-Based Network Management | Remote Control Software

WHITE PAPER - ITIL is emerging as the standard way of managing IT service delivery; the latest Version 3 has extended this, aligning service design, development, and delivery more closely with business goals.
Posted: October 20, 2008 | Published: October 17, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | IT Service Management | ITIL | Network Best Practices | Network Configuration Management | Network Configuration Management Software | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance Management Software | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains ITIL by describing its benefits, where it comes from, why you need to know about it, which types of IT organization can benefit from using it, and how to get started.
Posted: October 14, 2008 | Published: October 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Management | Change Management | Configuration Management | IT Service Management | ITIL | ROI

WHITE PAPER - This Shortcut Guide to Virtualization and IT Service Automation provides an insightful overview of virtualization and IT Service Management. It helps demystify virtualization and helps you determine if virtualization is right for your environment.
Posted: October 10, 2008 | Published: October 10, 2008


Topics:  Data Center Management | Enterprise | Hardware | IT Service Management | ITIL | Network Infrastructure | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Server Virtualization Software | Systems Development Life-cycles | Systems Management Software

WHITE PAPER - This white paper details the tools and log management systems essential for protecting file servers in a Windows environment.
Posted: October 6, 2008 | Published: October 3, 2008


Topics:  Access Control | Active Directory | Database Management | File Server Software | IT Service Management | Network Security | Regulatory Compliance | Windows

WHITE PAPER - All technologies start out as unproven, but some quickly make the leap to demonstrating real business value. Virtualization is one of those technologies. This white paper offers simple advice for realizing the promise of virtualization.
Posted: September 29, 2008 | Published: September 29, 2008


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Data Center Management | IT Service Management | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | TCO | VMware

WEBCAST - CMDB is not a silver bullet for managing application complexity-so, how do you prevent garbage-in garbage-out? This webcast uses real-life examples to show you how to create a solid, unified foundation that supports dependency mapping.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Premiered: September 24, 2008


Topics:  CMDB | IT Service Management | ITIL | SLA | SLA Management Services | Systems Management

VIDEOCAST - In this videocast Tim Curran briefly explains the State of IT Distribution today. He also touches on the future of IT Distribution and how coming trends and techniques might effect your company.
Posted: September 24, 2008 | Premiered: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Hardware | IT Industry | IT Management Services | IT Service Management | Software and Information Industry Association

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper presents a set of best practices around Agile Development and SOA which help customers to improve the ways how they can manage their offshore partner in order to improve cost efficiency, risk management and flexibility.
Posted: August 26, 2008 | Published: August 26, 2008


Topics:  Application Integration | Application Life-Cycle Management | Best Practices | Cost Benefit Analysis | Enterprise | IT Service Management | IT Services | Risk Assessment | SOA | Testing