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Loads of Data Bringing Your Network Down? Think Data De-Dupe  from  CDW

Data de-duplication technology is getting a lot of attention among practitioners -- and with good reason. The technology promises benefits such as reducing storage disks for backup and restore of data, increasing performance and reliability, and cutting storage costs.
April 07, 2009

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How to Speak to Your CFO About an Oracle Infrastructure Upgrade  from  IBM

IT managers have a difficult time explaining the business benefits of technology investments to their counterparts on the business side. However, rising competitive pressures and an ever-increasing pace of business necessitate strategic upgrades, even when the economy is down. They key is for IT to quantify the benefits of lower energy costs, increased automation, productivity gains, process improvements, and increased flexibility, and then to communicate these benefits in a way that business managers understand. Read this white paper to learn how.
September 03, 2009

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Buyer's Guide for User Provisioning and Role Management  from  Oracle

In today’s global business environment, managing data across users, organizations, locations and reporting structures quickly becomes a critical challenge. This white paper discusses how to leverage identity administration solutions like user provisioning and role management to automate user administration for maximizing and accelerating return-on-investment while enforcing unfragmented, cost-effective compliance and control across your entire IT infrastructure.
September 15, 2009

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Build a High-Performance, Open Web Platform for Your Enterprise With Sun GlassFish Portfolio  from  Sun Microsystems

The GlassFish Portfolio is the leading open Web application platform for enterprises seeking a more open, flexible, rich, and cost-effective way to develop and deploy their Web application infrastructures. The white paper provides real world industry scenarios and how Sun GlassFish Portfolio can help along with the top ten reasons to use Sun GlassFish Portfolio in your company.
February 15, 2009

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beats Microsoft Windows Server 2008 in Value, Cost  from  Red Hat

Evaluate the savings, performance, and overall value of Red Hat Enterprise Linux versus Microsoft Windows Server 2008. In this white paper, the two systems are compared over a six-year period, using various e-commerce configurations covering small, medium, and large business scenarios.
September 18, 2009

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Optimizing IT Budgets in Tight Economic Times  from  BigFix

BigFix solutions help IT managers work within budget constraints by offering an unparalleled combination of fast implementation, high Return on Investment (ROI), and low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). With BigFix, one $5,000-10,000 server can manage 250,000 endpoints reducing the number of consoles and Full-Time Employees (FTEs) to manage them.
October 31, 2008

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Disaster Recovery: Plan for the Worst, Expect the Best  from  CDW

You’ve heard it before: preparing for a disaster is like buying an insurance policy. If you make the appropriate investments and recovery plans before a disaster occurs, you can mitigate the potentially devastating financial impact.
April 03, 2009

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A Tiered Approach to Data Management  from  CDW

To address the ever-increasing need for data storage, companies must begin establishing a tiered storage strategy. By using higher-end disk devices for the most regularly accessed data and archiving unused data in a lower tier, businesses can reap the benefits of greater efficiency.
April 07, 2009

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Threat Control and Containment  from  CDW

While remote workers, mobile users and road warriors have the firm’s best interest in mind when it comes to network security, accidents happen. Taking a proactive approach to mobile security can help you stay ahead of the curve and protect the organization. This includes mapping your security universe, identifying the resources that require protection and then prioritizing and proving business value for the proposed initiatives.
April 06, 2009

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Leveraging Hospital Resources to Lower Barriers and Drive Meaningful Use of EMR by Physicians  from  Dell

The HITECH Act puts in place provisions for subsidies to help drive electronic medical record adoption as well as future penalties for providers that fail to adopt EMRs. The act has made EMR adoption a fiscal imperative, but many providers find the initial investment and maintenance costs to be key barriers to EMR adoption. This white paper from Health Industry Insights, an IDC company, discusses how providers can meet the challenges of EMR implementation and deliver value that makes the most of the cost relief available from the stimulus package.
September 03, 2009

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Rethinking Storage Virtualization with the HP SAN Virtualization Services Platform  from  Hewlett-Packard

Server virtualization creates a series of storage challenges, such as poor storage capacity utilization and increased infrastructure complexities. But if implemented properly, a virtualized storage infrastructure can enable you to meet those challenges while satisfying your data growth requirements—without injecting complexity into your infrastructure. Read this white paper to learn how to dramatically improve the efficiency of your storage infrastructure and better protect your data while maintaining production-level performance and availability.
September 15, 2009

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Driving Data Center Efficiency through Server and Application Consolidation  from  Sun Microsystems

In today’s exceedingly competitive environment, every IT department operates under the mandate to reduce costs, increase return on investment, and provide a more consistent environment to support compliance initiatives. In addition, IT solutions must be able to quickly adapt to changes in demand and business processes.
January 31, 2009

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Oracle Database 11g: Cost-Effective Solutions for Security and Compliance  from  Oracle

Transparent security solutions are critical in today's global business economy due to the cost and complexity of modifying existing application’s code. Addressing regulatory compliance and reducing the risk of insider threats requires strong security on application data. Read this white paper to learn how Oracle Database 11g can help organizations deploy reliable data security solutions that do not require any changes to existing applications, minimizing the costs associated with regulatory compliance.
September 15, 2009

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IP Convergence: Get Connected  from  CDW

The more places a network can reach, the greater its usefulness. This is the promise of unified communications (UC). In order to successfully deploy a UC strategy, all the necessary steps must be taken to ensure that the system works as intended. IP convergence is the first major step on that path.


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New Web Threats for 2009  from  MessageLabs | Now Part of Symantec

Email threats such as spam are well known, but there's another major entry point into your network, the Web! As companies have become more adept at stopping email threats, cyber-criminals have discovered new ways to infiltrate corporate networks through the Internet. Read this white paper to uncover the newest Web-based threats targeting businesses and learn how to stop them before they can disrupt your business.
February 25, 2009

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Optimizing IBM System x and BladeCenter Servers with Intel Xeon 5500  from  IBM

The Intel Xeon 5500 series processors are the common building blocks for many IBM platforms. Download this white paper and discover how the new QuickPath Interconnect interface to memory works, as well as the dos and don'ts of memory configuration for maximum performance.
March 15, 2009

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Seven Secrets for Effectively Managing a Support Organization  from  EnterpriseWizard

Managing a Support organization for even a simple product is difficult, and managing support for a complex product or service is as tough as it gets. This paper discusses the challenges involved in managing a sophisticated support organization and the key strategies for dealing with those challenges.
September 23, 2009

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Layered Storage  from  CDW

All too often, it’s a knee-jerk reaction to request dedicated servers and storage for new applications. And some IT departments have accommodated such requests to a fault. However, at times, this addition of processing and storage capacity occurs without adequate understanding of whether there may be unused capacity available. It also fails to recognize that each new addition of servers and storage adds to the complexity of the IT infrastructure.
April 07, 2009

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Solaris to Linux Migration – Migrating applications from Sun SPARC to Dell PowerEdge R900  from  Dell

This Migration Guide reviews the approach that Principled Technologies and Dell recommend for a tested and validated migration of Oracle 9i databases to Oracle 11g on the Dell PowerEdge R900 server and RHEL 5.2.


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Paper Chase  from  CDW

When it comes to priorities in the IT department, printers rank at the bottom. Printers deserve a closer look by IT departments looking to cut costs and increase productivity. And in an economic climate in which organizations must make the most efficient use of all their resources, IT managers cannot afford to let printers slip through the cracks. Through assessment and management, organizations can optimize their printing environments. This can also help to reduce costs, increase productivity and allow companies to gain a competitive advantage.
April 07, 2009

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